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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.
• 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.

• 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).