Jorge Marquez

Responsible for the Purchasing Department in SMR USA facility coordinating all purchasing activities for Direct and Indirect Materials. Yearly Spend of 270MM USD and Savings Target of 4.3% of Spend Amount. Management of 15-member Purchasing Team. Develop and maintain a purchasing strategy to minimize total cost to the business relating to the procurement of external goods and services. This is achieved through leading the development and improvement of a world-class, inbound supply chain through principles of: - sound selection of qualified and appropriate long-term suppliers. - development of suppliers to support SMR's Purchasing and logistics strategies. - minimizing the cost of development and validation of new purchase products. Develop staff to implement tools to maintain appropriate market intelligence for purchased goods and services to minimize total business costs. Assign purchasing staff functions and responsibilities according to skill level and growth potential to optimize their performance and value to the organization. Provide clear direction to develop and maintain business processes to support all purchasing activities. Establish and maintain the Purchasing Structure to quickly adapt to changes in market conditions or business needs. Support global purchasing strategy, ensuring local strategy complies with and compliments global activity. Support the New Product Introduction (NPI) process by ensuring the sourcing the best suppliers at the appropriate time, the active encouragement of supplier involvement during the product design phase, ensuring pre-production parts and materials are available as required, ensuring that tooling and component purchase orders are issued at the appropriate time. Support the Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) through ensuring fast response to issues involving purchase parts and materials, ensuring fast response to engineering or process changes, actively encouraging supplier cost-reduction activity.

Responsible for the Purchasing Department in SMR Mexico plant coordinating all purchasing activities for Direct and Indirect Materials. Yearly Spend of 90MM USD and Savings Target of 4.0% of Spend Amount. Management of 10-member Purchasing Team. Coordinate all related activities to buy raw materials, equipment and tools for productive components of current and new projects selecting the most competitive source, in terms of price, quality, availability, deliveries and technical support. Coordinate LTA negotiations with Direct and Indirect Suppliers. Coordinate CAPEX negotiations with suppliers. Analysis of raw materials and global trends to create and maintain Commodity Strategies for the Operating Company. Coordinate Supplier Development activities such as second-party process and product audits, action plan follow up, risk assessments, APQP process, supplier performance definition and monthly reports, on-time delivery follow up, conflict mineral control, and other. Coordinate support for Incoming Quality and Supplier Quality Assurance activities such as inspection, defective material reports, 8Ds interpretation and corrective actions follow up process. Coordinate updates and approvals for Purchasing processes documentation for SMR’s Quality Management System. Generate monthly, quarterly and yearly business reports and presentations for Top Management review.

Responsible for all Purchasing activities for USA, Mexico and Brazil Operating Companies for Solvent Based Paints, Chrome Plating and Lighting Components Commodities. Managing $60 Million USD in Spend for the three regions. Coordinate all related activities to buy raw materials, equipment and tools for productive components of current and new projects according with the requirements previously defined by Engineering, selecting the most competitive source, in terms of price, quality, availability, deliveries and technical support. Establish and achieve cost reduction programs for the assigned commodities in order to improve contribution of the company products. Negotiate LTA’s with Direct Suppliers Analysis of raw materials and global trends to create and maintain Commodity Strategies. Define the Supplier base for components and technology of the assigned commodities Maintain Purchase records for service and productive components such as: cost, deliveries, quality performance, inventory, etc. Work with Program Buyers to implement the defined strategy during the launching phase of new programs Support the Supplier Development Department to ensure a successful performance of the selected sources, internally and externally. High International exposure working as Purchasing Commodity Manager developing supply strategies and closing commercial agreements for SMR Operating Companies in Brazil, Mexico and USA. Working with worldwide multi-disciplinary teams to meet company’s operational and financial objectives. Participation in global RFQs such as BMW G2X, Daimler V177 among other, working together with SMR sister companies located in Europe and Asia. Collaboration in a growing Global Organization such as SMG (Samvardhana Motherson Group) with a 7 Billion USD Turnover. High experience in RFQ, PPAP, APQP, 8D’s, budgeting

Prepare and manage all forecasting activities associated with customers and products. Create and maintain forecast models for the customers, incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from Sales, Marketing, Finance, and other sources. Develop demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons Review historical sales trends, research demands drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models and evaluate forecast results. Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and redefine the forecast models to reflect updated Sales and Marketing assumptions. Interact with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Finance to understand demand forecast drivers Use and maintain Demand Planning software (Oracle Demantra) as the primary forecasting system tool. Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and phase-outs. Monitor Key Performance Indicators for Inventory turn, Customer Service level and WMAPE (forecasting error) Lead efforts to Implement Sales and Operations Planning process in the company Operation of Oracle Demantra system and Business Intelligence software Qlikview for decision making Developed high Supply Chain Management and Budgeting experience. Completed APICS Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) training program

Plan and control all scheduling activities for San Luis Potosi Plant Balance production and inventory levels with demand to support Customer Service level target, inventory turn goals and capacity utilization requirements. Develop Sales and Operating Plan summaries for assigned product families and selected SKU’s including demand, inventory and production data. Provide daily-bucketed schedules by SKU to Manufacturing Interact frequently with Sales, Marketing and Manufacturing personnel to balance supply and demand. Achieve target customer service levels and inventory turn levels based on forecast error and bias trends, manufacturing capacity and flexibility, etc. Publish and perform root cause analysis on key metrics including Customer Service level, Actual vs. Scheduled productions and Master Schedule stability. Review monthly Sales forecast provided by the Demand Manager. Review New Product Introductions, and Promotion Calendar to ensure that Supply Chain can support all program requirements. Identify materials with no further use, recommend disposition.

Define scope of savings projects in collaboration with senior management Create detailed work plan which identifies and sequences the activities needed to complete the projects Determine the objectives and measures upon which the project will be evaluated at its completion Execute the project according to plan Monitor the progress of the project and make adjustments as necessary to ensure the successful completion. Ensure that the project deliverables are on time, within budget and at the required level of quality Achieved savings valuated in $800,000usd per year Excellent time management for meeting work deadlines for projects Improved communication and negotiation skills to interact and deal with suppliers and operational areas among the company

Plan and control all scheduling activities for Starters Production Line Balance production and inventory levels with demand to support Customer Service level target, inventory turn goals and capacity utilization requirements. Replenish and control of Raw Materials and FG's Inventory levels Track FG's shipments to final customer to ensure on time arrival

Generate Production Schedules for specific product lines Control Production and FG's Inventory levels Coordinate shipments from the facilities to the External Distribution Centers. Great professional development within a large industry.