During my tenure at Hi-Mix Electronics, I served as an International Buyer, focusing on optimizing suppliers, customs clearance, and qualifying new partners. My responsibilities encompassed the entire spectrum from negotiation to the management of orders for imported raw materials, providing support for procurement scheduling in collaboration with the Planning and Control of Materials (PCM) department.Key Achievements and Responsibilities:Conducted negotiations and contributed to the development of strategic alternatives for suppliers.Mapped critical suppliers, evaluated and qualified new partners, fostering a robust supply environment.Oversaw customs clearance, ensuring efficiency in the flow of imported materials.Provided support for supplier homologation in collaboration with the processes department.Managed processes and performance indicators, driving operational efficiency.Developed maps, statements, and comparisons, providing a foundation for critical analyses and informed decision-making.Managed inventory, ensuring availability aligned with factory demands, and cultivated strong relationships with suppliers.Facilitated return processes when necessary and monitored non-conformities in collaboration with Quality Control.Updated internal price tables, communicating changes to relevant departments.Presented results and analyses to the Supply Chain management, offering valuable insights for decision-making.Ensured accurate entry and updates of Purchase Orders in the SAP system, securing proper material availability for production orders.Successfully managed a 5-year backlog of purchase orders and evaluated Request for Proposals (RFx).

I was responsible for managing the supplier portfolio for injection materials, consumables, services, software, office supplies, and packaging. Additionally, I negotiated, developed, and administered suppliers, analyzed purchase requisitions (RFx), managed the order portfolio, issued purchase orders, conducted cost breakdowns, tracked deliveries, and prepared sector monitoring reports. I also piloted supplier and procurement team quality indicators, as well as created and presented management reports.Managing supplier relationships to ensure the timely, price-conscious, quantity-appropriate, and quality-compliant fulfillment of various internal requests was also part of my responsibilities. Properly managing Capex procurement demands, organizing workflows and documents, participating in in-person and online meetings, and meeting necessary scopes were part of my role.I played a strong role in negotiations to obtain savings or cost avoidance, ensuring that acquisitions were made at the lowest available price while respecting technical, functional, and operational requirements, ensuring that only what was necessary was purchased.I managed the utilities, facilities, and other indirect procurement portfolio with a focus on cost reduction, service levels, and compliance with procurement best practices and compliance standards. I arranged acquisitions by contract as needed and in accordance with the company's convenience, safety, and other interests.I constantly engaged in sourcing activities to add new partners and materials, aiming to increase negotiation sources and explore new opportunities to reduce costs and ensure the best procurement outcomes, always seeking to enhance the procurement process.

I performed routine activities related to production and raw material planning, negotiated, developed, and managed suppliers, and handled the procurement of inputs, negotiating delivery and prices with suppliers, generating and/or approving purchase orders, and monitoring supplier punctuality. I also developed alternative suppliers, analyzed order and purchase portfolios, conducted future planning with a master plan of stock level projections, and prepared management reports. I actively participated in product evolution projects, quality issue resolution, and the company's continuous improvement plans.Critical analysis of order and purchase portfoliosProject: Responsible for the Cost Breakdown project with allocation of consumption/costs to Production OrdersDevelopment of routine activities related to production and raw material planningNegotiation, development, and management of suppliers, negotiating delivery and prices with suppliers, generating and/or approving purchase orders, and monitoring supplier punctuality.Development of alternative suppliersFollow-up on Supplier deliveries and evaluation according to metrics predefined by the Board of DirectorsBuilding Excel tools to support planning analysesAnalyzing the results of the master production plan and volumes per production line, and proposing actions for volume balancing between lines and factoriesAnalyzing the productivity of production lines and understanding the causes of variation with the production teamFuture planning with a master plan of stock level projectionsPreparation and presentation of Inventory and Production Level Monitoring Reports and other management reportsActive participation in product evolution projects, quality issue resolution, and the company's continuous improvement plans.

+ Project : Creating shopping Advisor tool, focusing on the reduction of stocks, having won 60% reduction in financial volume of the stock.+ Project:- Creation of Critical analysis tool of applications and Materials planning, optimizing and standardizing the planning methodology of programmers, with a significant reduction of time and programming errors.+ Responsible for planning of purchases of domestic and imported materials, to support negotiations with suppliers aiming to reducing prices, development of alternative suppliers, B2B, logistics and monitoring of deadlines, according to the plans of production.+ Quality control and inventory of raw materials, ensuring availability for production orders.+ Satisfy the needs of production, providing preventive and corrective actions suiting the policies and inventory to meet optimal levels of demand.