ana valldeperez

Since 2013 I was the Director of Operations Performance Business Line at Ayming Spain. Ayming is an international consulting company, active in 16 countries, improving the business performance of its clients, in 4 main areas of expertise: Operations, Human Resources, Finance and Innovation. Full responsibility of Operations and P&L of the Business Line, leading a team of 15 professionals, managing 2 offices in Madrid and Barcelona. Specialized in cost optimization projects covering the complete Operations Value Chain: Purchasing, Procurement, Distribution, Supply Chain.

Managing projects focused on Process mapping, Organization assessment and cost optimization of direct and indirect expenses in different sectors: FMCG, Pharmaceutical, Retail, Infrastructures, Automotive and Manufacturing sector. Projects embrace Supply Chain and Purchasing optimization, diagnosis of costs structures, as well as Re-design to cost activities. Full responsibility of Operations and P&L of Projects. Support to Business development.

Managing teams and optimizing single categories of spending as Transports, Warehouses, Raw materials, Utilities, Facility management, Sourcing in best cost countries, Marketing expenses, Professional Services. Structured purchasing approach: needs/specifications collection, market study, suppliers sourcing, extensive use of Tenders, RFx, e-auctions and direct negotiations.

Commodity Buyer (steel, tubes, springs, wires, screws, nuts). Responsible for production purchasing: suppliers negotiations, department strategies, fulfillment of savings objectives Project Buyer: complete metal structure of a seat. Responsible for the purchasing of a new project (suppliers negotiations to fulfill the Business Plan of the project, launching of tooling and follow-up of construction, responsible of prototypes, pre-production assurance)

Large Format Design and Large Format Production are 2 leading and growing divisions within the HP Graphics Business Solutions group. Within the LFP Operations team, I have the objective of developing and implementing the processes to influence and control the design of new products, in order to make them optimized from a cost point of view, as well as leading the identification and execution of cost reduction opportunities in the current products