Desmond Fernando Email & Phone Number

Eagle, Id, Us

CPO: Responsible for Strategic Sourcing strategies, manage cross-functional business needs. Execution of commodity risk management, procurement, and co-manufacturing strategies to ensure consistent and high-quality value of inputs. Drive the continous improvement mindset and optimize a total cost of ownership strategy.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

VP- Procurement; Foods, Ferrara Candy Company

Purchase, New York, Us

Director - Procurement for Food Ingredients, Commercialization, Innovation &, Productivity for Quaker, Tropicana, Naked Juice, Gatorade

Purchase, New York, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Purchase, New York, Us

Senior Manager for PepsiCo's Fruit and Vegetable Center of Excellence within PEP's Asia/Middle East/Africa Business (AMEA). ExPat based in Dubai managing sourcing and strategic supply for Pepsi's various business units within AMEA• Key Responsibilities: Key AMEA Liaison between Global US based Category Managers (Citrus/Apple/ Tropicals) & Company owned Plants and Franchise bottlers, Commodity Risk Management, Agro Raw Material Sourcing, Talent Development, Cross Collaboration across Business Units and levels of Management, Supplier Management, 7-Step Sourcing Process improvement• Transformed business change to impact sourcing as the key driver to move from negative profitability to generate productivity and deliver improved net margins in emerging markets while working within a Global Cross-Functional Matrix Model.• Delivered savings in excess of 10% ($12MM) of compressible spend for multiple countries and consolidated supply base to optimize capacity and plant utilization• Lead for ~$500MM in fruit/veg/dairy TOTAL (Commodity/Compressible) spend amongst Pepsi owned bottlers, Franchises and JV’s • Local sourcing, agro development, export/import strategy development to improve costs and leverage PepsiCo’s global expertise for sourcing and quality mgmt.• Key Procurement Liaison to integrate functions of various business units to drive out waste and improve productivity, primarily influencing R&D, Marketing and Supply Chain to be an integrated function with Procurement•Successful track record of productivity, vertical integration, commodity hedging/risk management through contract negotiation, reformulation, and supply chain integration.

Purchase, New York, Us

Global Procurement Industry Manager for Food Ingredients. Responsible for sourcing of food ingredients for PepsiCo's Quaker Foods, Frito-Lay, Gatorade, & Sobe brands. Proven professional with over nine years of progressive responsibility in Global Procurement and Strategic Sourcing. Successful track record of productivity and cost savings through contract negotiation, supplier management and supply chain improvements resulting in hard and soft savings. Outstanding communication skills with proven ability to interact with a wide variety of cultures and multiple levels of the organization responding quickly and efficiently to overcome obstacles.

Mentor, Ohio, Us

Currently managing global procurement for all packaging and paper related products. Working on sourcing strategies, managing inflation and price negotiations with Avery's raw material suppliers.• Managed direct procurement (~$100MM in annual spend), sourcing and supplier management for all global raw materials related to paper and packaging products for Avery Dennison’s Office Products Business Unit. • Implemented lean transactional programs with both suppliers and Avery’s global plants to coordinate global vs. national vs. local buying strategies. • Increased role as an Enterprise Lean Sigma leader to cut out waste and improved processes to better utilize funds for growth projects; reduced inventory by 2% resulting in a $2MM savings annually.

New York, Ny, Us

•Worked with JPMorgan Chase’s Strategic Sourcing organization, providing consultative services for bank’s various lines of business (Retail, Real Estate, Investment Banking, Credit Card, etc.)•Have worked on specific sourcing initiatives related to Fleet Vehicles, courier services, equipment (ATM) purchases, Information Services (Data Services), commercial print, and promotional items•Leveraged commodity spend across the organization to achieve minimum spend and maximum quality. Have conducted Merger related spend/savings initiatives specifically related to fleet administration of company vehicles, promo items, information services, capital equipment etc.•Coordinate the RFP process, negotiations, and Developed Service Level Agreements and contract terms with frequent Sr. Mgmt interaction•Experience managing a wide variety of commodities including: Fleet Manager, Print Materials, Paper and Information Services, Promotional Items, Reprographics, Records Management, etc.