United Kingdom
Industrial Engineer with solid background in Purchasing area in the Automotive Industry, working in interdisciplinary teams with Engineering, Finance, Manufacturing, Logistics and Quality areas, among others. Specialist in strategy, cost reduction and supplier management. International experience in Argentina, Brazil, France and UK.
- Body in White buyer. Focused on generation and implementation of cost reduction projects. - Special assignment working on semiconductors sourcing to mitigate global shortage impact to McLaren's production.
- Regional Buyer for CAPEX and OPEX: industrial material, machines, equipment, tooling, facilities, MRO, services. - Management of more than 300 different suppliers, 200 internal customers and 8000 items. - Development and execution of commercial strategies for each category. - Study and evaluation of market prices, trends and new technologies available. - Development of new suppliers. - Support the Ariba program team on the SAP Ariba implementation in Brazil and Argentina. - Creation of RPA program in Excel using VBA programming to automate several operational tasks, reducing work execution time for Purchasing and Logistics teams on more than 50%.
- Body in white (BIW) / Stampings (sheet metal) and welded assemblies buyer for new programs and series production. Vehicles: Ford Ranger Pick-Up Truck and Ford Focus - Development and execution of Sourcing Strategy for new projects. - Co-leader of an interdisciplinary team (Purchasing, Engineering, Finance, Logistics, Supplier Technical Assistance) focused on developing and implementing cost reduction ideas related to design, material, supply chain, resourcing. - Supplier cost structure and manufacturing process analysis in order to find and negotiate cost reductions opportunities. - Management of financial distressed suppliers in order to avoid production stoppage. - Development of new suppliers.
- Support to buyers in all referred to purchasing processes and systems - Control and improvement of internal purchasing processes
International academic exchange for one semester. I was awarded "ARFITEC" Scholarship (Argentina and France agreement of cooperation in Engineers and Technology). The exchange was focused on renewable energies.
International academic exchange for one semester. I was awarded "Escala Estudiantil" scholarship (Latin American public and autonomous universities agreement of cooperation and exchanges).
- Sales analysis, planning and forecast. Data cleaning and validation. - Developed several sales KPIs, considering clients (Wholesalers, supermarkets, retailers, pharmacies, drugstores), regions, SKUs, etc., to help Key Account Managers achieve monthly objectives. - Support on advertising campaigns and commercial actions in clients. - Reporting and presentations to regional Sales, Marketing, Finance and Production areas. - Created RPA program in Excel using VBA programming to process, analyze, extract and visualize daily sales and stocks data in fast and automated way.