Nathalie Cárdenas
Demand & Supply Planning Manager
Barcelona
Summary
Demand & Supply Planner offering strong knowledge of SAP, Power BI, Tableau and advanced planner and optimizer software such as OMP. Bringing 6 years of hands-on experience planning for fast-paced manufacturing environments. Well-versed in reviewing sales trends, forecasting data and evaluating forecast results. Seasoned team leader committed to closely collaborating with team members to identify shortages, overstocks and other inventory issues.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Demand Planner Manager
Bayer
01.2024 - Current
- Supported new product introductions by working closely with Product Management teams to develop accurate launch forecasts based on historical analogs and market research data.
- Ran weekly fill rate reports to highlight potential issues and corresponding solutions.
- Communicated demand plans to manufacturing sites to resolve gaps between demand and supply plans.
- Led monthly consensus meetings with stakeholders from various departments including Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain.
Expert Regional Supply Chain Management
Bayer
6 2021 - 12.2023
- Monitor inventory levels and ensure an uninterrupted supply of the Pharma products through reports that collect relevant information to the stakeholders (global supply managers/ product managers/ forecast managers, etc.)
- Mitigation of operational supply issues such as out of stock situations, overstocking, risk of expiration and obsolescence by a continuously and closely collaboration with the counterparts to allocate and prioritize accordingly in bottleneck situations
- Evaluate the internal KPI's of supply service in SCB HUB and define actions to reach the targets
- Collaborating in standardization projects for supply processes, reports and tools
Demand Planner & Logistics
Spectrum Brands Spain
11.2018 - 05.2021
- Guarantee the stock coverage for Spain and Portugal customers executing a weekly replenishment plan according to a sales forecast
- Planning data (Stock levels, stock rotation, slow moves and discontinued stock, monthly target stock, etc.)
- Follow up the pipeline sales and back orders to mitigate stock-out or overstocking scenarios
- Identify data/trends on any significant variances between forecasted sales, the organization's budgets and business plans as part of S&OP process
- Participate in a continuous improvement process to avoid unnecessary logistic costs
- Work collaboratively with the team to ensure and achieve the accuracy of future sales forecasts
- Follow-up of the target stock level vs sales inputs reporting by the areas involved in the S&OP process
- Create strong interpersonal and communications skills to lead
Logistics & Supply Chain
Continental Automotive
03.2018 - 09.2018
- Intercompany sales management
- Support on the production planning of the pieces for the final product assembly
- Invoice and transport arrangements to deliver the finished product to the customer
- IT tools management such as B2B portals, SAP, Excel
Education
Economy and Administration, Master in Logistics y International Trade -
Universitat Abat Oliba CEU
10.2017 - 05.2018
Economy and Administration, International Business - undefined
Universidad de las Américas
09.2011 - 05.2016
Leadership Essentials - undefined
UAO - ICIL
Short Sea Shipping - undefined
Escola Europea Transport Intermodal
Inventory management and warehouse design - undefined
Universitat Abat Oliba CEU y Universidad Anahuac
No Degree - Data Analytics
EADA
Barcelona, Spain 04.2001 -
Skills
Problem solving
Forecasting Accuracy
Communication
Decision making
Scenario Planning
Data analysis and reporting
Leadership
Sales and operations planning
Languages
Spanish
English
Catala
Italian
French
References
- Dr. Iván Roa Perera, Masters and Postgraduate Degrees's Director, Universitat Abat Oliba CEU
- Dra. Belem Manzano, Chief of Technical Department, Pepsico CIA. LTDA
Timeline
Demand Planner Manager
Bayer
01.2024 - Current
Demand Planner & Logistics
Spectrum Brands Spain
11.2018 - 05.2021
Logistics & Supply Chain
Continental Automotive
03.2018 - 09.2018
Economy and Administration, Master in Logistics y International Trade -
Universitat Abat Oliba CEU
10.2017 - 05.2018
Economy and Administration, International Business - undefined
Universidad de las Américas
09.2011 - 05.2016
No Degree - Data Analytics
EADA
04.2001 -
Expert Regional Supply Chain Management
Bayer
6 2021 - 12.2023
Leadership Essentials - undefined
UAO - ICIL
Short Sea Shipping - undefined
Escola Europea Transport Intermodal
Inventory management and warehouse design - undefined
Universitat Abat Oliba CEU y Universidad Anahuac
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