Luis Ortega

Procurement Director Americas Fittings division.

In charge of developing and executing sourcing strategies for all the commodities in faucets division, support all manufacturing locations within the region for the products in scope, solve the need of the business and responsable for the business relation with our global suppliers in Asia, Europe & America.

▌RESPONSABILITIES: ▸ Owner for Sourcing for SL Industries Commodity(s) and Business Segments: In charge of development, communication and execution of strategies to ensure the realization of the business objectives for commodities within multiple purchase global commodity responsibilities. ▸ Leading the development & execution of Global Sourcing Strategies that deliveries a competitive advantage driving the strategic supplier initiatives. ▸ Supplier selection, development and consolidation: to ensure sourcing optimization and overall supplier performance. ▢ ACHIEVEMENTS: ☑ Developed a strategy to relocate the current sheet metal suppliers from USA to low cost country (Mexico): reducing our current spent in 18-20%. ☑ Sourced and Developed the Mexican supplier according to the Company process, which includes quality and manufacturing audit. ☑ Leading development and execution of consolidation supplier strategy that will reduce the supplier base in 20% first year and another 20% for the second year, consolidating the suppliers by capabilities and technologies giving them more volumes and getting better prices. ☑ Negotiated an annual rebate with our principal steel supplier that is going to give us back in 3-5% of our annual consumptions depending our annual purchases Sourcing LeaderNelson Global Products.

▌RESPONSABILITIES: ▸ Responsible of developing domestic suppliers of raw material, as well as looking for saving projects for productive material. ▸ Developing and implementing the Sourcing Strategy for stainless and carbon steel tubing. ▸ Working with mexican and amercian mills, finding the correct source for the 10 plants in north America, and getting a large benefit in savings and lead times. ▸ Working in Monterrey as an extension of the USA Corporate being responsible of NPI’s for the plant, leading the material area for transfers and new products. ▸ Responsible of the correct transfer of inventories, development of suppliers for the new part numbersvand bringing the material for prototypes as well as for the production startup. ▸ Support to Commercial area in Quotation of new products. ▢ ACHIEVEMENTS: ☑ NPIs Responsible of 11 transfers and 2 NPIs; which were developed in time and manner, with no delays attributed neither to materials area nor to development of suppliers. ☑ Sourcing Leader Working on Saving Projects focused on the top 3 in the spent of raw and in the inventory turns: 15-20% of annual savings in spent of Stainless steel and carbon tubings for mofflers & structural. ☑ 30-35% of savings in carbon steeL ☑ 35% of savings in tubing accessories. ☑ Also working on a stamping supplier consolidation project with savings up to 20 % of annual spent. ☑ Increased participation with the commercial area being a key player in thecorrect quotation of raw material for new customers projects.

▌ RESPONSABILITIES: ▸ Buyer of direct materials for production areas. Responsible of 1.500 part numbers. ▸ Commodity leader for the following materials: Plastics, Hardware, metal parts, paint & steel. ▸ Inventory control and definition of maximums and minimums. ▸ Annual definition of the annual savings strategy. ▸ Technologies: ERM AS400 system use. ▢ ACHIEVEMENTS: ☑ Implementation of Kanban systems for high runners reducing inventories in a 30%. ☑ Domestic suppliers’ development for metal parts and steel areas developing savings. ☑ Leader of a transfer of a Canadian sister plant to Monterrey’s plant: ensuring the correct transfer of inventories, the development of suppliers, and ensuring all materials being on time for the startup of tests as well for mass production.

▌RESPONSABILITIES: ▸ Responsible of purchase of spare parts for machines for the operation startup in the new plant in Mexico. ▸ Domestic and international development of suppliers for 3.000 spare part numbers. ▸ Negotiation of payment terms, annual contracts and allocations with suppliers. ▸ Responsible of entering all part numbers in SAP, along with its implementation and use, and also of ensuring the good development of ERPs. ▸ Responsible of entering all part numbers in SAP, along with its implementation and use, and also of ensuring the good development of ERP.

▌RESPONSABILITIES: ▸ Responsible of domestic and international purchasing of spare parts for production lines. ▸ Responsible of raw material supply in commodities. ▸ Use of SAP system (Purchasing and Materials modules). ▸ Definition of MAX/MIN inventory levels.