Leonardo Carrasco

Experience

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  BASKIN ROBBINS

  Jun 2003 - Aug 2003

  Direct Sales - Summer job

  Customer service

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  Global Vantage

  Jun 2006 - Aug 2006

  Data Processor - Summer job

  Blueprint documentation of Aeronautic designs as well as user manual documentation for internal users at Honeywell.

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  Philip Morris International

  Aug 2007 - Nov 2007

  Business Process Management - Internship

  Analysis and documentation of cigarretes manufacturing processes.BPM Trainning PhD Jorge Yamada

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  Distribuidora los Azufres

  Jan 2009 - May 2009

  Project Leader – Bachelor's thesis project

  Warehouse and Distribution Center Los Azufres – Guadalajara.Standardization and process documentation for ISO 9001 certification.

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  Sintec

  Jul 2009 - Jan 2011

  IT Consultant

  •Worked in 3 different industries that helped me understand the impact of supply chain strategies along its value chain (Consumer Packaged Goods, Tile & Beverages Industries).•Co-implemented Oracle Business Intelligence (APCC) and Demand Planning modules (Demantra) in Grupo Herdez and Vitromex: • Responsible of Oracle Business Intelligence and Demand Planning software implementation • Set up Hardware and Software in Development, Test and Production servers • Co-defined SKU/product level, as well as DFU and scope limits in the collaboration process. • Extracted data and preparation for initial load in Demantra and APCC. • Validated forecast from Demantra and made historical sales adjustment when necessary. • Co-defined KPI’s to be displayed on Demantra dashboards and APCC Workbench. • Established stored procedures for exporting data from Demantra to APCC • Collaborated with line managers for worksheets, dashboards and series design, in addition to user’s definition and security policies (Oracle Demantra and APCC).• Collaborated in Go-To-Market strategy definition for Coca Cola • Market Research with surveys and in site visits • Collaborated with project owner for designing Go-to-market channel and the required policies. • Fully developed a tool in Access and SQL for Third Party Distributors Control and follow up. • Project documentation and post-technical assistance• Trained around 20 users in each project, documented implementation process and provided with post-technical assistance that helped users understand the software completely. (I really like to teach what I've implemented). Show less

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  Education Center CJV

  Jan 2011 - Jul 2013

  Financial Manager

  • Responsible of USD$1.2 million in annual budget and in charge of 3 personnel.• Employees’ Payroll generation with scrutinized supervision and without errors.• Set up an Accounting Filing System that reduced searching and processing times.• Fully responsible of a portfolio investment at the Stock Market with ROI over 17% annually.• Applied a bank consolidation strategy that reduced costs of banking commissions and fees• Implemented legal taxing strategies that helped increase net income by approx. 20%.• Negotiated with supplier’s payments date and prices reducing expenditure variability and promoting budget creation. Show less

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  La Pasta di Leo

  Mar 2011 - Jul 2013

  Quick Service Restaurant Entrepreneurship

  • Business model planning, scheduling and launching including Corporate & Product Image, Financial projections, Operation Processes, IT development and HR.• Standardized operations in order to make the restaurant ready to franchise it.• Responsible for interviewing, contracting, training and lead personnel to achieve an excellent service level with customers.• Planned, launched and monitor Marketing strategies for local market that helped increased sales by 10% monthly.http://lapastadileo.wix.com/lapastadileo Show less

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  Sauder School of Business at UBC

  Apr 2014 - Oct 2014

  Operations Research Project Analyst for TELUS - Master's thesis project

  • Delivered a predictive model that helped identifying and mitigating customers with future payment problems allowing a reduction in operating expenses and improving customer service.• Co-leaded a team of 3 technical analysts in order to deliver results with a tight schedule.• Managed a significant-size database with efficiency in MS SQL and upload it into R for data mining and for Classification and Regression Trees (CART) & Logistic Regression models design.• Efficiently presented and communicated technical content to executive and line managers Show less

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  Expeditors

  Jan 2015 - now

  Handle 4 large market-cap accounts with continuous supply chain projects.Recurrent projects with weekly updates, managing expectations, scoping projects, and translating into actions. In charge of a team of engineers in India. Identified more than $15M in potential savings from transportation costs reduction, network optimization, ocean/air RFQ support.These projects are definitely key to our customer's success, more in particular in their supply chain's agility, responsiveness and cost-effectiveness. Show less • Drive several initiatives across multiple departments aimed at eliminating process waste, process automation, implementing a lean/6-sigma mindset, reduce costs, and improve productivity.• Significantly improved our operational audit results from 79 to 96% compliance (highest in many years) for two consecutive years (current seniority in the role).• Created Business Intelligence dashboards for the operations team, enhancing visibility and responsiveness for their operational process standards.• Lead management review meetings and constantly challenge the status quo among all managers. • Lead a team of process specialists.• Partner cross-functionally and with other regions researching ideas on complex issues.• Prepare monthly presentations for management, effectively communicate results • Trained 300+ people on lean methodologies and embracing change. Show less Responsible for supply chain design and logistics projects aimed to reduce landed transportation costs, improve lead times and/or enhance visibility for more than 50 different customers.Manage multiple projects for global and local companies in different industries: Retail, Pharmacare, Electronics Manufacturing, Telecommunications, Automotive and more.Examples of supply chain/logistics strategies I explore every day:• Optimal facilities location based on my current and forecast (Network Optimization)?• Transportation flow analysis and cost optimization • Response time sensitivity analysis• Origin consolidation and domestic transload opportunities• Lead Time variability analysis• Mode and lane opportunities for inbound and outbound flows Responsibilities for each project:• Define project scope and manage initial expectations• Handle and clean large data sets using SQL, Excel, Pyhton or R, in order to deeply understand the story behind the data (Data Cleansing and Supply and Demand dashboards in Tableau)• Create diagnostics and prescriptive models with Llamasoft Supply Chain Guru and MS SQL• Propose and present strategic solutions that would improve the customers' supply chain cost and responsiveness. Show less

  • Senior Program Manager

    Nov 2024 - now

  • Program Manager - Supply Chain Solutions

    Feb 2022 - now

  • Senior Logistics Engineer

    Jan 2021 - Feb 2022

  • Manager - District Business Operations

    Dec 2018 - Jan 2021

  • Logistics Engineer

    Jan 2015 - Nov 2018