-Lead team of Material planners-Coordinate schedules and inventories to ensure the efficient and effective operation -Responsible for short- and long-term production forecast -Contribute to the Executive S&OP process, particularly the supply review step- Participate in the creation of an effective and appropriate Master Schedule

-Leading the team responsible for direct materials, overseeing buying activities to ensure that buyers minimize risk by buying in accordance with procedures.

-Support Business for Sourcing scope needs for UOP Global Projects -Prepare Sourcing Plans for Project or site applying Sole source elimination, e sourcing, Value Engineering and High Growth region sourcing techniques-Manage Supplier selection, RFQ and RFI process-Negotiation, Contracting and supplier performance processes-Improve Working Capital through Payment Terms extensions, Payment cycle optimization, Vendor Managed Inventories , Inventory and Lead time reductions-Project Management

-Responsible for the daily scheduling of four work centers and ensuring production schedules meet or exceed customer delivery expectations in a low volume / mixed model manufacturing environment-Manage quantitative forecast elements by analyzing product demand patterns, trends, and seasonality to select the optimal statistical models and parameters. -NPI Projects.

-Negotiation with suppliers of delivery times and quantities to buy raw material-Issue purchase orders (SAP) to meet the raw material needs on these squemes of delivery (JIT, Kanban, MRP)-Follow up to the payment of suppliers, which is carried out in a timely manner-Ensure that the Plant operates under the most efficient levels in inventory turnover-Analyze and implement inventory reduction strategies-NPI Projects

-Evaluation of suppliers and selection of proposals-Negotiation and elaboration of commercial terms (RFQ, RFP)-Issue purchase orders (SAP,BPCS), Approval, Monitoring and control-Ensuring compliance of purchasing policies