Antonio Cesar Ferreira Amaral

**** ********* *** *****, ** USA, 45040 - Phone 513-***-**** -

aced9m@r.postjobfree.com

Brazilian citizenship and US green card holder

Objective:

Seeking a leadership role in Strategic Procurement area in an organization

where I can leverage my several years of experience to deliver best in

class innovation, total value creation, stewardship and build organization

capability for the years to come.

Executive Summary:

GLOBAL SENIOR PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONAL with working experience across

various industries, regions and businesses.

23+ years of global strategic procurement experiences at P&G, developing

game changing organizational strategies, sourcing strategies and supplier

relationship management strategies. Worked in several different industries

and markets, including flexible packaging, Injection Molding, Cartons,

Corrugated, Chemicals, Pulp, Hygiene industry and innovation purchases.

Hold organization capabilities roles managing Latin America Hygiene and

Packaging Purchasing, Western Europe Hygiene Purchasing and served as the

Purchases risk manager leader for the Company. Experience also includes

four international assignments, one in Caracas, Venezuela leading regional

sourcing responsibilities, one in Geneva, Switzerland leading the Western

Europe Hygiene Purchases Organization, one in Frankfurt, Germany, leading

the global Super-absorber Purchasing Organization and one in USA leading

global packaging Spend Pools organizations. Started P&G career in Sao

Paulo, Brazil.

Specialties: People management, Negotiation, Supplier Selection and

Development, Customer Relationship Management, Commodities Risk management,

Supply Chain, Industry Analysis, Sourcing Strategy, Purchasing

Governance/Compliance, Emerging Markets, M&A, Supply Chain Best Practices,

Cost Control & Benefit Analysis, Business Processes & Systems, Operational

Streamlining, Workforce Planning

Corporate trainer in Industry Analysis, Supplier Analysis, Business

Continuity Planning, Sourcing Strategy

Leadership style: I am persuasive and enthusiastic about opportunities. I

am friendly, logical, responsive and independent. I am action oriented and

hands on style. I achieve results through encouraging strategic thinking,

process and strong execution.

Professional Experience:

Jul 11- Present: Purchases Associate Director at Procter & Gamble

Cincinnati, US reporting to CPO and Product Supply Vice-President:

. Support global Purchases organization to establish/ implement global

Corporate programs:

. Supplier Connectivity - Implemented Hub connectivity capability for

inventory and orders globally;

. Business Continuity - Renewed Materials BCP program for the Company.

Simplified effort and made program more robust ( BCP considered in the

design stage; better management visibility)

. Value Creation - Implemented global loss elimination program with

strategic suppliers/ key P&G sites. +30% inventory reduction/ +2% cost

reductions across supply chains;

. Supply Chain Synchronization - Conducted study for a materials hub

model in US and Mexico;

. Program manager supporting the creation of a global PS service

organization (start up phase);

. Overseeing financials, HR, strategic and tactical implementation plans

for new organization;

. Owned the recommendation process for the various services considered

in the new organization;

. Influenced senior leadership in the support of the program across over

130 sites/ locations;

. Engagement with Procurement - Indirect Spend Pools - to define

strategy and plans to source/ outsource site services (Storeroom,

Facilities, Utilities, Manufacturing Labs, Order management)

Jul 06 - Jun 11: Purchases Associate Director at Procter & Gamble

Cincinnati, US reporting to Global Packaging Spend Pool Director:

. Package films and Delivery Systems Global Spend Pool leader across all

Company categories:

. Managed +40 people globally and $800MM spend (Package films)/ $700MM

(Delivery Systems) across multiple BU's. Led cross functional team

responsible to drive innovation, savings and manage global supplier

relationships. Staffing planning for global group. Development/

implementation of strategy and scorecard;

. Delivered Year on Year savings in excess of 6% annually over this

period;

. Established an innovative technology transfer knowhow across strategic

partners accelerating innovation process by 50%;

. Led global simplification program through the creation of a

sustainable menu of materials;

. Led the reduction of 60% of the supply base by following a holistic

rationalization program and by enhancing relationship with long term

partners;

. Beauty and Fem Care BU Purchases leader for Americas (North, Central and

South America):

. Translated BU needs into Functional work (innovation, cost savings,

capacity planning, BCP, etc.)

. Influenced a group of cross-Spending Pool leaders to deliver against

BU needs;

July 02 - Jun 06: Purchases Associate Director at Procter & Gamble Europe,

located in Frankfurt, Germany reporting to Global Spend Pool Director:

. Led x-functional team in the downstream/ upstream diapers' core material

development program. Most important material development for the

category with an annual spend over $700MM globally;

. Strong focus on supplier relationship management and business strategy/

expansion plans. State-of-art relationship approaches with strategic

partners translating into competitive advantage, breakthrough innovation

and superior service to our operation. Enabled new product launch/

innovation in the Baby Care category worldwide. President award

recognition.

. Managed global team and multi-regional suppliers (Asia, Europe, NA)

Nov 99 - Jul 02: Purchases Associate Director at Procter & Gamble Europe,

located in Geneva, Switzerland reporting to Global Baby Care Procurement

Director:

. Led the transition to a centralized Purchases organization in Geneva for

Baby Care category;

. Led a group of +20 people with responsibilities for buying raw and

packaging materials for 10 different countries in WE, C&EE, Africa and

Middle East for the Baby Care GBU;

. Cost savings programs - Implementation of annual commercial and

technical material savings programs with >6% year on year savings

results;

. Development of strategic relationship with key suppliers in a global

basis with main focus on speed to market, cost and innovation of new

materials. Experience with multi-cultural supplier relationships;

. Ownership of organization capability for the Purchases group. Member of

regional GBU lead team;

. Purchases owner for Economic skills in the region. Development and

delivery of training programs;

Apr 95 - Oct 99: Purchases Group Manager at Procter & Gamble Latin

America, located in Caracas, Venezuela reporting to Global Baby Care

regional Director:

. Led the transition of Brazil sourcing materials from a country operating

organization to a regional design and Spend Pool execution;

. Led Purchases regional headquarter with responsibilities for various raw

and packaging materials for diapers and napkins products;

. Development of regional strategies for raw and packaging materials.

Development of regional supplier capabilities and localization of key raw

materials in the region. Other activities included supply chain

optimization, cost savings program, price negotiations, etc. Support

for 5 countries in the region. Delivered >5% year on year savings, cost

innovative ideas and payment term extensions (+60 days);

. Purchases owner for competitive intelligence skill in the region.

Member of a cross functional team with focus on developing strategies and

provide information to help management mitigate competitors' activities

in the region;

May 90 - Mar 95: Purchases and Logistics manager at Procter & Gamble

Brazil, located in Sao Paulo, Brazil:

. Raw and Packaging material planning for two business units in Brazil;

. Raw and packaging materials Purchases Manager. Responsibility to

negotiate/contract materials for local business. Major accomplishment

was to reduce Raw and Packaging material costs for Diapers category by

30% through different strategic approaches to enable business expansion

in Brazil. Senior leadership recognition;

. Warehouse manager. Manage flow and storage of raw materials and finish

products in the warehouse.

. Raw materials lab manager - Lead a team of 3 technical people with

responsibilities to test materials;

Jan 89 - Apr 90: Manager at Caterpillar Brazil, located in Sao Paulo,

Brazil:

. Marketing manager. Benchmark product performance versus competition.

Work with Purchases and local suppliers to develop parts;

. Purchases manager for raw materials. Audit suppliers jointly with

technical people against internal quality system. Steel buyer ;

Education:

Feb 89 - Dec 89: Master in Production Engineer - USP (Universidade de Sao

Paulo)

Feb 84 - Dec 88: Mechanical Engineer - Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado -

Sao Paulo

Languages:

. Portuguese: Native

. English: Fluent in oral, reading and writing;

. Spanish: Fluent in oral and reading. Good in writing;

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