Gema Fernández-Clemente

Lead the purchasing of critical equipment required for electric mobility projects. Develop and execute comprehensive procurement strategies to reduce the Total Cost of Ownership and ensure continuous quality supply of components. Manage the full lifecycle of EPC Contract Procurement, ensuring contractors comply with project scope, quality, and schedule. Formalize and manage purchasing contracts and subsequent Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and warranties. Design, prepare, and issue Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Ouotation (RFO), and Request for lnformation (RFI) documents for complex equipment and service acquisitions. Oversee the technical and commercial evaluation of received bids, performing detailed cost analysis and market benchmarking, acting as a Tecnhology watch and communicate to ali project and operations teams about new technologies and future developments. Lead negotiations with suppliers and contractors to secure favorable pricing, terms, and contractual conditions. ldentify, evaluate, and qualify new suppliers and strategic partners in the electric mobility sector while establishing and maintaining strong relationships with key vendors to ensure supply chain stability. Ensure all procurement activities comply with interna! policies, legal requirements, and compliance regulations.

Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team across purchasing, logistics, and expediting. Define and implement procurement and supply chain strategies aligned with project, corporate and company objectives, while driving improvement initiatives in cost efficiency, supplier quality, and lead time reduction. Negotiate major supply agreements, contracts, and long-term partnerships with key vendors. Ensure that all purchased equipment and materials fully comply with the technical specifications and quality standards defined by Engineering team and Quality departments. Collaborate closely with Engineering to validate technical requirements, vendor documentation, and design conformity. Coordinate with Quality Assurance to ensure that suppliers meet inspection, testing, and certification requirements before shipment. Monitor market trends, identify risks, and propose mitigation strategies related to materials and supply chain disruptions. In coordination with Project Management team, Supervise all logistics operations, ensuring on-time and cost-effective delivery of materials to project sites. Oversee the expediting team to ensure suppliers meet project schedules and technical specifications. Coordinate with project and site teams to manage delivery schedules, customs clearance, transportation, and warehousing. Develop and maintain strong relationships with strategic suppliers and subcontractors. Evaluate supplier performance, ensuring compliance with both commercial and technical expectations. Promote collaboration and transparency within the supplier network to ensure reliability, innovation, and alignment with company standards. Prepare and manage the procurement department’s budget, ensuring financial targets are adhered to and achieved. Report KPIs to senior management, including cost savings, on-time delivery, and supplier performance. Support cash flow management through optimized purchasing strategies and negotiated payment terms.

Procurement management from RFQ definition, MAR to client, contact negotiation and PO issuance up to delivery. EXPEDITING Definition, planning and execution of the expediting plan for international EPC projects. Coordination of expediting, quality inspection and logistics activities. Cross and interservice task force speaker. TASKS - Coordination with Project and Production Managers of delivery priorities. - Definition of expediting plan for each project, criticality rating for the POs. - Control, verification and follow up of supplies manufacturing and project documents. - Tracking of procurement orders o supervision of planning, o Documentation submitting status o Engineering progress. o Sub-orders issued o In house materials reception, o Fabrication progress, as per schedule, and completion status o Inspection and test progress status, as per approved ITP’s o packing milestones follow up o deviation analysis, etc. -Intermediate milestones and delivery date assurance as per PO INCOTERM. - Coordination of expediting and quality assurance visits. - Notice of delay and penalty submission. - Monthly progress reporting from suppliers review and submission of executive repot to project / end customer. - Non conformity reports, deviations and not satisfactory results reports troubleshooting - Revision and first step ok to logistic basic files for exporting (packing list, certificates of origin, shipping invoices...). - Final inspection of packing & shipping marks as per PO terms. -Release note issuance and distribution to Project. - Tracking of shipments in coordination with logistic area. - Follow up of materials reception reports at site,, deviation analysis and discrepancies resolution of the equipment in cooperation with QA / QC. - Applicable penalties calculation.

Gestión del proceso de adquisición de materiales y servicios, asegurando eficiencia, costes competitivos y cumplimiento de estándares. Planificación, elaboración y coordinación de las órdenes de compra para cumplir con los términos y plazos establecidos. Análisis de precios de equipos, servicios y materiales, negociación de condiciones; control de costes de adquisición y contratos de servicio de acuerdo con el presupuesto de proyecto. Estrecha coordinación con las áreas de diseño, ingeniería, calidad, logística, puesta en marcha, dirección de proyecto y finanzas para garantizar que los materiales necesarios estén disponibles, cumpliendo estándares de calidad y tiempos de entrega.

Seguimiento de órdenes de compra, análisis de desviaciones, propuesta de acciones correctivas, negociación con proveedores, gestión de inspecciones, autorización de envío de material a proyecto de acuerdo con los términos contractuales. Control y seguimiento del avance de cada suministro (informes mensuales de progreso), y activación de suministradores. Cálculo de penalizaciones y soporte en aprobación de facturas ligadas a hitos de cumplimiento.

Proyectos: Cepsa - Destilación Azeotrópica, Sabic - Waste Water Treatment, Ma’aden - IU&O, Aramco - Loading Rack, SEC - DUBA Green integrated solar combined cycle power plant. Seguimiento de órdenes de compra desde su adjudicación hasta entrega, incluyendo el cumplimiento en plazo de los hitos de proyecto, análisis de desviaciones, propuesta de acciones correctivas, negociación con proveedores, gestión de inspecciones, seguimiento del proceso de embalaje y autorización de envío de material de acuerdo con los términos contractuales.

Control y seguimiento de entregas de información presupuestaria, financiera y consolidación de datos de filiales internacionales. Análisis financiero y de gestión de recursos, análisis periódico de información estratégica, establecimiento de planes de acción y aplicación de medidas correctoras. Control de desviaciones (Six Sigma, presupuestos trianuales, objetivos, etc).