Alejandro Alfonzo Raffalli

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ABOUT ALEJANDRO ALFONZO RAFFALLI

I am a Senior Supply Chain Professional and MBA with 15 years of experience delivering results for highly demanding, top FMCG organisations. My signature approach is to help businesses achieve their strategic and financial goals through operational excellence and to deliver value-added contributions in the form of process improvements, team building, and talent development.Anchored in my functional expertise in Supply Chain and Operations, my professional profile has successfully evolved into a rounded business leader through the experiences gained from close collaborations across the years with IT/IS, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Science & Innovation, Regulatory, Quality, Manufacturing, Procurement, and HR. I have also had the privilege of being regularly exposed to multicultural work environments and having international work experiences across Latin America, Europe, and the United Kingdom.Having an Engineering background, I am an ingenious and methodical problem solver, and have learned to combine these attributes with the holistic business understanding, commercial acumen, and bottom-line orientation that I gained from my MBA. I am resourceful, versatile, and results-oriented, and also comfortable dealing with ambiguity and working within dynamic teams across multiple functions and geographies.Leadership strengths:• Translating operational challenges & needs into business strategy and results.• Balancing big-picture strategic planning with detailed operational execution.• Driving the delivery of high-quality outcomes.• Leading complex cross-functional projects and processes.• Connecting people to facilitate solutions and drive results.• Managing & influencing stakeholders.• Building high performing teams.Areas Of Expertise:Operations Management | Supply Chain Management | Sales and Operations Planning (S & OP) Inventory Management | Supply Planning | Production Scheduling & Deployment | Transportation Warehousing & Distribution | Reverse Logistics | New Product Introductions & Delists (NPID)Performance Management | Cost-to-serve Analysis | P&L Analysis | Process Improvement |Inventory Optimisation | Supply Network Design | Third Party Vendor Management | SLA ManagementMS Excel (advanced)| SAP R3 & APO | SC Modelling & Optimisation Team Leadership | Coaching & Development | Team Building | Project ManagementCross-functional Leadership | Stakeholder Management | Change Management |Strategic Planning | Operational Excellence | Continuous Improvement | Planning & OrganisingCPG | FMCG | Foods & Beverage