Inventory Management: Evaluate inventory levels, turnover, and stock accuracy to optimize inventory planning. Implement strategies to reduce excess inventory and carrying costs while ensuring adequate availability to meet customer demands.Performance Monitoring: Develop, publish & present KPI. Continuous tracking of KPIs such as on-time delivery, fill rates, cycle counting accuracy and inventory turnover. Generate reports and dashboards to monitor performance and communicate insights to stakeholders.Process Optimization: Analyze end-to-end supply chain processes, identify bottlenecks, and propose process improvements. Streamline workflows, eliminate waste, and enhance productivity by implementing best practices and lean principles.Risk Management: Identify potential risks and disruptions in the supply chain, such as supplier dependencies. Developing eventuality plans and risk mitigation strategies to ensure continuity of operations.Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including procurement, operations, sales, and finance, to align supply chain strategies with overall business objectives. Foster effective communication and build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.Continuous Improvement: Implementing LEAN best practices in supply chain management and operations. Drive continuous improvement initiatives by introducing innovative solutions.

Dealing with the strategic products and challenging part of the of the business:- Global allocation of strategic product conditioned on supplier capacity, stock capacity and supply chain agreements - Developing good relationships with key internal suppliers and external worldwide suppliers, ensuring On Time Delivery Perf - Collaborating with European customer request managers and customer service department in order to satisfy internal customers. - Material stock replenishment revision and stocks controls levels for all EMEA storage locations ensuring KPI´s are followed- Organizing and steering short term and medium-term materials and product availability reviews based on suppliers’ confirmations to identify shortage risks and elaborate mitigations actions.My aim as a Material planner was to:- identify needs of procurement from forecasts, stock management parameters or firm orders - analyze the MRP needs- create/manage these types of Purchase orders: • standard PO for: Stock item /Customer segment item /Drop shipment (shipment from external vendor direct to customer)- manage the material master data in relation to material planning activities or another supply chain instruction (global or local rules or procedures).

Joined the Global Procurement Department at Dimension Data as a Procurement and Purchasing Specialist managing the day to day procurement activities:• Operational purchasing of materials, services & licenses.• Following up and closure of supplier related issues providing regular input to the suppliers in order to support supplier relationships.• Co-operate with sales departments as to support overall administrative efficiency and satisfy internal customers. • Maintain master data according to internal standards to secure best practice procurement activities.

Furthered my experience working in the Global Product Stewardship department providing support to the EMEA Regulatory Affairs Associate Director and a dynamic team of scientists. Assisting in several fields of interest: • Administration of the EMEA Registrations Team: Assisting the team with the overall product registration strategies, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of product registrations world-wide. • Monitoring programs' spending trends and ensuring that best practices are used. Responsible for tracking of multiple spends, transactions reviewing and reallocating to the corresponding cost centre . Developed periodical reports and informed about non-compliance findings. • Responsible for purchasing services, equipment, and goods required by the GPS department. Worked closely with the finance department in order to certify payments are carried forward and resolved billing disputes. Involved in procurement and sourcing processes, that requested high level investigation work. • Successfully negotiating with vendors or associates, whilst building and maintaining good relationships with traders and suppliers, solving issues or billing disputes regarding Accounts Payable or company policy.

Operating the Long Distance Coach department assembling itineraries and travel logistics mostly within the European continent focusing on the Iberian Peninsula for groups of overseas tourists and carrying out duties like:• One of the key responsibilities for this position was to distribute the volume of work received from the sales office amongst the available suppliers as outlined in the company policy regarding supplier usage depending on the market.• Ensuring the suppliers complies to the quality standards imposed by the sales offices. Responsible for confirmation of services from suppliers with efficiency and accuracy, paying attention to any special client requests along with monitoring amendments or cancellations intended for the services.• Used to carry out duties like checking itineraries in order to ensure current legislation is being adhered to. As well ensured suppliers received final itineraries for all tours prior to the deadline of the commencement of each service. • Promptly dealt with queries from sales office staff and suppliers on a daily basis.• Developed and maintained healthy business relationships with our suppliers

My main focus as a sales representative was to develop strong connections with customers by understanding their needs and also carried out duties such as: • Communicated effectively and negotiated successfully with clients, suppliers and corporations involved with the company in order to increase sales and build healthy distributor relationships• Used efficiently time and resources by good schedule decisions made, regarding customers visits across the country