Kassandra Cardenas-Munoz
Houston,Texas
Summary
Seasoned procurement and supply chain professional with a proven track record at GE Aero Energy, adept in strategic sourcing and contract negotiation, leading to significant cost reductions and efficiency improvements. Skilled in Oracle and cross-functional collaboration, I excel in driving supplier performance and fostering robust vendor relationships. Goal-driven Sourcing Specialist proficient at sourcing unique and one-off items to meet special requirements. Ready to leverage many years of experience to support and enhance operations. Successful at improving department processes and delivering high-quality goods to end users on a reliable schedule. Resourceful professional in procurement management, known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Possess specialized skills in vendor negotiations, inventory management, and cost reduction strategies. Excel using communication, problem-solving, and organizational abilities to meet tight deadlines and manage complex purchasing processes.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Commodity Management/Lead Sourcing Specialist/Contract/Project Management
Aero Products and Services Jv, LLC
Houston, TX
12.2023 - Current
- Manage Indirect Commodity the entire formal strategic sourcing process, from spend analysis through contract implementation and supplier relationship management
- Drive value by implementing Aero Alliance strategic sourcing and entering into cost efficient agreements that fulfil supply requirements within the assigned commodities with GEV leveraging contracts
- Maintains Approved Supplier Listing (ASL) and makes recommendations to Supplier Review Board (SRB) for changes in status (e.g., approved, conditional, blocked)
- Drives supplier accountability and performance by negotiating agreements
- Ability to successfully negotiate long-term agreements, non-disclosure agreements, drives supplier accountability and performance by negotiating agreements with a global supply base
- Indirect Commodity management encompassing the entire supply chain from sub-supplier, materials management, logistics, customs
- Developing, implementing, and driving strategic engagement strategies for Aero Alliance with Indirect spend of $29M for 2014
- Identify and drive innovation and productivity savings with the suppliers, IE
- Establishing commercial relationships with suppliers within the assigned commodity areas, securing targeted levels of cost, quality, delivery precision, sustainability
- Conducting detailed demand, spend, cost and market analysis and a structured approach to tendering and negotiating with suppliers given the assigned commodity strategy
- Segmenting suppliers and manage supplier relationships to drive supplier development and integration for existing, new, and potential suppliers
- Responsible for the development, recommendation, and execution of optimal sourcing
- Manage the entire formal strategic sourcing process, from spend analysis through contract implementation and supplier relationship management
- Maintains Approved Supplier Listing (ASL) and makes recommendations to Supplier Review Board (SRB) for changes in status (e.g., approved, conditional, blocked)
- Managing sourcing (CFT, RFP, ) & contract management
- Conduct commodity and industry trend analysis to show future trends for the assigned commodities as related to cost drivers, innovative technologies
- Provide commodity expertise for travel related commodities
- Drive value by implementing strategic sourcing and entering into cost efficient agreements that fulfil supply requirements within the assigned commodities with GEV leveraging contracts
- Drive supplier performance, contract effectiveness, collaboration and integration and deliver improved results with key suppliers within assigned commodities
Contract Rocurement Specialist/Contractrocurement Specialist/Contracrocurement Specialist/Conrocurement Specialist/Project Manager, PMO
Gulf Company
Houston, TX
04.2020 - 10.2023
- Electrical and Mechanical Commodity
- Reviewed requisition orders, verifying terminology and specifications for accuracy
- Performed regular reviews of existing contracts to negotiate better terms or reduce costs where possible
- Coordinated with internal stakeholders to ensure prompt delivery of items to meet project deadlines
Project Manager/Tender Administrator /Contracts
Baker Hughes a GE Company
Houston, TX
04.2014 - 03.2020
- Electrical and Mechanical Commodity
- Liaison between Sourcing, Engineering, Manufacturing, Suppliers Globally (China, Canada, Brazil, Mexico)
- Manage Indirect the entire formal strategic sourcing process, from spend analysis through contract implementation and supplier relationship management
- Drive value by implementing Aero Alliance strategic sourcing and entering into cost efficient agreements that fulfil supply requirements within the assigned commodities with GEV leveraging contracts
- Maintains Approved Supplier Listing (ASL) and makes recommendations to Supplier Review Board (SRB) for changes in status (e.g., approved, conditional, blocked)
- Drives supplier accountability and performance by negotiating agreements
- Ability to successfully negotiate long-term agreements, non-disclosure agreements, drives supplier accountability and performance by negotiating agreements with a global supply base
- Indirect Commodity management encompassing the entire supply chain from sub-supplier, materials management, logistics, customs
- Monitored deadlines for submission of tenders and ensured all documents were completed accurately within the specified time limit
- Managed post-tender negotiations between vendors and customers ensuring that all contractual obligations are met
- Managed proposals and bids for new projects
- Prepared reports on Supplier contract status
- Ensured that all requests for quotations were responded to within the designated deadline period
- Stainless Steel 316-Carbon- Steel-High- Nickel Super Alloy for Electrical Panels
- Custom Electrical Panels for BP's
- Fulfillment & Inventory control
- Forecasting, Electrical Control Panels and BOP's
- Negotiate payment terms of N30, N90 and N180 with suppliers to improve cash flow
- ($3M)
- Managed 5M production orders
- ($10M) Raw material, achieving ($2M) project savings
- NPI Projects
- Trending/Costing,/Auditing/Reporting/Contract/Vendor Negotiation
- Tracking supplier's performance metrics (scorecards)
- Conducted regular meetings with staff to discuss performance goals and objectives
- Developed various financial reports for management review
Sr. Buyer
Schneider Electric
Houston, TX
04.2011 - 04.2014
- Electrical and Mechanical Commodity: Saved ($1M) Project Savings
- Purchasing and coordination of domestic and global
- Drives supplier accountability and performance by negotiating agreements
- Ability to successfully negotiate long-term agreements, non-disclosure agreements, drives supplier accountability and performance by negotiating agreements with a global supply base
- Indirect Commodity management encompassing the entire supply chain from sub-supplier, materials management, logistics, customs
- Monitored deadlines for submission of tenders and ensured all documents were completed accurately
- Developed purchasing strategies to meet organizational objectives while minimizing costs
- Evaluated supplier proposals against predetermined criteria such as price competitiveness and quality assurance protocols
- Stainless Steel 316-Carbon- Steel-High- Nickel Super Alloy for Electrical Panels
- Liaison between Sourcing, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Suppliers
- Negotiate payment terms of N30, N90 and N180 with suppliers to improve cash flow
- Mitigated logistics deficiencies resolved shortages and tracked missed or late deliveries while scheduling and expediting high-priority customers
- Negotiated contracts with suppliers to secure the best prices for materials and services
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to meet customer requirements and market demands
- Created reports on spending trends and identified areas where improvements could be made in the procurement process
Sr. Buyer
GE Aero Energy GE Oil and Gas/GE Sensing
Houston, TX
01.2007 - 04.2011
- Negotiated contracts with suppliers to ensure cost-effectiveness and quality standards were met
- Yearly project savings ($10M)
- Maintain Oracle with accurate promise dates
- Reduced shortages by 90%
- Electrical and Mechanical Commodity
- Manage ($500M) volume, 90 suppliers, and 5,000 PO lines, Negotiate with suppliers on time delivery and quality assurance
- Coordinate & process discrepant material product (DMP) and non-conformance report (NCR)
- Coordinate & process Supplier deviation request (SDR) & request for information (RFI)
- Managed vendor selection process by developing criteria, analyzing bids, and making recommendations
- Developed purchasing strategies to meet organizational goals while minimizing costs
- Fulfillment & Inventory control
- Forecasting
- Liaison between Sourcing, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Suppliers
- Stainless Steel 316-Carbon- Steel-High- Nickel Super Alloy for Electrical Panels
- Negotiate payment terms of N30, N90 and N180 with suppliers to improve cash flow
- ($3M) NPI projects
- Managed (5M) production orders, 10M Raw material, achieving ($2M) yearly savings, Custom Electrical Panels for BOP's
- Fulfillment & Inventory control, Forecasting/ Trending/Costing, Auditing/Reporting/Contract/Vendor Negotiation
- Strong, Product lifecycle, I implement
- Commodity strategies to ensure long-term contracts Solar projects services contract process including market research, supplier analysis, selection strategy, final negotiation, and construction and operations, negotiated and managed supply contracts for PV modules/solar panels with values ranging ($30-50) million
- Managed domestic and overseas suppliers by performing business reviews and coordination of orders
Transportation Planner/Buyer
Goodman Manufacturing Company
Houston, TX
04.2002 - 01.2007
- Managed inbound /outbound freight for Cooling and Furnace Plants
- Cost estimations for transportation projects
- Yearly ($3M) savings
Education
Business Major -
Houston Community College
Houston, TXCertified Medical Assistant -
Brentwood College
Houston, TXBusiness Major -
Santa Monica College
Los Angeles, CASkills
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- OneDrive
- Adobe
- SAP
- Oracle
- Clear Orbit
- Prewip
- AS400
- APICS
- MRP
- JD Edwards
- Tableau
- ERP
- Reports
- Productivity Improvement
- Contract Management
- Project Development
- Effective Communication
- Supply Chain Forecasting
- Supply Chain Planning
- Vendor Relationship Management
- Purchasing
- Logistics Management
- Project Management
- Project Planning
- Strategic Planning
- Cost Control
- Schedule Management
- Systems Implementation
- Performance Improvements
- Mergers and Acquisition
- Contract Negotiation Expertise
- Processes and Procedures
- Multi-Unit Operations
- Materials and Supply Allocation
- Product Life Cycle Logistics
- Service Agreement Coordination
- Decision-Making
- Life Cycle Cost Analysis
- Proprietary Resource Protection
- Performance Review and Optimization
- Proposal Review
- Import and Export Operations
- ERP Requisition Management
- Key Performance Indicators
- Financial Management and Reporting
- Cost Modeling
- Strategic sourcing
- Spend analysis
- Supplier negotiation
- Contract management
- Supplier relationship management
- Market analysis
- Supply chain management
- Cost reduction
- Supplier performance
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Data analysis
- Project management
- Effective communication
- Negotiation techniques
- Problem solving
- Influencing skills
- Request for proposal
- Logistics management
- Cost analysis
- E-procurement systems
- Financial acumen
- Forecasting techniques
- Total cost of ownership
- Customer focus
- Global sourcing
Languages
- English, Bilingual
- Spanish, Bilingual
Application Skills
- Microsoft Office Suite Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- OneDrive
- Adobe
- SAP
- Oracle
- Clear Orbit
- Prewip
- AS400
- APICS
- MRP
- JD Edwards
- Tableau
- ERP Reports
- Oracle/SAP Reports
- Productivity Improvement
- Contract Management
- Project Development
- Effective Communication
- Supply Chain Forecasting
- Supply Chain Planning
- Vendor Relationship Management
- Purchasing
- Logistics Management
- Project Management
- Project Planning
- Strategic Planning
- Cost Control
- Schedule Management
- Systems Implementation
- Performance Improvements
- Mergers and Acquisition
- Contract Negotiation Expertise
- Processes and Procedures
- Multi-Unit Operations
- Materials and Supply Allocation
- Product Life Cycle Logistics
- Service Agreement Coordination
- Decision-Making
- Life Cycle Cost Analysis
- Proprietary Resource Protection
- Performance Review and Optimization
- Proposal Review
- Import and Export Operations
- ERP Requisition Management
- Key Performance Indicators
- Financial Management and Reporting
- Cost Modeling
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Commodity Management/Lead Sourcing Specialist/Contract/Project Management
Aero Products and Services Jv, LLC
12.2023 - Current
Contract Rocurement Specialist/Contractrocurement Specialist/Contracrocurement Specialist/Conrocurement Specialist/Project Manager, PMO
Gulf Company
04.2020 - 10.2023
Project Manager/Tender Administrator /Contracts
Baker Hughes a GE Company
04.2014 - 03.2020
Sr. Buyer
Schneider Electric
04.2011 - 04.2014
Sr. Buyer
GE Aero Energy GE Oil and Gas/GE Sensing
01.2007 - 04.2011
Transportation Planner/Buyer
Goodman Manufacturing Company
04.2002 - 01.2007
Business Major -
Houston Community College
Certified Medical Assistant -
Brentwood College
Business Major -
Santa Monica College
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