Wilma Carolina Abreu
Austin,TX
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Global Category Specialist
Smith+Nephew
Austin, TX
04.2025 - Current
- Leading global management of the Orthopedics Case & Trays category, overseeing strategy, execution, contracts and cross-site alignment.
- Managing instrument operations for the Austin manufacturing site, supporting production, sourcing, and site-closure transition.
- Collaborating cross-functionally with Engineering, NPI, Purchasing, Marketing, Quality, and Finance to align business needs with operational and strategic objectives.
- Enabled data-driven decision-making by delivering actionable insights and analysis to leadership and project teams, resulting in over $1M in cost avoidance and savings in 2025.
Buyer/Planner
Smith+Nephew
Austin, TX
11.2023 - 04.2025
- Managed supplier relationships, purchasing processes, and an annual spend portfolio of $10 million in Orthopedics implants and instruments across 03 US plants.
- Successfully achieved over $400K in cost avoidance by preventing unnecessary stock accumulation through data analysis and understanding of planning dynamics to optimize inventory management.
- Achieved improvement in On-Time In-Full (OTIF) delivery performance from 50% to 94% in 2024 through continuous risk assessment and development of mitigation strategies with suppliers.
- Promoted to Category Specialist.
Procurement Buyer
John Deere
Catalão, Brazil
05.2022 - 03.2023
- Achieved zero line-down events during tenure by supporting production continuity and partnering with cross-functional teams to identify supply chain risks and implement mitigation actions for imported shortages.
- Led cross-functional daily meetings with production stakeholders to assess risks and drive solutions for potential material shortages for imported items.
- Formulated and managed RFPs/RFQs, negotiated schedules and turnaround times of goods and services with suppliers, to ensure timely procurement of goods and services.
Supply Management Intern
John Deere
Catalão, Brazil
02.2021 - 05.2022
- Managed end-to-end procurement and logistics of prototype parts in a new product introduction, coordinating sourcing, carrier selection, shipment tracking, and stakeholder communication to ensure on-time delivery.
- Led a localization and cost reduction project, while managing the commodity of fasteners, resourcing parts to improve delivery, quality, and cost performance, achieving $64K in savings.
- Promoted to Procurement Buyer.
Supplier Quality Intern
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
Catalão, Brazil
08.2019 - 01.2021
- Worked with quality auditors and suppliers to implement corrective actions for both national and imported supplier quality issues.
- Compiled, analyzed, and presented data on non-conforming parts, KPIs and supplier performance to management.
Education
Master's of Data Science -
University of Texas at Austin
01-2028
Bachelor of Industrial Engineering - undefined
Universidade Federal de Catalão
10-2022
Skills
- Procurement processes
- Supplier relationship management
- Inventory optimization
- Strategic sourcing
- SQL
- Microsoft Power BI
- SAP ERP
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- AI Engineering Bootcamp
- Data Science Academy Nov 2023 – Nov 2025
- MBA Digital Product Management
- Galícia Educação Mar 2023 – Mar 2024
Languages
Portuguese
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Professional Working
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Global Category Specialist
Smith+Nephew
04.2025 - Current
Buyer/Planner
Smith+Nephew
11.2023 - 04.2025
Procurement Buyer
John Deere
05.2022 - 03.2023
Supply Management Intern
John Deere
02.2021 - 05.2022
Supplier Quality Intern
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
08.2019 - 01.2021
Bachelor of Industrial Engineering - undefined
Universidade Federal de Catalão
Master's of Data Science -
University of Texas at Austin