Gabriel Guzman
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Gabriel Guzman is from United States. Gabriel is currently Vice President Procurement and Sustainability International Markets at Mars Pet Nutrition at Mars, located in United States. In Gabriel's previous role as a Vice President Procurement and Sustainability Latin America at Mars Pet Nutrition at Mars, Gabriel worked in United States until Jun 2024. Prior to joining Mars, Gabriel was a Global Senior Director Procurement and Sustainability at Anheuser-Busch InBev and held the position of Global Senior Director Procurement and Sustainability at Zug, Switzerland. Prior to that, Gabriel was a Middle Americas Senior Director: Raw Materials, Agricultural Development, Chemicals & Utilities at Anheuser-Busch InBev, based in Mexico City, Mexico from Dec 2018 to Nov 2020. Gabriel started working as Global Senior Director: Renewable Energy, Chemicals and Utilities at Anheuser-Busch InBev in Zug, Switzerland in Dec 2017. From Oct 2016 to Dec 2017, Gabriel was Global Senior Director: Chemicals, Co Products and Utilities at Anheuser-Busch InBev, based in Zug, Switzerland. Prior to that, Gabriel was a Global Category Director, Adjuncts, Chemicals and Sugar at SABMiller, based in Zug, Switzerland from Sep 2014 to Dec 2016. Gabriel started working as Board Member at Bonsucro in London, United Kingdom in Jan 2014.
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Gabriel Guzman's current jobs
Lead procurement and sustainability strategy across Latin America and AsiaPac with a team of 107 and nine senior leaders aligning regional execution with global standards. • Drive price risk management and resilience programs, delivering operational excellence and growth enablement. • Partner with Supply & R&D to integrate technical strategies and accelerate innovation across international markets. • Co-lead P&L trade-offs with Regional Presidents to balance growth, cost, and risk decisions enterprise-wide. • Spearhead talent development, building a high-performing procurement team across multiple regions.
Gabriel Guzman's past jobs
Delivered 9%+ annual savings through supply chain transformation and cost optimization during double-digit regional growth. • Led digital procurement innovation, integrating AI tools to improve price certainty and supplier value. • Designed business continuity and external manufacturing network strategies that mitigated geopolitical and inflation risks. • Advanced sustainability initiatives, achieving Mars’ regional ESG goals two years ahead of schedule.
Defined enterprise-wide procurement and sustainability strategies for transformational megaprojects across all global zones. • Spearheaded breakthrough initiatives to drive long-term impact, aligning innovation, ESG, and operational excellence. • Enabled cross-regional implementation of high-impact sustainability programs at scale. https://sustainabilitymag.com/company-reports/ab-inbev-how-sustainable-high-quality-beer-made
Expat assignment managing $2.2B procurement portfolio across 18 countries, delivering 6% annual savings with a team of 45. • Led supply chain redesign during Covid-19, generating $12M in hard savings through disruptive sourcing strategies. • Directed procurement and hedging of key commodities, optimizing price volatility and securing supply. • Advanced regional renewable energy goals, achieving 72% of the 2025 target by 2020.
Led the global renewable energy strategy for AB InBev’s entire enterprise, embedding sustainability across global supply chains, logistics, and operations. • Delivered the industry’s largest chemicals sourcing negotiation across 180+ sites and 5 continents, exceeding $40M in multi-year savings. • Advanced design-to-value initiatives to enhance raw material efficiency across the global product portfolio. • Consolidated and scaled co-products agenda globally to drive circular economy principles.
Gabriel joined SABMiller to lead the design and implementation of its global sweeteners team, from localised procurement to a global end-to-end supply chain strategy, coordinated from the company's regional hubs in Johannesburg, Melbourne, Miami and Zug. SABMiller is also one of the largest bottlers of Coca-Cola in the world, and Gabriel represents SABMiller to The Coca-Cola Company CEPG group. BONSUCRO- Member of the Board of Directors.
An expert leader in complex, global supply chains with successful deliveries under lean manufacturing and just in time principles. A skillful negotiator with excellent accomplishments of high-Dollar, multi-year agreements in top to top negotiations. As the PepsiCo lead for sustainability initiatives related to sugar, represented the company to Bonsucro (Better Sugarcane Initiative)
Responsible and accountable for development and implementation of price risk management strategies for Mars NA, using fixed price contracts and financial derivatives for corn and sugar. Lead a team of professionals to support Mexican operations and North American supply chain optimization. Represent the company to the US Sweetener Users Association and recommend policy changes to government programs.
Held full accountability for worldwide trading of coffee for Folgers, Millstone and Dunkin Donuts product lines. Successfully managed a global supplier base through comprehensive research and analysis of emerging markets. Executed sourcing and risk management of commodity trading within multiple markets, ensuring availability of cost competitive supply chains.
Performed cost benefit analysis pertaining to the design and implementation of $700 million dollar statewide agricultural budget. Successfully led the creation and implementation of complex supply chains from the mountains of South America to major European cities in the development of alternative crops for small farmers.