Carolina Higasi

Responsible for marketing of Turf & Landscape business in LATAM, including strategy, portfolio management and NPIs. Also, the Operational Marketing area. Currently reporting directly to me one Operational Marketing Coordinator for T&L Brazil and LAS + one student.

Responsible for the supply chain strategy for SPS business in Latam. Business partner to connect SPS commercial strategy and P&S community in Latam to ensure the supply chain is set up to serve the SPS business. Main contributions were service level improvement, S&OP governance establishment between Commercial and Supply; implementation of PPM production strategy for LATAM

Responsible for the green belt training programme and the execution of Lean Six Sigma projects. Executed regular upskilling to strengthen competence of team members and increase productivity.

Responsible for end-to-end supply chain for the Chilean market: demand planning, supply planning, customer service, COMEX, local tollers' production, and 3PL logistics. With three direct reports and a team of nine people. Main achievements were supply chain team restructuring, service level improvement, and distribution cost optimisation.

Secondary position: Global Supply Representative for Polishers and Specialties Categories.

Coordination of functional teams in new product introductions and cost optimisation projects in Brazil. Interaction with R&D, Marketing, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and internal Supply Chain areas. Categories managed: Pest Control, Air Care, Pharmaceuticals, Depilatories, and Polishers.

Responsible for packaging innovation and cost reduction projects, development of new suppliers, packaging harmonisation across the region, and quality improvement projects for the Latin America portfolio.

Responsible for new packaging projects, cost reduction, and quality improvement. Specifications and standardisation of packaging items. Optimisation studies considering the primary packaging, until the containers for the external market. Development of plastic packages, with multilayer films, intelligent films, cartridges, aluminium trays for frozen and cold foods, and automatic and manual lines.