ARMANDO R RENGIFO
Supply Chain Engineering
Panama
Summary
SUPPLY CHAIN ENGINEER trained in Demand Planning and S&OP with knowledge of production planning, supply planning and inventory management offering strong knowledge of SAP, and advanced planner and optimizer software such as APO and Forecast Pro. Bringing 10 years of hands-on experience planning for fast-paced manufacturing, retail and distributors environments. Well-versed in reviewing sales trends, forecasting data and evaluating forecast results. Team leader committed to closely collaborating with team members to identify shortages, overstocks and other inventory issues.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Regional Demand Planner
Medline Industries, LP
7 2021 - Current
- Lead the monthly business planning process, this S&OP methodology generate a constant positive impact of 12% growth average to the Latam Region.
- Generate the Statistical Forecast plan of healthcare products with times series and machine learning models.
- Monthly review of historical data outliers and KPIs (MAPE, WMAPE). Reduction of the forecast error by 10%.
- Hold commercial reviews meetings with Marketing and Sales Team prioritizing main variations between the monthly business planned demand and the actual orders, to improve forecast accuracy and capturing the building blocks, risk and opportunities for each market
- Developed practices to manage and monitor inventory turned, aging inventory and other key supply chain metrics.
- Ensure the correct functionality of the material replenishment planning process run through the company ERP system
- Mentored team members in effective demand planning techniques, creating a culture of support, learning and professional growth within the department.
- Provide the input to the finance team to generate the company P&L to track the business performance inside the Monthly Business planning executive review.
- Implementation of the SAP MRP tool for each local warehouse of the region.
- Implementation of the demand planning software used to generate the statistical demand.
Supply Chain Coordinator
KERRY PANAMA
01.2017 - 07.2021
- Coordinated supply chain operations across planning, logistics and warehouse operations
- Leading the planning of the raw materials based on inventory policies and consensus forecast, archiving 70 days of overall inventory days of supply
- Inventory aged reduction of 22%.
- Global inventory risk for Panamá plant at 5% of total inventory cost
- Leader of the Import and export department
- Archiving cost optimization with global contracts and MOQ policies
- Helped coordinate and integrate supply chain management strategies across departments
- Reduced costs and delivery times by optimizing existing supply chain processes
- Implemented reverse logistics systems to manage environmentally-friendly disposal, recycling and reuse of rejected materials
- Optimized warehousing plans to keep production materials and completed products organized and efficiently retrievable
- Tracked production schedules in SAP and regularly assessed data to uncover optimization strategies
- Align the Production scheduling plan to the commercial forecast and purchasing of raw materials
- SAP super user for the Supply Chain department
- I was selected to be part of the team responsible for the implementation of the ERP SAP solution in the Plants located on the Central America region.
- Reduced lead time for product deliveries through effective coordination with suppliers and vendors.
- Assisted in the development of annual budgets for supply chain operations, contributing to overall financial planning efforts.
Demand Planner
GRUPO WISA
07.2015 - 01.2017
- Created and maintained statistical forecast models.
- Incorporation of business intelligence and forecast information gathered from sales and business strategy.
- Managing over 20k products between multiple divisions (Liquor, perfumes, cosmetics, electronics, cigars, candies, toys, jewelry, watches and sunglasses) for 42 stores located at the Tocumen Airport
- The implementation of the S&OP process that resulted in the company alignment to one single number to archive company targets.
- Creation of the Fill-rate and OTIF (on time in full) KPIs that help improve the customer experience by focusing on inventory availability.
- Developed practices to manage and monitor inventory turned, aging inventory and other key supply chain metrics
- Aligned demand planning with category managers on promotions, emerging technologies and category performance goals
- Supported new product introductions by working closely with Product Management teams to develop accurate launch forecasts based on historical analogs and market research data.
Process Analyst
SABMILLER-CERVECERÍA NACIONAL
11.2014 - 07.2015
- In charge of the distribution KPIs standardization to the global standards of SABMiller LATAM
- Developed options and implemented solutions to resolve complex process issues
- Distribution KPIs management (OTIF
- Gate to Gate, fill rate
- HL Truck, HL KM, headcount, mileage, clients per KM
- Etc.) Creation of OOS (out of stock) report that analyze the impact of the production plan to the daily operations
- Helped team meet service level agreement targets by assisting with reviews and escalations
- Analyzed process and performance data to identify areas for improvement.
Education
Master of Science - Supply Chain Engineering -
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Atlanta, GeorgiaBachelor of Science (BS) - Logsitics and Multimodal Transportation - undefined
UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PANAMA
Multimodal Panama, PanamaSkills
Critical Thinking
Data Management
Forecasting Tools
Attention to Detail
Analytical Thinking
SAP ECC
SAP HANA
Microsoft Office
Strategic Thinking
Material Requirements Planning
Sales and operations planning
Inventory optimization
Timeline
Supply Chain Coordinator
KERRY PANAMA
01.2017 - 07.2021
Demand Planner
GRUPO WISA
07.2015 - 01.2017
Process Analyst
SABMILLER-CERVECERÍA NACIONAL
11.2014 - 07.2015
Regional Demand Planner
Medline Industries, LP
7 2021 - Current
Master of Science - Supply Chain Engineering -
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Bachelor of Science (BS) - Logsitics and Multimodal Transportation - undefined
UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PANAMA
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