GERARDO GRANADOS GARCIA

• Procurement professional serving as the plant’s primary escalation point for supplier and purchasing matters, overseeing material master data, supplier contractual information, analyzing commercial balances, and critical supplier requirements. Driving supplier resolution and cross-functional actions beyond Supply Chain’s scope, while leading annual cost-saving negotiations and procurement initiatives. Delivered over $100K USD in annual savings through supplier negotiations and cost optimization.
• Negotiated improved payment terms with key suppliers, strengthening plant cash flow and working capital while maintaining uninterrupted supply during periods of recurring supplier credit holds and payment constraints.
• Negotiated contracts with suppliers to secure favorable terms and pricing.
• Analyzed market trends to make informed purchasing decisions that align with business goals.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize inventory management processes.

• Responsible for assuring around 1000 items distributed on 63 vendors to deliver in time maintaining 98% MDO7
• Collaborated with vendors from National & International shipments planning the correct JIT delivery’s to evade excess or impact lines
• Solve different issues with Purchasing, Eng, NPI, Planning to have correct deliveries in time , also recovering $$ from vendors for any non-compliance delivery by DCCAR's.

• Buying 70% of the BU commodities, achieving 30% less of inventory cost in 1 year equal to 2 million dollars
• Coordinated with national and international vendors to plan JIT deliveries and manage contract responsibilities
• Implemented strategies to avoid raw material shortages through vendor collaboration by negotiations with vendors, constantly working on items as substitutes in case of need, standardizing reports with vendors to anticipate supplier short RM
• Maintained accurate records for Info Record and Material Master parameters on Info Record & Material Master parameters

• Managed planning and micromanagement of 1500 items for clients, serving as the sole Scheduler in this area while accommodating a demand increase at the end of 2020 (167K sqft2 to 320K sqft2).
• Leading the planning department during the absence of the Sr. Planner, taking over all activities of this position and accepting the challenge of lack of staff taking care of 3 additional areas and the challenge of capacity below demand.
• Led planning department in absence of Sr. Planner, assuming full responsibilities and managing 3 additional areas while addressing capacity constraints.

• Followed up on the production plans of the entire plant and confirmed that all areas connecting in the supply chain and production executed correctly.
• Analyzed and controlled inventories, reducing 100K of Osmi in manufactured material, standardizing reports to maintain optimal levels in manufacturing inventories.
• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.

• Coordinated delivery assurance using ERP/MRP systems to streamline operations.
• Analyzed demand and prepared planning and compliance reports to support production goals.
• Developed alternate work plans to improve process efficiency in production. for process efficiency.
• Fulfilled production line supply according to daily plans by coordinating quality, engineering, warehouse, shipment, production, receipts, maintenance, and purchases.

Certificate

Duration:3 years