Vivian Goncalves

Experience

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  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

  Dec 1999 - now

  Global Procurement Director leading transformation in supply chain and procurement worldwide.• Planning and management of national and international purchasing of raw materials, direct and indirect items, equipment, CAPEX, MRO and services.• Strategic negotiation and contract management with national and international suppliers and customers.• International warehousing and transport logistics.• Active leadership in the creation, training and management of high performance, results-driven teams.• Project and KPI management. Show less Responsible for managing and leading all purchasing, sourcing, and supply chain operation across Latin America.Main responsibilities:• Daily supply chain operations and strategic management of three business units, four plants and nine distribution centers in six different countries.• Development and execution of planning, purchasing, and sourcing strategies.• Expertise in contract agreement application, management, and risk mitigation.Main results achieved:• International standardization of supply chain procedures, using the KPI metrics of previous years, to create integration of corporate guidelines across countries and different business units. Show less Leader of the supply chain planning and processes across all Brazilian operations, providing support to manufacturing plants and distribution centers in Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Peru, and Mexico.Main responsabilities:• Proven experience leading and promoting the collaboration of global teams for cross-border projects, focused on regional improvements, planning and supporting the development of new products for regional markets based on worldwide demands and guidelines. • Strategic planning and purchasing of monthly and annual material demand and budget management for all national DCs.• Creation, implementation, and tracking of KPIs and coordination of monthly and quarterly reporting and projections related to the assertiveness of the business plan, fill rate (on-time and first pass), E&O (Excess and Obsolete), Forecast Accuracy, DSI (Days Sales Inventory - Inventory level), and product availability, securing high service level and performance.• Development of strategic sales plans across SBUs and SKUs, analyzing, validating, correcting, and coordinating statistical baselines.• Increased bargaining power and sales leverage by strengthening the relationship with customers and suppliers.• Knowledge of tax law and foreign trade.Main results achieved:• Key contribution managing inventory and maintaining business operations to continuously improvement of working capital, lead times and MOQs.• Developed and analyzed with success the ABC curve of different transportation flows to create safety stock parameters, improve lead time and reduce manufacturing lead time for FCL and LCL shipments globally.• Other results: 75% of forecast accuracy, 98% fill rate, and 45 days of DSI. Show less Responsible for supporting the company's global procurement strategies, in the different spend categories (Raw Materials, Purchased Components and Finished Goods, Transportation, IT, HR, marketing, Vehicles Fleet, MRO, Real Estate, Utilities, Fixed Assets, Travel Expenses and Professional Services), from the selection of highly qualified suppliers through the management of cost-saving and improvement projects and internal audit checks. Main responsabilities:• Price and contract negotiation using sourcing strategies, Global Sourcing, RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, contract analysis, raw material based on commodities, goods consolidation, inventory balance based on ABC, and corporate tools for cost reduction and service improvement.• Expertise in project execution, new products development and strategic initiatives across supplier network, consolidating and leveraging to have “best in class” suppliers.• Strong experience supporting manufacturing needs by performing make-or-buy and investment or divestment analysis and participating in several insourcing, outsourcing, localization and direct source projects.• Performed regular internal audit checks to promote and maintain high quality standards, using SQA-015 (PPAP level 3) and SA-8000, including the communication of non-conformance issues to suppliers. Main results achieved:• Contributed to Purchase Price Variance (PPV) reduction and to meet supply chain metrics with excellence.• Implemented action plans to standardize the procurement processes, following the global strategies, corporate guidelines and market trends. Show less I had the opportunity to join the Black&Decker group as an intern during my undergrad studies, being admited as an Inbound analyst upon my graduation. As a high performance professional, I rapidly grew to assume other functions within the department, such as Outbound Analyst, Junior Purchaser, Purchaser, up to Senior Purchaser.Main responsabilities:• Build strong supplier relationships, with effective communication skills, flow down requirements, procurement strategies, and continuous management of internal and external information flows;• Process purchase orders, change orders and order acknowledgements, using MRP systems and other data management tools;• Experience in engineering drawings reading methodology and implementation of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma processes, with knwoledge of manufacturing operations and foreign trade.• Developed and applied technical skills and analisys in the purchase of commodities.Main results achieved:• Participation in process improvement activities, including Kaizen and Lean/Six Sigma activities, and other strategic procurement projects.• Successuflly supported the implementation of ERP systems;• Product development with alternative materials, such as the use of polypropylene to replace PVC, decreasing the production environment impact and increasing product longevity. 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    May 2022 - now

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    Jul 2014 - Nov 2016

  • Purchasing Specialist - Raw Material and Commodities

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