Fatima Jaramillo
Monterrey,NL
Summary
I'm a professional worker with more than 10 years of experience and knowledge in different areas such Administration, Logistics and Supply Chain. I have strong negotiation skills, experience with savings, supplier development and market analysis; Currently I’m looking for an opportunity to develop more skills and expand my learnings.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Commodity Buyer
Mahle Engine Components
10.2022 - Current
- Commodity buyer for Metals, in charge of Piston Components and Subcontracting suppliers
- Managing suppliers with spent of +20Mio usd, national and international. (experience with suppliers around the globe)
- Increased supplier performance by implementing strategic sourcing and negotiation techniques.
- Managed commodity risks to ensure price stability, utilizing market analysis (such as metals index = AMM for steel) and forecasting tools.
- Cost savings achievements driven by rebates, volume negotiation, VA/VE, resourcing negotiation and dual source projects. (2023 delivered savings of 820K usd and additional 1.2Mio Usd negotiated for 2024)
- Long-Term Agreements to ensure prices for the entire duration of the programs. (LTAs signed until 2030 based on forecasting volumes)
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams for successful new programs introductions, ensuring timely delivery of required materials. (some project management activities such as RFQ/RFI based on drawings and customer specifications, validation and develop of the supplier until the supplier nomination or final decision).
- Increased working capital by standardize all suppliers to MAHLE's corporate payment terms, extended from 60 to 90 days and in some cases negotiated consignment option.
Sourcing Specialist
GE Power
06.2022 - 10.2022
- Developed and implementation of materials sourcing strategies and processes, support full request for proposal & bidding process including spend analysis, RFI, RFQ, analysis and pricing, contracts.
- Sourcing initiatives for steel and alloys vendors in compliance with our drawing and specs requests. (Raw material purchasing - resourcing of one additional supplier to extend the sourcing catalogue, supplier developed in a strategic location nearby from the plant)
- Enforced compliance with Preferred Suppliers (PSL) and strategically managed tail-spend to migrate to preferred suppliers wherever possible.
- Supported in achieving materials savings targets and running project execution on the plant.
- Responsible for risk management in supplier base by ensuring all compliance and quality standards.
- Implemented some business metrics affected by supply chain constraints, identified opportunity areas to work and create strategies.
Commodity Buyer
Rockwell Automation
05.2021 - 06.2022
- Senior Buyer / global commodity buyer responsible for the procurement of a variety of commodities such as plastics, resins, fasteners, part transmissions, etc.
- Drove supplier metric improvement across commodity space to ensure supply chain alignment and meet sourcing leadership goals.
- Increased supplier performance by implementing sourcing techniques and by keeping a close communication with planning team to inform and avoid any spike/gap in the demand/supply, avoided disruptions in production lines or impacts with Rockwell customers. Some spot buys with open market to avoid supply disruptions.
- QBR revisions with vendors perform as first contact for vendors to develop recovery plans and strategies in order to leverage service levels, pricing agreements, stocking agreements and in some cases VMI agreements. (commodities spend +15Mio Usd located within the U.S. and all around the globe)
- SAP proficiency to support a multi-cultural team within the U.S., Asia and Europe, Invoice resolutions to avoid credit holds and integrity conflicts.
- KPIs as OTD 90%, late > 5 days, and other activities as expedite and follow up to open POs, Stocking agreements, consigment agreements, etc.
Buyer
Johnson Controls
04.2018 - 05.2021
- Buyer responsible for Optima Plant (Automotive Batteries), RFQ and RFI creation.
- Managed and implemented strategies to achieve and ensure material arrivals on time, looking for the best cost – benefit approaching, according with company quality standards.
- Monthly cost - saving projects for the company by making strategies and negotiations with our national and international suppliers.
- Administration of purchasing for more than 6,000 items at warehouse and more than 300 suppliers.
- Lean manufacturing knowledge which allowed me to implement projects to reduce wasting, solve some issues for purchasing and assured the accomplishment to our yearly goals. (Working Capital projects = all suppliers payment terms extension from 90 days to 120 days)
- Excel reports and analysis to present and communicate implemented ideas which helped to improve the plant, collaborated on agreements and negotiations of fasteners, developed new local suppliers and monitoring existing suppliers by ensuring our compliance code and politics respecting company's procedures.
- Invoice discrepancies resolutions and accomplished on KPI's such as: On time Delivery +90%, +90% supplier service level, Import goods at broker facility, no more than 30 days)
Education
MBA - Logistics And Materials Management
Universidad Regiomontana
Monterrey, NL09.2020
Bahelor's in International Business - Business Administration
Universidad Regiomontana
Monterrey, NL08.2015
Skills
- Fast Learner
- Negotiation skills
- SAP proficiency and other ERPs
- Microsoft Office, Power BI
- Lean Manufacturing knowledge
- Communication effectively
- Teamwork
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Commodity Buyer
Mahle Engine Components
10.2022 - Current
Sourcing Specialist
GE Power
06.2022 - 10.2022
Commodity Buyer
Rockwell Automation
05.2021 - 06.2022
Buyer
Johnson Controls
04.2018 - 05.2021
MBA - Logistics And Materials Management
Universidad Regiomontana
Bahelor's in International Business - Business Administration
Universidad Regiomontana
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