Jasmin Velasco-Escueta
Global Category Management Partner @ Pfizer
Greece
Thessaloniki Metropolitan Area
Pharmaceuticals
Project Management, Responsible Sourcing, Operational Execution, Category Execution, Strategic Execution, Cross-team Collaboration, Category Management, Supply Chain, Management, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Supply Chain Management, Strategic Sourcing, Inventory Management, FMCG, Logistics, Production Planning, Strategy, Pharmaceutical Industry
Experience

Sr. Strategic Buyer
o Handles $ 25.0 Million Spend for Indirect Spend Category in Philippines o Coordinates with the Regional and Global category leads for the strategies and benchmarking with other market. o Does market scanning on monthly and quarterly basis. These includes but not limited to market inflation, fuel prices, labor prices, newly approved laws/bills from the local and US government that may affect sourcing of indirect materials/services. o Works closely with the Financial, Compliance and Legal Team on the Projects/Strategies to be launched to ensure that all the aspects were considered for the benefit of the company. o Appointed as the Savings Champion for PH Market by creating strategies for big ticket spends like as Hotel, Fleet, Outsourcing, Print, Media and Promotional Items where the target savings is 10% of the total spend. o Leads Project Rise (Leadership Training) for the SEA Cluster wherein the objective is to ensure that all the colleagues are trained and equipped with the proper knowledge and skills for the specific task. o Co-leads the Step to Maturity Project for the APAC region wherein the objective is to identify the category maturity level for each market so as to align the strategies in the future.

Strategic Buyer for Packaging
Nestle Philippines Inc.
o Handled packaging materials category such as paper, ink, wood and metal spends for Philippines (estimated spend is $22.6 Mio) o Coordinates closely with the regional team on the strategies that needs to be executed. o Does market and environmental scanning on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. Market scanning includes but not limited to movement of forex, fuel prices, market inflation, raw material sources (i.e, RISI, Platts) and other factor such as war and natural disasters that may affect in the supply, quality and pricing of a certain commodity. o Part of the Vendor Audit Team that ensures all the accredited supplier passed the requirement in terms of quality, safety and health – based on Nestlé standards. o Manages and coordinates with local and foreign vendors in getting Certifications that the sources of the raw materials (especially for paper) are compliant with the EU/US environmental laws and regulations. o Ensures that Risk Assessments were done and Business Continuity Plan for each vendor are in place. This will also form part of the Audit based on the defined classification of the vendor – whether they are high, medium or low risks. o Spearhead the team in looking for supplier who can recycle/properly dispose the flexible/laminates. o Appointed as the Procurement Representative for the Dairy Health and Nutrition Business Unit’s Cross Functional team in conceptualizing strategies to generate savings year on year. Special Projects with Nestle: a.) GO SEE THINK DO LEAD - part of the Focus Improvement Team that drives Nestle Continuous Excellence b.) Candidate for White Belt based on the DMAIC (Define – Measure – Analyze – Improve – Control) Projects

Strategic Buyer for Supply Chain and Technical
Nestle Philippines Inc.
o Worked for Nestlé Manufacturing Facilities such as Nestlé Lipa for Cereals and Milo, as well as Nestlé Pulilan for Ice Cream and Fresh Dairy – handling their technical stores and ensuring that contracts are in place for spare parts to ensure that there will be no down-time of the machines caused by the unavailability of the parts replacement. o Conducted bidding for the National Transport Spend (both for Dry and Reefer Vans) and Brokerage Spend of Nestlé that has generated an estimate of $ 1.44 Mio savings. o Does market and environmental scanning on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. Market scanning includes but not limited to forex, fuel prices, market inflation, labor prices, movement of competitions, newly approved laws/bills that may affect in the supply and pricing of services. o Spearheaded Bearing rationalization project to optimize the usage of the contracted bearings of Nestlé o Vendor rationalization for liquid wastes under the Reverse Logistics Team as well as its transport lanes. o Co-piloted the project on disposal of rejected milks – by finding the right service provider to ensure that it will be properly disposed. o Conceptualized and created the Value Added Savings Monitoring for the Services and Indirect Materials Group. o Project Member for the standardization of routes for Ice cream lanes across the region

Commodity Leader for Packaging; Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Project Lead
o Commodity Lead for Glass and Plastics (2009 – 2010) o Executes strategies for glass coming from Global through vendor rationalization and volume concentration. o Does market and environmental scanning on the possible factors that may affect the prices and supply of the commodities. o Under SRM, spearheaded the Lead Time Reduction Project among the plastic and carton suppliers by eliminating non-value adding activities. (i.e For Plastic Supplier from 10 days to 7 days upon order; For Paper from 7 Days to 5 Days upon order) o Co-piloted the Cost Modeling Project for Plastics for the Region with the help of the Regional Commodity Lead. o Headed the tubecap rationalization in order to shorten the leadtime from existing supplier and be more cost-efficient. Special Projects with Avon: o QUALITY MANAGEMENT (ISO 9001:2008) CERTIFIED LEAD AUDITOR - Part of Integrated Management System (IMS) Team who studied and focused on Avon’s business process and those that needs improvement to gain the ISO 14001 Certification and ISO 9001 recertification last May 2008

Sourcing Leader for New Product Launches for Southeast Asia Cluster
o Sourcing Leader for Personal Care and Skin Care Category (2007-2009); Colors Category (2006-2007) o Planned and Launched 2 Big Redesign projects for Personal Care and Superhit for Skin Care during the first quarter of 2009. o Ensures that Risk Assessments are in place prior the launched by validating on vendor’s capacity through capacity utilization analysis, as well as it’s leadtime up to the raw material level. o Has done risk assessment for China vendors that might be affected of China government’s regulatory on closure of establishments last Beijing Olympics. o Proposed and executed the overlabelling process to be done at vendor’s side for wrapped bottles to save on overhead cost. o Supported the Avon Global project through Strategic Sourcing Initiative (SSI) analysis for the Colors Packaging. o Has launched 384 skus for Colors New Products in the Philippines alone including the biggest 2007 launch for Glazewear Lipstick, which was considered as a Global Superhit for Avon. o Assisted the Global Sourcing Leader for Colors category by conducting bidding on local, regional and global suppliers. o Proposed and executed alternative packaging for one of the best-selling SKU. It shifted from Glass bottle to PET bottle to generate savings.

Management Trainee
Marie France Group of Companies
• Management Trainee – Handled Operational Concerns of Facial Care Centre and Marie France Bodyline Inc. – Studied and monitored the inventory of the consumable products and machine parts – Have established a common ordering lead time for the said consumables – Handled client complaints – Monitored the sales of the centers nationwide – Has done time and motion study. (Studied the fast moving and slow moving products, the commonly used machines and the number of individuals required)
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