Julio Feliciano

Vice President, Head of Regional SC, Americas Bayer

Julio J. Feliciano is currently the VP of Regional Supply Chain Management at Bayer Pharmaceuticals, based in Whippany, NJ and with responsibilities across all Americas. He received his B. S from Lisbon (Portugal) University and started his career in Merck/MSD in Quality Control, becoming the head of Quality Operations in 3 European countries, later plant manager in Spain and in Global Supply Chain Management for the last 12 years. He headed Global Planning function for Merck/MSD, where he implemented SAP, developed skills in organization and achieved consistently high levels of customer service. Later he lead a team focused on supply network rationalization that delivered over $625 MM in financial benefit, $700 MM in inventory savings, managed over 8,300 regulatory filings and moved source of supply for pharmaceutical products worth over $20 Bn in revenue, without major supply impacts. He is an APICS CSCP (certified supply chain professional).

Strong skills in Demand and Supply Planning, S&OP, Change Management, Inventory Management, Pharmaceutical Operations and Supply Network rationalization. Extensive experience in leading and developing teams, project management, risk management and enterprise systems implementation.