Maria Gutierrez
Galloway,OH
Summary
Highly energetic and passionate Supply Chain Manager known for implementing effective processes that deliver cost-saving efficiencies. Bilingual individual with a strong background in reporting on performance metrics and implementing valuable system tools.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Transportation Analyst
Victoria's Secret
03.2022 - Current
- Led the Yearly Ocean Bid, establishing project timeline, tracking milestones, and collaborating with cross-functional teams, including procurement, legal, and finance, to align transportation strategies with overall business for 18M network.
- Negotiated agreements with 3PL resulting in 10% reduction of yearly ocean transportation cost for 2023-2024 through tender process.
- Managed freight forwarders & carriers, to streamline supply chain processes.
- Created, and leveraged reports & dashboards on key performance indicators (KPIs) to influence decision-making and strategic planning with senior leaders within the organization.
- Established new operations through multiple US gateways, enabling network diversification and reliability.
- Established a new process for legal agreements that enable the organization to validate new capabilities with new 3PL during a trial period.
Operations Supervisor
Torrid
03.2019 - 02.2022
- Oversaw a team of 50-60 associates
- Involved in the establishment of a new distribution center from testing, onboarding, training and creation of tools used to measure and manage KPIs.
- Managed the Picking and Packing departments.
- Motivated, trained and coached employees to maximize team productivity increasing average UPH of the Packing department by 42%.
- Improved the accuracy of the Packing department by 0.36%
Supply Chain Supervisor
JCPenney
01.2018 - 03.2019
- Coached activities in assigned functional area with the objective of providing an effective and efficient operation and developing new leaders in the business.
- Created improvement tools to promote better inventory control, operation's efficiency, accountability and a better performance of a team of 50-90 associates.
- Increased overall production capabilities of the processing department.
- Planned the hiring and staffing needs through the year with a focus on peak season processing.
Education
MBA - Leadership
Ohio Dominican University
Columbus, OH10.2025
BBA - Business Administration
University of Nebraska At Kearney
Kearney, NE12.2017
Skills
- Systems and Applications: Proficient in Office 365 systems
- Languages: Fluent in Spanish and English
- Specialty: Project management , 3PL vendor management, establishing new capabilities within a transportation network, operational assessments, cost analysis, team engagement and development, continuous improvement mindset
Timeline
Transportation Analyst
Victoria's Secret
03.2022 - Current
Operations Supervisor
Torrid
03.2019 - 02.2022
Supply Chain Supervisor
JCPenney
01.2018 - 03.2019
MBA - Leadership
Ohio Dominican University
BBA - Business Administration
University of Nebraska At Kearney