Procurement manager

Coordinating a 9-member team and responsible for the internal activity and supervision of the financial and administration area, procurement and contracts, human resources, training and strategic partnerships, communication and events.

As founder of Compreender every single area from all project management to business development of written and consecutive translations in areas that range from legal, aerospace, IT & telecoms to automotive industry. Over the past two years the main achievements are:
•	Retention of corporate customers, such as embassies, law firms and the Portuguese Aerospace Association
•	Quality compliance with zero complaints/ returns
•	Development of partnerships with a range of language professionals for mutual support and work exchange

While coordinating a 4-member team, the main responsibilities and achievements in two embassies and 16 consulates across Iberia were the following:
•	Project management of public tenders - mobile, facility management, insurances, etc. with a cost reduction between 5%-20% 
•	Contracts performance and budget management – KPI’s improvement 10% -(initial KPI’s 75-80% to 95%-98%)
•	Regionalization of the corporate services across Iberia – efficiency gains and savings totalling £ 120k
•	100% Compliance with public transparency policy regulations – monthly reporting to London
•	Team performance improvement through additional research tools and evaluation processes

While coordinating a team of five, the main responsibilities and achievements in 7 months, only, were the following:
•	Budget monitoring & financial reports on maintenance contracts & production line 
•	2% reduction on debt collection ratios through the team’s closer follow up on the customers’ agreements
•	Legal actions management: 5% improvement via injunctions close monitoring
•	Development of best practices on customer service and creation of a more effective database 

Financial Controller for Spain & Portugal							 Jun/2005 – Jan/2009
Financial Controller for Portugal				  				          Aug/1999 - Jan/2009
While coordinating a team of two persons, the main responsibilities and achievements for 10 years, were the following:
•	Financial reporting under the US GAAP for public publishing in the German stock market 
•	Annual budget planning, deviation monitoring and analysis (achieved less than 2% deviation)
•	Contracts negotiation: insurance, telecommunications, leasing, office equipment, distribution, etc
•	Vendors contract management including provisions and accruals management (less than 1% deviation)
•	Royalties, copyrights and licensing agreements accruals, statements and reports – 100% accuracy
•	100% Implementation of audit’s recommendations on IFRS and accounting principles

Procuring
Sourcing
Negotiation
RFQ
RFP
Tenders
Bids
Specifications design
Criteria design
KPI's design
SLA's design

Innovation in NGO’s, 
Portfolios,
Negotiation, 
Planning and Monitoring

Procuring
Sourcing
Negotiation
RFQ
RFP
Specifications design

IRS
IRC
VAT
Stamp duties
Social Security
Property
Capital Gains

Adminisration
Management
Economics
Production Management
Statistics
Mathematics
International Economic Relations
EU Law
Commercial Management
Public Relations
Marketing
Accounts
HR
Planning