Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Global Procurement Executive with 18+ years of experience building sourcing strategy, category transformation, and M&A procurement integration. 12+ years of experience leading sourcing teams across the world. A professional with tech operating style, using AI tools to run procurement. Hands-on use of AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot) to improve processes. Recognized for translating global vision into regional execution, building supply chain that drive innovation, cost, and speed-to-market. A trilingual expat executive with deep cross-cultural leadership experience in Chemicals| Biotech| Personal Care. Over the past decade, I have led global and local category teams to build, improve & execute procurement strategy in partnership with R&D, Marketing, and Operations, regularly engaging the C-Suite to align sourcing decisions with company growth priorities. My background converges in my current role at Symrise, where I am leading a global sourcing team group for Sunscreens, Functional/Oleochemicals, Color ingredients and noble-metal catalysts, a total of USD 120M+ spend. Delivered 4.5–5% annual productivity gains through portfolio restructuring, strategic supplier partnerships, and contract optimization. Expanded global CMO production by 3x, enabling supply-chain scalability and new-market entry. Led sourcing integration and governance for a U.S. acquisition and co-designed the procurement workstream for a joint venture in India. Previously at Natura&Co, I was driving a team responsible to define global sourcing strategy for chemicals: ethanol, hydrocarbons, silicones, polymers and sunscreen ingredients, across 9 manufacturing sites globally, establishing process that drove cost efficiency and reduced supply volatility. On top of that, I was the Head of Procurement for Chemicals & Fragrances for South America Spanish Countries(Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Peru & Ecuador) leading the local team to execute and implement the Global strategy on those countries. Beyond direct materials, I have hands-on experience designing and implementing indirect procurement operating models from scratch. At Avon, I was appointed as the procurement manager for Korres, a startup launched within Avon LATAM, where I built the full indirect P2P framework for a ~USD 30M spend portfolio covering Capex, Media & Marketing, and Celebrity contracts. Leveraging SAP Ariba Buying and Ariba Contracts, I segmented spend by purchase nature, implemented P cards for tail spend, and enforced a no-PO no-pay discipline in partnership with Finance, achieving 90%+ PO coverage within 12 months.
Global Leader | Global Category Procurement Director Lead 9 FTE from Sourcing Manager to Buyers along USA, Germany, Spain, China, India, Brazil & Mexico, to design and implement sourcing strategy for SunCare, Functional/Oleochemical, Color and noble metal catalysts(EUR 120 M+ spend), balancing cost, innovation and supply resilience Defined category governance model (global |regional |local) connecting regional procurement - LATAM, NA, EMEA, APAC to global priorities, ensuring 1 voice strategy execution through local teams Partnered with R&D, Marketing, Operations, C-Suite leadership to align sourcing with product innovation, sustainability, best cost Led implementation of strategic partners that improved costs, accelerated time to market, and enabled global flexible manufacturing Led sourcing integration for M&A and JV initiatives, co-designing governance, ERP alignment, and supplier consolidation for a U.S. acquisition and India JV Risk Global risk management for key suppliers, mitigating financial and supply chain risks to guarantee uninterrupted supply. Implemented market insight reports to feed BU with supply trend intelligence. Achievements EUR13.3M productivity gains - 4.9% 2025 |4.7% 2024| 5.0% 2023. Tripled global production capacity of UV filters by developing alternative partnerships. Designed the sourcing governance for a major JV in India, ensuring commercial and operational integration. Led a global workstream on leveraging AI tools to enhance cost modeling capabilities. Connect that with the development of more accurate commodity and index forecasting, linking external market data to RM portfolio connecting cost drivers across the portfolio, enabling better visibility of trends and their impact on sourcing decisions. This improved our ability to anticipate movements rather than react, moving from reactive to predictable sourcing. Implemented new Acquisition Model for Pt Catalysts mitigating USD 2.0 Mio costs risk due to Pt Volatility Prices
Head of Raw Material Procurement for Spanish Latam - Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador, leading the team of 5 local buyers to execute the strategy for all chemicals & fragrances ingredients for those countries; In addition to that, I also shared the Global Senior Leadership overseeing responsibility for global and regional buyers to design and execute procurement strategy for Sunscreen, Hydrocarbons, Ethanol and Alkaline commodities for all Natura & Co with Annual Spending Group +USD 100 mio plants divided into 9 different plants around the world, on our 3 regions: Latam, Europe and Asia; Responsible to Design and Implement a Global Strategy with support of global, regional and local buyers in order to meet the needs of the business in terms of Cost, Quality and Level of Service; Risk management of raw materials and suppliers together with the Global R&D and Global Planning team in order to maintain material availability for all our plants; Search for alternative suppliers and new technologies to meet the needs of innovation of marketing portfolio and cost improvement; Definition of Global Budget; Within the role, I am proud to have: =>USD 1.6 Mio (-3%) cost reduction delivered in Q1/2020 in the Integration between Avon Brazil and Natura in Brazil; =>Ethanol Supply Guarantee for the Group's plants worldwide with ZERO shortages amid global supply crises due to COVID 19; =>USD 1.5 Mio (-5%) reduction in new Ethanol contracts in 2021 for Ethanol in Colombia/Mexico and Brazil through the introduction of new players; =>USD 3.0 Mio (-12%) reduction in new Sun Protection contracts in 2021;
=> Managing Global Chemical Portfolio for Polymers and Silicones, with 8 buyers across the world and Annual Spending of USD 45 Mio splited in 4 diferent regiones (NA, LATAM, EMEA and APAC) and 8 manufacturing sites tracking the main KPI´s: Saving, Paymment Term, OTIF e Quality level; => Lead strategy development, deployment and supplier management within a specific cluster so to deliver maximized total cost of ownership savings and service within the cluster and lead cross-functional teams for global projects in developing and implementing sourcing strategy for a specific category; => Lead global sourcing teams, coach, assign tasks, develop people and manage relationship with internal customers; => Establish and implement a Global Strategy with support of the regional and local buyers in order to deliver the Best price and service to the company; => Risk Management together with R&D and Global Planning in order to guarantee availability of material for the Avon worldwide demands; => Looking for new suppliers and new breakthrough materials that can add better performance and cost to our products; => Budget definition in a Global level; Achievements: => USD 3.2 Mio Savings for 2019 (-7%), through Global Bidding's =>USD 1.2 Mio Savings on 2018(- 3%), through Global Bidding's => USD 0.5 Mio Savings on 2017, through Global Bidding's => Extended payment terms conditions with supplier from 60 days to: 75 days 2018 | 90 days 2019; => Zero Disruption on supply in middle of Silicones Crisis on 2018 where suppliers have declared Force Majeure and Sunscreens on 2019 where important supplier in China has stopped productions;
Main Responsibilities: => Lead the effective execution of procurement innovation projects and initiatives. This position focuses on strategic planning, managing governance, and overseeing all procurement activities to ensure projects are launched successfully; => Spot and manage project risks, and have backup plans for challenges that come up; => Put together and share project reports with senior leaders, highlighting key wins, risks, and areas that need improvement. => Keep open and clear communication with everyone involved – project teams, senior management, and external partners. Share regular updates and progress to keep everyone in the loop. => Responsible, inside Sourcing, to manage all innovation portfolio for Avon; => Leader of a team responsible to guarantee in sourcing: New Suppliers/New Sourcing Strategy development to guarantee the properly launch of new projects; On time quotations to attend the projects needs; Participation in multifunctional meetings in order to guarantee the correct align between sourcing and Matrix Team; Within the role, I am proud to have: => Guarantee perfect alignment between Sourcing team and Matrix team to launch Bug Guard Project in less than 12 months; => Mind Set Change in Bar Soaps, changing the business from Partial Service to Full Service bringing estimated reduction of USD 1,0 Million/year; => Build up a new structure inside sourcing guarantying a closer relation with marketing and connecting this structure into the new Global Innovation Process for Avon; => Transition process from Regional to Global with no disruption;
Led all procurement activities for Korres, a Greek premium cosmetics brand launched by Avon as a greenfield startup in LATAM. Operated as the procurement manager for the business unit, leveraging Avon's buyer structure while building the entire sourcing and P2P framework from scratch, with zero prior processes, zero contracts, and zero spend history. Key achievements: Delivered the full brand launch in 12 months, 50% faster than Avon's standard timeline, while simultaneously building the procurement foundation for a ~USD 30M indirect spend portfolio covering Capex, Media & Marketing, Brochures, and Celebrity contracts. Led a team of buyers to design and implement the sourcing strategy for ~450 new raw materials sourced from 100+ suppliers across Europe, and a full components portfolio of ~300 SKUs across Personal Care, Fragrances, and Make Up. Built the indirect P2P operating model from zero: segmented spend by purchase nature (transactional, contractual, and project-based), using SAP Ariba Buying and Ariba Contracts as the technology backbone: configured the requisition-to-PO workflow in Ariba Buying for all indirect categories, structured blanket contracts in Ariba Contracts for long-term spend (brochures, facilities, recurring services), segmented spend by purchase nature (transactional, contractual, and project-based: Capex, Celebrities, Mídia & Marketing), implemented p cards for tail spend below USD 5K, and enforced a no-PO no-pay policy in partnership with Finance, achieving 90%+ PO coverage within 12 months. Structured sourcing strategy for third-party manufacturing across the full Korres LATAM product portfolio.
Position: Nov/08 – Ago/10 – Buyer Mai/08 – Out/09 – Assistant Buyer Main Responsibilities: => South America Lead Buyer for different types of commodities, such as: Radios & Displays (R$ 60 Mio/year) and Clutches/Switches & Sensors (R$ 130 Mio/year); => Global Sourcing implementing savings de USD 1,5 Mio; => Long Terms Agreement negotiations with productivity; => Strategic Sourcing for Global and Regional Vehicles; => Responsible to set partnership between GM and Suppliers, coordinating Kick of meetings, checkpoint meeting and making interface between supplier and GM Design Engineers and Quality Engineer; => Tracking Commodity trend in order to be prepared to face to face meeting with suppliers; => Active Global Team member trough weekly conference calls and Global meetings, responsible to implement global strategy in the region) => Responsible for price reduction negotiation, price increase negotiation, cost breakdown analysis, benchmarking analysis, global sourcing, biddings; => Perform supplier analysis with the team, including supplier financials and capabilities (products / services, quality levels etc);