Gerard Magadia

Has more than 22 years of experience in Supply Chain Management,  Procurement, Strategic Sourcing,  Supply  & Demand Planning, Inventory Planning, Production Planning & Control, Import & Export and Vendor Management. With demonstrated history of working in the Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Logistics & Distribution, Engineering, Procurement & Construction, Utility & Power Industries.

Gerard, currently works as Head of Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management of MERALCO Philippines. His job primarily focus on the  development & execution of long term sourcing strategies, and delivering strong sourcing team productivity and resource utilization gains. Leading the development, implementation and alignment of sourcing strategies and supplier network capabilities for spend categories.

In his personal capacity, he is involved on various Procurement Synergy projects - a collaborative buying arrangements to aggregate individual requirements and pool buying power, to generate leverage and gain more favorable pricing, design, supply continuity & assurance benefits.