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• Agreements and contract negotiation with manufacturers and vendors; purchases of machined pieces, connectors and electronic components and hardware.• Team leader in charge of developing strategies to transition manufacturing work to new manufacturers.• Demand analysis to improve supplier performance and develop purchasing strategies.

• Business plan preparation, work processes analysis and advisory for start-ups.• E-marketing and branding advisory.• Budget creation and management advisory.• Supply chains creation advisory.

Querétaro Y Alrededores, México

• I was responsible for contracts and terms negotiator with active suppliers also of improving delivery times to internal customers and development of procurement policies.• Savings project team leader in that helped us to identify materials and equipment to substitute and buy at lower prices, also developed suppliers for new equipment purchases.• In co-ordination with warehouse and production areas established a system that allow us to keep materials at suppliers warehouses and be delivered just in time to be processed this allowed us to reduce inventory and save warehousing and logistic expenses.• I improved and established purchasing process for ISO 9001:2015 certification, worked on purchasing area to solve key observations from previous audits.• Established KPI measurements to record department effectiveness and improve delivery dates.• Contributed as internal auditor and helped QMS to evaluate and update company's processes and established the basis for IATF certification.• Developed maintenance services suppliers, in co-ordination with maintenance department established maintenance programs to improved plant facilities.• Team leader in plant maintenance projects, pushed to established leased-based service that helped to update forklift fleet and reduce maintenance expenses.

• In charge of developing the business start-up project.• In charge of creating purchasing and sales policies, Budget development.• Store planning.• Supplier development, prices negotiations and credit terms; the capital needed for business to start operations was decreased in 30% • Staff management and problem solving.• Finance report and finance options analysis.

In charge of PPAP’s request and engineering requests follow ups, helped to escalate QA material claims with suppliers and closely monitored solutions and deliveries with requested requirements.• Worked with internal customers to ensure that proper documentation and materials were delivered to external customers in time.• Purchase of assembly materials for auto parts and home appliances in charge of handling more than 3500 PNs. worked in co-ordination with logistics and planning department to ensure in time deliveries to production lines.• Responsible of negotiating purchasing conditions with new suppliers and vendors, in charge of improving payment conditions according to our finance department requirements.

• In charge of international and national supplier development, worked with suppliers in Asia and South America• Finished products and parts for assembly acquisitions making sure that products arrive according to production necessities. • Ensured that process requisitions and purchase orders were placed on time, price and payment term negotiations with suppliers. • Internal customer service provider, conflict solutions, RFI and RFQ placing. • Worked in supplier evaluations strategies also visited vendors to verify facilities and work processes.

• Stock management, PO’s, RQF’s, supplier conflict solving. • Management of multiple suppliers from Mexico and USA, in charge of negotiating prices and shipment schedules. • Contact with forwarding agents and preparation of customs papers. • Forecasting and purchasing planning: selection of new products and brands to be sold and to be discontinued. • Profit margins data analysis, invoices and supplier payment follow up.• Helped to obtained and average inventory turnover ratio of 5.53 (industry average 3). • Helped to develop a system base in on time delivery so we can optimize stock; we were able to maintain same stock levels year to year even though our sales increase.