Celia Baena Castro

Experience

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  CajaGranada

  May 2009 - Nov 2009

  Financial Advisor/ Internship

  Providing specialist advice to clients on managing their money in the most profitable and secure way. Providing investment advice across a variety of financial products and services, insurance services and pension funds, using EOI banking software.Customer service, commercial adviser.

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  Husqvarna Group

  Apr 2010 - now

  Key member of the Project Team for new Robotic Mowers product introductions via supporting R&D select qualified suppliers and cost-effective components at the concept phase of the product development process, as well as providing high-level strategic planning and cross-functional synergies to ensure quality, on-time and on-budget project delivery leading to a consistently improved business performance.Top Product Launches:EPOS Technology: Boundary Wire free solution, P21 NERA, P3 CEORA, P25 AWD Show less Reporting Specialist for Electric Category- Direct Material -Monthly consolidating and reporting for the Electric Category, visualizing the performance and results of purchasing including KPIs such as PPV and OMV- data analysis.-Own, develop and update all purchasing related processes, policies and templates and work with the functions to ensure all relevant parties are informed and trained to follow them. -Standarized the global manual OMV and PPV reporting process and templates.-Pricing control in the British production facility, working closely with the Commodity Managers.-Define performance management structure, report and follow up on key performance indicators in collaboration with the functions, providing score cards on internal purchasing performance and supplier performance.-Analyze supplier and market data and provide input to the purchasing functions. ie. Commodity Managers, or Advanced Purchasing.-Drive the annual purchasing budget process, coordinating with stakeholders across the business, and inform relevant purchasing functions. Show less Working within the finance department doing day to day finance operations in the different sub departments:-Credit Control: Allocating cash receipts within customers’ accounts, monitoring Credit Limits,releasing customer orders, maintaining customers’ accounts-Purchase Ledger: Logging and processing invoices, matching goods inwards receipts toinvoices-Project Management "Travel & Expense System" (www.concur.com).Development and implementation of the system, delivering and training of the users (presentationsand 1 to 1 training), organisation of meetings and teleconferences. Show less

  • Sourcing UK Manager

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Project Sourcing Manager - Robotic Mowers

    Mar 2016 - Dec 2023

  • Reporting Specialist Northern Europe, Purchasing Controlling

    Mar 2013 - Aug 2016

  • Reporting Specialist, Purchasing Controlling

    Jun 2011 - Feb 2013

  • Purchasing Administrator

    Nov 2010 - May 2011

  • Finance Department/ ARGO Grant for International Internship

    Apr 2010 - Oct 2010