Ramon Caldas - Corporate Purchasing, Logistics & Strategy Department Seneior Manager at Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority - United States

Ramon Caldas

Corporate Purchasing, Logistics & Strategy Department Seneior Manager at Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States Others

Title:

Corporate Purchasing, Logistics & Strategy Department Seneior Manager

Company:

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority

Sector:

Others

Place:

San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States

Languages:

English; Italian; Spanish;

Looking for:

Suppliers ; Partners ;

Expertise:

Energy (cash), Metals (cash)

Availability:

Q & A ; Interviews ; Conferences ; Consulting

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Ramon Caldas contact details

Summary

He is the Procurement, Logistics & Strategy Corporate Senior Manager of one of the biggest electric utilities in US. He has over 20 years of experience in traditional and collaborative strategic supply chain management, including the newest "GREEN" supply chain and logistics management. Other corporate senior roles on business strategy development, corporate aviation, warehousing, purchasing, supplier relationship, catalog, and E-Commerce management among others are examples of the multidisciplinary experience of this executive.
He has a deep understanding of current trends in the development, selection, deployment, and implementation of supply chain strategies for heavy MRO's industries and asset intensive electric & telecom service providers, with a particular focus on generation, transmission, distribution and customer services. In his current role, he directs procurement, logistics and strategy of all services, goods and raw materials requires for the maintenance, repair and operations of a complex telecom and electric utility company. Holds purchasing responsibility for over $2B in annual purchasing budgets. He is well-versed in all supply chain management strategies and technology standards, including CMMS/EAM, SCOR, E-Commerce, CAPS, B2B and supplier relationship management (SRM); aviation management standards, including FAA, DOT, DOI, FCC and Homeland Security; electric utility management standards, including EPA, OSHA, DOE, FERC and many others.
In addition, he is member and collaborator of different supply chain organizations and associations (non-profit/government) responsible for innovation and the development of the economic and industrial development strategies internationally and for the state.

Specialties:
Traditional and Collaborative Strategic Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Inventory Management, Project Management, IT and Network Infrastructure Design & Management, Presentations, Operations & Corporate Strategy,Budgeting & Expense Control, Aviation Maintenance, Operations and Administrative Management, B2B, Mobile Workforce and E-Commerce projects implementation, operation and management

Business Profile

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority

San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States

03/2009-Present: Corporate Purchasing, Logistics & Strategy Department Seneior Manager at Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority in San Juan

Corporate Purchasing, Logistics & Strategy Department Seneior Manager

Responsibility: Create an integrated complex MRO sourcing and purchasing strategy. The challenge is unifying and align business goals developing a sourcing, administration and purchasing strategies for costs reductions, speeding delivery, personalized attentions and increase overall performance, through the extensive network of suppliers, partners and technological solutions. Responsible for 3 departments, 6 offices at corporate level; a staff of 16 middle management managers, 6 supervisors and 25 employees are responsible for company’s purchasing, logistics, invoice matching and an operational budget of $3.5M. The mission is to provide to our clients/users, suppliers and partners with business processes, information systems and solutions tailored to a cost effective and time saving than actually meets the requirements of company’s business units. Company must reduce 35% of purchasing budget in order to reach the goal to reduce the price of kilowatt/hr. I am passionate about helping clients, and users run their operations and projects in a most successful and cost efficient manner that supports their needs and challenges during these challenging times. An activity based costing management approach was implemented. Results: • Effectiveness- Supplier catalog reduction from 1920 to 610 companies. • Performance- 60% Request-to-Delivery purchasing process time reduction • Speeding delivery- Process time reduction of 55% during the first 6 months. • Business process optimization- Consolidation of three departments and an outstanding 74% purchasing personnel performance increase. • Cost reductions- 40% operational budget reduction

Sector:

Others, Corporation

Function:

- Other Functions, Other Functions / Head of Department

Company description:

"Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority is a public corporation established on 1941. With an annual income of $15 billions, 9,300 employees and 1.45 millions clients, is one of the largest electric public utility in United States. Also it is a regional leading company in the electric utility industry segment.
PREPA is divided in four business units, those are: electric power generation, electricity transmission & distribution, telecom/high speed internet and customer services."

www.prepa.com

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority

San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States

10/2006-03/2009: Corporate Aviation Services Department Executive Manager at Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority in San Juan

Corporate Aviation Services Department Executive Manager

Responsibilities: Start-up Operations. Executive manager for a corporate aviation department and a start-up business internal consultant for helicopter services. Broad scope of responsibility included P&L accountability, strategic market planning, business development, sales forecasting, marketing, pricing and trainings in Puerto Rico, Caribbean Region, US southeast region, and abroad. In charge of staff, sales and marketing activities, including advertising, air shows, accounting development, management and pricing. In addition responsible for aircraft maintenance programs, safety, regulatory compliance, ground/ramp operations, and flight operations. The staff includes (2) maintenance supervisors, (6) Captain-pilots, 6 Aviation Maintenance Technicians, 4 ground & ramp personnel and 2 clerical workers. Results: • Delivered first year’s gross profit 44% above planned. • Achieved to be successful to design a Strategic Plan to survive in the aviation industry and energy crisis during the first 6 months period. • Successfully start-up a new profit business unit • Expand company’s business financial source of income

Sector:

Others, Corporation

Function:

- Other Functions, Other Functions / Officer - Executive

Company description:

"Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority is a public corporation established on 1941. With an annual income of $15 billions, 9,300 employees and 1.45 millions clients, is one of the largest electric public utility in United States. Also it is a regional leading company in the electric utility industry segment. PREPA is divided in four business units, those are: electric power generation, electricity transmission & distribution, telecom/high speed internet and customer services."

www.prepa.com

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority

San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States