Luis Aguirre

Results-driven Supply Chain and Logistics professional with over 15 years of comprehensive experience in managing procurement, warehouse operations, logistics, and inventory control across diverse industries. Adept at implementing and monitoring key performance indicators, optimizing processes, and negotiating contracts to achieve operational goals. Demonstrated leadership in building and training high-performing teams, aligning them with company strategy, and driving continuous improvement. Skilled in cross-functional collaboration, export/import operations, and integrated management systems.

Committed to delivering cost-effective solutions, enhancing service levels, and ensuring timely project delivery.

Supply Chain Superintendent | 06/2021 to 01/2023

STRACON S.A. - Peru

• Led a multifunctional team responsible for reporting supply status across all projects, while implementing and monitoring key performance indicators throughout the entire supply chain.
• Spearheaded the contracts and services department, optimizing the subcontracting process flow and negotiating major service contracts to achieve operational goals.
• Reviewed, updated, and disseminated warehouse and logistics processes and procedures, covering areas such as receiving, picking, dispatching, location, cataloging, and returns.
• Successfully managed and controlled inventory of over 6,000 SKUs across 10 different warehouses, reducing immobilized inventory by US$800K and maintaining optimal inventory levels.
• Secured a 4% cost reduction on the company's service subcontracts, amounting to savings of over US$150 million, by effectively tendering and negotiating major contracts for warehouse rental, distribution centers, logistics, spare parts, and materials by category.

Supply Chain MANAGER| 01/2018 to 05/2021

STRACON S.A. - Peru

• Reviewed, updated, and disseminated warehouse and logistics processes and procedures, including receiving, picking, dispatching, location, cataloging, and returns, while implementing and monitoring key performance indicators for warehouse and logistics management.
• Directed routine warehouse activities, ensuring orderliness, cleanliness, and environmental responsibility, while maintaining optimal inventory levels by addressing immobilized inventory and inventory turnover.
• Established policies for proper storage and preservation of documents, ensuring appropriate document management in the warehouse and collaborating with the purchasing department to maintain reliable inventory and accurate information.
• Led the team in achieving operational goals by providing feedback, motivation, and aligning them with the company's strategy, while being responsible for internal and external audit responses.
• Managed export and import operations of machinery and spare parts, and participated in the design and implementation of SAP, ensuring seamless inter-departmental workflow connections.
• Achieved a US$200K reduction in immobilized inventory and successfully liquidated US$200K worth of immobilized materials, while updating area procedures and designing and monitoring area control indicators.

Logistics Supervisor | 03/2014 to 12/2017

STRACON S.A. - Peru

• Ensured project supply by sourcing international suppliers, evaluating time, quality, and pricing, while issuing purchase orders in the system.
• Developed project logistics, monitoring the movement of materials and equipment across platforms with a peak flow of 12 platforms daily, and aligning transportation companies with unit progress reports.
• Negotiated and collaborated with the client's maintenance team to ensure service levels, while being responsible for asset purchasing.
• Trained national and international purchasing teams in procurement strategies and company culture, resulting in increased savings from 5% to 8% between 2015 and 2016.
• Achieved total control of platform flow to the project, improving service levels from 23 days to 17 days between 2015 and 2016.

PURCHASING MANAGER | 02/2011 to 02/2014

IESA S.A. - Peru

• Managed procurement operations and supervised a team of up to 12 purchasing personnel, coordinating transportation of heavy machinery and oversized cargo to 10 operational units.
• Implemented monthly meetings for tracking, growth, and development of the procurement department, as well as semi-annual reviews, annual work plans, and development of job profiles, procedures, and guidelines.
• Conducted audits of warehouses across all projects, aligning work methods and orderliness, while generating improvement plans for each operation.
• Improved service level from an initial 75% to 96% in the last year, while reducing immobilized inventory by 25% (US$250K) through effective implementation of key performance indicators.

Logistics Assistant | 04/2006 to 01/2011

IESA S.A. - Peru

• Managed the complete supply of mining units at Uchucchacua, Arcata, Ares, Atacocha, and Techint tunneling unit, while overseeing import/export operations for Bolivian mining units and Lima's central metalworking and repair workshop.
• Supervised the purchasing department, coordinated with external areas in logistics processes, and conducted inventory inspections and management training at mining units, while preparing and training new team members.

Administration Assistant | 06/2004 to 02/2006

Grupo Deltron S.A. - Peru

• Streamlined administrative document control and service payments, managed internal consumption product purchasing, and effectively monitored the integrated system for quality management, occupational health and safety, and environmental compliance.

Universidad Nacional Del Callao - Peru | Bachelor's Degree

Industrial Engineering

Universidad Catolica Del Peru - Peru | Post-Degree Certificate

Logistics

Universidad ESAN - Peru | Master's Degree

Supply Chain Management