● Person responsible for strategic sourcing of raw materials, semi-finished and finished components.● Maintaining best pricing, terms, and lead times with suppliers and third-party service providers.● Sourcing alternative vendors when necessary.● Analyzing the spending patterns and discovering cost-saving opportunities while providing forecast.● Enhancing the timely delivery of materials and products through the entire supply chain.● Revising SOPs regarding purchasing specifications; managing quality events such asdeviations or investigations.● Participating in negotiations with suppliers.● Training new SAP users as a Focal Point for P2P process.

● Supporting business-to-business sales and customer service activities.● Managing inventory, placing and fulfilling orders, receiving and shipping inventory.● Administering procurement functions, including estimating/quoting prices and sourcing product.● Making deliveries with a company vehicle to fulfill inventory at customer sites.● Coordinating resources to respond to customer supply chain needs.● Participating in continuous improvement projects and Lean optimizations.

* Person in charge of the interior parts commodity, requiring highly technical and commercial knowledge on these parts due its complexity, to develop and choose the properly supplier.* Constantly handling critical suppliers, negotiating and finding agreement to meet the budget.* Visiting suppliers to handle any issue that may arise, such as technical, commercial and/or quality challenges.* Developing new suppliers to expand the existing supplier base, avoiding having supplier over capacity.* Assisting to expediting materials from the critical suppliers, to avoid production line shutting down.* Leading and facilitating meetings with internal and external teams to find solutions for any issues related to the suppliers.* Person responsible for supplier’s development; purchasing, negotiations, source selection and evaluation in some specifics commodities of the railway industry.* Managing the sourcing and procurement of sheet metal and machined train parts. Experience with global supply chain base.* Person responsible for all functions involved in Procurement of cast, plastic and rubber parts.* Person in charge of buying electronic components such as connectors, vehicle lighting, wiring and cables.* Purchasing chemical products while investigating technical resource to alternate equivalent lower cost materials.* Sourcing, negotiating and managing Kanban contracts for fasteners, terminals and general standard commercial items.* Visiting supplier’s facilities to accurately assess technical capabilities, equipment, and capacity for rapid deployment of new product development and production.* Monitoring vendor performance for manufacturing processes, quality control, production schedules and accounting.* Negotiating pricing (immediate/multi-year), analysing price trends and performing make vs. buy cost analysis.

Purchased the highest quality merchandise at the lowest possible price and in correct amounts.Prepared purchase orders, solicited bid proposals and review requisitions for goods and services.I was able to analyze price proposals, made financial reports, and other data and information to determine reasonable prices.Purchased machinery, equipment, tools, parts, supplies, or services necessary for the company operation. Purchased raw or semi-finished materials for manufacturing.Administration and development of goods and services contracts.Cost reduction projects, system and method for purchasing via internet.