Reporting to the Managing Director & Chief Procurement OfficerMember of AMC Region Leadership Team & Global Procurement Leadership TeamOversee +$850 million usd spend managed across 9 categories.Lead procurement specialist team assigned to specific procurement categories as Raw materials, CapEx, Energy, Packaging, Cullet, Molds, MRO, Services, Logistics & Process & Systems (Full team = 32 FTE's) Assure operation continuity of 6 manufacturing facilities that translate in 67 production lines, 22 furnaces and +3,500 sku's available to produce.Design & implement strategic sourcing projects to deliver savings that impact EBIT + inflation mitigation.Delivered savings:2019 - $5 MUSD, vs $4.8 MUSD (target)2020 - $8.4 MUSD vs 5 MUSD (target)2021 - $10.2MUSD vs 7 MUSD (target)2022 - $7.6MUSD vs 7 MUSD (target)2023 - $11.9MUSD vs 9MUSD (target)2024.- $16 MUSD vs 13MUSD (target) Coordinate regional category managers & local sourcing specialist to assure cost effectiveness & project priority.Support & boost procurement transformation & segmentation (Tactical to Strategic | Supply to Source)

Design and implement strategic sourcing plans by region/sub-region/affiliateService level & compliance improvementSupplier base improvement.GBS - Procurement & P2P process transition and implementation (Costa Rica based)Procurement department evolution from operational to strategic a and deeper scope from local to regional & commodity specialist.Mentor and couch procurement professionals across the region in spend optimization projects by using strategic sourcing tools, RFQ, RFI and spend analytics.Vendor, material & project risk assessment.Implementation of Oracle EBS (P2P)Best Practices implementation in Latin AmericaP2P Process, Policies & KPI''s standardization

Lead cross functional teams to implement Supply Chain & New Products projects in Latin America affiliates having a constant interface with other areas within the company such as Sales, Marketing, QA, Tech Reg, Procurement, Logistics and Finance.Manage periodical meetings with project team, head directors and stakeholders to follow up on projects implementation and status.Monitor the projects KPIs, ensuring that all issues are properly addressed and corrective actions are taken to solve them.Assure resource availability, allocation and develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress.Create and maintain project documentation.Interface with the headquarters teams in order to report projects status, new projects, process and procedures.

Responsible of purchasing department.Support Buyers across the region.Implement strategic sourcing plans.Review Inventory levels according to the economic production quantity.Implementation of Procurement Systems across Latin America.Look for savings by yearly contracts, new materials & improvements.

Responsible of all purchase made by the company in Mexico.Assure materials according to just in time inventory management.Manufacturing Production line set up for industrial heaters.Coordinate Import/export, warehouse, purchasing & production to meet monthly production plans.Generate cost reduction by reviewing materials, vendors and improvements.