Ignacio A.R

Lead procurement field operations across Northern Europe, managing high-risk supplier relationships and ensuring full alignment with Boeing’s global supply chain strategy, contractual frameworks, and delivery objectives. • Direct cross-functional contract performance for critical Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, with a focus on proactive recovery planning and escalation management across multiple commodities. • Serve as Regional Work Movement Leader, orchestrating the strategic reallocation of manufacturing capabilities to support production ramp-ups, business continuity, and footprint optimization. • Drive executive-level supplier performance reviews, leveraging advanced analytics and KPIs to enhance delivery reliability, quality standards, and compliance metrics. • Act as the key operational liaison between supplier management, engineering, quality, and program teams to mitigate risks and rapidly resolve supply disruptions. • Embed a culture of continuous improvement through standardized reporting, lean methodologies, and data-driven performance oversight across the EMEA region.

Directed a high-performing procurement organization spanning Germany, France, and the UK, managing a team of 23 professionals across strategic sourcing, commodity management, transactional procurement, and supplier performance functions. • Developed and implemented regional procurement strategies aligned with global business objectives, driving supplier performance improvements, cost efficiencies, and risk mitigation across a €100M+ spend portfolio. • Spearheaded procurement transformation initiatives, including the deployment of performance dashboards, supplier segmentation models, and advanced analytics to elevate spend visibility and strategic decision-making. • Acted as the senior escalation point for procurement and supply chain issues across Europe, resolving operational disruptions, contractual disputes, and compliance concerns in coordination with executive stakeholders. • Led commercial negotiations with critical vendors, establishing robust pricing structures, SLAs, and delivery terms that improved on-time delivery and contractual compliance. • Oversaw all aspects of people leadership: succession planning, talent acquisition, coaching, team development, and promotion processes—fostering a high-performance culture rooted in accountability and collaboration. • Conducted weekly business reviews and KPI alignment sessions to proactively track procurement performance against cost, quality, and delivery targets. • Ensured adherence to internal controls, ethical sourcing standards, and regulatory requirements across all supported regions. (Returned to France to address family priorities)

• Supplier Performance Management across suppliers the EMEA region as well as some in North America. • Lead and manage the Supplier Performance and contract compliance. • Team leader of 6 SPMs in Spain/France to monitor several aerospace projects in the region. • Procurement development process internally to reduce supply base based on strategic, tactical and operational performance. • Support to Supply chain and Procurement team during performance issues providin onsite support and continuous improvement actions. • Leading capacity and Risk Assessment onsite at subtiers.Supplier evaluation and auditing. • Leading recovery plans and KPI implementations during recoveries to measure performance and report to CODIR. • Supplier development efforts to improve performance, quality or cost reduction. • KPI definition and implementation at suppliers for reporting and weekly follow up meetings. • Source validation, WP transfer validation and NPI. • Project management with multiple customers simultaneously. • Meeting with CODIR with KPIs and data to provide recomendations on strategic decisions short, medium and long term.

Supplier performance monitoring Capacity plans, Recovery plans, Supplier Risk analisys, Audits, Track Orders Client-Supplier Coordination Sub tier performance monitoring Gulfstream programs G650 and G280

• Supplier performance and Production Support for Pratt and Whitney for Sirkosky Program. • Supplier monitoring onsite and reporting to HQ with KPI implementation. • Supplier recovery and production monitoring. • Recovered supplier from impact to final assembly line back to PO.

• Grew existing relationships as well as created new ones with new customers by providing excellent customer support and technical asistance. • Business development through public presentation, design fares and customer facing activities. • Product development in collaboration with internal and external suppliers. • Grew sales of high value products by more than 100% sustained over 2-3 years by promotion, training and workshops. • Customer support management, training and technical resolution focal. • Developed product catalogues, newsletters, and Web content for Iberian Peninsula. • Served as field coordinator, managing design, implementation, and commissioning processes. Functioned as onsite consultant for architects, engineers, and installers. Represented company at trade events. • Technical documentation management, • Sourcing new suppliers with innovative solutions.

Grew relationships with existing accounts and prospected for new customers. Increased profitability of maintenance contracts while reducing costs and downtime through preventive efforts. Provided commissioning services for new and existing installations of fire- and gas-detection systems. Managed projects from design through implementation and certification. Collaborated with subcontractors in maintenance, commissioning, and certification of fire-protection systems. • Reduced false alarms at problem sites to 0 with design and implementation of more hands-on maintenance procedures.

Managing all production floor flow