Claudia Arriaga

US & Canada freight forecasting, budget and accrual processes for the Supply Chain Organization, serviced by 20+ domestic and international carriers and freight forwarders. Savings efforts leader in the Americas through local and regional initiatives. Design, development and execution of methodologies driven to achieve financial accuracy, by providing visibility to the upper management to anticipate and mitigate potential effects from raise in tariffs, customs fees or volumes fluctuations.

Commodity/Category management, including goods and services in support of HP customers. Partnership with Technology Services business in pursuing sales opportunities & major deals with government agencies. Activities included SOAR’s, deal assessment, suppliers’ engagement, pricing and negotiation.

Logistics Transportation and Compliance Specialist & Global Trade Interlock – Jul 2000 / Sep 2004 Management of projects and initiatives with global impact, such as the WW introduction and implementation of the Country of Origin marking, Athena invoicing, Assist Determination, as well as Global Trade compliance.

Negotiation skills, purchasing procedures and methodologies.

Services Organizations structure, finance and operation; sales strategies and customer service.