LUIS OROZCO

305-***-****

Martin, FL ***** ad45yc@r.postjobfree.com

STRATEGIC DESIGN AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SENIOR PROFESSIONAL

Highly skilled in leading cross-functional teams and managing multi-million-dollar budgets within large operational environments. Proven expertise as a Project Manager, Change Agent, and Process Advocate, specializing in large-scale Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain and Logistics initiatives in fast-paced, deadline-driven settings within local and global business environments.

Proficient in leveraging new technologies to enhance Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Global Operations, including resource allocation, workflow planning, and technical compliance, while identifying market requirements for optimal procurement strategies.

Extensive experience in negotiating and managing complex vendor contracts and supplier agreements, coupled with adeptness in process re-engineering to drive efficiency gains and cost savings, providing strategic counsel to top management and stakeholders.

Demonstrated ability in recruiting, managing, mentoring, and developing high-caliber talent across staff and field positions. Driven by a self-motivated commitment to achieving peak performance, exceeding project objectives, and meeting aggressive business targets in both domestic and international contexts.

EMPLOYMENT & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Cleveland Clinic, FL Region 2021 – Present

Senior Project Manager – Supply Chain Lead

Lead Supply Chain and Strategic Sourcing initiatives across the Florida region for Cleveland Clinic, collaborating with cross-functional teams including Sourcing, Materials Management, Finance, and Food Service, while fostering key supplier relationships with key partners such as Oracle and Morrison Healthcare Food Services.

Directed the integration of multi-departmental efforts during the Oracle deployment, optimizing the ERP transition by coordinating activities among various organizational and operational units.

Spearheaded operational enhancement projects targeting process flow alignment and efficiency improvements, including initiatives such as Food Transition, Florida Region Central Supply Conversion, Physical Inventory reduction, standardizing of contractual terms and conditions related to Pricing and Unit of Measure of 11,000 surgical supply items generating annual savings of $2,500,00.00, homologation of maintenance and technical support contracts for the critical clinical equipment representing $750,000.00 (MRI, X-Rays, CT Scans, etc.)

Led the development, data compilation, and content coordination of the Florida Appendix Emergency Playbook, ensuring preparedness and responsiveness to regional contingencies.

Conduct comprehensive analysis of initial scenarios and data to inform the design of strategic plans, risk mitigation strategies, and deviation analysis for key operational areas within all FL Region Hospitals.

Caterpillar, LaGrange, IL 2018 – 2021

Global Commodity Leader

Directed strategic sourcing and supply chain operations spanning Europe, Asia, India, and Mexico, with a focus on optimizing supplier relationships and forging new commercial partnerships for locomotive metal products including alloys, aluminum, iron, and steel (castings and forgings).

Optimized supply operations for T4 Power-Assembly components in Japan and China, achieving substantial cost reductions of $12,000 per unit and $14,000 respectively.

Developed and executed sourcing strategies for T4 and T3 cylinder head and cylinder piston components in India, delivering a 20% cost savings over 12 months, totaling $875,000.00.

Implemented manufacturing operations for workstations, cab structures, and lockers in Mexico, streamlining processes to a three-week timeline and achieving savings of 30% in material and manpower costs, equating to $67,000 per month.

Strategized the T4 forging approach for conn rods, blades, cylinder liners, and cylinder heads in Europe, with a 15% cost reduction yielding annual savings of $1,250,000.00.

Ingredion Incorporated, Bedford Park, IL 2016 – 2017

Senior Procurement Specialist

Responsible for Strategic Sourcing support to the Engineering Department for all operations related to Capital Investment by applying Global Supply Chain strategy for the required capital equipment and services working in partnership with the Global and Regional Capex-MRO leads. Delivered savings of 23.5% on controllable industrial cleaning operations spend yielding $110,000 annually.

Developed a strategy to generate savings on VMI aiming to reduce the inventory by 10%.

Streamline the strategic sourcing process and manage available team resources to successfully negotiate with Vendors to obtain best pricing, fastest delivery, and most favorable terms.

Resolve contract differences/disputes with vendors. Obtain legal review and approval of contracts.

Manage direct internal and external vendors to ensure that products and services meet FDA standards.

Siemens, Boston, MA 2014 – 2016

Senior Commodity Specialist – Strategic Sourcing

Executed international market analysis, internal Siemens demand analysis, global demand pooling, supplier selection, negotiation of price, terms and conditions to maximize operational profits and achieve business objectives.

Conducted performance analysis of key International External Suppliers to maintain the best suppliers and to guarantee an optimal supply chain, resulting in an annual operational cost reduction of 7%.

Led multi-disciplinary team to negotiate contracts, ensuring required terms and risk mitigation policies are incorporated. Prepared submission packages required for internal contract execution processing.

Developed financial models to support business decisions; these models include: total cost of ownership (TCO), Make vs. Buy, and Margin Analysis. The deployment of these models generated savings in the order of $750,000/month in production costs.

Re-organized the External Supplier Manufacturing Operations approval process for Thermo Fisher’s new facility in Fremont, CA (ADVIA CHEMISTRY products), which resulted in a monthly net revenue of $3,100,000.

NetTalk, Miami, FL 2012 – 2014

Supply Chain Manager

Designed the Supply Chain and Logistics Department for this start-up telecom company. Effectively applied strategic thinking to achieve optimal production levels, improved quality controls, and optimized transportation costs for operations based in Asia. Negotiated contracts with manufacturers and distribution partners with a specific focus on cost strategies and achievement of key performance metrics.

Implemented the procurement, manufacturing and transportation processes in China, India and Philippines applying Lean Manufacturing and integrated 3PL logistics as a part of the Core Operation.

Headed retail consumption analysis and overall customer consumption trend. Delivered accurate operational budgets and forecasts; monitored production expenses and inventories, and reconciled variances.

Headed teamwork with Marketing and Sales to forecast demand of current and new products; developed a Demand vs. Capacity model to improve production effectiveness by 47%.

Unified multiple databases to allow Marketing, Sales, Finance and Supply Chain Departments to retrieve key data from different vendors in a unified way, expediting the invoicing process by 6 weeks and improving the cash flow cycle by 30%.

Re-engineered RMA process and improved production quality controls to generate substantial savings in the amount of $150,000/month in operational costs.

American Power Conversion by Schneider Electric, Miami, FL 2007 – 2012

Senior Logistics Coordinator – Project Manager

Managed Logistics and Supply Chain operations throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Integrated supply chain, logistics and IT operations for implementation of new warehousing operations in Latin America.

Designed the production schedule, budgets and forecasts for the US, Canada and entire Latin America, involving factories worldwide; presented results and advised on deviations and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.

Engineered supply chain and transportation contracts with suppliers, local distributors and external contract service providers, saving $344,000 annually by improving contractual terms and reducing inventories by 11%.

Designed the production workflow and tailored transportation routing for complex international IT projects in the US and Latin America with an annual net cost of $95,000,000, resulting in 25% reduction in the production lead time, annual savings of more than $640,000, and an increase in the cash flow by 8%.

EDUCATION

Florida International University, Miami, FL 2011

Master’s Degree in International Business

Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas, Venezuela 2006

M.B.A. Degree in Management

Universidad Santa María, Caracas, Venezuela 1998

B.S. Degree in Industrial Engineering and Civil Engineering

LANGUAGES

English (fluent), Spanish (native), German (advanced) and Italian (advanced)

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & ACTIVITIES

Courses in Project Planning, Project Management, Supply Chain, Lean Enterprise, Total Quality Management and Operations Research.

Fully proficient in MS Office, MS Project, Oracle, SAP, and proprietary applications.

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