Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
Languages
Certification
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Marcela Aguilera

Marcela Aguilera

Duluth,GA

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Regional Commodity Manager for Sheetmetal and Fab

Siemens
Peachtree Corners, GA
03.2022 - Current
  • Develop and maintain the strategy for suppliers of stamping and sheet metal fabricated parts for the Siemens North America plants, including Canada (1), the US (9), and Mexico (2).
  • Negotiate and manage contracts with suppliers to ensure competitive pricing, quality standards, and timely delivery of commodities. Establishing partnership with key vendors in order to maximize value from existing contracts.
  • PPC reporting and forecast in alignment with the factories requirements for the upcoming years and commodity trend forecast.
  • Productivity of the current business based on process improvements at the supplier’s facility, such as rebates or year-over-year value add reduction.
  • Monitored market trends, price movements and supply and demand dynamics to identify opportunities for cost savings.
  • Parts price quarterly update according to the commodity market trend of steel, copper and aluminum.
  • Include suppliers into Siemens 2nd tier program for steel, copper and aluminum; to secure the allocation of material production from the mills and Siemens negotiated price
  • Negotiation of Payment Terms that comply with Siemens requirements (above 120 days)
  • Develop strategies for sourcing new materials and services to reduce costs while maintaining quality control standards.
  • Analyze supplier performance data to develop effective procurement plans that optimize the total cost of ownership of commodities and assure a stable supply chain for Siemens product lines.
  • Researched industry developments related to commodity markets and identified potential risks or opportunities for the organization.
  • Developed alternative sources of supply for critical materials in order to mitigate risk associated with single source suppliers.

Procurement Engineer

Siemens
Monterrey
04.2021 - 02.2022
  • Work with cross functional teams to achieve the successful implementation of the new production line projects, such as transfer lines from Germany, raw material changes, etc
  • For transfer projects, re-localization of the current European supply chain to strategic suppliers according to the current commodity strategy
  • Negotiation of desired PTE, prices and such conditions to achieve the targets of PPC, PTE, etc
  • Commercial support in Monterrey Factory key projects such as>
  • - 3VA Low Tab 4.1 Relocalization project, with projected savings of approx 1M USD localizing components to North America & Asia region that supply components to the transfered 3VA production line from Czech Republic to Monterrey facility
  • - AFCI Hybrid E-Pole Project, that consists in the developement of a dual source for the PCB Assembly of the E-Pole, currently build at Wyntron/Danam, along with the implementation of the items from different commodities (plastics, stampings, springs, insulation, etc) to assembled the final breaker in Siemens Monterrey

Commodity Manager Plastics

Siemens
Monterrey
09.2017 - 04.2021
  • Commodity Manager for Insulation and Molded Plastic Parts such as Thermoset /Thermoplastics, Neoprene, etc
  • Negotiation of Frame, Logistics and Tooling contracts with the strategic supplier to secure a robust supply chain
  • Negotiation of rebates and Price reductions using different negotiation tools such as relocalization of suppliers, product redesign, Cost breakdown analysis, alternatives materials, etc
  • Support to the local cross functional team such as Logistics, Finance and SQM
  • Driver in critical and major impact projects for the factory such as:
  • - 18 Tools replacement (36 Part numbers) with an annual spend of $1M USD that represented a major risk in the supply chain of the main production lines of the factory
  • - Project leader of the approval of a second location of manufacturing for the biggest resin manufacturer supplier of the Juarez facility impacting +100 PN with an annual spend of approx
  • $5M USD
  • This included coordination of multi functional team to run R&D testing, Quality and Assembly validation
  • - Project leader of the relocalization of 8 tools to release production capacity of the Juarez facility with a total spend of $5M USD and savings of $50k-60K USD
  • - Project leader of the Monterrey initiative to expand the sourcing to India supplier of several commodities, such as stampings, mechanical assemblies, plastics parts, etc

Planner.Buyer

Valmark Interface Solutions
Monterrey
02.2010 - 09.2017
  • Create requisitions, PO’s and follow up of the Purchase orders for the raw material required from prediction such as LCD’s and Touch screens, Polycarbonate films, adhesives, LED’s, domes, PCBA’s
  • Material planner of the components requiered at production to fulfill customer orders
  • Price negotiation of the China supplied material with big lead times
  • Leader for ERP implementation in the Monterrey facility

Education

Mechanical & Business Engineer - Mechanical Business engineer

Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica
Monterrey
12.2005

Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • Purchasing strategy
  • Communication skills
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Cost analysis
  • Teamwork
  • Supplier relations

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • Chinese

Languages

English
Full Professional
French
Elementary
Chinese (Mandarin)
Elementary

Certification

  • Project Management - ITESM
  • Effective Negotiation - Karras
  • Skills for Success - Dale Carnegie
  • Leadership & Empowerment - ITESM

Timeline

Regional Commodity Manager for Sheetmetal and Fab

Siemens
03.2022 - Current

Procurement Engineer

Siemens
04.2021 - 02.2022

Commodity Manager Plastics

Siemens
09.2017 - 04.2021

Planner.Buyer

Valmark Interface Solutions
02.2010 - 09.2017
  • Project Management - ITESM
  • Effective Negotiation - Karras
  • Skills for Success - Dale Carnegie
  • Leadership & Empowerment - ITESM

Mechanical & Business Engineer - Mechanical Business engineer

Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica

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