Jorge A. Rios Garcia

**** *. ********** **, ******, CO 80013

H 303-***-****, C 720-***-****, acgu8d@r.postjobfree.com

PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONAL

Procurement - Supply Chain ? Project Leader

Mid/Senior level results driven professional with extensive experience and progressive management career within the

manufacturing industry. Skilled in appointing, developing and executing business initiatives that deliver business growth,

achieve financial targets and enhance profits. Highly effective communicator that f osters a ?working together?

environment. Uses influence with business unit managers where necessary. Negotiate and win the trust of suppliers.

Ensure that deals are understood, implemented, and managed throughout their lifecycle. To l ead projects aimed to yield

economic benefits to the company either by replacing existing materials or finding new suppliers and/or technologies

worldwide. Experience also includes proven ability to improve operations, impact business growth through achievements

in Finance management, cost reductions, internal controls and efficiency improvements. Green card holder. Bilingual:

Spanish, English

CORE LEADERSHIP QUALIFICATIONS

Consultative Procurement Strategies Vendor Development & Retention P&L / Budgeting / Costing

Regional Account Management Project Management Team Building

Finance Management Business Planning Risk Management

Six Sigma ? Green Belt

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ORICA, Denver, CO, and Mexico 1999 - 2014

$7B Explosive Manufacturer that supports the Mining Industry, Australian Company

Indirect Category Procurement Leader for the Americas (Orica USA Inc 10/2012 ? 10/2014)

Develop the role and optimize the Indirect Procurement process across the North America and Latin America regions.

Support 200 sites in Canada, USA, Mexico and South America. Manage $200M spend, commodities include: services,

utilities, fleet, travel, MRO, etc. Managed up to 2 employees. Lead the implementation of Standard Processes across the

Region, aligned with the Global Procurement Standards. Proactive minimization of any disruption to supply. Create

Regional Contracts database and promote Industry best practices across countries and businesses in the Americas

Region. Successful integration/connectivity with other functions and new businesses acquired in the new Orica structure.

Renew strategic supply contracts.

? Delivering savings/profit improvement for around $5M (Negotiation of Gas and Electricity hedging contracts for major

plants in Canada; Redefining and aligning the entire Regional vehicle fleet to one single Lease & Admin vendor;

Nomination of one global Travel Agency Management vendor for the whole business)

? Delivering additional cash (Promote and negotiate new agreements that increase the DPO through supplier finance

and extended terms)

Procurement Manager North America (Direct & Indirect) (Orica USA Inc 2007 ? 2012)

Directed $80M/yr purchasing volume for this manufacturing Corporation World Leader in Mining Services. Managed up to

5 employees. Accountable for strategic Planning and Sourcing, development and leadership of Procurement functions

throughout all the business units Developed Strategy to source Raw Materials and Indirect Costs for the 5 Packaging

Manufacturing Plants across the US and Canada. Commodities included: services, fleet, travel, MRO, and direct

materials. Negotiated Long Term contracts with escalation formula prices based on the related international commodity

price indexes for main Raw Materials (Chemicals, Plastics, Aluminum, Exchange rates, etc.). Gained confidence to work

together with the Product Development Engineering and Marketing Teams to identify together new types for sourcing, new

raw materials or new vendors.

? Development of new vendors for single-source key Raw Materials thus mitigated the dependency risk

? Furnished ?preferred vendor? program to gain collaborative purchase agreements with distributors & global service

providers.

? Improve profits by $2M/yr through implementation of Cost Savings initiatives

? Streamlined sourcing procedures to improve purchasing efficiency then reducing costs.

? Gained confidence with Legal Department that Contracts were well structured, negotiated & Company Policies are

included and prioritized

? Developed vendor ranking system based on score card results to align purchase process within the continuous

improving system and comply with industry?s best practices.

Supply Chain Manager Mexico, Monclova Coah., Mexico (Explosivos Mexicanos SA de CV 2005 ? 2007)

Managed the entire Supply Chain functions in Mexico, managed up to 9 employees. Departments under my responsibility:

Logistics, Warehousing and Purchasing team members. Managed $40M spend, commodities sourced include, capital

equipment, MRO, logistics, services, maintenance and direct materials. Designed executive reporting systems. Tailored

financial local reporting system to communicate and meet Corporate Reporting requirements at the Head office located in

Melbourne, Australia. Championed the Implementation of S&OP procedures within the Supply Chain team in Mexico

? Instrumental to develop the overall sourcing strategy for the main Raw Material, which included the following tactics:

o Defined volumes to be sourced at different geographical regions in Mexico & Central America.

o Designed and negotiated with of intermodal (maritime, rail and trucking) carriers to service different Regions,

linked to different international origin of the sourcing either from North America, Europe or Asia.

o Defined storing and trans-loading points aligned to the optimal economic network and in compliance with

regulatory requirements.

? Initiated and financially justified the construction of storing and trans-loading points within the rail routes, aimed to

alleviate traffic delays and reduce the lead time for the customer deliveries.

? Purchased the remaining Ammonium Nitrate inventory from one of the biggest Fertilizer plants in Mexico when the

plant was shut down as a consequence of a union strike, then resale as Fertilizer within the Agricultural Supplies

Distributors in Central Mexico.

? Coordinated the regular purchase/import of Urea program, sourced from former Soviet Countries into Mexico

? Recognized the need to re-shape the truck carrier logistics and re-negotiate route rates, resulting in $2M cost

reductions

CFO for Mexico & Central America (Explosivos Mexicanos SA de CV 2002 ? 2004)

Consolidate Financial Reports for Mexico and Central America. Procurement of key Raw Materials responsibilities.

Managed up to 5 employees.

Financial Analyst (1999 ? 2001)

Prepare Mexico?s corporate financial reports. Relocate the shipping operations from Port Bienville, MS. to a Mexican Port

in Tampico.

Rocol Mexicana, Mexico, City, Mexico 1994 - 1999

$2B Lubricants manufacturer part of a British Group of industries (Morgan Crucible Pty) (opportunity)

Finance Controller (Manager)

Managed the entire Finance functions. Staff under my responsibility: 4. Helped to obtain ISO certification. Implemented

internal controls to comply with different audit inspections.

? Implemented operational changes in the cash cycle that turned around the Trading Profit of the company from a 6.8%

to Sales into a 18%.

NESTLE Foods, Mexico, City, Mexico 1988 - 1994

$20B Food Manufacturer (opportunity)

IT Auditor (1991 ? 1994)

Audited the logical & physical security procedures and to assure the Group?s information integrity based on IBM AS400

system. Supported 13 plants in Mexico.

? Recognition from Logistics Director & Manufacturing VP for outstanding internal operational audit reports that actually

helped to improve the efficiency throughout the different departments within the business.

Operational Auditor (1988 ? 1990)

EDUCATION

MBA in Finance, Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Monclova, Mexico, 2003

BS in Accounting, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, 1987

Certified Public Accountant, 1987

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, George Group, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2009

Certified Supply Chain Professional, APICS, Denver, CO, 2010

Professional Negotiation & Influencing, ENS International, Denver, CO, 2011

Improvement of Administration Skills, Morgan Crucible PTY, London, England, 1997

Information Security Diploma, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico, 1992

IT Workshop, Nestle Foods, Vevey, Switzerland, 1991

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