Sofia Manzano

I lead cross-functional sourcing strategies, develop supplier partnerships, and ensure procurement alignment with business objectives. I bring a track record of delivering high-impact results through data-driven decision-making, stakeholder collaboration, and continuous process improvement. *Analyze foreign market characteristics, domestic industry conditions, and trade patterns in the solar industry to support negotiations *Resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, import/export *Bidding projects Achievements: *Maintained global leadership in solar module shipments for two consecutive years, contributing to the company’s position as the No. 1 supplier worldwide. *Established the Procurement Department from the ground up, designing and implementing end-to-end sourcing, vendor management, and logistics processes aligned with organizational goals. *Reduced transportation costs between 2024 and 2025 through strategic vendor negotiations, route optimization, and improved freight management. Sourced and onboarded new transportation vendors, reducing lead time for solar module deliveries by 10% *Led end-to-end procurement for transport of over 10MW of solar modules in 2025

*Responsible of the coordination and supervision of all the activities related to in/outbound materials *Logistics analysis (cost/margin oriented) *Control of the implementation of the processes in the logistics area (inbound, outbound) working very closely with Commercial, Operations and Corporate departments *3rd-party management (Warehouse and Transportation) *Team management Achievements: *3PL tender and partner change to improve our logistics processes and distribution *2000 TEUs import in 2022 *Project management of WH move (15,000m2) *Inbound/Outbound optimization processes

*Ocean,air,truck import shipment coordination *Stock Control *Import and inbound coordination *Project development Achievements: *Create the basis of the Logistics department *Import coordination of 1000 TEUs 2022 *Incident reductions *Transport cost reduction

*Coordination of truck, air and sea shipments *General cargo and mostly wines and spirits for USA, Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa and different countries in America *Monthly volume reports *Team leader management Achievements: *International transport Wine and Spirits Specialization *500 TEUs per month coordination *More than 27 different commodities management

*Coordination and documentation of the shipments from point A to point B worlwide *Working hand by hand with brokers, SS Lines, truck carriers, airlines *Global accounts coordinator *Vendor development and pricing Achievements: *Strong customer and vendor relationship development *Wines and spirits market learnings

Achievements: *Be noticed within the enterprise *Achieve a promotion *Traffic and pricing learnings

The main objective to move to Canada was to obtain funds to finance my university studies. *Housekeeping: Clean the site by removing debris, sorting materials and organizing supplies *Load and unload materials to and from delivery trucks and equipment. *Prepare cement, control machinery, and use equipment, such as concrete mixers and other hand tools. Personal achievements: *I’ve learned to work in a multicultural environment. *I’ve strengthened soft skills such as resilience, commitment, teamwork, and problem solving *First experience out of my comfort zone

*New products development *Innovation project management *Customer Service *Marketing analysis and investigation about global trends(Benchmarking) *Purchasing orders follow up *GS1 representative Achievements: *Increase the company sales and revenue by launching our new brand Lirio Clean&Pure and Lirio Bath&Spa

*Billing Certificate and Customer Service Represtentative *Billing customer inquiries *Technical support representative *Customer escalations and problem solving Achievements: *Top performer for 3 consecutive months *Learn how to handle working under pressure