Arturo De La Vega, MBA

Experience

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  Walt Disney World

  May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Operations Cast Member

  Operating sophisticated systems of attractions. Loading and unloading of guest. Delivering lengthy narratives for a large group of people. Interactions with guest and cast members from all over the world. In charge of create unique experiences to our guest based on Disney principles.

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  HEB

  May 2014 - Oct 2015

  Price Analyst

  Evaluation of competitor’s costs, price points and inventory day control to capitalize on opportunities for promotion on new and own brand products. In charge of promoting key products and ensuring availability.Lead negotiations for pricing and rebates with suppliers.Achievements•Planning, analyzing and startup, of new products and assortment in the health and productivity, attaining an performance improvement of 22% on the category.•Coordination and negotiation of promotional activities with suppliers, decreasing inventory days, from 45 to 25 in the personal care department. Show less

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  Madison Intelligence

  Oct 2015 - Jan 2017

  Senior analyst

  •Designed and reinforced business intelligence strategies, which provided foresight, based on changing market conditions for calculated movement and enterprise risk management.•Created and implemented a quarterly ERM forecast executive report, covering the main risks of the operation, regarding the most probable scenarios/challenges.

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  MAPAL Dr. Kress KG

  Jan 2017 - Nov 2017

  Procurement Lead

  To develop and manage supplier relationships, providing the organization with a reliable base of business partners with quality products at competitive prices.Achievements•Development of key indicator for the procurement department, which helped to identify opportunities with suppliers and their delivery times. By doing this, we were able to reduce 22% of backlog, saving 20K USD.•Planning and development of structure plans for low movement inventory by making new negotiations with suppliers and customers, allowing the company to save 165K USD.•Reinforced and managed supplier relations, providing the organization with a reliable base of business partners with quality products at competitive prices and increasing of on time delivery from 67% to 90%. Show less

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  Daimler Truck North America

  Nov 2017 - now

  •Lead cross-functional teams and task forces to ensure program criteria and deliverablesare met and that actions are taken to meet project targets and mitigate risks.•Lead global SW & E/E projects in the field of Propulsion & Energy Efficiency as well asVehicle Controls & Up fit. Ensure goals for cost reduction and quality improvement arerealized for portfolio.•Understand customer use cases and translate into specific product features. RepresentNorth American market requirements on SW & E/E in global product planning, projects,working groups, and committees (including technical, business, and compliancerequirements). Show less Develop and manage sourcing strategy, drive cost optimization initiatives through design, competitive leverage, raw material agreements and process improvements. Responsible for all tactical and strategic supplier management activities for wheels, drums and engine cooling system, managing purchases of $155M USD in these commoditiesExperience managing molded, extruded and injected rubber parts like surge tanks, power steering/washer reservoirs and Door and windshield seals.Led cross functional teams to develop, evaluate and launch projects for new trucks and improvement on current designs for rubber and fuel tank componentsAchievements•Managed and led ocean tariff and raw material negotiations, reducing 4.13M USD in financial impact for the company, based on market testing and ocean and raw material indexes tracking• Cost avoidance of 3.04M USD in 2022 based on Raw material analysis, packaging engineering and breakdown and collaborating on projects with key suppliers to identify win win situations.•Achieved 870K USD on savings for 2021, driven by direct negotiations, supplier bench marking, cost engineering analysis and market testing•Identified and obtained a $343K USD savings project on 2020 for raw material, based on developing long term agreements and redefining the supply chain•Managed and led raw material negotiations, reducing over 978K USD in financial impact for the company, based on cost engineering analysis, market testing, raw material indexes tracking and manufacturing processes review Show less

  • E/E and Software platform manager

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Senior Strategic Buyer

    Nov 2017 - Feb 2024