Responsible of NPP (non productive purchasing) for North America (USA and Mexico). Purchasing strategy, annual budget, NPP organization, develop and implement purchasing policies, requirements for new supplier sign up, new formats implementation, annual bidding plan, buyers kpi's, supplier reduction strategy, increasing payment terms to suppliers, supplier evaluation and re-evaluation, follow up to main saving projects, audits, materials and services standardization, global and local call for tenders.

4 buyers under my charge. Creation of new procedures, policy and formats. Call for tenders, KPI’s, Report of savings, Reduction of suppliers (supplier homologation). Contracts, Negotiations (price, safety stocks, deliveries, freights, penalties, etc.), Standard cost definition, Strategic projects (electrical energy, gases, forklifts, CAPEX). Experience in: Foreign suppliers, Transport, Customs agents, RH services, Maintenance services, Facilities, Utilities, Packaging materials, MRO, etc.

3 buyers under my charge. Standard cost definition. Reports: Impacts, Savings, Projects. Call for tenders, Negotiations, Index references for commodities (LME, CRU, Comex, etc.), Price formula negotiation with suppliers, Teamwork with different areas of the company to comply projects, Purchase Price Variation analysis (PPV), Re evaluation of suppliers. Experience in: Stainless steel, Incoloy, Wires, Aluminium, Hardware, Temperature controls, cables & harnesses.

Responsible in contracting suppliers for CAPEX, spare parts, consumables and services for all 5 plants in Mexico. Call for tenders, Contracts, Savings reports, Cost reduction strategy, Standard cost definition. Contracts.

Responsible for all plants in Mexico, 2 people under my charge, OPEX and CAPEX negotiations, Centralized purchases, Call for tenders for all plants, Savings reports, Buyers KPI’s, Master agreements, Social audits to suppliers. Experience in: Facilities, Utilities, Packaging materials, Overhauls, Transfer of production lines, Constructions, Machinery and Equipment, Customs agents, MRO, Transport, RH services, etc.

Capex, Spare parts, Services. 2 people under my charge. Contracts, Negotiations (prices, incoterms, inventories, lead times, etc.). PO’s in Oracle, Purchasing procedures updating, Standard cost definition, Purchasing KPI’s.

Negotiation about prices, Incoterms, Lead times, etc. MRP process. Cyclical inventories, Safety stock, Min-Max. Master agreements, Ramp up for new suppliers, Savings reports. Experience in: Casting, Harnesses, Wires, Steel, Hardware. New suppliers development according to Six Sigma methodologic for cost reduction. Teamwork with different areas of the company. Cost-benefit analysis.