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Porto, Portugal

Portugal

Responsibilities:Building a new team with talented, skilful and fully engaged peopleCreating partnerships with suppliers, working with suppliers in order to develop and improve performanceImproving overall efficiency, performance, accountability, compliance (including social responsibility) and value of the supply chain,Developing planning and inventory management strategies in line with Commercial, Engineering, Production and Service needs Design and implementation of Procurement processes, adapting and optimizing them to company's ERP systemDeveloping risk management strategies throughout the supply chain Developing supply quality system by defining and monitoring supplier product and service quality standards

Porto, Portugal

Responsible for Sourcing, Purchasing, Subcontracting and Inbound operations.Leads and manages a team of buyers, warehouse clerks and in-stock managers.Ensure that purchasing strategies and processes are in place to meet business objectives and operational needs in terms of cost, quality and delivery targets.Procurement transformation by redesigning purchasing processes, stock management, reporting and KPI definition.

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Act as point of contact for Procurement and Purchasing BPLOs, P2P Experts and other relevant business and IT stakeholdersDriving relationship management with key Procurement and GBS stakeholdersEnsure solution design integrates Enterprise Architecture guidelines and recommendations related to technology/tool choice, architecture patterns and other practicesWork with Program, Project and Build Managers to ensure deliverables are in line with project requirements in terms of timeline, cost, qualityCollect and prioritize business needs with regions and/or group other functionsSupport the Corporate, Regions and countries in the roll-out of Procurement and purchasing solutions and integration with other applications Align IT Business services to the goals of LafargeHolcim’s lines of business, contributing to the improvement of business processes, master data management and leveraging IT innovation to generate higher business value Responsible for monitoring KPI’s and SLA’s as per the SOW for Procurement applications.

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Act as the link between the needs and requirements of the Procurement function, and the IT and process communities.Support the standardization and optimization of the process landscape for the Procurement function globally.- S2C- P2PInteract with functional and IT community stakeholders to ensure that both processes and technical solutions are implemented and available to support strategy and savings delivery, as well as global spend and reporting transparency.- Savings Initiatives tool- eSourcing and CLM tool

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Responsible for the strategy definition and development of efficient Procurement/Inventory Management Standards and Systems:- Defined and project managed the Procurement Global Business Intelligence tool (SAP BO) project, coordinating its implementation with 7 different IT service centers worldwide- Responsible for the non-SAP Procurement application for Savings Initiatives tracking. Defined the appropriate delivery strategy for the application taking into account demand, technical characteristics, quality and rollout.Drive the objectives and be the custodian of Procurement Master Data standards and systems including policy setting, related procedures and guidelines:- Designed the improved version of the internal Material & Services classification standard, including implementation roadmap- Coordinated the global definition of Material and service master data attributes and supported its implementation- Responsible for the internal Material and services classification system mapping with International standardsProvided training to Procurement Business Process Owners (BPO) in Master Data standards and systems.

Porto Area, Portugal

Managed the Global Material Master Data project for all MRO materials worldwide (Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, UK, South Africa and Canada) implementing UNSPSC.Acted as Global Purchasing Representative, supporting CPO and acting as a pro-active influence in all the Global Purchasing projects. Trained key users and purchasing managers in the implementation of changes guaranteeing the right deployment of the projects in order to improve purchasing processes and its standardization. Active member in international projects in the areas of Purchasing, Materials Management, Spend analysis and Maintenance management.Performed cost analysis and process optimization and defined scorecards and reports in the area of Procurement and Materials management. Collaborated with CPO in the implementation of Global Purchasing department from the definition of the strategy, to its the implementation of the P2P process linking with IT (SAP) and SSC.

Porto Area, Portugal

SAP-MM implementation in Global Procurement, supporting onsite the roll-outs of the Project in Portugal, Spain and France. Managed the same Project in Germany. Responsible for the characterization and codification of all products that were purchased globally at Sonae Indústria Group. Supported the Negotiation, Procurement and follow up of the contracts and agreements made with Global suppliers. Supported and coordinated the work of Plant Purchasers.

Porto Area, Portugal

Responsible for the purchase and stock management of raw material

Porto Area, Portugal

Studied the costs of packaging vs. industrial cost, improvement opportunities in the warehouses and created a database for controlling transportation costs.

Faculty Of Engineering Of The University Of Porto

Research in Photochemical Methods for Textile Industries Wastewater Treatment

Management Seminar

Strategic Leadership, Customer Excellence, Operational Management, Financial Management, People Management

Course, Business Administration And Management, General

Management, Strategy, Finance, Accounting, Communication, Innovation

• Strategic Portfolio Management Course

Project And Team Management

Post-Degree, Industrial Management

Engineer, Chemistry