Santiago Lopez de Sebastian, Group Purchasing and Logistics Director

Santiago Lopez de Sebastian

Group Purchasing and Logistics Director

GRUPO TOLSA

Location
Spain
Education
Master's degree,
Experience
21 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 7 Months

Group Purchasing and Logistics Director at GRUPO TOLSA
  • Spain
  • July 2003 to October 2012

2003- 2012 GRUPO TOLSA, Madrid, Spain
Spanish multinacional mining Group dedicated to the extraction and commercialization of sepiolites and bentonites.
Group Purchasing and Logistics Director.
Responsible for an annual budget of 40 M € . Supervisor of a team of 12 people located among the different subsidiaries of the Group (Spain, France, Netherlands, UK, Italy and Senegal)
Negotiation and consolidation at Group level of raw materials, packaging, chemical additives machinery and spare parts. Cost reduction of 10% in 3 years.
Negotiation and coordination of mineral freight and warehousing from Senegal, USA and Far East to the European facilities. (Over 60.000 Mt /year)
Responsible for searching new raw materials and finished products supply sources wordwide.
Implementation of electronic auctions in the negotiation process with cost reductions of 15% in packaging and chemicals.

Purchasing Director at FUNDOSA ALIMENTARIA
  • Spain
  • November 2002 to June 2003

2002- 2003 FUNDOSA ALIMENTARIA, (Fundación ONCE), Madrid, Spain
Producer and distributor of bread and paistry
Purchasing Director.
Creation of the purchasing department. Definition and implementation of the purchasing policy. Substantial cost reduction in key raw materials as flour (-10%) and additives (-8%)
Design of a logistic project to reduce the number of distributors

Iberia Supply Chain Director at BURGER KING ESPAÑA
  • Spain
  • January 1999 to October 2002

1998 - 2002 BURGER KING ESPAÑA, Madrid, Spain
Iberia Supply Chain Director
Responsible for the supply chain management.
Negotiation of food and non food supplies for company and franchised restaurants, with an annual budget of 30 M € and 600 references.
Responsible for purchasing consolidation projects at European level.
Implementation of a new logistics operator with a 5 % cost reduction the first year.
Supply diversification with the introduction of imports of the key raw materials with a cost reduction of 15% of beef in the first year.
Development of a KPI guide to monitor the efficiency of the supply chain.
Negotiation of new menus for kids with key suppliers and development and introduction of new hamburger concepts in Spain and Portugal.

Car accessories purchasing buyer at PROMODES
  • Spain
  • January 1996 to January 1998

Car accessories purchasing manager. (1996-1998)
Responsible for the commercial policy and for negotiating purchasing terms with an annual budget of 30 mill euros. Sales increase of 25% in 2 years by supplier concentration and assortment racionalization.
3 year agreement with major supplier of spare parts with a cost reduction of 15%.

Private label marketing manager at PROMODES
  • Spain
  • January 1992 to January 1996

Private label marketing manager (1992-1996)
Responsible for the development of new references under the distributor brand.
Packaging design and negociation with private label suppliers. Increase of 10% of private label share over total sales by introducing 4500 new references in 4 years.
Design of trade marketing projects with advanced tools (SPACEMAN)

Insurance broker at GIL Y CARVAJAL
  • Spain
  • January 1989 to August 1990

1989 - 1990 GIL Y CARVAJAL, Madrid, Spain
Insurance broker. Account executive in the International Department
Responsible for searching tailor made coverages for operations that were not included in standard policies.
Responsible for promotional campaigns for contingency policies and for films

Education

Master's degree,
  • at University of Houston
  • July 1992

1990 - 1992 Master in Business Administration (M.B.A.) University of Houston, Houston, (U.S.A.)

Bachelor's degree, Economics
  • at CUNEF
  • September 1988

1983 - 1988 Bachelor in Economics C.U.N.E.F., Madrid, Spain

Specialties & Skills

Retail Buying
Group Purchasing
Art Buying
Procurement
Logistics Management
BSEE/SUPPLY
BUYING/PROCUREMENT
COST REDUCTION
INCREASE
LOGISTICS
PACKAGING
PURCHASING

Languages

English
Expert
French
Expert

Memberships

Spanish Procurement Executives Association
  • Vicepresident
  • January 1993

Training and Certifications

Theoretical (Training)
Training Institute:
Advanced logistics course
Date Attended:
October 1995