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Armando Frias

Hollywood

Summary

Tenacious supply chain professional with a strong logistics background. Focused on continuous improvement, team building, and clarity of goals and metrics to drive success.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Planner

Clorox
01.2024 - Current
  • Extensive use of Excel, PowerPoint, Rapid Response, IRIS (AI forecasting model), and a variety of PowerBI dashboard and tools.
  • Assessed market and customer insights to formulate business model recommendations.
  • Monitored actual sales performance against forecasts, adjusting plans as necessary to ensure optimal inventory levels are maintained.
  • Analyzed historical data to identify patterns, trends, and seasonality for use in demand forecasts.
  • Developed collaborative relationships with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment in demand planning processes.
  • Proposed and implemented solutions to improve demand forecast accuracy.
  • Utilized historical data, statistical software, and marketing intelligence to develop and maintain forecast.
  • Utilized advanced Excel functions and tools for data manipulation, analysis, and visualization in support of demand planning activities.
  • Contributed to the implementation of a new Demand Planning software system (IRIS) that increased efficiency and improved collaboration among departments involved in the S&OP process.
  • Conducted root cause analysis on forecast errors, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective actions.
  • Led monthly consensus meetings with stakeholders from various departments including Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain.

Supply Planner

Clorox
06.2022 - 01.2024
  • Extensive use of Excel, PowerBI, Tableau, BOX, and Kinaxis Rapid Response planning software in conjunction with the SAP ERP.
  • Lead efforts to build sufficient supply to target inventory.
  • Corrected our system safety stock settings.
  • Worked across functional teams to eliminate bottlenecks and supply constraints.
  • Leveraged capacity at our DHL partner site to resolve issues with our capacity constraints at manufacturing plant. Through these efforts and the others mentioned above, I significantly improved the case fill rate percentage (CFR) for my portfolio from a low of 73% in December '22, when it was assigned to me, to a high of 99% by the end of April '23.
  • Onboarded and trained three new employees that came onto the plan team after me. I've continued to support the newer employees as the most senior person on the team.
  • I took over the donations and disposal process for my entire business unit. Since I took it over I incorporated some improvements and cleared a backlog of material which reduced our waste onhand by about 2.5 million dollars and helped significantly improve our warehouse space by opening up racking for active products.
  • Drove efforts to try and get product liquidated faster and more often by the sales group as well as getting the broader supply group focused on actioning slow-moving items before they fall into the liquidation bucket. Through my efforts, the destruction and donation dollar amounts were lower month over month and most recently, 94% lower than when I first took over the process.
  • Lead efforts on fulfillment and cut minimization in two of our key business, special program areas. I worked to ensure a 100% pack out and fulfillment for vs forecasted demand for this special program. Thus achieving our maximum service and revenue potentials from a supply perspective.
  • Used creative methods (such a product breakdowns and component reclassifications) to provide stock for orders during a critical time period while we were having supply constraints, thus preserving a key customer relationship.
  • Worked together with cross functional teams to push through data integrity corrections and improvements.
  • Worked closely with my supply teammates to achieve successful item transitions through new item setups and end of life processes.
  • Regularly share candid feedback with senior leadership to help drive change and best practices throughout the whole of the planning organization.
  • Communicated regularly with our manufacturing plant to address capacity bottlenecks and drive prioritization and efficiency.

DC Operations

Clorox
01.2021 - 06.2022
  • Extensive use of SAP and Excel.
  • In addition to my previous inventory management responsibilities, I assumed more leadership and cost savings analysis duties in this role.
  • Onboarded and fully trained an employee and regularly delegated work I was previously performing in the inventory control role so I could focus on my new responsibilities. I continued to support this new employee as needed, maintaining responsibility and ownership over our key inventory metrics.
  • Significantly improved efficiency and reduced costs at the warehouse by implementing an A-B-C racking method at the warehouse and having the fastest moving items placed in the most accessible locations.
  • Worked with the warehouse management and our project teams on efforts to select the best carriers and reduce shipping costs.
  • Lead efforts to lean out our SKU portfolio and off-load slow moving items to maximize warehouse space potential.
  • Lead efforts with IT to develop a method in SAP to allow us to increase the number of inventory adjustments we could enter per day from around sixty, to hundreds. Afterwards- I was a key contributor to the inventory adjustment automation project.
  • Developed a liquidation process and generated stock analysis on a monthly basis that helped our sales team liquidate product and greatly reduce our potential risk of expiry on hand, potentially saving the company hundreds of thousands of dollars in write offs.
  • Developed a quality release process that greatly improved the accuracy and timing of our quality release; as well as captured gaps that we had in the process.

Inventory Manager

Clorox
03.2018 - 12.2020
  • Extensive use of SAP and Excel to ensure that the our third party logistics (3PL) warehouse management system remained completely aligned with our system of record, SAP. This included data integrity maintenance of- SKUs, lot numbers, quantity, expiration dates, and unit costs.
  • Ensured proper reconciliation of sales orders by clearing exceptions errors generated by the automatic data exchange between the 3PL and SAP.
  • Lead efforts to drive process improvements in processes involving co-functional groups. Those process improvements included- cycle counts, receiving, quality control, donations and disposals.
  • Ensured that our processes met corporate compliance (SOX) and drove successful internal audits by providing the auditors with all documentation and clarification as required.
  • Performed cycle counts at regular intervals, as well as annual wall-to-wall counts, to achieve 99% inventory accuracy rate at our 3PL locations.
  • Responsible for processing receipts against purchase orders accurately and timely, including resolving any receiving conflicts and maintaining an auditable record.
  • Facilitating the fiscal close of each month through several critical processes.
  • Created an extensive SOP document for our department that was used for our reference and for training new employees.
  • Completed several training programs offered by the company to promote a company-wide culture of feedback and positive growth.

Inventory Manager

AMI Trading USA Inc.
01.2013 - 01.2015
  • Worked directly with the traffic department and logistics manager to prepare shipping documents, bill of lading(s), packing list(s), insurance documents, bank documents, etc.)
  • Managed inventory reconciliation.
  • Prepared inventory metrics reporting to executive management on a daily basis.
  • Responsible for receiving inventory valued at upwards of 3-5 million dollars per day.
  • Maintained consistent communication with the owners of the business on a daily basis to determine strategic goals relative to my position and how to best achieve them.
  • Ensured that all documentation was processed in a timely matter and that the product was not delayed. Thus avoiding demurrage, delays with truckers, etc.
  • Analyzed documentation and photographs of shipments to ensure we met our quality control guidelines and international regulations.
  • Maintained direct contact with suppliers and co-workers at all times to correct documentation and accounting errors.
  • Performed risk management, saving the company upwards of tens of thousands of dollars.
  • Heavy data entry in the Microsoft Great Plains software and use of many different transactions.
  • Fast-paced, high-pressure environment where I was expected to complete work and resolve problems efficiently.
  • Persistent and consistent e-mail follow-up and meticulous organization.
  • Trained new employees.
  • Created purchasing documents as needed when backing up our purchaser.
  • Worked closely with claims to resolve shipment issues and conflicts discovered upon arrival at destination. Thus reducing costs for the company.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Politics, Government, And International Relations

Florida International University
Miami, FL

Skills

  • Process improvement and best practices
  • Excel Spreadsheets
  • Bilingual
  • SAP / Microsoft Office Suite (Excel proficiency) / Kinaxsis Rapid Response / Great Plains / PowerBI / Tableau / BOX
  • Strong Analytical Skills
  • Detail Oriented
  • Highly Organized
  • Impactful Communication
  • Leadership
  • Time Management
  • Process Improvement
  • Teamwork

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Business Planner

Clorox
01.2024 - Current

Supply Planner

Clorox
06.2022 - 01.2024

DC Operations

Clorox
01.2021 - 06.2022

Inventory Manager

Clorox
03.2018 - 12.2020

Inventory Manager

AMI Trading USA Inc.
01.2013 - 01.2015

Bachelor of Arts - Politics, Government, And International Relations

Florida International University

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