Expert Details
Procurement, Raw Materials, Mechanical Components
ID: 728918
Mexico
He speaks several languagues: Spanish (native), English (fluent), Portuguese (intermediate), and French (beginner).
Consultancy specialties include:
Global commodity management : particularly in LCC in the Americas, Asia and Eastern Europe
Supplier development & localization strategies for the Americas
Mexico sourcing
Plastics & metal mechanic procurement
Global negotiations
Cash flow improvements
Price determination
Matchmaking vendors with potential OEM's
Plant start ups, supplier start ups in Mexico
Localization in Mexico
He gives examples of current and new applications of an specific raw material.He gives pricing trends and volume trends, orders bookings of a specific oem company, such a mobile phone company, network equipment company, automotive, power tool. Same for Tier 1 vendors of those category(industry companies).He advises whether a specific process or technology is in the growing trend or losing market and applications.Market Research at a global scale for any manufacturing company, products or oem trends.Technology trends, if the technology is new, the competitors of that technology, and its trends and forecast.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1996 | Degree: B.S. International Business | Subject: International Business | Institution: ITESM (Monterrey Tech) |
| Year: 1996 | Degree: Specialty in Marketing | Subject: Marketing | Institution: ITESM ( Monterrey Tech) |
| Year: | Degree: MBA Finance (in progress) | Subject: Business Administration and Finance | Institution: ITESM (Monterrey Tech) |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2008 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Senior Commodity Manager (America's region) | Department: International Procurement Office |
Responsibilities:He is Currently managing/negotiating a portfolio of over $100M in 8 manufacturing sites in America .He is Managing plastics and metal mechanical commodities, such as rubber, plastics injection molding, castings, sheet metal, machining, optics, stampings, and heat sinks. He is Responsible to develop independent commodity strategy by plant and by business unit. He is supporting customer solutions teams on business protocol early involvement, advanced sourcing for potential customers across new segments: green, aerospace, medical, and industrial. He is also responsible for price management on highly sensitive commodities such as metals and polymers. Expert Leon is also Supplier Development Lead for the region: Supporting NPI and Supply Chain initiatives. He is managing contracts, terms and conditions and TCOO (Total cost of ownership). He is the leader on Material Value proposition to OEM customers across business units in the Americas. He has implemented SMI agreement on high spend suppliers across plants. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2007 to 2008 | Employer: Honeywell Inc. | Title: Commodity Manager for the Americas | Department: Transportation Systems Division (Turbotechnologies) |
Responsibilities:He managed a portfolio of over $200M on complex Metal Mechanical Commodities for Turbo charger manufacturing plants located in the United States, Mexico and Brazil.He was responsible for contract negotiations on the following commodities: sintered products, die castings, machining, screw machining, metal injection molding, centrifugal and investment castings. He was support to New Product Sourcing department by establishing supplier preferred lists. He has experience establishing VMI/SMI (Vendor-Supplier Management Inventory). •He directed commodity hedging and price management strategies across the Transportation Systems division (Asia and Americas) for base metals and precious metals, through Nymex and LME. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2001 to 2007 | Employer: Black & Decker Corporation | Title: Global Sourcing Manager/Plastics Commodity Manager | Department: Power Tools Division |
Responsibilities:He Managed a portfolio of over $700M across Mexico and US plants (4 manufacturing sites).He led commodity strategies and localization efforts across commodities in 2006-2007. He supported senior management team on a new metal mechanic start up in Mexico. He managed plastics commodity of more than 50 suppliers equal to approximately $100 M. He was supporting global commodity manager negotiations on resin contracts in NAFTA. He did resins price contract management with injection molders in NAFTA. He was responsible for sourcing new products introduction in Mexico. He was responsible for Value Analysis/Value Determination programs with Engineering and Marketing teams. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1998 to 2001 | Employer: Valeo | Title: Program Manager | Department: Engine Cooling (Thermique Moteur) |
Responsibilities:He lead a multifunctional team of quality, finance, sales, purchasing and engineering.He managed PO/P1 programs for DaimlerChrysler small car platform. He managed program budget and capital investments of raw material and equipment. He conducted supplier negotiations & supplier qualification support to platform team. Expert Leon was responsible for quality planning and APQP interaction with customer for process validation of products. He was managing milestones and timeline with customer and internal team to launch new programs. |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 1997 to Present | Country / Region: United States, Canada (NAFTA) | Summary: Supplier Selection, Supplier Development, Supplier Audits, Conducted negotiations with multiple commodities and processes. |
| Years: 2007 to Present | Country / Region: China | Summary: Supplier Selection, Supplier Development, Supplier Audits, Conducted negotiations with multiple commodities and processes. |
| Years: 2007 to Present | Country / Region: Europe | Summary: Supplier Selection, Supplier Development, Supplier Audits, Conducted negotiations with multiple commodities and processes. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| International Society of Plastics Engineers |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Certified Private Accountant |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Keynote speaker in local universities |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| He has done extensive sourcing and procurement in North America and he is familiar with several mechanical processes and injection molding as well. He has a solid network among consumer industry, electronics, automotive as well. He has experience dealing with federal and government entities in Mexico. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Multiple succesful sourcing and localization experiences across the globe. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Telecommunications, network equipment, mobile phones, aerospace, automotive, and consumer industry. He has access to a lot of information in industry trends, market shares. He can be a great resource to research the above mentioned topics. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| He can support and research for plant start ups in Mexico. Or to conduct feasibility studies or to do market research in the Americas for companies who are not ready or still hesitant to stablish offices or an operation in his region. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Spanish | His mother tongue is Spanish. |
| English | He has a 90 to 95% proficiency in English as a second language. |
| Portuguese | He has an intermediate understanding of the language. |