Sourcing Pool - Capabilities: Project Manager and Consultant for Strategic Sourcing, Category Strategy and Business Cases for all Purchasing Categories.

· Coordinated Solidarity Sourcing Program in Western Europe.· Built and implemented an engagement program for Solidarity Sourcing.· Identification and assessment of beneficiaries opportunities. · In charge of validating solidarity sourcing projects.· Managed supplier's compliance data and automatized reports.· Support in POS/Retail daily activities.· Developed Promotional Packaging projects in collaboration with brand's marketing team.· Leaded the Strategic Sourcing for Digital Signage.

· Responsible for the operational purchasing and planning of tankage, packaging and imported materials: tallow, caustic soda, lauric acid, glycerin, pigments, films, wrappers and corrugated cases.· Reduced the discharging process time by identifying and solving gaps and, working in cross-functionally with production coordination, quality, planning and security team.· Winner of Colgate's YCMAD Award 2018 for the "Logistics improvement of tallow discharge process" continuous improvement initiative.· Created and implemented a new sampling process for Tallow.· In-charge of plant's materials forecast analysis.· Created and managed a committee to handle the trucker's strike crise in 2018 that paralyzed country's roads over 11 days and disrupted production over weeks.· Responsible to evaluate supplier's service levels in the Procurement Scorecard.· Implemented a Vendor Managed Inventory for a tankage material.· Managed materials' inventory and suppliers relationship.· Analysis and calculation of Process Control KPIs and consolidate factory's weekly performance report.· Took part in Kaizen projects.· Represented Planning in the factory's daily meeting.· Leaded Planning and Production Control department in the managerial meetings.

· Controlled processes related with the Bill of Material.· Responsible for the daily/monthly SAP inventory.· Shop floor training and coordination of the yearly inventory audit.· Monthly KPI report consolidation and communication to the director of manufacture.· Leaded identification and assessment of material process variances.· Managed Process Control analysis (Cpk, Ppk).· Support for new product launches.· Managerial meeting leader.· Participated in the OPERA MES implementation.· Conducted continuous Improvement initiatives.

· Leaded the purchase of packaging and raw materials.· Responsible for planning and forecasting materials.· YCMAD Award 2017 Winner for Safety Stock Optimization & Inventory Reduction.· Participated in S&OP discussions.· Focal point in the factory daily meetings.· Support in scheduling lines. · Conducted supplier service level analysis in the Scorecard.· Developed a SKU demand track and fluctuation analysis.· Responsible for inventory control and warehouse capacity analysis.· Leader for SAP projects: PO automation and P2P.· Developed a zero write-off formula transition plan and implemented new SKUs.

· Strategic sourcing and category management support packaging category: corrugated cases, preforms, bottles, caps, labels, wrappers, films, etc.· Successfully managed a cross-category RFP in Labels – Implementation, savings, risk mitigation & improved factory performance (UPDT reduction)· Responsible for RFI, RFQ and RFP creation.· In-charge of SAP contract implementation.· Conducted suppliers negotiation.· Developed materials’ cost model and tracked its cost drivers.· Responsible for SRM program, including Scorecard management and mediation of supplier-factory meetings.· Responsible to manage co-packer and co-manufacturers category.· P2P Procurement implementation leader.· Controlled department’s KPIs.· Identification of FX mitigation opportunities.· Conducted cost variation investigation.· Support to new products launches.