Maria Soledad A.

Experience

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  Servicios Grower S.A.

  Jul 2002 - Dec 2002

  International Trade Assistant

  Main responsibilities:• Issuance of export documents.• Banking management.• Shipping companies: collection and control of B/Ls, vessel booking.• Contact with customers from Asia and U.S.A., by e-mail and telephone.

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  GEODIS

  Feb 2003 - Oct 2024

  Senior International Trade Analyst

  Clients assigned: - Prysmian Energía Cables y Sistemas de Argentina S.A.- Gea Process Engineering S.A. (100% remote).- Hasbro Argentina S.A. (100% remote).Main responsibilities:• Order Management experience from order placement through final customer payment: efficiently managed 90 monthly imports.• Estimation of importing costs, minimizing them as much as possible. • SAP buyer for raw materials, finished goods and machinery. This duty included supplier assessment and development.• Contact with suppliers from all over the world (U.S.A., Europe, Asia, Oceania), by e-mail and telephone.• Interaction with different departments within the company: Purchasing, Sales, Engineering, Finance, Accounting. And outside the company, such as: freight forwarders agents, Customs brokers, banks.• KPIs for several matters: measure importing costs and how have been optimized, suppliers delivery compliance, debt contracted with foreign suppliers. • Banking management. • Direct report to Lead Buyers in Prysmian HQ (Milano, Italy) and Regional Supply Manager (Brazil).• I successfully led a turnkey project for a production plant in Uruguay (Final Customer: Conaprole), 100% remotely. Mostly triangulated operations and project cargoes requiring chartered ships. Show less

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  MingTa Group Latinoamérica

  Jan 2025 - now

  International Projects Executive

  Main responsabilities:• Managing projects globally for many types of merchandise: clothing, electronic products, machinery, trucks.• Maximizing business growth opportunities through purchasing, logistics and Custom´s brokers. • Supplier assessment and development.• Estimation of importing costs, minimizing them as much as possible. • Follow up with the customer. Perform all necessary activities to close purchase orders.