Rafaela Garcia
Procurement Specialist @ Syngenta
About
I’m a Supply Chain professional with over 10 years of experience across logistics, planning, and procurement — currently specializing in Packaging Procurement at Syngenta, managing a portfolio of approximately $49M in spend. My career began in logistics operations, where I developed a strong foundation in inbound, outbound, and transportation management. Over time, I expanded my scope to production planning and materials management, supporting business reliability and continuous improvement initiatives. Today, I apply this cross-functional experience to strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management, driving cost optimization, supply security, and sustainability across the packaging category. My focus is on developing robust supplier strategies, fostering innovation partnerships, and ensuring alignment with Syngenta’s operational and ESG goals. Key highlights include: • Leading projects to optimize lead times, inventory levels, and supplier performance; • Acting as a key user for SAP (MM/WM/PP) and Power BI, enabling data-driven decision-making and process digitalization; • Supporting ISO 9001 and 14001 audit recertifications as a team multiplier; • Collaborating cross-functionally with Planning, Operations, and Manufacturing teams to ensure end-to-end process excellence. I’m passionate about connecting people, data, and processes to create value through resilient and sustainable supply chains.
Brazil
Campinas
Farming
Análise de negócios, Desenvolvimento de negócios, Negócios internacionais, Estratégia empresarial, Parcerias estratégicas, Projeções, Gestão, Liderança em projeto, Melhoria de processos, Redução de custos, Armazenagem, Despesas operacionais, Planejamento operacional, Controle operacional, SAP Logistics, Logistics Management, Reverse Logistics, Inventory Control, Auditing, Microsoft Office
Experience

Procurement Specialist
Paulínia, São Paulo, Brasil
• Responsible for the packaging category, overseeing an annual spend of ~$49.4MM, driving strategic sourcing initiatives and cost optimization. • Delivering over $400K/year in sustainable cost savings through negotiation, portfolio strategy, and supplier performance optimization. • Drive sustainability agenda within the category, identifying and implementing initiatives aligned with carbon footprint reduction targets. • Actively support and strengthen the SRM program for strategic suppliers, enhancing collaboration, innovation pipeline, and risk mitigation. • Lead RFI/RFP processes, manage BIDs, negotiate commercial agreements, and support contract and budget governance.

Planning Specialist
Paulínia, São Paulo, Brasil
• Responsible for delivering the output reliability indicator for the Herbicides area (~114M/lt of volume produced at the Paulinia site, the production unit with the largest volume produced); • Responsible for managing the forecast database and sharing the full year +1 production volume projections with the FF&P and Supply teams. • Area Project Leader Main deliverables: - REEM cost reduction: 300k/month; - New daily OR dashboard (daily plan delivery adherence); - SPS implementation (deliverables: Matrix of decontamination matrix model, supply risk mitigation model, mitigation of variability in production plan, new efficiency factor concept for design code production nominal, schedule-oriented systemic improvement); - Project to reduce vehicle waiting costs (1M); - Project to reduce finished products with restricted stock without release (~1.2M); - Toller Strategy & Distribution; And others. Highlights: change agent involving and mobilizing several areas, expert in SAP (ECC/APO), Smartsheet and data analysis, multi-skilled professional and influencer.

Inbound Logistics & Manufacturing Analyst
Paulinia
• Responsible for managing the supply of co-formulants and bulk materials; • Responsible for managing external warehouses (10 AG's with storage capacity for up to 101,000 pallet positions); • Change agent and implementation of improvement projects in the area, focused on new controls using smartsheet and other tools - as automated supply request; • Focal person responsible for aligning and mitigating the risk of the plan not being met with the PCP for the herbicides PU (assessing stock, planned orders, variations and changes to the plan); • Tracking and FUP structuring with chemical bulk suppliers, creating automated methods for communicating demand/supply needs; • Led the tank farm project (tank capacity expansion) and other iniciatives.

Outbound Logistics Analyst
Paulinia
• Acting in the management of logistics operations in 3 DC's located in the regions of MG, GO and MT and 6 AG's located in the regions of MA, TO, GO, MG, MT. With storage capacity greater than 72,550 pallet positions; • Focal of the commercial team DN and North, acting together with the planning on availability of materials for sales, logistical exceptions and the relocation of operations; • Responsible for the AG process, working on projects for the development and improvement of monitoring tools and monitoring platforms for the entire operation; • Acting in the restructuring of tax refusal processes as requested by the agencies by State; • Responsible for managing the costs of the area related to the entire Outbound operation; • Management of the Accessory Obligations (Report to States) process, acting in the maintenance and monitoring of the interaction of the company's sales data with the State agency. • Working on projects such as: A. Focused on the people pillar, seeking to disseminate information and knowledge as well as self-development. B. Automation of database and indicators, ensuring greater agility to identify problems and decision making (main tools: Smartsheet & Qlik Sense) c. Feasibility of new operations in external warehouses

Logistics Operations Analyst
• Acting in the distribution planning with a focus on supply and management of DC’s, also supporting the demand planning to define the industrial plan e the distribution flow; • Monitoring fluctuations in forecast, adjusting variations on it, and agreeing on revisions of plans for product availability according to the business need, together with the effective supply of DC’s, solidifying processes pertinent to Stoller distribution centers; • Acting in portfolio analysis with a focus on order optimization for transport, integrated with the distribution planning; • Control and monitoring of freight and evolution budgets, analysis KPIs for R $ / TON transported, freight on sales and freight transfer, storage, warehouse of customer and services. Acting in analysis for opportunities and identification of deviations; • Management and control of SLA of logistics operators, monitoring of On Time and OTIF; • Acting as a versatile professional, providing support to the area and developing projects aimed at the supply chain and production processes - such as: development of commercial returns policy, control and inventory management, acting in the structuring of the planning and S&OP area, cost reduction in stock distribution and supply processes.

Materials Planner
Campinas, São Paulo
Working in materials planning, with the responsibility to manage the packaging and chemical inventory in 4 plants (China, Italy, Brazil, USA); • Responsible for managing the raw material in external warehouses, working together of inbound logistics for factory supply according to industrial plan; • Acting in stock coverage analysis and market demand projections for decision to increase inventory and inventory antecipation; • Performance management of national and imported suppliers (OTIF); • Responsible for the SLA of carriers and service providers; • Focus on reducing inventory costs and obsolescence, managing the control of inventory coverage levels; • 6.5M reduction in inventory to reach annual budget with projects focused on improving lead times, reducing minimum stock and using and disposing of obsolete stock.
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