Responsible for ongoing management of purchasing strategy and activity ensuring that purchasing strategies and processes are in place to meet business objectives and operational needs in terms of price, quality and delivery targets, which enables the company to function and compete effectively in the market.Lead and manage a team of Buyers to deliver the appropriate support to the business to ensure objectives are met. Work alongside the senior management team in contributing to overall business goals.Evaluate the challenges faced by the business and take action to mitigate risks and develop opportunities. Contribute to overall business strategy and annual budget process. Take ownership of the purchasing policy, guidelines and any associated documents. Initiate and develop creative and innovative procurement processes (eProcurement).

As Category Manager I manage the procurement strategy for all services and materials related to Logistics and Packaging categories in the Company. Negotiation, team working and business focus are part of my everyday activities.

Relationship with current clients and generation of opportunities for potentials: In charge of relation with clients being liaison between internal areas (Operations, HES, HHRR, Legal) and the customer´s Supply Chain Departments. Generation on new business opportunities for the Company. Commercial analyst direct supervision. Sales Cycle Management: Responsible for sales processes including invoicing and cash collection with a four members team assuring that it worked in the minor time possible and maximizing the credits collection. Implementation of follow up reports and deviation analysis. Participation in the Company Management Team: being part of the management team, I could be part of the strategic decisions that imply all areas including permanent internal communication with Finance.

In charge of Operation and Health Environmental and Safety contracts from Supply Chain Management dpt. supervising a team of five contract analysts (one of them in the field), an average of 200 contracts followed yearly and USD 200 MM of annual expenditure. Development of annual contracting plan for main contracts (top 50) including new services enlargement and long term contracts renegotiation according to internal clients’ needs. Revision of cost increase claims. Cost renegotiation based on defined Cost Structure by type of service. Financial analysis of supplier. Team working with Finance, legal and Labor Relationship departments of the Company.

Facilities and Construction (F&C) Contracts Supervision: In charge of F&C area from Supply Chain Management dpt. Including contract analysts job supervision, follow up contracts data reports, control contract´s due dates, amount spend and compliance.Leading F&C projects negotiations: Acting as negotiation team leader in company capital projects working together with technical specialists. Develop competitive bidding process, including proposals evaluation, presentation to top management and contract execution. Analysis and negotiation of project’s cost deviations. Materials Management: handle of project materials inventory necessity including interaction with company warehouse and/or external requirements. Follow up stock with purchasing team in order to asure on time provision according to projects schedule.

Principal job accountabilities: Sourcing Development and Negotiation: Enlarge and execute in conjuncion with stakeholders the optimal plan for sourcing key service. Deveolp competitive bidding process, including evaluation scorecard structure and business case development. Validate results. Service On boarding. Contract ´s Term and conditions direction: Arrange agreements including cterms negotiation and ensuring technical documents reflect service proponent guidelines. Handle all subsequent contract modifications including cost increase revision and negotiation.Contract Performance and Corporate Communication Management : Follow up service performance for main Contracts. Lead frequently job review and improvement meetings. In charge of communication with SCM corporate team in relation to global sourcing strategies.

Principal job accountabilities: Contracting Plan Development and Monitoring: identifiy opportunities through jointly meetings with stakeholders and strategic suppliers. Ensure that services are correlated with business plan. Monitor Category Contracting Plan execution during contracts life cycle (includes managing existing agreements for improvements, modifications or renewal/ strategy accomplishment/).Strategic Sourcing and Negotiation: Develop and execute sourcing strategies for key services in a manner that best leverages Company´s spend. Evaluate competitive bidding, validating business cases and bidding results. Negotiate service contracts for D&C category, including cost increase revision.Contract ´T&C negotiations: Prepare agreements in conjunction with legal department guidance, negotiating contract terms, ensuring technical exhibits are in accordance with the legal country regulations and internal guidelines. Implement, maintain and control all subsequent contract modificationsCategory Contracts Administration: Supervise business analyst job. Follow up contracts data reports. Monitor Red Flags Reports to control contract´s due dates, amount spend and compliance.

Internal Audit and business consulting in different companies (Diario Los Andes, Garbarino, ICI Group, Chevron Corp., etc)Sarbanes-Oxley implementation in Metropolitan Life and Unilever.