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Neil Cueva

Neil Cueva

Summary

Senior-level Supply Chain and Operations leader with extensive experience in creating strategies and leading execution of all supply chain activities, including procurement and distribution management. Manages and leads cross-functional teams to drive product supply and productivity improvements. Leads risk mitigation, while driving supply chain strategies for end-to-end pipeline management and supply planning. Skilled in negotiation and strategic decision making, perfected by 25 years of experience in leading organizational business units.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience
2
2

Certifications

Work History

Director Supply Chain Support

Smart & Final
03.2012 - 10.2022
  • Reported directly to Group VP of Supply Chain
  • Successfully managed 4 high velocity groceryambient and temperature controlled distribution centers with over 500+ associates in Southern& Northern CA
  • Managed and coordinated overflow operations of frozen and dry goods into 3rdparty Lineage & Weber distribution centers
  • Responsibility for all building & MHE maintenancefor network of 6 distribution centers
  • Company liaison for CHEP relationship and oversight of 3
  • CHEP total pallet management operations across the network
  • POC for all white wood sales &quarterly bid process to maximize revenue
  • Planned, coordinated, and managed holiday &promotional flow for the network with special handling of high profile items
  • Coordinated flow ofinvestment buys to avoid negative impact to storage and operational flow
  • Prepared annualbudgets, KPIs, and all Supply Chain capital requests
  • Managed the flow of all major capital
  • RFPs and expenditures through the strategic sourcing process
  • Supply Chain project managerfor all major projects
  • (New facilities, expansions, closures, product category transitions)
  • Negotiate 3rd party outsourced budgets annually and contracts upon expiration
  • P&Loperational responsibility of $33m.

General Manager / Director

Smart & Final
01.2008 - 03.2012
  • Responsibility for the management of 3 temperature controlled perishable facilities
  • Directlymanaged over 120 associates & 7 leadership team members
  • Prepared annual budgets andestablished KPIs with focus on continuous improvement & cost reduction measures
  • Responsible for shrink control for the network
  • Managed building and MHE repair andmaintenance for the network
  • Developed and administered individual development plans formanagement future growth
  • Presented and reported financial results and performance reportedeach period to teams and quarterly to senior executives.

Senior Operations Manager

Smart & Final
03.2005 - 12.2007
  • Responsibility for all inventory and shrink control for distribution network
  • Developed, projectmanaged, and implemented the dissolution of annual inventories and replaced with quarterlycycle count programs
  • WMS super user for Supply Chain
  • Coordinated training and managedthe rollout of the new WMS for the network
  • Created and maintained all WMS standardoperating procedures
  • Managed successful rollout of voice picking throughout the network.

Operations Manager

Smart & Final
01.2002 - 03.2005
  • Managed 5 supervisors & 150 associates
  • Responsibility for shift performance
  • Ability tomotivate teams to meet and exceed performance metrics
  • Communicated shift performancedaily and company performance monthly
  • Conducted annual performance reviews
  • Developedmanagement and High Potentials for future growth.

Warehouse Manager

Smart & Final
12.1999 - 12.2001
  • Managed a high volume 3 shift operation
  • Direct reports consisted of 3 operations managers
  • Improved toxic culture through focus on building relationships
  • Managed team to develop acomprehensive SOP for a seniority based environment “Job Coverage Rules”
  • Detailedcommunication on financial period results & metrics to direct and senior teams.

Operations Manager

99 Cents Only Stores
01.1997 - 12.1999
  • Managed a 1M square foot high volume grocery facility
  • Reported directly to VP of Distribution
  • Led team of 200+ associates with 4 supervisors on 2 shifts
  • Responsibility for all inbound and outbound processes
  • Periodic routing and dispatching of store deliveries.

Supervisor

Golden Lee Book Distributors
01.1990 - 04.1996
  • Tenure here was my introduction into a leadership role
  • Basis for developing a team culture
  • Directly supervised 15 full time & 45 temporary associates
  • Responsibility for inbound, outbound & order fulfillment
  • Coordinated outbound freight and carrier sourcing


Education

Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration

California State University Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
07.2024 - 08.2024

Graduate - Food Industry Executive Management Program

Marshall School of Business - USC
Los Angeles, CA
03.2013 - 05.2013

Skills

  • Project Planning
  • Continuous Improvement Methodologies
  • Supply & Maintenance Management
  • Capital, Budget and P&L Management
  • Analytical
  • Expense Control / Cost Reduction
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Leadership Development
  • Multi-Site Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • 3PL (Third Party Logistics)
  • Effective communicator

Accomplishments

  • Project managed team to successfully open 2 northern & 1 southern California distribution centers while closing a northern California distribution center with little to no interruption to business.
  • Project managed an 80k sqft refrigeration expansion with no interruption to operation.
  • Established unloading services into complete network resulting in over $5M in annual revenue.
  • Sourced energy rebates for network resulting in over $1m annual revenue.
  • Successfully coordinated training and managed the rollout of voice picking and a new WMS system in our distribution network.
  • Led the team in conjunction with Internal Audit to dissolve annual inventories and replaced with a quarterly cycle count program.
  • Negotiated market pricing for white wood sales resulting in $3M annual revenue.

Certification

  • Dale Carnegie Leadership Training 2013
  • IBM Cognos Analytics 12.3 Cloud
  • Marketing Customer Analytics, Segmentation, and Targeting

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

On-SiteHybrid

Important To Me

Career advancementCompany CultureFlexible work hoursWork-life balance

Languages

Spanish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Software

Microsoft Office Suite

Symphony WMS

Microsoft Project

IBM Cognos Data Analytics 123 Cloud

MySQL 80

Interests

Golf

Fishing

Target Shooting

Football

Trying new foods

Timeline

Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration

California State University Fullerton
07.2024 - 08.2024

Graduate - Food Industry Executive Management Program

Marshall School of Business - USC
03.2013 - 05.2013

Director Supply Chain Support

Smart & Final
03.2012 - 10.2022

General Manager / Director

Smart & Final
01.2008 - 03.2012

Senior Operations Manager

Smart & Final
03.2005 - 12.2007

Operations Manager

Smart & Final
01.2002 - 03.2005

Warehouse Manager

Smart & Final
12.1999 - 12.2001

Operations Manager

99 Cents Only Stores
01.1997 - 12.1999

Supervisor

Golden Lee Book Distributors
01.1990 - 04.1996
Neil Cueva