TITLE OF TARGET JOB: INTEGRATION AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Globally skilled and competent supply chain and procurement management expert; e
quipped with results-based experience in leading and optimizing sales, marketing
, purchasing, client relations, warehousing, and international logistics operati
ons in UK, Germany, Mexico, and the US. Highly successful working with and integ
rating cross-functional teams within diverse and multicultural environments. Pro
active leader with proven intuitiveness in streamlining business processes and i
ncreasing productivity levels complemented with refined business acumen and exem
plary people skills; facilitate a team approach to achieve organizational object
ives and enhance employee morale, with superior skills in managing multimillion
procurement transactions. Expertise includes:
GLOBAL SOURCING /SUPPLY CHAIN ADMINISTRATION /TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS
COST AND BUDGET OPTIMIZATION AND CONTROL / SUPPLIER AND VENDOR RELATIONS /INVENT
ORY FACILITY MANAGEMENT
TRAINING AND STAFF SUPERVISION
Computer Skills: experience with SAP and Microsoft programs
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Treofan America / Trespaphan America LLC-Winston Salem, NC
SUPPLY CHAIN AND PROCUREMENT MANAGER AMERICAS 2002-Present
- Oversee and streamline procurement, customer service, logistics, and war
ehousing operations and report directly to General Managers in USA and Mexico an
d functionally to the Global Supply Chain Director in Germany. Manage procuremen
t budget worth around $185MM and act as a liaison with key suppliers of raw mate
rials, packaging, and freight services. Ensure coordination of VMI-based forecas
ting with key customers and converters (printers) while monitoring supply chain
performance and providing leadership to teams in Mexico and the USA.
- Serve as a member of the Management Committee of Treofan Americas, a mar
ket leader in the production of polypropylene packaging films that produces arou
nd 130MM lbs of polypropylene for the North American market for applications in
tobacco, confectionery, labels and other packaging applications. Treofan America
s is part of the Treofan Group based in Frankfurt, Germany, formerly part of Cel
anese.
- Supervise the Purchasing Manager and ensure efficiency in inventory mana
gement and procurement of resins, spare parts, packaging and transportation.
- Direct the Customer Service and Planning Manager in Mexico and Operation
s Manager in the USA to ensure customer service levels and planning cycles are r
espected and interact well with the Plant Manager in Mexico to resolve and revi
ew plant issues within a 24/7 operation
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- Played a significant role in the success of a $50MM new line investment
project in Mexico; the initiative turned around the Americaâ⠬⠢s operating performance fr
negative EBITDA in 2006 to a positive Ebitda in 2009 despite staff reduction dur
ing the same period.
- Spearheaded the seamless transfer of products manufactured only in Europ
e for North America to the plant in Mexico from around only 40% in 2002 to 98% i
n 2009, prompting the increase of sales in the USA from 12KT to around 26KT in 2
009.
- Significantly reduced inventory from 55 days to 30 days in 2009 with a s
aving of around $2MM in cash flow
- Streamlined logistics operations between Mexico and the USA, which resul
ted in decreasing transportation and warehousing costs in the USA / Mexico by 15
% between 2007 and 2009 despite a 20% volume growth.
- Unified a team of 35 people between the USA and Mexico by developing ind
ividuals to make decisions in spite of multifunctional and multicultural diversi
ty.
Hoechst Trespaphan America-Winston Salem, NC
HEAD OF CUSTOMER SERVICE / PLANNING AND INTEGRATION MANAGER 2000 - 2002
- Directed the implementation of European factory operating system in the
Americas. Determined the best strategy to optimize customer service and planning
to integrate more effectively with the worldwide group. Spearheaded and aligned
customer service plans and activities which involved coordination with the manu
facturing teams to define production cycles, changeover management and the suppo
rt of new products moving from production in Europe to production in Mexico.
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- Increased on-time delivery performance in North America from mid 80% to
95%+ by 2002.
- Instrumental in driving sales growth of packaging and label business and
in tobacco sales to Philip Morris USA by 20% due to increased production of an
exclusive product for them in 2002.
- Strategized and implemented a Sales and Operations Planning structure to
bring Americas in line with European forecasting and planning ways of working.
- Primarily led sales and planning activities with Germany where 60% of pr
oducts sold in the USA in 2000 were manufactured in Europe.
Hoechst Trespaphan GMBH-Neunkirchen, Germany
HEAD OF CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PLANNING 1996-2001
- Supervised planning and all efforts in optimizing divisional customer se
rvice across three European manufacturing sites. Streamlined demand management t
o appropriately plan and allocate to meet sales, marketing, and production effic
iency requirements. Managed a team of 37 and established service targets, as wel
l as assisted in executing key account strategy.
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- Co-managed the SAP implementation which successfully introduced a unifor
m business platform across three manufacturing sites in Europe
- Consolidated CSD and Planning teams in Germany, UK, and France; contribu
ted in the integration of different cultures of Hoechst (Germany) which had take
n over Courtaulds Films (UK) in 1996
PRIOR EXPERIENCE
Graduate Trainee / Marketing Services Manager / Customer Service and Demand Mana
ger
Courtaulds Films Polypropylene-Swindon, UK
EDUCATION
(BA) BACHELOR OF ARTS IN GERMAN (Graduated with First Class Honors)
University of Reading-Reading, England
- First time the university awarded First Class Honors in German subject i
n 5 years
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
- Various courses in customer service, supply chain, procurement, and tech
nical aspects of polypropylene manufacture
- General courses in presentation skills, communication, team building, an
d other subjects
LANGUAGE Skills
- English-native speaker
- German-bi-lingual
- Spanish-fluent