Jorge Vilardell

Supply Chain Director with 19 years of experience in the retail and manufacturing industries. Expert in designing, implementing and optimizing standardized, measurable, and controlled strategies. Experienced in creating and leading multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams aligned with business priorities and focus on continuous improvement.

Independent Consultant NOV 2021 - TODAY

Senior Supply Chain Consultant 

DAYSTORE (Mexico City, Mexico)

• Project of Design and implementation of Dark Stores processes 
• Design and implement processes and politics
• Distribution suppliers' definition and negotiation
• ​Trained cross-functional teams
• Design of the Cost and pricing strategies for Dark Stores services

• Over 2.5M MXP in savings by improving logistics and supply chain processes 
• Analysis and suggestions for the supply processes leading to estimated savings of 1.5 M MXP
• Analysis of the logistic process and planning, giving an estimated 1 M MXP savings

• 4M MXP in revenue increase by implementing e-Commerce strategy
• Implementation of process and politics focused on e-commerce for 2 new clients
• ​Adaptation of the WMS to fulfill the new processes 
• Trained and mentored a team of 10 senior operational professionals 

Supply Chain and Logistics Director - Saved over 3M MXP

• Led the S&OP, purchases, logistics, warehousing, and foreign trade areas
• ​Trained highly efficient and result focus cross-functional teams
• ​Improved costs and processes increasing the results in the Mexico and USA operation
• 3,000,000 MXP saved annually in costs of deliveries by ​consolidating transport efficiencies
• 2,000,000 MXP saved annually in purchases by ​consolidating orders
• 95% of processes and procedures implemented by ​redesigning with best practices
• 99% fulfillment by ​redesigning the deliveries politics and procedures, and implementing controls

Operations Director - 10% operational cost reduction

• Orchestrated the air and sea freight forward operation to maximize the business profit
• Redesigned the logistics process to fulfill the complex client opportunities
• ​Established Asia / America operative processes to ensure correct communications and operations
• ​Shaped the structure and functions of the China and Mexico multicultural team
• ​Designed and implemented a dashboard to control and communicate in real time performance metrics
• 10% operational cost reduction by ​generating controls and improving negotiations
• 100% processes implemented by ​succeeding in redesigning or documenting all the areas

Supply Chain Sr. Regional Manager - Distribution of Chanel and Luxury brands

• ​Directed the Mexican and the Caribbean supply chain operations to ensure customer service
• ​Reduced Inventories improving the S&OP process and making the warehouse process lean
• ​Guided the different areas to have collaboration and achieve results working as cross-functional teams
• ​Forged a partnership with a strategic logistic supplier to achieve the e-commerce objectives
• 3,000,000 MXP saved annually by ​upgrading the cyclic inventories process 
• 15% Transport cost savings by ​generating negotiating with internal clients and suppliers
• 99.8% Perfect orders by ​achieving having correct planning and information for the sales team

Supply chain Sr. Manager LATAM- Automotive Industry 

• ​Directed the supply chain operations within Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil
• ​Negotiated with the Chinese factories and the Europe materials suppliers to ensure the correct supply
• ​Achieved perfect order deliveries to General Motors with a carefully designed S&OP process
• 700,000 MXP Inventory scrap saved by ​reducing scrap with international cross-inventory levels control
• 2,500,000 MXP emergency shipments costs reduced by making planning restructure

Operations Director - 350,000 square meters warehouse capacity

• ​Directed the Logistic, Warehouse, and Distribution operations for retail clients in all of Mexico 
• ​Maximized the operative results for clients like Kellogs, Mars, Gerber, and Colgate
• ​Designed and implemented a new distribution center for Mars in Tabasco
• ​Generated 5,000,000 MXP annually selling and operating new services to my clients
• ​Delivered 99.8% inventory accuracy for all the operations of my clients

• MBA IPADE Mexico 1998
• Industrial Engineering Universidad Panamericana Mexico 1996