Katherine A. Escobar

Experience

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  Shell Oil Company

  May 2006 - Nov 2006

  Administrative Assistant

  -Customer Service Personnel Database- Management DHL deliveries & coordination- Control of Documents -Support to Human Resources departmen

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  Panasonic

  Nov 2006 - Aug 2011

  Accounting Assistant for Accounts Payable Department

  -Responsible for accounts payables for Vendors and local entities- Creation of daily reports of transfers (ACH)-Creation of Sales & Purchase reports to General Management -Responsible for local & international bank movements- Petty Cash management- Creation of Bank reconciliation -Responsible for Vendors & employees database (CITIBANK) -Coordination of Colon & Colombia (Cartagena/Bogota) stocks-inventories

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  Pfizer Pharmaceuticals

  Sept 2011 - May 2013

  Finance Analyst for Latin America Logistics Center

  -Responsible for local & international bank movements-Coordination of transfer funds to DTC (Dublin Treasury Center) for LALC -Records & Filling Local & International payments-Reconciliation of Bank Accounts -Record of IRAS & Withholding taxes (Pfizer Singapore)-In Charge of all Foreign Contracts-Deals (Daily )-Roll Over of Loans & Deposit (Deals) of legal entities (Monthly)-Responsible of Submission & Fillings of ( Exc. Currency )-Record ICO Netting (AR & AP)

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  3M

  May 2013 - Mar 2017

  Cost Analyst

  - Review GR/IR Purchase Orders Process All Company Divisions (ICO) -Support - Costing Run Materials & Release - Analysis and validation of BOM ( Bill of Materials) Structures for all Region- Analysis of Statements for ICO of In Transit Merchandise & Report all Division - NWI ( Non-Working Inventory ) Charge to send the report to Supply Chain divisions for the Analysis of Items and make the actions plans ( Advising Business)- Mapping of internal process & standardization for the Cost Department (Compliance) - Review of Manufacturing Variances Reports ( Productions Orders)- SOX Control Internal & External Audits (Compliance) - Super User for Project in (SAP) -as Support Show less

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  Adidas

  Jun 2017 - Jul 2024

  ➢ Provided visibility to the Sourcing Planning Team for Brazil and Argentina of the forecast that ensured the capacity and manpower for the local production with the factories.➢ Ensured consistent buying quality and volume by applying the standard operational purchasing process, guaranteeing accurate buying and the pre-confirmation of the orders for seamless execution with factories.➢ Team lead- Buyers for Chile, Peru, and Colombia: Guaranteed local production, on-time campaignexecution, ensured on-time product availability and on-time demand for promotion orders for SportsMarketing to support sales objectives.➢ Effective analysis of 1 Digital Purchasing Report, allocation of forecasting, and sales orders enabled the on-time delivery of the demand for Franchise, Retail, Promo, ecom, and Wholesale. Show less ➢ Provided visibility to the Sourcing Planning Team for Brazil and Argentina of the forecast that ensured the capacity and manpower for the local production with the factories.➢ Ensured consistent buying quality and volume by applying the standard operational purchasing process, guaranteeing accurate buying and the pre-confirmation of the orders for seamless execution with factories.➢ As the buyer for Brazil and Argentina: Guaranteed local and import production, on-time campaignexecution, ensured on-time product availability and on-time demand for promotion orders for SportsMarketing to support sales objectives.➢ Effective analysis of 1 Digital Purchasing Report, allocation of forecasting, and sales orders enabled the on-time delivery of the demand for Franchise, Retail, Promo, ecom, Factory Outlet, and Wholesale. Show less

  • Product Supply Manager LAM

    Oct 2018 - Jul 2024

  • Sr. Purchasing Specialist

    Jun 2017 - Sept 2018