Tomas Orbaiz Walker Email & Phone Number

Argentina

Argentina

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Argentina

Belo Horizonte Y Alrededores, Brasil

Identify areas of opportunity and achieve synergies through Procurement strategy coordination, benchmarks, supplier developments and specific projects.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Provide consulting services to Top management by analyzing the macroeconomic Context for strategy determinations in the purchasing of Steel Raw Materials. (China as the main driver)• Market Intelligence: In depth analysis and follow-up of steelmaking raw materials markets (Iron Ore, Coking Coal, Metallic´s, Fe Alloys & Metals), including physical and paper markets, supply and demand drivers, price forecasting and M&A developments in the mining industry. • Business Development: Strategic analysis and valuation of M&A projects and long term contracts.• Coordinate the elaboration and adjustment of the Annual Raw material price Budget on a quarterly and a monthly basis.• Elaborate market and industry reports to enhance management decision making according to established timeframe.• Manage a team of four Market Research Analysts.

Argentina

• Responsible for elaborating and implementing the annual budget of industrial total labor costs for PSA Peugeot Citroen Argentina, adjusting the annual budget on a 1 and 3-year basis for investments and labor costs retrospectively (2008 budget: € 50 million and 3,400 employees). • Developed industrial strategies for the different production scenarios and was actively involved in the decision making, (elaborated 5-year business plan for future investment and labor requirements, providing a 50 % production capacity increase).• Provided consulting services and worked side by side with Operation Managers to achieve work labor cost reduction by promoting process improvements and synergies within and between departments. (Obtained 8 % budget reduction by focusing on business as a whole, lean process).• Conducted the incorporation/layoff of new workers and technicians by calculating needs, negotiating with operation Managers and Unions, and coordinating with HR (1100 new employees incorporated when launched the 3rd shift, obtained a 10% reduction over budget).• Reported monthly labor cost deviations to the Board of Directors meeting.

Argentina

• Responsible for implementing new processes on the assembly line (2006 assembly line: 290 job positions and 6000 logistical references).• Analyzed and developed new assembly line model to include applications for new vehicles (80% & 50% of the job positions were modified when Citroen C4 and Peugeot 307 were launched).• Worked within complex, multi-stakeholder and multinational teams comprising projects purchase, development and technical specialists from R & D along with those from industrial areas to apply the industrial modifications required (2000 new logistical references were implemented). • Recruited and managed a team of 5 technicians.• Assembly line processes, Lean Manufacturing and Hoshin Training Mulhouse 2005/Sochaux 2006(Selected from amongst all 50 sector members and promoted into the vehicle projects)

Argentina

Developed new production methods to various job positions to improve working conditions.

Mba, Mba

Activities and Societies: IE Consulting Club, IE Rugby Club• International MBA student with focus on Strategy, Finance and Global.

Enginieering, Industrial (Bac+5) Leading University In South America

Presented business plan to CEO of “Molinos S.A". Top South American food company. (Chosen as the best business plan of the graduating year)