Creativity Team Lead Buyer
General Motors
Feb 2002 - May 2008 (6 years 4 months)
• Creativity Team Lead Buyer For Latin America, Africa and Middle East
• Negotiate price and conditions with local and international suppliers.
• Perform commercial and quality assessment to suppliers.
• Kept up with emerging trends, changes in the market, price trends and expected trends for steel market.
• Negotiated agreements and programs with key vendors, generating $2 Million in savings.
• Member of the Shock Absorbers Global Purchasing Team and Supply Chain.
• Responsible to supervise budget and purchasing operations for shocks absorbers in General Motors plants located in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, and South Africa
• SAP user for supply chain module and GPS (Global Purchasing System)