Arturo Gonzalez Burgos

North America responsible for aluminum casting, stamping steel, rubber, forging, machining for driveline components and steering systems. Managing a team of 10 buyers to service 5 plants in Mexico and 6 plants in USA. Responsible for material on price to price performance for the North America region into the purchasing organization. - Cost reduction year over year of 3%-4% equivalent to 4.8M USD. - Specialist in Cost Breakdown analysis and Cost Model. - Managed over 300 direct material suppliers. - Implemented escalation / de escalation process for aluminum and steel components using AMM and LME index. - Developed and localized 7 new suppliers in the region for machining, rubber boots, painting and forging. -Created and developed 2 new procedures for the supply chain organization to reduce legal exposure and maximize revenue through scrap control reduction and process map. - Trained and provided coaching to the buyers under my responsibility.

Direct (aluminum, steel, chemicals) and indirect material responsibility for 2 facilities at the group. Conducted buyers training to improve their skills for better and fact based negotiations. Reduced indirect material cost 1.5% from the total annual spend. Keep working to increase and improve the supply base for components with better standards and controls. Define strategies for components imported from china to comply with the categories and final customer needs. 9 buyers under my responsibility.

Responsible for direct (steel, rubber, resin, lubricants) and indirect materials for the plant. Reduced cost in 4% for a BMC resin used through benchmark and cost breakdown negotiations along with a competitive sourcing bid process. Conducted workshop to reduce 10% packaging complexity. Re sourced different indirect materials to reduce 2.5 % expediture vs previous year. Developed career plans for buyers team and improved working enviroment and motivation for better results. 4 buyers under my responsibility.

Responsible for aggregates and raw materials for concrete for all 40 plants in the country along with 2 out of 7 cement plants in Mexico. Developed and implemented strategies to reduce costs to a category that always had cost increases with 2% reduction compared with previous year. Sourced and managed special projects for construction. Increased and improved supply base for aggregates. Inplemented cost breakdown analysis for fact based negotiations to the industry. Created for the first time a comparison chart to evaluate aggregates efficency of quality vs cost into the concrete final product.

Defined an executed estrategies for gblobal supply base. Developed plans to obtain 4% material cost reduction over annual purchase amount.Managed and mitigated cost increases threats for raw materials and economics. Coordinated buyers all over the world to align our strategies with local ones. Sourced global business with 100 M usd annual purchase value for different suppliers located in different countries. Developed and trained buyers under my responsibility to growth their skills and responsibilities within the organization. Negotiated agreements with supply base under win-win scenario to develop long term relationships with supply base.

Coordinated purchasing area, quality and engineering to deliver parts on time from suppliers around the world to succesfully launch powertrain engines and transmisions built in Toluca, Mexico for new aluminum components. Developed and controlled databases for bill of materials. Supported global meetings with home rooms to provide a smooth transition of responsibilities to the local production site. Launched war room methodology for local management in Mexico to administrate and control all programs and projects for purchasing organization.

Responsible to process and negotiate engineering changes. Develop strategies for brake components like rotors, calipers, front corner modules to reduce cost and quality complains fro customers. Actively supported in the implementation of a patented technology for brake rotors in Norrth America region and China. Transitioned in a record time from a bankrupted supplier to a new one with zero disruptions for multiple plants in Mexico and USA. Controled and developed business plan actions for future years to mitigate cost increases and reduce costs.International assignment.

Responsible to administrate purchase orders for mexican suppliers. Benchmark analysis for purchased components. Participated in multiple workshops to reduce material cost. Localized component production for halfshafts from USAto Mexicoto increase content and improve pricing and logistic costs.

Selected to participate in a development project to become a manager in 5 years with special training. Designed a solution for a component that was breaking every 3 months. Developed a maintenance procedure to change spare parts to a very expensive and special equipments. Responsible to maintain running the lamination line 24/7.