Arturo Torres Calvé

The role of a Business Group Commodity Director is to build the purchasing strategy of the Business Group (BG) within his specific commodity. The main missions of the role are to: * Participate in the definition of Purchasing Strategy and deploy it , propose make or buy strategy * Assess the suppliers * Develop a real partnership and lead negotiations with the supplier panel , participate in negotiations with the common suppliers to the several BG's, develop productivity/quality delivery improvement pla

* Participate in the Marketing of Purchasing strategy with 180 M€ spend in Europe, USA and South America. * Build the purchasing team and teach them on purchasing strategy. * Assess the supplier panel according with excellence criteria’s. * Standardize procedure of decision making. * Develop a mathematical model of international cost structure.

* Deployment of Value Stream Mapping & Flow Process Analysis in Suppliers and Subsidiaries. * Macro Measurables, Visual Factory, Hoshin Kanri, Kaizen, 5s, Poka Yoke and other manufacturing techniques. * Training Managers of subsidiaries on cost cutting techniques. * Functional analysis of needs in product design.

* Defined Industrial means and started up new Manufacturing facilities for UK, Turkey, Argentina and Brazil. * Leading projects of start up new subsidiaries. * Evaluate feasibility and profitability of new subsidiaries. * Define and manage purchasing of industrial means. * Training managers of subsidiaries in advanced methods of managing and production control. * Secure approval on new subsidiaries production with first time through method.

* Responsible of know-How transfer to subsidiaries in China (Shanghai y Tianjin), Vietnam, South Africa, Morocco, Ireland, UK, Turkey, Bulgaria, Egypt, Indonesia, Argentina y Brazil, * Production Co-ordinator, Lean Co-ordinator, auditor of production. Product Manager. * Standardize production processes in Subsidiaries. * Develop a tool of production batch size design. * Trainer for Manager of Departments in Subsidiaries (Quality and Production). * Assessment of production in subsidiaries.

* Define industrial means for new manufacturing lines. * Setup prototype in-house for approval. * Define logistics flow to deliver faster and cheaper the manufacturing line. * Lead the project team. * Manage start up process to achieve target of timing and cost. * Approve and open up the manufacturing line. * Train manager in performance and tools of manufacturing lines.

Electrónica Industrial