Cesia Guevara

Experience

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  Hanes Brands Inc.

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

  Inventory/purchasing planner

  • Review: interpret and analyze materials requirements and advise on time of any exceptions were material availability could be an issue affecting future production planning.• Data Maintenance: entering and maintaining data in various purchasing, inventory and material systems to reflect accurate inventory positions and material availability.• Challenge of existing ways of working in pursuit of opportunities for cost reduction, values improvement and application of lean processes without affecting production planning due to materials unavailability.• Determine shipments priorities and obtain Air Shipments Approvals after analyzing and proving real need for air shipments.• Keep track of specific metrics (On Time PO delivery, Late Orders, Suspended, Materials Utilization, Materials Variances, and SLOBS. Show less

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  Aquanima

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Procurement Analyst

  • Negotiated over $8M generating average savings of 10%.• Manage the quotation process, price and conditions negotiation, as well as vendor’s compliance with contractual requirements established by clients. • Participation in meetings and communications with clients in order to prepare or complete specifications document.• Responsible for evaluating vendors based on price, quality and availability.• Understand and resolve queries from users, vendors and other Procurement/Business partners appropriately. • Search, identification and analysis of the most relevant and best suppliers in the market.• Analyzing and understanding of the information and of the requirements defined by the client, as well as of his/her needs and expectations of product/service needed.• Identification and proposals of potential negotiation strategies and actions to take.• Management of the documentation sent by clients and suppliers.• Document drafting to include: request for information (RFI), request for proposal (RFP), bidding rules and negotiation final draft.• Follow-up of categories, client’s consumption and incident solving Show less

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  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

  Dec 2014 - Apr 2020

  Organizes, manages and directs the work of the employees in the assigned procurement function overseeing the assignment of duties, ensuring proper staffing, and managing performance. Oversees the timely procurement and delivery of goods and services to the vessels

  • Technical Category Manager - Fleet Modernization

    Oct 2019 - Apr 2020

  • Technical Procurement Lead

    Apr 2016 - Oct 2019

  • Senior Buyer III

    Dec 2014 - Mar 2016