Luis Felipe Morales Rodriguez

At Grundfos, I drive the global savings strategy for all North & South America sites—leading cross‑regional initiatives that optimize costs, strengthen supplier partnerships, and boost operational performance. I work closely with site managers to spark new ideas, build continuous‑improvement and Kaizen projects, and turn opportunities into measurable results. My role connects me with teams across Asia, Europe and the Americas to identify global synergies, negotiate key commercial agreements, manage contracts and supplier onboarding, and deliver high‑impact insights that support corporate decision‑making. Every project I lead is focused on efficiency, collaboration and long‑term value creation

At Digit Automotive de México, a Chinese automotive start‑up stamping plant, I supervised the purchasing department during launch operations, overseeing raw‑material, service and CAPEX procurement; managing indirect purchasing (MRO) and tool‑crib operations; supporting new projects with the project and sales teams; negotiating raw‑material and packaging costs; conducting cost analyses against project budgets; driving savings and sourcing strategies; identifying and developing NAFTA suppliers; and negotiating timelines and commercial terms to ensure the successful start‑up of new programs

I managed the purchasing and planning of direct materials from NAFTA and Asian suppliers, leading cost negotiations and coordinating component traffic and arrival schedules, developing savings strategies, serving as the liaison for quality issues by generating deviations, preparing RMAs and claim documentation, driving supplier conciliation and follow‑ups, and overseeing PPV and price‑adjustment processes

In this role, I managed the procurement of stamping dies, cutting tools and capital‑expenditure projects; developed and implemented cost‑per‑piece optimization strategies; executed savings initiatives across tooling, toolcrib and machining areas; monitored PO status and resolved delivery issues; supported tooling for new lines and projects; negotiated commercial terms in alignment with company policies; improved supplier performance in delivery, price and quality; managed contracts and extensions; and collaborated with production and engineering to identify and qualify new supply sources—an experience that allowed me to understand the entire purchasing department in a comprehensive and integrated way.

In this role, I implemented and refined indirect‑procurement strategies by managing timely and cost‑effective sourcing of non‑production goods and services for SLP and Monterrey—covering MRO (office and operations), engineering, quality, HR, logistics and facility services—while overseeing PO approvals, ensuring rapid response to production needs, developing supplier capabilities and commercial terms, negotiating with domestic and international vendors, managing contracts and renewals, generating monthly financial reports, driving savings and resourcing initiatives, and building strategic supplier partnerships.

At JD Norman, I served as the raw‑material buyer for the San Luis Potosí and Monterrey plants, managing sourcing and procurement of castings, nodular iron, stamped parts, steel bars, copper, aluminum, stainless and carbon steel, plastics and coatings; leading global‑market‑based price negotiations; evaluating and developing suppliers for key commodities; ensuring compliance with C‑TPAT and ISO TS 16949/ISO 14001; conducting weekly metal‑market trend analysis; supporting quotations for new projects; negotiating cost, logistics and supplier localization strategies; and driving project development from initial concept through PSW approval, including review of technical drawings and management of RFQs, NDAs, Letters of Intent/Nomination and Tooling Bailment Agreements

At North American Lighting México, I supported the consolidation of the purchasing function during startup operations by executing material‑planning and procurement strategies for Honda T7SA, Mazda J03W/J03G, and Toyota 480A/989A programs; developing new suppliers; managing MRP‑aligned PO execution; negotiating engineering‑change cost impacts; overseeing documentation such as Tooling Agreements, NDAs, RFQs and Master Purchase Agreements; estimating material requirements for internal/external warehouses; applying annual supplier productivity initiatives; performing internal sourcing; and monitoring and resolving direct‑component invoice payments.

At Valeo, I executed advanced purchasing and resourcing strategies through comprehensive supplier cost‑breakdown and logistics analyses, led procurement and material‑planning activities for Ford 1.5L, 1.6L and 2.7L/6F55 programs, managed SAP/Commerce purchasing operations and supplier documentation, ensured compliance with SRM processes, coordinated production and prototype deliveries, resolved vendor payment discrepancies, negotiated productivity and savings initiatives, and supported localization and development of NAFTA suppliers across aluminum stamping, die casting and coil commodities