Eliud Montes

Drive Supplier Performance to comply with the needs of internal and external Customers to secure Vertiv's Strategic Objectives, focusing on supplier localization, lead time improvement and cost reductions.

Hosting Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with suppliers and stakeholders for continuous improvement.
Analyze data to identify main offenders on OTD/PPMs and define strategy and course of action for improvement per commodity.
Build and foster relationships with internal and external business stakeholders to facilitate the realization of strategic and financial targets.
Lead and perform data analysis for Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to support category and negotiation strategies.
Work cross functionally with planning, materials management, procurement, operations, master data management, engineering, and quality groups to improve internal processes related to supplier management, supplier evaluation, developing suppliers OTD capability, transfer projects and supporting insourcing/outsourcing flex programs.
Responsible for coordinating America's supplier portfolio and standardize processes along with best practices aligned with global strategy.
Maintain site cost reduction pipelines and lead execution of cost reductions, function as link between Purchasing and Commodity Management for shortage escalations and partner with Operations teams on Supply Chain Initiatives.
Assist in supply chain performance improvements at supplier level, support technical relationship with suppliers, support in management and facilitation of supplier performance and business reviews.
Support Global Indirect Procurement team as it relates to regional execution of global strategies.

Anticipate, negotiate, and execute commercial opportunities on time within the assigned categories (plastic, stamping, electronics).

Budget Management (CAPEX/OPEX) for BCP projects (Business Continuity plan).

Support preparation of and maintain monthly, quarterly, and year-end management reports. (RFx / APOP).

Manage the procurement team to deliver on material productivity KPI's through various levers. Negotiation, Change of Supplier (COS), Quality Value Engineering (QVE), and/or Supply Base Optimization (SBO).

Coordinate Kaizen & workshops to get ideas for new projects.

Close coordination with Finance for AOC (Analysis of Change) alignment and execution of actions to eliminate variances.

Conducted spend analysis to identify cost-saving opportunities.($120M per year).

Department's human talent management (3).

Participation in the startup of a new business unit.

Liaised with internal and external stakeholders to identify and leverage contract value opportunities.

Administered agreements by negotiating change orders, executing contract extensions and resolving administrative issues.

Analyzed spend data to identify and execute cost-savings, cost-avoidance and value analysis opportunities.

Management RFx processes from creation to completion to generate and analyze multiple viable bids.

Contribute to the purchasing database/tools updates by providing necessary information to commodity managers / supplier leaders/ purchasing assistant.

Forged relationships with multiple vendors and suppliers to improve cost-effective delivery options.

Utilized data analytics to identify and resolve supply chain issues and improve overall performance.

Identified, selected, and maintained suppliers and achieved optimum costs and service qualities.

Audit system management for business partners.

Development and implementation of policies and procedures for strategic sourcing.

Engineering change coordination.

Audits to business partners.

Negotiations with suppliers (steel, minerals, plastic, MRO, pigments, maquila, tools, services).