• Oversee the Procurement function ensuring availability of materials at a fair market price and manage warehouse operations maintaining adequate inventory levels.• Established strategic sourcing processes and lead negotiations that resulted in significant savings.• Developed Purchasing Policy to standardize and control procurement process.• Part of the leadership team that implemented NetSuite.• Lead the procurement effort to open new factory.• Revamped the purchasing team from the ground up matching skill sets with company needs.• Developed and strengthened relationships with vendors.

• Managed the operation of KCS’s 13 warehouses in the USA and Mexico and responsible for $120MM of inventory.• Upgraded inventory management processes using consumption data to establish adequate inventory levels.• Reduced inventory by $20 million USD.• Reduced transportation cost by 25% by managing shipments more efficiently.• Developed and implemented KPIs to support inventory management.

• Leader of Mexico Procurement department and the Fuel Operation company wide.• Managed spend of over $600 MM per year.• Responsible for the locomotive fueling operation ensuring product availability and performance.• Led multiple negotiations consistently generating over $60 million USD of savings per year.• Managed and strengthened relationships with key vendors.• Developed Strategic Sourcing Methodology.• Implemented supplier evaluation program.• Revamped purchasing policy to reflect best practices.• Developed KPIs to evaluate the purchasing department’s performance.

• Managed global categories consolidating demand from 15 different countries to maximize savings.• Successfully negotiated key global categories with a combined yearly spend of over $100 million USD obtaining $13 million USD in savings.• Aligned requirements from internal clients with vendors’ proposals in multiyear contract negotiations.• Carried out vendor management initiatives.

• Oversaw planning, forecasting, and budgeting for CEMEX’s packaging operation.• Coordinated with Marketing and Sales to forecast demand and communicated with production line to schedule production accordingly.• Developed production plan with optimal asset utilization with products that maximized company benefits.• Managed department operations budget.• Analyzed deviations from forecast and provided feedback to upper management.• Established financial objectives that aligned with Corporate initiatives.

• Developed Purchasing policies and procedures at corporate level and implemented them across the operations in more than 50 countries.Monitored compliance through the implementations of KPIs.• Developed and implemented the Strategic Sourcing Methodology to optimize the procurement function.• Implemented KPIs that allowed the Negotiations Control department to monitor and evaluate the procurement operation’s performance atcountry level.• Ran the supplier evaluation program.

• Tracked and reported key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness. • Improved value adding capabilities of the procurement function through best practices, budget management and cost-effective strategies. • Established, Built and maintained long-term relationships with vendors and suppliers. • Prepared procurement reports enabling tracking of Supply Chain performance. • Implemented E-Sourcing tool (Ariba) to manage the Procurement Community Portal. • Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements.

• Advisor assigned to Cemex's region of Central and South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Panamá and Nicaragua).• Analyzed the production process of each operation and shared best practices among the countries of the region to capitalize benefits.• Owned budgeting process for the region.

• Prepared the monthly result presentation of the area, and participated in the budgeting process.• Implementation of Caribbean Commercial System - Led a team in the implementation of the commercial and inventory tracking system for the newly acquired operation in Trinidad and Tobago.• Led a team in the development of a system that calculated the department's monthly financial indicators based on the commercial transactions.