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Manuela GarciaMG

Manuela Garcia

Purchasing & Supplier Negotiation Consultant

€600/day
Marseille, FR
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Manuela

A buyer for 7 years, I assist companies, SMEs, and freelancers in managing and optimizing their relationships with their suppliers.

I specialize in:
- Drafting supplier emails (quotes, follow-ups, negotiations)
- Written negotiation of prices, deadlines, and conditions
- Professionalizing supplier relationships
- Drafting high-stakes professional emails

My approach is pragmatic and results-oriented: clear, structured, and effective messages to get responses and improve conditions.

Master's degree in Business Management
7 years of experience in purchasing, negotiation, and corporate environments
Bachelor's degree in Applied Foreign Languages - International Business context

Available for ad-hoc or recurring assignments.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Conversational

  • Spanish

    Conversational

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • TECHNIP ENERGIES
    Industrial Purchasing Project Manager
    MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
    March 2022 - Today (4 years and 3 months)
    Marseille, France
    Negotiation of prices, deadlines, and contracts; drafting of framework agreements; drafting of purchasing specifications; purchasing project management; forecast calculation; supplier audits; budget management; supplier follow-up and management.
    Supplier Negotiation Supplier Management Supplier Portfolio Supplier Follow-up Purchasing Process
  • ARCHE SAS
    Executive Assistant - Purchasing Assistant
    February 2021 - February 2022 (1 year)
    Aix-en-Provence, France
    Purchasing: - Order entry, quote and invoice preparation; - Supplier follow-up and management. Marketing: - Communication Manager: - Social media management; - Creation of flyers, business cards, POS displays; - Outdoor exhibitions; - Website content.
  • Orange Marine
    Buyer
    June 2020 - December 2020 (6 months)
    Salon-de-Provence, France
    Product Manager: - Order management, Product sheet creation, Supplier follow-up - Development of new product lines, Competitive intelligence, Purchasing budget management, - Order tracking and stock management, - Forecast and sales rhythm calculation, - Web content update.

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Education

  • Master's in Marketing and Communication
    EMD Marseille
    2020
    • Elaborer un diagnostic marketing et de communication digitale de l’entreprise • Déterminer les priorités de la politique de communication digitale • Piloter la stratégie de marketing digital • Décliner la stratégie de communication définie dans des interfaces utilisateurs performantes • Pilotage des outils CRM et des outils numériques
  • Applied Foreign Languages - International Business
    Aix - Marseille University
    2018
    Au programme : compréhension, expression écrite et orale, traduction, apprentissage économique des pays anglophone et d'Amérique latine, connaissance du monde économique et social. L'option commerce international permet d'acquérir une ouverture d'esprit sur le modèle de management et marketing des pays étrangers.

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