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Diego  Pedrotti

Diego Pedrotti

Summary

Purchasing professional with 18 years of experience with solid foundation in driving purchasing strategies and operations.


International experience, fostering collaborative teamwork and consistently achieving impactful results.


Strong leadership skills, negotiation and vendor management expertise as well as extensive market knowledge.


Business Partner with a broad and strategic business acumen.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of Purchasing LATAM

Henkel
01.2020 - Current

Head of Purchasing for Direct Materials (Raws, Packs and Contract Manufacturing) for Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Peru and Brazil.


1 - Align Business Unit ambitions and priorities with optimal sourcing strategies.
2 - Drive savings initiatives with cross functional teams.

3 - Gather and communicate effectively to Regional BU the market trends & cost development.

4 - Workshops to identify and enable disruptive innovations and sustainable solutions.
5 - Cultivate talent through balanced exposure, challenging opportunities, and mentorship.

6 - Develop and lead supply resilience strategies & workstreams to secure supply.
7 - Promote collaboration and knowledge exchange. across regions.

Purchasing Manager - Supply Resilience

Henkel
05.2017 - 12.2019

1 - Define and lead the implementation of Purchasing Processes to enable and keep all plants operating at optimized rate.
2 - Lead efforts to assess and improve Service Level from Suppliers (On Time deliveries, Quality, Inventory, etc) to bring competitive advantages.
3 - Foster relationship with cross-functional groups to mitigate the risk along the supply chain.
4 - Together with key stakeholders (Sourcing Team, Procurement, Supply Chain, Supplier Quality), gather best practices for continuous improvement.

Purchasing Manager - Sourcing Packs

Henkel
06.2015 - 04.2017

1 - Strategic Sourcing for packaging categories with regional scope (Europe).

2 - Management of relationship with key stakeholders

3 - Cost saving projects (identification and implementation)

4 - Roll out of best practices

5 - Coordinate with the countries the projects to be implemented.

6 - Feedstock Management.

From Assistant to Purchasing Coordinator

Henkel
04.2008 - 05.2015

Different roles in Direct Materials (Raws, Packs, Contract Manufacturing) for different Business Units (Laundry, Beauty and Adhesives)

Education

Training - Executive Education

Oxford University / Saïd Business
England
01-2019

Training - Leading With Finance

Harvard Business School Online
Online
01-2019

MBA - Business And Economics

FGV Educacao Executiva
Brazil
01-2015

Training - The Complete Skilled Negotiator

The Gap Partnership
USA
01-2010

Bachelor - Business

Estacio De Sa
Brazil
01-2008

Skills

  • Strategic sourcing
  • Supply chain optimization
  • Supplier relationship management
  • Budget planning
  • E-procurement systems
  • Vendor relationship management
  • Professional communication skills
  • Team leadership
  • Team building

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
Spanish
Advanced (C1)
Portuguese
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Timeline

Head of Purchasing LATAM

Henkel
01.2020 - Current

Purchasing Manager - Supply Resilience

Henkel
05.2017 - 12.2019

Purchasing Manager - Sourcing Packs

Henkel
06.2015 - 04.2017

From Assistant to Purchasing Coordinator

Henkel
04.2008 - 05.2015

Training - Executive Education

Oxford University / Saïd Business

Training - Leading With Finance

Harvard Business School Online

MBA - Business And Economics

FGV Educacao Executiva

Training - The Complete Skilled Negotiator

The Gap Partnership

Bachelor - Business

Estacio De Sa
Diego Pedrotti