Daniela Araya Gutiérrez

Experience

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  Smurfit Kappa Costa Rica

  Jun 2015 - Dec 2015

  Quality Internship

  Lead efforts related to receive and review customer complaints and perform root cause analysis and follow up visits. Responsible of design the non-conforming product test and disposition actions.Achievements: Designed tools for quality control focused on the reduction of defects in one of the main customers for the Company.

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  Hewllet-Packard Enterprise

  Jan 2016 - Oct 2016

  Project Management GDP

  Experience managing and tracking project life cycle for multiple project tasks and deliverables, working remotely with teams in India, the United States and Europe. Responsible of design and manage the internal and client dashboard for project KPIs. In charge of review the completion of tasks for kick of meetings with customers.Achievements: Reactivate and develop controls to monitor project compliance in the areas of quality, time, and scope, supporting the team to improve the administration of the schedule and risks through the role of Project Specialist. Show less

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  Smurfit Kappa Costa Rica

  Oct 2016 - Jun 2018

  Account Executive & Industrial Engineer

   First point of contact for customers. In charge of leading the complete project life cycle (from planning to execution and documentation) for the projects: New markets development in Central America and the Caribbean. Main achievement: opening of 4 markets, reaching an increase in unit sales from 2017 to 2018 by 309%. Successfully managed Innovation projects related with customer’s marketing objectives.  Participation in strategic planning tasks in Sales Department.  Responsible of generate the forecast for the segment of accounts in chargeMain achievement: 5 successful projects developed in packaging innovation related with Continuous improvement and branding redesign and new product released. Show less

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  CooperSurgical Fertility Solutions

  Oct 2018 - now

   Lead a cross functional team (engineering, quality, purchasing, planning and production) to complete transfer related tasks with a tighten timeline of 2 production areas from US manufacturing plants, including the validation of over 400 SKUs and 6 different lines. Manage a group of 27 + people to achieve production goals and meet the metrics. Worked with cross functional teams to replicate Legal Manufacturer’s processes, stablish procedures, define layout and process flow. Successfully lead, coordinate, validate, negotiate, and plan the logistics to fulfill raw material requirements with local and international vendors.  Track and lead improvement projects related to capacity, cost savings, productivity, and optimization.  Subject Matter Expert and change champion for the ERP system migration, also responsible to ensure the alignment of the Value Stream production area before, during and after the migration to correctly use the tool. Lead efforts from the operations side to ensure customer’s needs by communicating and driving actions with global teams including regulatory, marketing, quality, logistics, labeling and customer service to avoid back orders and fulfill customers’ needs Experience executing and managing the year budged for the Value Stream and performing quarterly basis forecast review and updates. Experience leading and managing investigations of root cause analysis and improvement opportunities across the processes and procedures. Show less Under Planner role Experience in the analysis and prioritization of production requirement for over 170 SKUs according with line’s capacity and customer demand. Successfully managed, monitored, and ensure the stock level in Distribution Centers located in USA and Denmark. Worked with cross functional teams to ensure inventory availability and define replenishment dates for products on back order.Main Achievements: Successfully transfer a product line from Australia to Costa Rica executing the role of buyer/planner.Cost Reduction for more than 800 thousand dollars in back order for two Value Streams in less than one year.Under the buyer role Manage to ensure the availability of raw material and supplies, tasks related with forecast, safety stock level and reorder point calculation for more than 100 SKUs.Main Achievements: design and develop from scratch automatic tool in Microsoft Excel with the goal of control stock level and advice reorder point against materials and supplies requirement.Lead the SKU recovery process and Safety Stock Level build, ensuring raw material availability and eliminating material shortfall in 100% Show less

  • Value Stream Manager

    Oct 2020 - now

  • Associate Production Manager

    Oct 2020 - Nov 2021

  • Sr. Buyer/Planner

    Oct 2018 - Oct 2020