Nestor R. Benavides

About Nestor R. Benavides

Passionate and people driven manager with over 25 years of Procurement, Contractor Safety, Contractor Diversity and Supply Chain Management experience. Created programs fostering new vendor relationships directly related to small businesses, minority owned and veteran owned, ensuring diversity and opportunity. Managed 21 robotics buildings with over $1.2 billion budget supporting over associates across the whole East Coast. Proven cost savings record with high impact to total cost of ownership and bottom line. Developed global strategies for contractor safety mitigation with an over all 42% contractor incident reduction in one year. Led key global supplier management initiatives to improve supplier performance and mitigate supply chain risks. Performed plant audits in over 250 cities around the world ensuring ISO, BRC, HACCP and SQF initiatives were being followed.

Experience

1. Global Corporate Procurement Finance and Accounting Excellence

   Amazon

   Aug 2024 — Present · Arlington, VA, US

Education

• Wilmington University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management, General

  2000 — 2006

• Wilmington University

  DBA, Business

  2012 — 2014

Skills

• Supply Chain Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• Management
• Six Sigma
• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (Haccp)
• Spanish
• Warehouse Operations
• Sap Erp
• Lean Manufacturing
• Cost Savings Strategies
• Microsoft Office
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
• International Logistics
• Sage Erp X3
• Global Sourcing
• Inventory Management
• Employee Management
• Procurement
• Immersion
• Purchasing
• Warehousing
• Team Leadership
• Erp
• Contract Negotiation
• Supply Chain
• Sqf
• Logistics Management
• Training
• Logistics
• Haccp
• Esl
• Marketing
• Commodity