Supply Chain & Operations Consulting firm.Focused on transforming Supply Chain organizations driving financial and business results. • Engaged with a large European Aerospace Parts Distributor to develop a strong Supplier Relationship Management Program with US suppliers.

US defense contractor.Led Corporate Supply Chain office efforts to rationalize the spending of 7 procurement teams from multiple business units for mechanical commodities.• Spend Management. Identified the need and created a Corporate Approved Supplier List. Negotiated long-term corporate agreements with selected suppliers to leverage overall spending on specific commodity categories. • Supply Chain Team Management. Appointed as the Head of the Supply Chain Team for a $11B Tender Proposal. • Operations. Managed 50 professionals encompassing Purchasing, Supplier Quality, and Production for the St. Louis, MO Land Systems Business Unit - Heavy Armored Vehicles and Small Radars

Head of Procurement Management Consulting Practice for Spanish-speaking Latin America. Consulted with large Retail and Airline companies on next-generation enterprise transformation initiatives.• Procurement Transformation. Built and delivered end-to-end innovative business process solutions creating new efficiencies for the Avianca Airlines (Colombia) Procurement Department. • E-Procurement. Defined and participated in sales efforts including interacting and presenting to the highest level of the client proposing a complete P2P (Procure to Pay) Implementation for LATAM Airlines (Chile & Brazil) focused on customizing commercial software in alignment with customer needs.

Retail conglomerate and the second-largest listed retail company in Latin America. Hired by the President to transform Purchasing from an atomized and transactional operation to a strategic approach toward products and requirements' standardization and consolidation of regional needs under multinational and multi-year contracts. • Leadership. Implemented a matrix-managed organization with Regional Commodity Managers operating transversally distinct business units to identify, negotiate, and award local contracts.• Supply Chain Management. Designed, established, and managed a team of 200 professionals dedicated to indirect procurement of goods and services for this $22B multi-format Retail company with 150,000 employees in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Brazil, and Colombia. • Strategic Supplier Management. Consolidated spending volume and suppliers for each Division.

Led team of 50 professionals in sourcing and procuring materials and services supporting an assembly line of 70 producing 15-passenger helicopters (yearly). • Sourcing Leadership. Revamped supplier base achieving an annual savings of 15%.• Cost Reduction. Lowered temporary staff costs by 45% and goods and services costs by 15% to 25%.

Oversaw compliance to order requirements via planning, purchasing, production, quality control, and delivery.• Operations Results. Achieved 98% on-time performance with 0 defects 4 consecutive years.• Supply Chain Operations. Raw and Finished Aircraft Engine Parts from US and Canadian Suppliers to production plants in 5 sites across 2 countries.• Purchasing & Logistics. 150 core strategic partner suppliers for 5 operating sites. Achieved cash preservation by aggressive payment cycles and terms.