Senior Buyer                                                                                      

Worley Parsons Calgary

2008 – 2009 Calgary, Alberta

·   Negotiated purchasing of high dollar, volume items and special project needs.

·   Main contact for inquiry during tendering cycle: opening of bids, chair pre-award meetings with bidders, prepared bid spreads and issued letter of recommendations.

·   Maintained Buyer’s log report indicating status of each package. Reviewed the work of subordinate staff.

 

Project Senior Buyer                                                                          

Honeywell Process Solutions

2008 – 2008 Calgary, Alberta

·   Developed and implemented necessary procedures to support business initiatives, implementing process improvements as needed to drive productivity and quality.

·   Negotiated 3rd Party Subcontracts, Master Agreements, and Purchase Orders for assigned projects.

·   Provided senior level support in the development of project execution plans, procedures, and scheduling.

·   Worked with an Annual Spend Budget of $20M - $100M USD.

 

Import/Export Coordinator                                                                  

Alimentos Kellogg, S.A.                                                                         

2007 – 2008 Maracay, Venezuela

·   Worked with two dozen plus freight forwarders, four custom brokers, and over one hundred international contract manufacturers to ensure that over five hundred, 40’ HC containers of miscellaneous goods were imported and exported in a timely, precise, and competent manner every month.

·   Examined and approved all international documentation in conformity to tariff and customs regulations.

 

Raw Material Buyer/Planner                                                                 

Compañía Venezolana de Cerámica, C.A.                                          

2006 – 2007 La Victoria, Venezuela

·   Customized purchasing procedures and extended the supplier portfolio, which increased the efficiency of purchases, saving the company over half a million US dollars in less than one year.

·   Reduced dead stock by 6% through program initiation, attaining a more adequate rotation of material.

·   Coordinated bulk shipments, reimbursing the company from seven to thirty thousand dollars every time, by means of synchronizing an effective logistic plan.

 

Regional Project Manager                                                                    

Bittime Venezuela, C.A.                                                                

2005 - 2006 Caracas, Venezuela

·   Developed and implemented highly innovative, successful and cost efficient online sales incentive solutions targeted to sales forces, and end-consumers.

·   Strategically led CRM (Customer Relationship Management) project teams to improve the loyalty programs, ensuring that solutions met market needs, were executed on time and within budget.

·   Ensured that customer programs were delivered 99% error free.

 

International Buyer                                                                                        

Pirelli de Venezuela, C.A.                                                            

2003 - 2005 Guacara, Venezuela

·   Performed contract negotiation and purchase order placement of machinery, spare parts and services for more than 3,000 articles; working with over 100 suppliers worldwide.

·   Managed to increase the percentage of imports from 19,3 % to approximately 75% in only 10 months, improving the investment of foreign currencies by 27%.

·   Collaborated with supply chain management to develop worldwide standards for the MRP (Materials of Permanent Reposition) planning that increased efficiency, improved client satisfaction and decreased purchasing lead time.

·   Reduced annual transactions by using supplier consolidation programs and multi-material contracts.

 

Procurement Chief                                                                                        

Dimirad, C.A.                  

1998 - 2003 Maracay, Venezuela

·   Promoted from purchasing analyst to chief of the department in less than three years.

·  Developed and controlled the policies/procedures for the procurement department, as well as the portfolio of national and international suppliers.

· Obtained greater profitability of the invested capital during the purchase negotiation of raw material, allowing a reduction of up to a 17% in the operational expenses for the company.