Érica Soares Oliveira

Yazaki is a Japanese company with presence in 46 countries,141 sites, and 241,484 employees globally. It was awarded 5 times as TOP 100 Global Innovator. The company produces wire harnesses, high voltage and electronics products, connectors and terminals and meter equipment. Locally Yazaki Mercosur is the lead in the South America market considering wire harnesses production. Responsibilities: Indirect Material APV of R$ 550Mi, with 20 team members which 60% works in different locations. Responsable for negotiation of contracts of: construction, benefits, insurance, consulting services, capital equipment, facilities, software, and other needs for the Yazaki sites.

Responsibilities: - Implement and delivery purchasing strategies with the focus on total value chain delivery. - Responsible for 50% of the Annual Purchase Value for Direct Material of 10 sites of Yazaki Mercosur (in four different countries). - Support 8 team members, reviewing the business cases, and creating purchasing strategy. - Identify opportunities for creating value in a commodity or commodities. - Solve commercial, logistic and quality problems related to the supply chain. - Support new projects quotation, e-RFQs, NPI, and development of sourcing strategy. - Cost breakdown, make x buy and should cost analysis. - Support implementation of system SAP 4/Hana at Yazaki Mercosur and developing pricing module for Purchasing area and training all the buyers.

- Responsible for coordinating the categories: wire, technical tapes, tubes, and electronics components providing material for 10 different sites located in 4 countries: Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, where are being manufactured wire harnesses for the automotive sector and electronics components. - Support and training of the category buyers, reviewing the studies in Excel and presentations in Power Point, following projects of cost reduction, and developing strategy of purchasing. - Responsible for solving critical issues regarding supply chain to avoid lack of material, maintaining the quality level required by the organization. - Approval of emergency orders out of MRP and the of premium freight, always checking opportunities to mitigate cost, optimze cash flow and reduction of inventory. - Interview and selection of new employees for the Purchasing area. - Follow up and track premium shipments, send AFAP's to suppliers, and negotiate payment terms. Support on new projects quotation and new parts introduction (NPI) using sourcing/ benchmarking/TCO tools.

- Responsible for contract negotiations, rebates, sourcing, pricing, and cost reduction activities of the commodities; wires, tubes, tapes, and foam. - Tracking and validation of cost savings data. - Communication with the global team to follow the purchasing strategy. - Presentations and reports to Executive Team.

- Administration of the suppliers' portfolio of tapes and tubes. - Responsible for supplier's price list updating in the ERP system, negotiations, negotiations of MOQ and lead time, credit notes, packing, and logistic analysis. - Localization, route change, and resourcing projects.

Experience with ERP TOTVS (purchasing module), MRP, and global systems. Implementation of Price Control System for Purchasing area; Analysis of component prices and change of supply source; Actions for cost reduction in the supply chain and monitoring of results; Elaboration of import costs and KPIs; Checking and payment of invoices from supply services: freight agents, brokers, and insurers; Exportation Process; Logistic studies; Knowledge of the Siscoserv System; Knowledge of tax legislation.

- Responsible for record of purchasing parameters for the new components, credit notes, supplier price list updating, and MOQ/lead time negotiations.