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Silvia Salazar

Rochester Hills,MI

Summary

Dynamic purchasing professional with extensive experience in purchasing and Projects, excelling in contract negotiation and vendor relationship management. Proven track record in optimizing pricing structures and conducting detailed cost analyses, driving significant savings. Adept at effective communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams to achieve strategic goals and enhance operational efficiency.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Advance Buyer

Marquardt Switches Inc
Rochester Hills, MI
11.2023 - Current
  • Negotiate with the supplier base for goods and services for the best possible pricing, quality, and schedules, managing the RFQ process for new products.
  • Acting as the functional lead supporting a structured project development process, working in close collaboration with commodity buyers.
  • Managing new acquisition phase RFQ projects in the purchasing area and deciding on make or buy. Ensuring the prices are aligned with the SOP project and suppliers' quotes.
  • Utilized various software and tools to streamline processes and optimize performance.
  • Managed time effectively to ensure tasks were completed on schedule and deadlines were met. Coordinating all purchasing activities with the global purchasing organization.
  • Worked with cross-functional teams to achieve goals. Maintaining all requested records of purchases, prices, and deliveries. Conducted detailed cost breakdown analyses to inform pricing strategies, utilized analytics to evaluate pricing models and optimize cost efficiency. (Stamping parts, plastic parts, electronic parts)

Program Purchasing Specialist and Program Buyer

Forvia
Auburn Hills, US
02.2018 - Current
  • Responsible to manage the interface between Program and suppliers with high complexity customer requirements
  • Anticipate specific requirement for programs to ensure that commodity panel strategy is appropriate to support time, cost and quality requirements.
  • Sourcing definition and recommendation managing RFQ process according to panel strategy.
  • Best practice leading global steering and sourcing comittee meeting for the program.
  • Manage Suppliers in program Phase, timing, pricing, CRs management, Costing updates, etc
  • Octoplus /cost analisys during RFQ process and negotiation with suppliers to have the best offer aligned with BP and Octoplus.
  • Ensure the indstrialization follow up incl Material cost and Material tool ordering.
  • Accountable for Budget overviews (D&D, main KPI) realization for their programs

Program Buyer

Faurecia RBU Vasco de Quiroga
, Mexico
09.2015 - 02.2018
  • Core team member for Programs in charge for definition source components according to Make or Buy with PM
  • Support project with competitive costs and savings plan to finance project acquisition
  • Leverage commodity organization to reach pre-sourcing, sourcing decisions and meet project targets and offset with supply base quick savings imposed by customers
  • Supplier sourcing recommendation, specification, price negotiation
  • Drive negotiations to find extra cost savings on top of price agreements through cost workshop (breakdown cost analysis)
  • Defines and implements the technical, re-sourcing, logistics, materials productivities and reservoir in line with budget requirements
  • Create agreements for programs with suppliers to achieve or improve the program business targets
  • Negotiate ECRs quotes and improvements during program Phase
  • Create business case with panel suppliers assigned and work with Commodity to analyze the QAF and submit proposals for source according to Quality, Time, cost, etc
  • Pilot assigned in the programs awarded, responsible for source definition in components.

PC&L Program Leader

Faurecia Plants
San Luis
10.2013 - 09.2015
  • Leads logistic costs and investments optimization during Program business plan
  • Responsible for the implementation of logistic processes to secure 0 MPM at Customer during program Phase
  • Leads logistic costs and investments optimization in Program business plan
  • Inbound Cost analysis for improvements in routes (freq, size lote, costs)
  • Space definition and analysis for program s and implementation of lay out definition
  • ERP process stablish for SAP and customer /Supplier EDI
  • Brings expertise and feedbacks in the implementation of logistic processes
  • Within Program
  • Project launch definition to Schedule to define and implement transport management rules starting from ramp up until mass Production
  • MIFD- MIFA definition and calculation for external- Internal flows.

PC&L Launch Plant SLP
05.2011 - 10.2013
  • Support for all inventory level for program phase, working with Purchasing to create the forecast plans
  • Engineering management support (4 moths), ECRs in program Phase to validate timings, responsibility and workflow
  • Support to create ECRs and launch procedure creation for ECRs process
  • Material handling containments for revision levels in the plant for ECRs and prototype request
  • Customer main contact for deliveries
  • PDP, ERP assignation during program phase and SOP 6 months
  • Support during 3 months the ECRs plant engineer –project
  • Update and validate PIC Volumes according to sales award Program (C YM comparison) and customer demand
  • Follow up as Master Scheduler for the new clients including PDP and customer service
  • Daily monitor with client review in the performance related to the project requirement
  • (Set up parts, delivery and frequency level) etc
  • Enterprise Resource Planning preparation completed (Make the ERP become fully operational)
  • Internal FES Logistic process implementation for new flow for new references
  • Manufacturing MIFD- MIFA to develop the PDP/PIC material process

Materials Planner and New

VALEO ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, Luis
08.2008 - 05.2011
  • Project Planning
  • New programs carry over follow up for agreement in capacity with Project Buyer
  • Ability to plan / forecast bases on sales orders for the year, Checking the plan and schedule for the manufacturing and production
  • Release for Inbound budget from Plant according to PMT volume
  • Maintain an specific inventory levels on raw materials based upon system parameters and clients forecast
  • Decisions on expediting materials vs changing production plans with impact of logistics costs offsetting Customer Service issues, and production inefficiencies
  • Inventory management decisions involving safety stock levels
  • Implementation for VRO for space reduction savings, Alerts implemented flow
  • Fees reduction for import process EUR1 European suppliers.

Buyer and Materials Planning

ContiTechPower Transmission Group, San
09.2005 - 08.2008
  • Volume for the contracts with suppliers for belt plant in order to achieve the PPV designed for each semester (year forecast)
  • SAP key user/maintain information for part number BOM, good entries, inventory management, stock review, PO process, open orders, releases
  • Control and management for materials in KANBAN
  • Inventory management JIT, FIFO
  • MRP - Review and analyze MRP reports, past due reports, expedite / de-expedite reports to ensure adequate materials are available to support the Production Schedule and Sales Forecast.

Purchasing and Master Scheduler

Robert Bosch
San Luis
01.2005 - 08.2008

Education

Strategic Supply Management -

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
11-2024

Master in Strategic Planning And Innovation Engineer -

Universidad Autónoma SLP
San Luis Potosi Mexico, Mexico
01.2015

English- First Certificate London -

Wimbledon School of English
01.2009

Business Administration Degree -

Universidad Autónoma SLP
San Luis Potosi, Mexico
01.2005

Tools” (PFMEA, CP, APQP, MSA, SPC). 5 Whys, 8D’s -

Skills

  • Pricing Structures
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Vendor Relationship Management
  • Documentation Requirements
  • Planning & Organizing
  • Cost analysis
  • Effective communication

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Advance Buyer

Marquardt Switches Inc
11.2023 - Current

Program Purchasing Specialist and Program Buyer

Forvia
02.2018 - Current

Program Buyer

Faurecia RBU Vasco de Quiroga
09.2015 - 02.2018

PC&L Program Leader

Faurecia Plants
10.2013 - 09.2015

PC&L Launch Plant SLP
05.2011 - 10.2013

Materials Planner and New

VALEO ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, Luis
08.2008 - 05.2011

Buyer and Materials Planning

ContiTechPower Transmission Group, San
09.2005 - 08.2008

Purchasing and Master Scheduler

Robert Bosch
01.2005 - 08.2008

Strategic Supply Management -

Michigan State University

Master in Strategic Planning And Innovation Engineer -

Universidad Autónoma SLP

English- First Certificate London -

Wimbledon School of English

Business Administration Degree -

Universidad Autónoma SLP

Tools” (PFMEA, CP, APQP, MSA, SPC). 5 Whys, 8D’s -

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