Maria Carolina Mendez Vives
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Maria Carolina Mendez Vives is from San Francisco Bay Area. Maria Carolina Mendez works in the following industries: "Automotive". Maria Carolina Mendez is currently Regional Transportation Manager at Tesla, located in Fremont, California, Estados Unidos. In Maria Carolina Mendez's previous role as a Sr. Logistics Analyst - Inbound Logistics at Tesla, Maria Carolina Mendez worked in Fremont, California, United States until Dec 2018. Prior to joining Tesla, Maria Carolina Mendez was a SCx Teaching Assistant at MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and held the position of SCx Teaching Assistant at Cambridge, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos. Prior to that, Maria Carolina Mendez was a Consultant at MIT Sloan Entrepreneurs for International Development (SEID), based in Cambridge, Massachusetts from Oct 2015 to Dec 2015. Maria Carolina Mendez started working as Logistics Planning Coordinator at Colombian Natural Resources in Ciénaga, Colombia in Jun 2012. From Jun 2011 to Jun 2012, Maria Carolina Mendez was Junior Engineer at Vale, based in Ciénaga, Colombia. Prior to that, Maria Carolina Mendez was a Product Description Engineer at General Motors, based in Bogota, Colombia from Apr 2010 to May 2011. Maria Carolina Mendez started working as Product Engineering Intern at General Motors in Bogotá D.C. Metropolitan Area in Jan 2009.
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Maria Carolina Mendez Vives's current jobs
• Deliver logistics solutions by collaborating and negotiating across stakeholders including Procurement, Trade, Material Planning, Supplier Compliance, suppliers, customs brokers, carriers, and 3PL • Spearhead day-to-day tactical initiatives influencing NA, EMEA, and APAC teams; consistently demonstrate ability to guide long-term goals and pivot to meet business changes and redirections • Perform cost analysis, define scope and SOPs, engage vendor, and optimize project management app to launch cross-docks globally • Support talent development by mentoring interns and new hires; influenced ~$100K in savings/project
Maria Carolina Mendez Vives's past jobs
• Led Latin America logistics operations; engaged suppliers, carriers and 3PL, customs brokers and internal teams to schedule 1000+ shipments/mo during Model 3 production ramp, reaching 5000 cars/wk
• Collaborated on several online logistics and supply chain management courses, reviewing content, designing assignments, and interacting with the community of learners
• As part of a team of three, consulted for Beyond Chacay Foundation a social enterprise in Ecuador, that developed a website to connect local entrepreneurs with foreign tourists. We recommended revenue streams to make the product profitable.
• Designed $10M+ budget, including asset management plan for 15 locomotives, 354 wagons, and 20km of track, closely monitored budget execution, and regularly informed Finance VP and CEO • Reduced operation downtime by 20%; built a user-friendly data collection template and trained 30+ operators to improve operation cycle visibility
• After participating in the leadership training program Brazil, led the implementation of a safety project in collaboration with Brazil’s engineering team, seeking to align operational performance with the corporate values, mission, and vision. Taught different workshops to Operations teams.
• Analyzed changes in specifications of imported assembly parts among 4 different models with suppliers (Korea, Japan and Sweden). Coordinated information flow between Product Design and Procurement and Manufacturing teams • Helped setup the Global Product Development System (GPDS) in General Motors Venezuela´s engineering team
Worked with Product Engineering team creating drawings, testing voice recognition system, reviewing User's manual Spanish translation