Ana Mercado

Supply Chain Director @ Benchmark

About

Bilingual Supply Chain Director with over 16 years experience in the Industry with a progressive track record of success and continue increasing responsibilities. Professional, result driven, pro-active, strong drive, team builder, self-starter & goal oriented. Major strengths in: Inventory Management (for ITO and DOS improvements), Strong Lean Leader, Warehouse (receiving, kitting and stocking), Purchasing and Supply Chain Cost reduction programs. Knowledgeable on ERP systems, Just in Time, Kanban, Bar Code systems and Vendor Management programs.

Country

Mexico

City

Zapopan

Industry

Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing

Skill

Supplier Evaluation, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Supply Chain, Lean Manufacturing, Materials Management, 5S, Continuous Improvement, Supply Chain Management, MRP, ERP, Value Stream Mapping, Program Management, Process Improvement, Manufacturing Operations, Kaizen, Contract Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Supply Management, Sourcing, Forecasting

Experience

Supply Chain Director

Benchmark

2013-1 - Present · 13 yrs 9 mos

Guadalajara Area, Mexico

Leading Benchmark Guadalajara Supply Chain for all business units, main responsibilities: • Responsible to establish supply chain for all business units. • In charge of developing local supplier in the Region for Mechanical, Plastic, Cables, Harnesses, Label, Doc and Packaging Commodity. • Cost reduction initiatives to maintain competitive prices to our customer and increase profitability. • Responsible to maintain a minimum the inventory level and increase Inventory Turns. • Responsible for the logistic optimizing the routing guide assuring the complying on customs regulations. • Leading Warehouse Operation (Receiving, Put away, storage and kitting process). • Responsible for Planning and Production Control areas.

Supply chain director

Benchmark

2013 - 2014 · 1 yr

Supply chain director

Benchmark

2013 - 2014 · 1 yr

Materials Director

Flex

1999 - Present · 27 yrs

Americas Supply Chain Director

Flex

1999-1 - 2012-10 · 13 yrs 10 mos

Guadalajara Area, Mexico

Americas Supply Chain Director • Responsible for create the Americas Supply Chain Region and Manage 12 sites. • Standardized the processes & KPI to monitor the performance of the Region. • Responsible to establish the strategies to improve the key metrics, such as ITO, Inventory Level, RPPV, Freight & DOS. • Main initiative deployed across the Region are: o Increase VMI penetration o Reduce Lead Time and MOQ o Align Load vs Commit o Reduce Excess & Obsolete o Establish the Routing by Region o Develop new supplier o Increase Vertical Integration o Monitor closely MRP execution.