Gloria Chavez

Oversee the North America procurement tariff mitigation strategy, leading cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Logistics, and Compliance to ensure effective risk management across all procurement categories.

Lead the execution of procurement projects for North American plants utilizing Agile methodology. Manage cross-functional and multinational teams to ensure successful project delivery under strict deadlines. Oversee the full project lifecycle from planning to execution and budget management. Develop strategic solutions for critical project barriers and provide mentorship to the project team.

Currently working as Category Buyer for the Multisourcing team responsible for the categories of Fasteners, Steel products and EMS. BCP follow up. Agile methodology

Responsible for developing, executing and managing sourcing strategies for Eleonore Mine in Rouyn-Noranda. Main Activities: • Managed supply contracts, pricing, outline agreements for several commodities for mine supply. • Site visit once a year since 2018 • KPI Developments for Contracted items vs non Contracted. • Creation and maintenance of contracts in SAP (Outline Agreements) • Contract Negotiation and Drafting (Quebec and Ontario law) • Development of 2019 and 2020 sourcing plan • Worked in Ariba integration for sourcing events, review and creation of default templates for Spanish, English and French speaking sites in Ariba, acting as Ariba super user. • Developed Ariba catalogues for several vendors. • CAPEX negotiations for Mobile Equipment • Main Commodities: o MRO o Reagents o Fuels o Site Services (Logistics, security) o Manpower • Total managed Spend: 20M USD (across several projects) • Realized savings: 4 M USD • Obtained first quarterly recognition by the client. • Managed the spot Buy Report, analyzing total spend vs actual savings.

Working as a Direct Buyer for Goldcorp Eleonore mine. Specialized on Mobile Equipment. Doing Spot Buy reporting on every purchase. Getting different quotes from the suppliers

Independent teacher for both english and french, proving lessons according to the intended use of the language.

Working as a strategic Buyer for Ventilation company: -Finding best rates while purchasing items - Negotiation of Repairs - Managing inventory

Working as an assistant to the director of Metals and Operations department, handling expenses report, purchase of materials needed in the office as well as raising purchase requisitions for the projects in Metals department.

Customer service for important airline, handling reservations with miles as well as paid, customer support and also working on the complaints offline department, working with escalations.

Worked as a Call Center agent for important frequent flier program: - Customer Service for Clients - Handling complaints both offline and online - Purchases of Award tickets as well as Payed tickets