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Global Procurement.Leading creation and implementation of sourcing strategies for the indirect categories.Managing both strategic and operational team members across multiple sub-categories around the globe, we are responsible for sourcing, contracting and vendor management in the indirect space (HR, IT Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Enterprise Applications - Facilities, Global Finance, Logistics, Sales/Marketing, Travel & Card, Quality, EHS, Professional Services, Design Services, IP, and more).

Global Procurement.Leading creation and implementation of sourcing strategies for the indirect categories.Managing both strategic and operational team members across multiple sub-categories around the globe, we are responsible for sourcing, contracting and vendor management in the indirect space (HR, IT Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Enterprise Applications - Finance, Logistics, Sales/Marketing, Travel & Card, Quality, EHS, Professional Services, Design Services, IP, and more).

Global Procurement.Leading creation and implementation of sourcing strategies for the indirect categories.Managing both strategic and operational team members across multiple sub-categories around the globe, we are responsible for sourcing, contracting and vendor management in the indirect space (HR, IT, Finance, Logistics, Sales/Marketing, Travel & Card, Quality, EHS, Professional Services and more).

Global Sourcing Manager responsible for Sourcing Strategy for Chemicals at Front End Operations in 12 Fabrication Plants located in North America, Europe, and Asia. • Responsible o create global RFQ events for entire commodity as well as new products.• In charge of relationship with Supplier Base across entire lifecycle, and to monitor their performance and execution to plans and commitments. • Main point of contact and coordinator of internal and external Chemical related topics, driving projects to create more cost effective ways of doing business for internal and external stakeholders.

Category Purchaser Functional Plastics (PLF)Define and implement a category strategy for the NAFTA region in alignment with Global Category Management and Business Units requirements.Main Activities focused on:•Material price reduction.•Incident reduction and monitoring of Supplier Performance to assure smooth supply chain under proper quality standards.•Productivity and target achievement on new sourcing for all different area of company business units.•Best Cost Country strategy to achieve local for local supply.•Risk management concepts implementation.

Plant Purchaser, responsible for purchasing in our NAFTA region (which includes locations in Cuautla, MX, Guadalajara, MX, Nogales, MX, and Seguin, US), being primary point of contact for purchasing focusing on Seguin US Plant and Die Casting / Light Alloy products in the region. This entails localization of products, building and maintaining a network of suppliers in the North America region, as well as using a variety of analytical tools and techniques to forecast and ensure that all goods and services are obtained on a global basis at the lowest cost of ownership to full satisfaction of all stakeholders. Purchasing NAFTA Hub •Annual Price Reduction (APR) & Purchase Price Variance (PPV) supervision. This is accomplished through: monthly tracking of PPV results, investigating & correcting PPV deviations, supporting supplier share implementation, supporting category management with material budget process, and working together with BU Purchasing, CM and the locations to create cost saving ideas and to implement those.•Supplier coach for CEP (Central Electronic Plants): working with specific suppliers to ensure they work in accordance and under compliance with Continental Automotive Standards. This specific responsibility requires General Quality Agreements and Strategic Contracts which bind both parties’ agreements in legal terms for the business relationship. • Supporting activities regarding Supplier Quality Related Costs (SQRC), making sure supplier base reinsuburse the involved amounts according commercial agreements. This includes monthly tracking of NCC figures together with Plant Reimbursement Coordinators.• System maintenance of all purchased items' Country of Origin to define the Best Cost Country (BCC) strategy for the plant. This is accomplished through monthly tracking of BCC figures, maintenance of correct Country of Origin in SAP InfoRecord, benchmarking localization opportunities, implementing possibilities to increase BCC%.

In charge of Logistics as an intermediate channel for sourcing strategies of existing and new packages as well as support of new product initiatives, transfers, and launches for the Connectivity Business Unit.• Responsible of the New Product Introduction to maintain relevant purchasing data for assigned commodities and deliver for normal production.• Setup of all part numbers to deliver them for buyers to arrange deliveries according demand.KEY BUSINESS ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Material transfer of two products from Guadalajara to Nogales Mexico plant for Chrysler customer.• Material transfer of a product line for Chrysler customer from Huntsville, Al to Nogales Mexico plant in a 5 month period.• Launch of new radio for Chrysler and GPS system for Nissan in 2010.

• Responsible of 1800 part numbers and all the activity involved with the supply components to produce customer orders managing Mechanical and Electrical Commodities.• PPV account responsible to track favorable or unfavorable effects on price changes.• Inventory Control; actively keep reducing and maintaining low inventories.KEY BUSINESS ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Inventory reduction from $14.1 MDD to $9.2 MDD in a 10 month period.• Customer delivery Lead-time reduction from 26.6 to 16.1 days.• NPI Purchasing leader in specific project (GEO locks for Latin American markets with inventory value of $1.5 MD.

• Responsible to maintain purchased material flow without interruptions to meet or exceed company goals and metrics for all stages of the product. • In charge of 1000 active part numbers representing an investment of 4 million dollars annually.• Develop supply chain strategies to keep suppliers at a 100% fulfillment rate. Supply base includes Asian and domestic suppliers. KEY BUSINESS ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Leading transition of hardware from expense to inventory status to the 100% from the Computer group, and transfer from Tempe, AZ to Nogales Mexico in 2 weeks period.• Bravo award granted due to no production suspension in third quarter 2006.

Feaseability study to find new suppliers of expanded polystyrene (EPS), used as their main raw material for insulation products made in Fanosa. Mainly Asian suppliers research with a final presentation analyzing cost - benefits of changing from procuring local to overseas.