Cecilia Salazar

About Cecilia Salazar

A highly motivated Account and Planner professional with a verifiable record of…

Experience

1. Senior Inventory Planner

   Sysco

   Mar 2014 — Present

   Achieve company inventory management goals for complex categories which include but are not limited to exemplary customer service, PO accuracy (cost, quantity, dates), minimal spoilage and shrink, and managing inventory to the lowest possible DSO. Execute a replenishment strategy that supports supply chain efficiencies. Train and support the replenishment team on appropriate forecast management, procurement best practices, policies, and procedures. Key Results: • Takes strategic action in inventory management, forecasting, and demand planning to maintain local inventory levels (DSO, aged and obsolete inventory, spoilage and shrink) while maximizing customer service levels. • Increased work efficiency by 78% by collaborating with the local, market, and corporate merchandising teams, suppliers, and other functional areas and strategizing with Operations in developing programs and ways of maximizing efficiencies of receiving and warehousing. • Maximized truck fill-ins efficiency by working with Logistics Team to minimize the loss on supply chain efficiencies • Resolve replenishment issues by managing Opco SKU level count (min SKU count) by joining efficiency initiatives on aligning buying multiples, load-fill improvement, lead time reviews, and deployment of processes to balance demand and supply such as the industry-leading best practice for Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR). • Develop transactional automation to transition the number of manual work to automated controls to maximize work and time efficiency. • Demonstrated advanced level of proficiency in the Manhatten inventory planning tool- Demand Planning Replenishment or DPR to drive the Team’s performance. • Transitioned from Category Planner of Sysco East Wisconsin to Midwest Market Planner in 5 years by consistently meeting the Merchandising KPIs and scorecards. • Trains and monitors the planning team on the procurement process to comply with corporate guidelines.

Skills

• Team Leadership
• Inventory Management
• Procurement
• Invoicing
• Vlookup
• Pricing
• Marketing Strategy
• Qad
• Data Analysis
• Business Development
• Training
• B2b
• Forecasting
• Financial Accounting
• Cash Flow
• As400 System
• Customer Service
• Business Planning
• Leadership
• Account Reconciliation
• Management
• Analysis
• Pivot Tables
• Business Analysis
• Operations Management
• New Business Development
• Customer Satisfaction
• Food
• Microsoft Office
• Teamwork
• Dpr
• Vendor Management
• Bookkeeping
• Account Management
• Access
• Accounts Receivable
• Sap
• Analytics
• Purchasing
• Team Building