I am a motivated and committed professional with over 14 years of experience managing the end-to-end procurement process and ensuring compliance with company procurement policies and procedures. I stand out for my excellent communication skills, which allow me to build excellent relationships with suppliers and stakeholders and ensure effectiveness in procurement negotiations. My strong problem-solving skills and analytical mindset enable me to create efficient procurement strategies that lead to cost-effective solutions. Above all, I am deeply committed to understanding and adjusting work procedures to ensure maximum efficiency and deliver long-term results.KEY EXPERIENCE AND STRENGTHS: • Extensive experience overseeing the entire procurement lifecycle for products, materials and services, including planning, sourcing, negotiating and fostering excellent relationships with stakeholders and suppliers.• Demonstrated ability in developing effective procurement and sourcing strategies, cultivating profitable supplier relationships, initiating procurement partnerships, and negotiating with external suppliers to secure advantageous terms and optimise costs. • Experience managing contracts, ensuring compliance with relevant company procurement policies and procedures, monitoring contract performance, and meeting schedules and clauses.• Strong ability to deliver procurement solutions that maximise value, manage risk, improve efficiencies, reduce expenses, and ensure the quality of the entire process of acquiring products, goods and services.• Expertise in managing and implementing actions to reduce operational risks involving the supply chain, with a high capacity to offer simple solutions to complex problems.• Experience in inventory management, ensuring adequate inventory levels to meet internal demands, proposing solutions to avoid obsolete inventory.• Experience maintaining accurate documentation and records of all procurement operations, preparing reports on procurement activities and analysing data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement. • Experience in project management, defining and developing the scope of work, preparing and coordinating procurement plans, procedures, schedules, estimates, forecasts, and budgets.• Experience managing the entire import process, from supplier negotiations to compliance with international regulations.Email: leo_veloso7@hotmail.comFull Australian Working Rights