Cesar Patron
Supply Chain/Operations Manager
Solutions Specialist at EPG
Background
Specialist in Supply Chain with more than ten years of experience in operations, planning and inventory control in the retail, education and food industries leading multi-functional teams and international projects. With capacity of creating new products and processes maximizing the operating efficiency identifying improvement opportunities. With experience in US and Latin America after living in 7 countries, and multilingual (Spanish and Italian). Passionate with projects that involve several areas of the company focused on the net benefit for the company and its workers.
Job experience
- October 2022 - presentSolutions Specialist
EPGFort Worth, TX, USA• Boosted operations efficiency by 20% in 6 months by designing a data mapping to relate LS and WMS tables using VBA and SQL, supporting cost-effective operations and quality control
• Led and monitored the implementation of systems for 6 clients and 25 warehouses, utilizing fit-gap analysis and Agile methodology, improving operational efficiency by 15%
• Led the implementation of a multi-carrier shipping software in the US, driving a 200% sales growth in 10 months, positioning the brand and analyzing production KPIs
- January 2020 - July 2021Finance Manager
Grupo KuriaLima, Peru• Developed and maintained financial forecasts and budgets of more than 10 companies, identifying and tracking key performance metrics pertaining to business operations, competitors and other stakeholders.
• Moderated and participated in the Factoring operations analysis committee, managing to create a Factoring system, automating the data entry process, risk analysis and information storage using macros with Power Bi Tools in Excel, reducing registration and analysis time by 80% and 95% respectively. - April 2019 - January 2020Senior Product Manager
Exportadora El SolLima, Peru• Designed and initiated a 10-month project for a Brazilian nut processing facility leading a team of 48 members that generated revenues of over $1.2M in the first year of operations.
• Enhanced strong relationships with suppliers from over 30 Amazonian tribes by generating smart contracts unifying average payment terms from cash to 30 days increasing the market share by 10% while increasing working capital by 17%. - May 2018 - December 2018Area Manager
AmazonIllinois, USA• Obtained the “historical best inbound productivity shift-score of the facility” after designing and executing a real-time heat-map model to establish the best spot for stowing and communicating the findings to the associates every 15 minutes which allowed to save over 80 labor-hours.
• Developed SPSS statistical analysis that allowed management to recognize the top-offenders of “cherry-picking” carts, which improved the working environment, decreased associate-complaints by 30%, and refocused the supervisor’s time to more productive tasks. - December 2017 - April 2018Student Consultant
Little CaesarsDetroit, MI, USA• Identified opportunities in material and information flow for significant cost-saving opportunities worldwide by analyzing current supply chain, cleaning and consolidating data using Excel Power Query generating saving of 15%.
• Built demand forecasting model for multiple SKUs accounting for fluctuation and promotions by analyzing historical sales data using R recognizing the importance of trends following the Holt-Winter methodology obtaining an error lower than 2% in the following 6 months.
• Conducted scenario and sensitivity analysis for various metrics to identify drivers for cost and service level for supply chain performance optimization using Monte Carlo simulation which derived in refocusing the ordering system to periodic instead of continuous improving the service level by 12% while reducing shipments by 20%. - July 2013 - April 2016Operations Manager
Institute San Ignacio of LoyolaLima, PeruI was in charge of coordinating and execute the action plans to respond to the commercial strategy in order to have the infrastructure in optimal conditions prior to the start of operations and in case of any eventuality that could happen during. I also addressed customer requirements by implementing operational strategies based on recommendations obtained by solving problems based on the medium and long-term financial and operating plans.
Education
- University of Michigan
Masters of Supply Chain Management2017 - 2018Focused on Operations and Negotiation skills - University ESAN School of Business
MBA2015 - 2017Diploma in Corporate Finance. First place for thesis based on improvement in the operations of medium sized restaurants in small towns of Peru. - University of Lima
Industrial Engineering2005 - 2010Cum Laude for thesis about isotonic-sparkling beverage based on tangerine
