Project Buyer

• Mar 2022 - Present

Senior buyer

• Dec 2021 - Mar 2022

Purchasing Manager

• Jun 2021 - Oct 2021

Head of purchasing team (4 buyers) for direct and indirect material for 2 production sites in Brazil (Resende-RJ and São José dos Pinhais-PR). Head of purchasing team (4 buyers) for direct and indirect material for 2 production sites in Brazil (Resende-RJ and São José dos Pinhais-PR).

Purchasing Coordinator

• Sep 2020 - May 2021

• Head of purchasing team (3 buyers and 1 intern) for direct and indirect materials involved in the fabrication of construction machines (excavators and wheel loaders): o Negotiation (cost avoidance) of direct material prices, looking for cost reduction plan, including either technical changes or replacing supplier source. o Bidding and negotiation for consummable materials involved in fabrication processes as cutting, welding, painting and assembly, always respecting requester area specification and budget. Show less

Purchasing and Logistics Coordinator

• Mar 2019 - Sep 2020

• Head of purchasing team (3 buyers and 1 intern) for direct and indirect materials involved in the fabrication of construction machines (excavators and wheel loaders): o Negotiation (cost avoidance) of direct material prices, looking for cost reduction plan, including either technical changes or replacing supplier source. o Bidding and negotiation for consummable materials involved in fabrication processes as cutting, welding, painting and assembly, always respecting requester area specification and budget.• Head of transportation team (1 analyst, 1 assistant and 1 intern) responsible for coordinating: o Road transport of components from local suppliers to Hyundai’s fabrication site. o Road transport of containers with CKD components from the port to Hyundai’s fabrication site. o Road transport of machines from Hyundai’s fabrication site to port.• Head of foreign trade team (2 analysts, 1 assistant and 1 intern) responsible for coordinating: o import of construction machines and forklifts / lift trucks. o import of CKD components for production and spare parts. o export of construction machines and spare parts.MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS:• Price negotiation with local suppliers, reducing impacts of price increase requests (cost avoidance).• Negotiation with transportation companies getting reduction on the price of road freights.• Negotiation with port terminals in Brazil, getting better prices for import and export activities. Show less

Internal Audit

• Jun 2018 - Oct 2018

• Management of processes and internal controls auditing several areas (Latam).

Project Purchasing Manager - Citroën C4 Cactus

• Apr 2014 - May 2018

(08/14 TO 06/18) Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL(04/14 TO 07/14) Paris, FRANCE• Management of project purchasing team in projects of new vehicles Citroën and Peugeot for Latin America, and responsible for the procurement process for the new Citroën C4 Cactus project.• Leadership in the process of defining suppliers for the project : strategic sourcing, ensuring the achievement of the project's economic and schedule goals.• Integration between procurement department, suppliers and project team in Latin America and Europe.MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS:• Responsible for an efficient coordination of the entire purchasing process for the new Citroën C4 Cactus, assuring its launch on the scheduled date and with costs according to those planned by the company.• Acting as RPO (Regional Process Owner) in the optimization of procurement procedures in projects. Show less

Senior Buyer: Cilynder Head and Camshaft Bearing

• Apr 2011 - Mar 2014

• Senior Buyer of aluminum casting parts for PSA engines with annual budget of $ 55 Mi EUR.• Make or Buy studies: choose between external suppliers or internal PSA manufacturing.• Supplier panel management, including suppliers in financial difficulties.• Management of logistics and quality crises.MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS:• Cost reduction of 1% per year on part prices even with a narrow margin of negotiation.• Signature of Long Term Agreement (LTA) with strategic suppliers, guaranteeing economic savings for the company and simplifying negotiation using cost structure basis.• Elaboration and application of purchasing strategy for each commodity of the portfolio for periods of 3 years.• Complex negotiations with external suppliers involving components with internal manufacturing (Make or Buy) guaranteeing the best conditions.• Reimbursement negotiations with suppliers of defective parts that had impacted PSA production. Show less

Project Purchasing Coordinator

• Jan 2008 - Mar 2011

• Responsible for the team of project buyers for common parts of projects Peugeot 207, Citroën C3 and its successors, and in cars produced in series.• Follow-up of suppliers during tooling modification and new tooling launching linked to quality problems' solutions or technical savings.MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS:• Responsible for an efficient coordination of the entire purchasing process for the restyling of the Citroën C3, assuring its launch on the scheduled date with costs according to those planned by the company. Show less

Project Buyer

• Feb 2006 - Dec 2007

• Project buyer managing tooling or parts modification for serial production models.• Analysis and suggestions of changes of parts and tools already existing in the suppliers, modifications of parts for quality, cost or production improvement.

Imported Materials Programmer

• Dec 2002 - Jan 2006

(07/04 TO 01/06) IMPORTED MATERIALS PROGRAMMER (12/02 TO 06/04) PURCHASING INTERN • Planning and programming of imported materials (Europe, Japan, China, Canada, USA) tracking import processes and stock levels. • Direct contact with cargo agents coordinating material transportation at ports and airports. • Financial reports elaboration with monthly forecast of import processes expenses. • Internship on purchasing (commodities and projects) of automotive parts for radiators and air conditioners. MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS: • Management of aluminum coils importation during a severe global supply crisis, strong relationship with the company's headquarters in Europe, avoiding lack of aluminum for production in Brazil. • Optimization of the import processes of the company, increasing the reliability of expenditures forecast, allowing inventories reduction in the factory and in transit. Show less

Intern

• Apr 2002 - Jul 2002

• Improvement of database (accessory assemblers used in underground cables) for professional qualification management. • Improvement of database (accessory assemblers used in underground cables) for professional qualification management.