Ray Kohler

Experience

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  Chilectra

  Jun 2007 - Jan 2008

  Amongst the main responsibilities are the creation and development of a plan for the business offices of Chilectra where elaborated a penalty and incentives model for Chilectra Subcontractors, based on quality variables which represent the most important concepts for customer service.Also develop a sales forecast for each sales office, support in data analysis for new business development for Mundo Activa (Extended Warranty, Internet Service, etc.) research support Franchise Project, and support for research of cost model for Chilectra for commercial offices.Finally, developed a comprehensive Market Research where was assess information on the perception of people towards Chilectra in commercial offices. Show less

  • Management Analyst

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  • Customers Management Analyst

    Jun 2007 - Dec 2007
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  Aquanima

  Jan 2008 - Feb 2011

  Strategic Sourcing Consultant

  As Specialists take the lead in construction and technology categories. Amongst the main responsibility is the management of expenses budget and investment of Santander Group, the planning strategy of negotiation for the construction of the commercial offices, and support in the implementation of SAP in Chile.As a Key User of Ariba Buyer is responsible for capacitation of the team in Chile and other countries (Argentina, Uruguay, USA, etc.) in the use of the online platform.Due to the good result, enter to the External Client team where they participated in the following projects:• Falabella: Help Desk and technology equipment renew for all south America• Loreal: Safety Guards for commercial offices• Vineyards Veramonte, Lapostolle, and Montes: Bidding process for Dry Supply category (17% average saving) Show less

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  Viña Indómita, Viña Santa Alicia y Viña Dos Andes

  Mar 2011 - Feb 2020

  Jefe de Abastecimiento y Logística

  Leader of the supply department. Centralization for all purchasing processes for the three companies. Develop bidding process for all categories reaching an average saving of 14% for Dry Goods (bottle, cork, screw caps, caps, boxes, bag in box, etc.). Also achieve improvement in quality of service and other agreements: payment and delivery condition, technical specification, standardization, etc.Amongst the main function on this position can mention:• Planning- Creation of a multidisciplinary committee (Commercial, Enologist, Production, Supply area, and Comex) whose unique goal is planning the production and shipping according to the commercial requirement and the resource restriction - All of the agreements taken as a result of the meeting are transferred to the MRP and communicated to the entire company- Create and monitoring of Planning Compliance KPI• Responsible for the implementation of JIT system (Just in Time)• Standardization of supplies to improve the result of negotiation of bidding process, optimized performance in the production line, and shipping improvement• Unify criteria for development of new products• Procedure of inventory, track and solve differences, financial positive or negative adjusting• Creation of KPI: tracking prices, providers evaluation, managing supplies excess and obsolescence, warehouse utilization, rotation, deliveries compliance, etc.• Support to Marketing department in new product development and improvement (labeling process, new technology, new market trends, etc.)• Key support in the implementation of International Quality Certifications (BRC, IFS, ISO, SEDEX, and GLOBAL GAP) Show less

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  Garces Fruit

  Feb 2020 - May 2022

  Jefe de Abastecimeinto y Bodega

  Leader of Supply and Logistics department. Direct dependency of the Operation Manager. Amongst his responsibilities see four main drivers:o Procurement: as a leader of the area, all the purchasing process was managed through the Supply committee, where decide the best way to negotiate every need: Direct buying, Bidding, prices agreement, Service Contract, etc.Develop an association with Wherex platform, one of the most important purchasing portals for e-negotiation, growing up the available providers and generating a competitive and transparency bidding process.Amongst the main categories negotiated are: Supplies and productive materials, Services (facilities, leasing, security, food service, etc.); Investment and capital assets (constructions, heavy machinery, equipment, etc.), repetitive purchase (stationery, cleaning supplies, spare parts, etc.) o Planning: based on commercial needs, develops a strategic plan that includes: inventory (and purchasing process), production restrictions (time to process, raw material, people available, shifts, etc.), logistics (freight forwarding planning, shipment, lead time, etc.)Develop production KPI to follow the compliance of the program: Production cycle, reject index, downtime, bottleneck, waste, etc.o Warehouse: responsible for the storage of every supply, raw material, and goods of the company. Create the Center of Distribution in San Francisco de Mostazal whose main goal was to maintain operative continuity of all production plan.Develop warehouse KPI to keep monitored the efficiency: manage space, inventory rotation, excess purchasing, obsolescence use, supplies quality, providers evaluation, etc.o ERP Key User: Advance user of Dynamics, Microsoft ERP. Responsible for constant maintenance of the system, code creation of supplies and services, modifying product structure, etc. Also, in charge of accountability closure of warehouse and reporting to the board. Show less

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  Amcor Chile

  Aug 2022 - now

  Leader of Procurement Department, COMEX, Planning Team, Customer Services, and Warehouse and Logistics.As Legal Representant take the Oversees role in the closure of the production plant. Immediately, assume the task of searching, deploying and opening activities for the new sales offices and the Logistics Center.Currently have direct responsibility before the SII and type A attorney in the resolution of administrative/legal issues in Chile.Main promoter in new technologies implementation and automatization. Key User in SAP and Power Bi. Project leader in the bots deployment for reporting and performance data. Show less

  • Supply Chain Manager and Legal Representative

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Procurement and COMEX Leader

    Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
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  Duoc UC

  Mar 2023 - Aug 2023

  Docente para el Programa de Innovación y Emprendimiento