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Responsible for generating global supply strategies; developing pre-negotiation plans, negotiating agreements with suppliers within required timelines, conducting competitive market surveys and analysis, managing global supplier relationships and escalations, managing the business to the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), driving transition and productivity projects for related commodities, developing Requests For Quotes, managing the export classification and clearance process, working closely with Partner Organizations on source selection, and developing suppliers to continuous improvement requirements including Engineering and Design very specifics requests for quotations, drive eacution activities, Major focuss in Professional Services. Starting June 2013 taking over a rol of Interim Buyer Supervisor coordinating a multicultural team in different locations, including India, US and Mexico, driving them for productivity projects for savings, clean up invoices on hold and providing support when required. Also taking a Project Management role driving projects for a quick resolution, this includes new tooling to increase capacity on current models.

Commodity specialist for packaging, metal, textil, foam, printed material. Looking for best sources, lower costs, Cost effective re-designs, quality improvements, payment terms improvements, etc.

Commodity specialist on Metal, carton and printed material. Capacity analysis, price reduction Value analysis proyect, Redesign to Cost, New model introduction leader, etc.