Andrea Buitrago
- Role
- Structural Heart Regional Demand Planning Canada & Latam at Abbott
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Andrea Buitrago
Professional with 16 years of experience in Pharmaceutical, Agrochemical, Consumer goods…
Experience
Structural Heart Regional Demand Planning Canada & Latam
Oct 2022 — Present
Lead cross functional teams to build an unconstrained consensus demand forecast for a18 Months planning Horizon, which translates into manufacturing build plans while giving consideration to backorder mitigation, inventory management, New product introduction, phase In / Out products. • Leverage demand planning system SAP/APO, creating short- and long-term demand forecast plans, and lead cross-functional meetings to drive demand consensus. • Managed the entire demand planning process, researching demand drivers, challenging inputs, reviewing historical sales trends, enhancing phase In/ out process and evaluating forecast results for different categories. • Work closely with category owners to understand business growth strategy, and reconcile significant forecast variances, refine forecasts models to reflect updated sales and marketing strategies, and improve forecast accuracy across different categories. • Partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to execute operational launch planning activities to meet organizational NPI objectives and launch readiness. • Conduct periodic Regional Business Unit S & OP reviews with all assigned selling divisions, presenting key metrics to divisional executives and including a root cause analysis and action plan for the main deviations to reach the performance target and improve operation. • Identify and implementing demand process, customer Service continuous improvements. • Develop along with Global Demand Planning Leader a dynamic Tender business process, giving flexibility and visibility to Global Supply Organization. • Design and Implement a Collaborative Forecasting with Distributors in the Caribbean and South LatAm to capture true quantity purchase boosting customers growth. • Drive continuous improvement culture and initiatives, lead and participate in improvement initiatives and projects.
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