Rene Bartoli

Experienced supply chain leader with 20+ years of multinational expertise in demand planning, customer service, project and inventory management, and logistics across 16+ Latin American markets. Successfully led teams of 150+ frontline employees and senior professionals both in-person and remote settings across 4 different countries. Passionate about data-driven decision making and customer-centric solutions. With hands-on experience collaborating with C-Suite to drive positive change and deliver tangible results. Skilled in influencing stakeholders and cross functional teams without direct authority, fostering a culture of collaboration to drive value for both the organization and its customers. Proven track record in guiding organizations through digital transformations and developing innovative solutions.

Amazon
Since 06/2022 - Present
Amazon
Senior Manager of Vendor Management (Sport & Outdoors)
July 2023 - Present 
México City, Mexico
As the current Manager of Vendor Managers at Amazon, I act as the general 
manager for two of the most important group lines of Amazon Mexico, totally 
owning their P&L while overseeing their marketing, commercial and supply 
chain operation, ensuring excellence in selection, price, traffic, and 
availability. I handle vendor relationships and serve as the face of the 
company to C Suite partners. My responsibilities include leading strategic 
planning the categories, analyzing internal and external factors impacting 
business. I develop and execute project plans for launching new features, 
while coordinating cross-functional teams, communicating with stakeholders, and meeting tight deadlines. I conduct financial analysis to exceed revenue 
and profitability targets. I advocate for customer needs, delivering exceptional 
shopping experiences while keeping abreast of industry trends and competitor 
developments.

Amazon
Senior In-Stock Manager HRV
June 2022 – June 2023
México City, México
As the leader of the In-Stock office for 8 company GLs, I oversaw the 
management of a $100M inventory, implemented effective forecasting 
adjustments for 100K items, and supervised the timely and cost-effective 
procurement of $20M in local purchases and direct imports each month. I am 
a subject matter expert in the import and replenishment channel between the 
company's operations in the USA and Mexico. I have successfully 
implemented data-driven strategies to drive positive change and deliver 
tangible results. My contributions to the organization include designing new, 
scalable workstreams that allowed the correction of procurement defects 
beyond the GLs I led, resulting in company-wide improvements in 
procurement and supply chain efficiency.

PepsiCo
6 years 2 months
Demand Planning Director
August 2021 - June 2022 (11 months) 
México
As Demand Director of the second largest Pepsico’s market, we achieved a 
76.5% forecast accuracy while managing a portfolio of 1,500 SKUs across 
more than 280 distribution points, with a total annual turnover of 6 Billion
Dollars. Through my leadership, we successfully implemented the Integrated 
Business Planning (IBP) model, resulting in improved collaboration and 
communication between different areas of the company and leading to 
significant benefits, including reduced inventory costs, improved service 
levels, and increased profitability.

PepsiCo
Customer Care Sr Manager PMF
January 2021 – August 2021 (8 months) 
México
As a customer care senior manager, I led a total transformation of the customer 
service area of the second largest Pepsico market in the world, achieving 
significant results. This included improving our position by 8 places in the 
advantage survey in customer service and 10 places in the Supply Chain area, 
positioning us as the #1 CPG company in Customer Service in Mexico. 
Additionally, we successfully improved the OTIF indicator, reaching 96% for the 
organized trade channel and 89% for the wholesale channel. Through my 
leadership, I led the restructuring of the customer service area, which resulted 
in a 6-point improvement in the organizational health survey.

PepsiCo
Customer Service Manager LATAM
March 2019 – January de 2021 (1 year 11 months) 
Gran Buenos Aires, Argentina
As the LATAM Customer Service Manager, I created and implemented a new 
way of working model for the CPFR of Latam, resulting in the strengthening of 
the relationship with top clients and the improvement of the forecast accuracy. I 
also designed and presented a customer experience improvement program with 
an estimated benefit of USD 22 million per year. In addition, I supported and 
collaborated with senior leaders of supply chain across 16 markets, and trained 
all customer service representatives within the region. As a result of my efforts, 
we achieved a two-position improvement in the Advantage survey in the areas 
of Customer Service and supply chain for the entire territory of LATAM. 
Furthermore, I standardized and automated the main KPIs associated with 
service in LATAM.

PepsiCo 
Customer Service Manager Argentina.
February de 2018 - February de 2019 (1-year 1 month)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
As a Customer Service Manager, I successfully led the improvement in 
customer fill rate from 82% to 92% and reduced fill rate losses due to order 
management from 1% to 0.24% through the implementation of service level 
agreements, reaching the harmonization and standardization of order 
management throughout the different service channels. We also achieved an improvement of 12 positions in the satisfaction index of the advantage survey 
in customer service for our main client until position 2, and from one position 
for our largest customer in term volume reaching also position 2.

PepsiCo
Logistics manager MDQ 
mayo de 2016 – January 2018 (1 year 9 months) 
Argentina
As Logistics Manager, I lead the logistics team to achieved a 91.6% reduction 
in hours lost due to strikes, increased truck loading capacity by 27% with only 
a 12% increase in total workforce, improved warehouse productivity by 20%, 
and reduced lost time due to lack of raw materials by 48%. I also played a key 
role in the redesign of the warehouses and the operation of the same, as well 
as in maintaining operations during a period when the operational capacity of 
the two main plants was concentrated in a single plant whose logistics I was 
leading, which ended up concentrating 85% of the production for the entire 
market.

Grupo Vudu
7 Years 7 Months
Operation Director
March 2012 – April 2016 (4 years 2 months) 
Barcelona, Venezuela
As Director of Operations, I led the implementation of a new ERP for total 
business management from the bidding process, inventory, and P2P. I 
diversified the client portfolio from a 100% public sectors focused to a structure 
of 60% public sector and 40% private sector which includes CPG 
multinationals, banking institutions and automotive industry in both EPC and 
maintenance. With a YoY growth rate of over 26% in total revenue and 46% 
EBITDA margin, all of this while maintaining zero hours lost due to union 
strikes despite working under the umbrella of the hardest country’s union.

Grupo Vudu
New Business Senior Manager
October 2008 - March 2012 (years 6 months)
Medellin, Colombia
As New Business Manager, we achieved the successful opening of the 
company's first international branch and led the company's first venture in the hospitality sector. Additionally, I designed and presented 5 business plans with 
technical, economic, and financial feasibility to support our expansion efforts.

Coca-Cola FEMSA
3 years 11 months
Operation Manager
September 2007 – September 2008 (1 year 1 month) 
Barcelona, Venezuela
As the youngest Operations Manager of Coca Cola FEMSA in America, I led 
several key initiatives resulting in significant improvements in fleet reliability, 
consolidation of distribution models, and infrastructure maintenance. I 
spearheaded the fleet reliability improvement from 73% to 94%, leading to 
increased productivity and profitability. Additionally, I consolidated the 
distribution model of area’s distributors, enabling 100% coverage of the 
assigned territory, and utilized 99% of the assigned infrastructure maintenance 
budget. Finally, I recovered 23,000 square meters of storage areas, driving 
additional cost savings for the company.

Coca-Cola FEMSA
Chief of Industrial Engineer and Warehouse 
September 2005 - September 2007 (2 years 1month) 
Barcelona, Venezuela
As Chief of Industrial Engineering, I design and lead the implementation of the 
"Money for your Bottle" program, which resulted in a productivity increase of $1 
million per year by reducing glass bottle waste. I helped to fully harmonized the 
MMI SAP module, which streamlined the production upload process while 
improving efficiency. Additionally, I designed layouts for 13 warehouses 
nationwide, optimizing the use of space and improving inventory management. 
Finally, I was able to reduce the write-off for finished products from 0.5% to 
0.3%, saving the company significant costs.

Coca-Cola FEMSA
Primary Transportation Coordinator
May 2005 – September 2005 (5 months) 
Barcelona, Venezuela
As the Primary Transportation Coordinator, I implemented several key 
initiatives that resulted in significant improvements in the fulfillment of the transport plan, including increasing the fulfillment rate from 84% to 95%. I also 
successfully implemented the dedicated transportation program, which 
streamlined the transportation process and improved efficiency. Additionally, 
I standardized the return travel policy for empty units, resulting in a 22% 
reduction in the cost of reverse logistics. My contributions played a vital role 
in optimizing the transportation operations and driving cost savings for the
company.

Coca-Cola FEMSA 
Warehouse Supervisor 
November 2004 - May 2005 (7 months) 
Barcelona, Venezuela
As Warehouse Supervisor, I successfully led several key initiatives, including 
the design of a visual basic program to detect order inconsistency which
resulted in a reduction of inventory differences from 2MM to 800M. 
Additionally, I implemented daily inventory adjustments, which helped to 
ensure accuracy and optimize inventory management. Finally, I played a key 
role in the harmonization of the SAP inventory module for the COCA FEMSA
plant in Barcelona, which improved overall efficiency and productivity.
 

Education
UADE Business School
Master's Degree Marketing and Sales, Marketing &
Commercialization · (2019 - 2020)

Universidad Metropolitana (VE)
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and
Management, General · (2014 - 2016).

IESA (VE)
Management Development Program, General Management and Finance · 
(2007 - 2008)

Universidad de Oriente (VE)
Bachelor in Industrial Engineering, Industrial Engineering · (1998 - 2003)