Maria Perez Bernal

• Subject matter expert on Supply Chain solutions and business processes. • Responsible of solution architecture, external and in-house consulting, coaching and training. • Responsible of managing product and vendor of supply chain solutions. • Focus on standarization of product and processes following the 5 principles of the supply chain excellence to achieve competitiveness in cost and timelines, reliability, responsiveness and agility.

• Led the design, consulting and implementation of supply chain solutions. • Re-engineered customer business and operation processes for transportation and logistics, manufacturing and integral supply chain. • Improved production planning by transforming manufacturing, engineering and installation planning through an enterprise project planning solution for engineering to order manufacturing industry. • Sectors: consumer goods (Poland, Russia), Manufacturing (Sweden, France).

• Consulting, implementation of supply chain solutions and re-engineering of processes for transportation and logistics, manufacturing planning and integral supply chain analysis. • Achieved cost reduction and network optimization by providing integrated transportation management solution, including integration with customer ERPs such as SAP. • Sectors: Consumer goods (Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Nigeria, South Africa, Morocco, Europe), Manufacturing (France).

• Led business process analysis, covering design-construct phase on projects for providing logistics solutions. • Provided functional expertise support to EMEA customers. • Coached and developed external and in-house knowledge on transportation processes. • Advised customer for industry best practices and processes methodology. • Sectors: Consumer goods (Egypt)

• Conducted transportation and logistics research for the Ministry of Public Works and for private companies at national level. • Project coordination – team management, task assignment, planning and execution. • Developed project proposals – partner sourcing, resources allocation, time and task planning. • Performed research in collaboration with the Group of Engineering in Logistics and Transportation from University of Zaragoza. • Held papers and publications in international conferences.

MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program held by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) in Engineering in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Master Degree in Industrial Engineering