Pedro Rodriguez Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Munich, Bavaria, De

I took over the Purchasing and Supply Chain Management functions at G+D Canada at the start of Covid, during these times of high uncertainty, Supply Chain Issues and longer lead times my team has been able to secure materials and services for the company and avoid any production stoppages. Lead the transformation of the purchasing and supply chain processes, transaction to strategic focus. Improved the collaboration with Sales, Manufacturing, IT among others.Directed the automation of our Supply & Purchasing planners & dashboards reducing time and errors. These dashboards has facilitated better and clearer communication of risk and SCM status to Upper Management. These best practices are being rolled out to other subsidiaries.Ongoing team training and coaching focusing on mindset, values and stress management tools.Successfully presented a business case to add a new team member to focus on IT, CAPEX and MRO categories.

Munich, Bavaria, De

As a Senior Buyer I had the opportunity to learn the business, build relationships with key internal/external stakeholders and address some gaps in our Purchasing & Supply Chain processes.Lead the implementation of our new internal purchasing system (SRM) by working closely with internal stakeholders, addressing concerns and providing training and continuous support.Improvement of our internal supply planning process brining significative savings on transportation and reducing our stock levels by 30%.Successfully achieved my savings target by conducting a couple of sourcing events.

Oo

Focused on Procurement centralization, compliance and cost savings specifically for the Indirect Spend Category. Responsible of content management, user training and troubleshooting of the Purchasing Software. In charge of spend analysis using data-driven approach to identify areas of spend and cost savings opportunities.• Produced over $700K of savings by leading sourcing events (RFP's) through competitive bidding processes.• Developed an automated cost savings tool that allowed to track and report Procurement cost savings in a simple and friendly format.• Led the implementation of EDI purchase order and Invoice transmission with a major supplier that reduced purchasing transactional errors and reduction of invoice processing times.• Country designated leader to project manage the migration to the new procurement system.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Responsible of inventory analysis at Tier one distribution centers by conducting inventory analysis of finished goods to understand root causes of aging products and follow up actions to mitigate risk. In charge of monitoring, problem solving and KPI reporting of custom clearances of imported beer.• Produced over 100 K of savings by analyzing and monitoring the sourcing of aged inventory at risk at various Tier 1 warehouses and coordinating actions to reduce the risk.• Reduced by 25% the time spent on preparing and presenting the weekly old code findings.• Lead an initiative to improve the process of sourcing inventory at risk at the 2 biggest Tier 1 facilities in Canada.

Woking, England, Gb

Managed a cross-functional team dedicated to improving the Purchase to Pay Process for region North America (RNA); focused on Automation, Change Management & Material Master improvement. Reports: 2 direct & 3 indirect• Developed an automated solution to analyze high complex data that produced P2P KPIs in a timely manner for RNA• Organized a cross-functional workshop using a Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) that originated 5 projects focusing on P2P improvements• Led monthly steering committee meetings with upper management providing project updates, gathering feedback and making adjustments.• Negotiated and monitored Service Level Agreements with Accounts Payable and Procurement improving the lead times by 50 %

Woking, England, Gb

Senior Procurement Manager focused on troubleshooting, process improvement and cost saving; Procurement Process Owner including Master Data and Info Records.1- 5 indirect reports.• Led P2P Process Improvement Project for Canada reducing the past due invoices by 85%• Led sourcing efforts through RFI, RFQ and E-Auctions bringing savings of .6 million dollars• Developed and implemented a new process to review and update inventory levels in SAP. Worked with 70 branch managers and 7 regional coordinators reducing the inventory levels by 20 %• Developed and implemented an automated solution to create and extend part numbers in SAP, reducing the average time from 24 to 2 hours and 2 FTE.• Led a project to cleanse the Material Master data in SAP after a bad migration of an acquired company avoiding internal and external customer dissatisfaction.• Supported procurement sourcing projects by gathering and analyzing complex data and finding alternative suppliers bringing savings of more than $ 600 K• Worked closely with IT to automate the purchasing process in SAP for all branch locations in Canada making it leaner, cheaper with a faster response to customer’s needs; reduction of 1 FTE. Savings of Approx. ½ million dollars.

Woking, England, Gb

Led sourcing efforts with internal customers and vendors. Actioned MRP and branch requisitions on a daily basis. Created RFI & RFQ and managed contracts. • Analyzed internal demand requirements and external market condition identifying areas of opportunity and improvement. • Generated annual reports by extracting the data in SAP and manipulating it in Excel• Drove regional efficiency improvements by cleaning the Master Data in SAP and creating a regional hub in Puerto Rico for certain suppliers.• Negotiated and secured contracts with Miller Electric and Lincoln Mexico.

Woking, England, Gb

Daily Planning of truck deliveries – Canada Eastern Region. Led improvement meetings with team members. • Performed analysis of delivery routes, bringing cost savings of about $ 300 K by eliminating unnecessary assets• Coordinated automatic order generation and made MRP adjustments which improved the efficiency of the planned routes• Coordinated the branch readiness to deploy centralized scheduling meeting roll out targets.

Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Ariba -Eprocurement Software

Certificate In Project Management, Project Management

Six Sigma

Chartered Accountant, Accounting