Paula Gaitan

In charge of DA and Liquids Categories. Supply Chain and leadership for Andean Region, South America and Middle Americas. Management, planning and supplying of finished goods, stocks levels per country and category. Sustainable strategies development for inventory management, markets trends, planning optimization, demand accuracy and supply chain improvement. S&OP guidelines accomplishment. KPI’s management, performance and accomplishment - Write Off.

In charge of Supply Chain for Polyurethanes, Industrial Chemicals, Animal, Human Health and Pharma BUs. Management of demand and supply planning, S&OP, purchasing and business plans, inventories, safety stock, regional DRP requirements, coordination of sales forecasting within Americas demand planning group, procurement and purchasing of supplies and commodities. Global product negotiations with foreign suppliers. Indent, Reinvoicing and Resale. BSC, KPI’s, OTIF and Forecast Accuracy Management.

In charge of a pull of suppliers (25 Worldwide Suppliers). Regional DRP, supply plans, purchasing and trading plans. Demand Planning Management for suppliers in order to scheduled their own production and supply according to the requirements of the company. Inventories savings strategies and agreements with suppliers for consignment stock and warehousing optimization. Global negotiation with logistics operators, customs agents, incoterms, cargo consolidation improvements, freights savings of 65%.

Management of supply chain, plant production scheduling, S&OP agreements. Demand and supply, business plans, regional DRP requirements, sales forecasting within Global demand planning group, inventories, purchasing and procurement of API, raw and packaging materials. Negotiations with foreign suppliers. Management of materials, spot sales, product launches according to Drugs Regulatory Affairs. Tolling services for pharmaceutical companies. BSC and KPI’s system. Coordination for Audits.

•Follow Up sales, forecast accuracy, budget deviations, plant production scheduling. •Prepared graphical analysis of sales, production and capacity for operations group.

Faculty´s Research Team, Course Delegate.