Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Other Studies
References
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Ariel Hidalgo

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Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Distribution Requirements Planning Manager

Medtronic
6 2022 - Current
  • Responsible for the inventory management and shipping to Asia Pacific and Greater China
  • Managed the team of planners responsible for supplying APAC locations from USA main distribution centers and cross-docks as well
  • Implemented the DRP expansion to support distribution planning activities for 7 additional OUs
  • Led the Sonoma implementation for Medical Surgical portfolio, including the Go Live of three new cross-docks and dual stocking strategy for domestic market
  • Implemented the automation of core DRP processes of TLB order creation and deliveries as well, reducing in half the time invested by the team
  • Guided the team through the implementation of new direct lanes into India, Hong Kong and Taiwan for LMITG, contributing to savings of up to $1.4M in freight and $4.8M in inventory
  • Led the execution focus change to backorder reduction on APAC team, contributing to reduce it in $5M on top surgical and renal care business units
  • Guided the DRP team through the implementation of multiple Air to Ocean programs that contributed to sustain an ocean split of 15-20% of the volume shipped from US to direct regions
  • Coordinated the execution of a global build-up in preparation for the ERP migration to SAP
  • Over 8 weeks of supply shipped via air and ocean, with freight savings equal to 21 ocean containers.

Distribution Requirements Planning Supervisor

Medtronic
12.2019 - 05.2022

Replenishment Planner

Medtronic
01.2017 - 12.2019

Replenishment Planner

Medtronic
10.2014 - 12.2016
  • Managed the inventory management and deployment to APAC (China, Singapore & Korea) and EMEA Stand Alone markets (Turkey, South Africa and Israel)
  • Ensured the continuous supply of inventory to the assigned markets and managed the relationship with Supply Planning and the regions to assist on product availability risk
  • Managed the setups maintenance and parametrization of the supply chain network
  • Analyzed forecast data to improve its accuracy and reduce gaps causing over/under stocking
  • Coordinated the system implementation of China as CRP out of European DCs
  • Led the transition on the ERP migration to SAP on EMEA DCs outbound flows
  • Identification of requirements and planning scenarios to test designed solution capability of covering CRP processes (fully in CGEN2 and partially in CGEN4)
  • Executed testing, troubleshooting and validation of the solution versus the planning requirements
  • Developed CRP team SAP expertise through the creation of a learning role and access path and by becoming the trainer for the department
  • Developed as CRP main coordinator of projects deployment with EMEA planning teams and DCs
  • Led the transfer of EMEA Stand Alone replenishment ownership to Europe Customer Service
  • Implemented systems and process improvements that to adapt to the warehouse move, initiatives known as the Simplified Delivery Model and Coversheet automatization.

Intern Software solutions specialist

Oracle
11.2013 - 09.2014
  • Product specialization in financial planning solution (Hyperion EPM)
  • In charge of supporting the sales representatives in commercial processes with: Software solutions demonstrations
  • Marketing talks
  • Answering of Requests for Proposals (RfP)
  • Knowledge transfer and presentations to customers and business partners
  • Market researching: Developed a CRM and Customer Experience (CX) SaaS market research in Costa Rica and Panamá
  • Investigating market trends with information of technology research companies, such as Forrester, IDC and Gartner
  • Interviewing potential clients from a sample of top enterprises in both countries
  • Estimating the size of the market for CRM and CX solutions.

Education

Industrial Engineering

Universidad de Costa Rica
01.2008 - 05.2014

Skills

  • Analytical
  • Assertive
  • Results oriented
  • Proactive
  • Participative leader

Other Studies

  • APICS CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional)
  • Highly proficient in English. 105 TOEFL iBT score.
  • Good command of Portuguese.
  • Project Management Masters of Science studies completion.

References

  • Maria Luna, Medtronic IC DRP Sr. Manager, maria.f.luna@medtronic.com
  • Lindsay Grahek, Supply Network Planning Director, lindsay.m.grahek@medtronic.com
  • Trish Saina, Demand Planning Director, trish.c.saina@medtronic.com

Timeline

Distribution Requirements Planning Supervisor

Medtronic
12.2019 - 05.2022

Replenishment Planner

Medtronic
01.2017 - 12.2019

Replenishment Planner

Medtronic
10.2014 - 12.2016

Intern Software solutions specialist

Oracle
11.2013 - 09.2014

Industrial Engineering

Universidad de Costa Rica
01.2008 - 05.2014

Distribution Requirements Planning Manager

Medtronic
6 2022 - Current

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