Project Manager-Supply Chain-Logistics-Business Development

Yazmin Vallejo

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EDUCATION

University of Central Missouri (UCM) – Warrensburg, Missouri (MO), USA May 2010

MS in Engineering Industrial Management. 4.0/4.0 GPA

Tecnologico of Monterrey, Campus Estado de Mexico ITESM-CEM (Top private university in Mexico)

B.S. Business Management Honors with 3.6/4.0 GPA (Magna Cum Laude).

Highest points percentage for exit exam CENEVAL from all over the university 1214/1300 points)

International Education

Zagreb School of Management and Economics (ZSEM). Summer exchange program, Croatia (Top Private university in Croatia and Eastern Europe)

University of Central Missouri (UCM) – Warrensburg, Missouri (MO), USA. Year and half exchange program in Business Management/Marketing

January 2003-May 2008

June-July 2009

August-December 2005-2006

EXPERIENCE

Schneider Electric EMEAS CEE-Log RDC – Budapest, Hungary March 2011 - Present

Stock Controller – Performance and Reporting Associate

• Maintain and optimize SAP performance parameters (safety stock, lead time, rounded quantity, MRP setups, and maximum lot size-Qmax) of products with the aim of on time delivery and optimal stock level for certain product range.

• Cooperate with Marketing and Logistic departments in CEE zone in terms of campaigns, product launches and product phase out

• Proactive stock management - follow up of critical stock items with suppliers, parameters modifications, analysis of reasons of delays (e.g. Track Qmax references in order to avoid delays and stock out)

• MRP and MM follow up in a daily base in order to detect issues on the stocks levels and deliveries to major suppliers

• Analyze in a daily base the KPI’s and the overall performance of each one of the department of the CEE-Log in order to optimize the operation of the day (delayed lines, stock out, over stock, no confirmed purchased requisitions, etc.)

• Track Purchase Orders and its confirmation.

• Continuous collaboration with process engineering for warehouse capacity and assembling line (continuous improvement)

• Live Space Management

• Check the market price, On-time deliveries, optimize the lead times of each order line, reduce backlog by implementing Six Sigma approach

• 5’s Implementation. Project and training.

• Usage of SAP ECC 5.0 and Business Warehouse tool

Improvements

• Improved the time reporting from two hours to 45 minutes

• Automated the reporting process

• Maintain accurate stock level of Adaptation components by reducing in more than 40% the number of missing references.

• Deliver the KPI’s earlier as a result the performance of the planning increased and key issued can be solved earlier

• Improve delivery times for countries like Croatia and Serbia by training the customers and suppliers.

• Live Space Project (Continuous Improvement)

AMDOCS Inc. / America Movil May 2010 – March 2011

Project Manager for Caribbean and Central America Area (Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Jamaica)

• Set up the new policies of the global project (global web portal for mobile and iPhone devices in Latin American countries under America Movil agreement) and provided support and training to the operators in order to handle the new management and strategy.

• Set up and presented the roles, activities, and deadlines of the new players involved in the project by providing on-site training.

• Designed customized portfolio options to the operators and delivered a full detailed manual of how the implementation of the new HUB and portal will work out with the time and how the data migration will be done.

• Mapped the processes of the companies involved (Amdocs-America Movil), created the flow charts and activity descriptions

• Planned, coordinate and followed up the phases of the project using Project Visio and Project Mgt. Tool.

• Gathered, organized and processed all the documentation for the technical requirements (Location-Based, Time-To-Market, Scale Service, HUB Integration, WAP, SMPP, EJB, Middleware, etc.)

• Dealt with the suppliers in order to set the tariffs (prices) and the content (services, applications, etc.) that is going to be showed in the portal.

• Met in weekly basis with the operators managing of the portals and designed the work plan for the month and talk about the tendencies in each country.

• Tracked the performance of all the players involved in the project, evaluate time of response and implementation levels of each portal.

• Trained to operate and manage the portals with AMDOCS Platforms, Menu Manager (brain of the platforms) and Changing Worlds Technical Platform.

• Studied, analyzed, and documented all the processes and procedures of the usage of the portals and the platforms of AMDOCS, as a result I developed a full detailed manual about the usage and functionality of all the platforms which is used by all the Store Front Managers that are managing the portals.

• Planned the online campaigns and marketing for the customers, tracked sales, forecast sales of the digital content and developed market research

Belgium Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia October 2009 – June 2010

Area / Department: Commercial Office. Project Manager Assistant – Researcher

• Investigated about current issues in Belgium and Croatia concerning to the current market and the possible future investments in Croatia.

• Built reports about the possible potential sectors for investment in Croatia.

• Project evaluation: evaluate and assess the feasibility of the investment projects proposed by the investors.

• Coordinated interviews with different governmental entities like the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, Croatian Transport Agency, and Croatian Environmental Agency and so on

• Provided full and accurate information to Belgium exporters regarding to the import procedures in Croatia

• Attracted potential companies with interest in importing their goods and services to Croatia

• Published materials and guides for Belgium companies

• Collaborated in mission trade fairs related to environment and sustainability Croatian Environment Strategy for the process of EU accession.

• Assess the employee in sustainability terms and projects.

Colgate-Palmolive June 2006- July 2008.

Area / Department: National Operations: Data Field / Performance Manager Associate.

• Maintain and optimize SAP and BW Production performance parameters (inventory, stock out, SKU’s, lead times, quotas, new product launch, MM, and critical customers) of products with the purpose of provide to the retailers the best accuracy for delivery and replenishment process.

• Followed up KPI’s (e.g. inventory levels of finished products and reported directly with the warehouse)

• Tracked the inventory levels when launching new products in order to face the potential demand and avoid stock out or over stock.

• Demand Forecasting of the different product categories on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis on a national level and reported directly to production manager. Alerted the production manager when reaching low inventory levels or unplanned demand

• Developed Excel reports to analyze specific data of market trends and planned the weekly demand of strategic products in strategic territories

• Analyzed data from SAP and Nielsen databases and assessed the main competitors by comparing the market share of the products

• Assessed the sales level in a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis and created reports of each product category and compared them with management objectives, as well SOS (Share of Shelve), SOE (Share of Exhibition) and Space Management

• Logistics related to the Sale Executives: Supervised and coordinated day by day all the activities of the more than 100 Sales Executives nationwide including: level of the sales, quotas of each executive, territory sales, total area sales, changes in the structure of territories and adjust the changes in SAP. Evaluated the Sales Executives’ Score Cards

• Created manuals for the Sales Executives with sales techniques and historical data in order to track their improvements and identify opportunities

• Created and updated database of clients in Access by sales performance and ranking

CIV S.A. of C.V. (Comercializadora Industrial Vallejo) January 05 – July 08

Executive Assistant

• Created the new business plan, set the new policy and implement new management activities

• Participated in closing contract agreements with two major Turkish and Brazilian companies in the industry; established an exclusive agreement for the Mexican market.

• Responsible for all direct importing and overseas correspondence regarding merchandise, design, lead times, orders, and shipping; established strong relationship with suppliers.

• Analyzed data for forecasting, assortment, pricing, and strategy

• Implemented company’s Web page, and developed marketing material which was distributed among the clients.

• Developed and implemented promotional strategy to attract new customers in the region

• Implemented new ERP system, inventory, revenue and invoice control (Set up the new online electronic invoice system)

• Improve the time response by creating new automated procedures and controls and by providing training to the employees.

• Provided support in administrative duties, production chain, web master, job fairs and seminars; managed vendor relations/communications

• Created more attractive compensation plans for the employees

ITESM-CEM (Tecnologico of Monterrey, Campus Estado de Mexico ITESM). May – July 07

• Built progress reports and analyzed the data to know the percentage of the potential students from the students that were not interested and updated the system.

• Got demographical information of the incoming students and create statistics.

• Coordinated meetings with faculty and the new incoming students.

FASHION POL S.A. de C.V. January 04 – January 05

Associate Assistant – Intern

• Supported general management, production process, inventory control and general daily duties.

• Assisted in the reduction cost project by improving the lead times of the suppliers from abroad (China) and by looking for new means of transportation.

• Assed the level of raw material, work-in progress and finished products in a daily base.

• Assisted in the importing process and overseas correspondence of the raw material.

• Re-engineering project: all the process in order to automate the system by implementing new technologies in the cutting and design station

• Implemented a marketing plan in order to introduce a new brand by doing marketing research (focus group).

• Analyzed data for forecasting, assortment, pricing, and strategy

RELATED EXPERIENCE (PROJECTS, RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS)

Sustainability in American Universities-Thesis project (April, 2010-Russia),

• Published by the Young Researchers Union of The Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics. It is an investigation about the level of sustainability in American universities based on the endowment and number of number of students

Croatian Custom System, Transport and Logistics in Croatia, Environment and Sustainability in Croatia (Publications-Research)

• All of the papers were published in Belgium as a full guide for Belgians investors

Projects in Mexico City: 2005 - 2006

• Creation of Business Plans for entrepreneurial activity: Edayo School: Elaborated Business plans in the textile sector, these projects where real entrepreneur business proposal and all the plans competed in a governmental contest in order to obtain resources for the start-up. One of the business plans won the contest and obtained the financial resources for the start-up.

• Followed up the new company and created and implemented a business plan for company’s; assisted in forecasting costs and return on investment for the next 5 years

• Developed promotional strategies and searched for potential customers

• Identified new markets and potential clients for information security services

AWARDS / ACHIEVEMENTS

- International Graduate Award (USA, 2008-09) - Study Abroad Award (USA) – (Summer 2009 and Spring 2010)

- Track & Field Award (USA 2008-2010) - Excellence Academic Grant (MEX, 2004-2008)

- Nominated to “Borrego de Oro” (Golden Sheep) mayor award given by the university, because of outstanding academic performance and sports accomplishments (MEX, 2008)

SOFTWARE

• Microsoft Office: Excel, Power Point, Front Page, Access, Word: Advanced

• SAP: Advanced

• Lotus Notes and Outlook: Advanced

• Nielsen database: Advanced

• Adobe Photoshop: Intermediate

• Dreamweaver: Intermediate

• AutoCAD: Intermediate

• Project Visio/Mgt: Advanced

• Menu Manager: Advanced

• Changing Worlds: Advanced

LANGUAGES

Spanish – Native Language

English - Speak fluently and read/write with high proficiency

Croatian – Intermediate Read/Speak/Written

German - Basic

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES / ASSOCIATIONS

• Current: Elite endurance athlete – long distance (10km – 21km and marathon)

• Track & Field / Cross Country USA (2005 – 2010): 3km, 5km and 10km. Record in 3km: 10.26 min. Midwest Overall Cross Country Ranking 32. MIAA Championships - NCAA Div-II 2007.

• Track & Field Mexico: Tec-CEM team. Best athlete in 2008. National Ranking in 5km and 10km. Invited to the Mexican Olympic trials in 2008.

• ISO – International Organization – University of Central Missouri (UCM)

• Delta Phi Epsilon - UCM

SPECIALTIES

Supply Chain optimization – Industrial Engineering – Performance controller – Supply chain management (Logistics), Material Management - Stock Controller - Project Management – Sustainability – Lean Processes (quality) - Business management and development

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