Product Owner Digital Customer Interaction

• Sep 2023 - Present

Central IT Process Manager SCM

• Jan 2020 - Aug 2023

Project Lead Powertrain Carveout

• Aug 2018 - Feb 2019

+ Coordination of local teams in Continental Juarez, Mexico and Santa Teresa, New Mexico, USA for the transition of business separation activities from Automotive to Powertrain division. Cutover activities for local teams and preparation for SAP Go Live in January 2019: integration testing (SCM & FI), data cleansing and communication of data migration activities for business system transition to the new Powertrain structure.

Project Manager / Business Consultant

• Jun 2016 - Jul 2018

+ Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico + Culpeper, VA, USA+ Coordination of the SAP and process harmonization (SPIRIT): Tracking, managing the activities, identifying key resources and providing direction it requires to meet the defined objectives from project kick-off to Go-Live (implementation).+ Management of the business rollout teams: Sales & Distribution, Production Planning, Procurement, Inventory / Warehouse Management, Purchasing, Finance (Accounting, Controlling & Project Systems), Quality, Plant Maintenance, Product Data Maintenance and Master Data Governance. Coordination of plant specific business processes such as Prototypes & External Warehouse.+ Coordination, along local IT project lead & Local Plant Coordinator, of resources needed to meet the project milestones: Fit-gap analysis, Integration Testing, Migration, End-User training, Cutover activities & successful Go-Live (under a 9 month time schedule).+ Coordination & reporting to central project management in Germany and local stakeholders. Show less

SAP SD Business Consultant

• Jan 2015 - May 2016

+ Consulting / International Assignment: SAP implementation and process harmonization of global template (SPIRIT) for SAP SD in Continental pilot plants Toulouse, Boussens & Foix+ Coordination of specific fit-gap analysis and test process workshops to define current plant model needs versus new SPIRIT template. + Collaboration in a cross-modular environment (Material flow & warehousing, Procurement, Production planning, Quality, Finance and Master Data Governance) to achieve Sales & Distribution team goals and to meet master plan milestones. Show less

Customer Logistics - SAP SD

• Jun 2010 - Dec 2014

+ Business analysis of Sales & Distribution process to strategic customers in Europe, Asia & North America through demand planning, forecasting, in-house resource coordination, shipping schedules and logistical project management, while maintaining and achieving the plant’s Key Performance Indicators.+ Improvement on customer delivery ratings. Nissan (North America & Japan) 100%. Daimler (U.S & Germany) 100%. General Motors 95%. Chrysler 90%. Volkswagen (U.S & Germany) 90%.+ Performing recurring visits to customer production plants in NAFTA and Europe, in order to assess new logistics solutions and achieve customer satisfaction on current delivery performance. Show less

Foreign Trade Consultant

• 2009 - 2010

+ Auditing of tax and import/export documents, inventory control systems, physical inventories and their compliance with the customs and tax laws, associated with international trade. Services included recurring evaluations to customers with foreign trade operations in the manufacturing sector. + Assistance of customers in establishing their customs legal entity including paperwork and permit approvals for new operations in Juarez, MX. + Auditing of tax and import/export documents, inventory control systems, physical inventories and their compliance with the customs and tax laws, associated with international trade. Services included recurring evaluations to customers with foreign trade operations in the manufacturing sector. + Assistance of customers in establishing their customs legal entity including paperwork and permit approvals for new operations in Juarez, MX.

Purchasing Auditor - Global Supply Management

• Apr 2008 - May 2009

+ Auditing of scheduling agreement and purchase orders of commodities and direct material from the Delphi Thermal Systems division. + Deploying and applying work process handover from Delphi Customer Technology Center in Auburn Hills, MI to new Juarez, MX office. Often rotated job responsibilities to support areas of the organization, e.g. in the creation of scheduled and closed sales orders for suppliers. + Auditing of scheduling agreement and purchase orders of commodities and direct material from the Delphi Thermal Systems division. + Deploying and applying work process handover from Delphi Customer Technology Center in Auburn Hills, MI to new Juarez, MX office. Often rotated job responsibilities to support areas of the organization, e.g. in the creation of scheduled and closed sales orders for suppliers.