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Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil

Reporting to the CPO LATAMManagement 01 Category Manager, 02 Coordinators and 05 Buyers. Responsible for domestic and international direct and indirect materials in Procurement Operations (06 plants Brazil and 01 Corporate office).Achievements- Implementation of processes and governance with key stakeholders to make sourcing and pricing decisions, enhancing margin delivery in the P&L;- Leading role to implement a governance for the approval process for new raw materials and new suppliers with R&D, accelerating delivery of savings target;- Sustainability Committee Member, engaging with stakeholders, managing actions and compliance with strategic Suppliers, contributing to the sustainability supply chain within commodities, dairy ingredients, eggs, herbs, spices and packaging categories;- Implementation and leadership of the Committee for the strengthening of Diversity and Inclusion culture with 50 volunteers in affinity groups for the carrying out actions and projects related to Gender, LGBTQI+, People with Disabilities, Races, Generations, Culture and Refugees;- Situational coaching for the development of career and soft skills, and mentoring focused on career acceleration for women in leadership positions;

São Paulo, Brasil

Reporting to the CPO LATAMManagement of 06 Category Managers (01 Brazil and 05 Mexico). Responsible for commodity strategic sourcing for Brazil and indirect materials and services + Capex for LATAM.Achievements:- Strategic and collaborative partnership with stakeholders in making decisions on sourcing, fostering credibility, visibility and transparency in the reporting of the Procurement strategy;- Restructuring of the Brazilian team, focusing on the development and self-management of the main commodities aligned with business goals.

México

Reporting to the CPO LATAMDirect management of 05 Category Managers LATAM (Mexico) and dotted line of 1 Procurement Manager with a team of 20 buyers (05 in Mexico and 15 in Costa Rica). Responsible for local and international strategic sourcing of indirect categories (Logistics, Capital, MRO, Professional Services, IT and Marketing).Achievements:- Strategic sourcing management and execution for indirect materials, services and Capex for Latam; workshop ideation and inovation sessions, looking for process continuous improvement, team development, high skills negotiation deliverying target avings, costs optimization, and fostering stakeholder strategic relationship.

Querétaro E Região, México

Reporting to the CPO LATAMManagement of 01 Category Manager and 09 Buyers (07 Mexico and 02 CaCar). Responsible for local and international strategic sourcing for direct and indirect materials (08 Plants and 02 Corporates).Achievements:- Member of the Mexico and CaCar Leadership team, active participation in executive meetings fostering visibility and transparency of the Procurement strategies (reports and KPI results) for decision-making with the business, contributing to the savings goals and P&L results;- Governance implementation with the R&D and Pricing teams, with agility and transparency in the communication/reporting and speed-up of the delivery of the area’s KPIs.

Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil

Reporting to the CPO LATAMManagement of 06 Buyers (02 Brazil, 01 Panama and 03 Mexico). Responsible for managing indirect purchases in Latam.Achievements:- Building and execution of the IMAS sourcing strategy – Materials and Indirect Services;- Implementation and standardization of the catalogs for materials and indirect services within Coupa platform and management and training of new users in the tool.

San José, Costa Rica

Reporting to the GM CaCarManagement of 06 Buyers (03 based in Costa Rica, 02 Panama, 02 Guatemala)Responsible for local and international sourcing for direct and indirect materials.Achievements:- Leader in the Acquisition Integration project – 03 family plants of the company Baltimore Spice (Costa Rica / Panama and Guatemala) were acquired by the Kerry Group in Central America;Procurement team Design and restructuring, strategic definitions of positions and competencies, raw material and supplier portfolio approval for the alignment of negotiation and cost optimization strategies in the business development in short, medium and long term.- Procurement Leader SAP 2017 implementation in Latam – leadership with the global and regional team for the implementation of the new processes, flows and multifunctional activities, engagement with super-users for the alignment of the system-related actions, monitoring of trial periods and strengthening of the culture and adaptation to SAP’s new ways of working.

México

Reporting to the CPO LATAMManagement of 06 Buyers (02 Brazil, 02 Costa Rica, 02 Mexico). Responsible for local and international procurement operations of direct ingredients for 08 plants spread over 03 countries.Achievements:- Building and execution of the Sourcing Strategy for the fruit and nut categories for North America. Engagement with the Supply Chain and R&D teams, for the approval of new suppliers. Negotiation of contracts and commercial terms, monthly trips to Kerry USA for strategy alignment and decision-making meetings with stakeholders.

México

Reporting to the LATAM Procurement DirectorAchievements:- Global and regional category transformation of colors, herbs, spices and dehydrated vegetables - Implementation of a global strategy with regional and local execution.

Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil

Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil

Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brasil

São Paulo, Brasil

Itupeva, São Paulo, Brasil

Mba, Management

Bacharelado Em Administração - Negócios Internacionais, Business/Commerce, General