Luz Aragon

Head of Indirect Procurement
Leprino Foods Company

Luz Aragon has over seventeen years of procurement experience. Upon accepting a role with Mars, Inc. over ten years, Luz was introduced to the complex world of indirect procurement, where she found her true passion. She has worked for companies such as ConAgra Foods and Cargill, Inc., where she held various roles, including Director of Strategic Sourcing, being directly responsible for over $1.5B in spend. While versed in all indirect categories, Luz's expertise is in services categories where she has delivered innovative solutions and is recognized as an industry expert in areas such as integrated facility management (IFM), professional, consulting, and trade services.
Luz recently joined Leprino Foods in Denver, CO, where she is actively working on building the Indirect Procurement organization from the ground up, developing best practices, and elevating the Procurement brand across the organization.

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Day 2: Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Tuesday, May 9th, 2017

13:30 Case Study: Partnering With Engineering To Effectively Manage Capital Expenditures

You’re not the subject expert, but you do have an arsenal of strategies and tactics you can use to be a key influencer with engineering when structuring and sourcing long term capital projects:
• Employ the procurement process to influence engineering in their decisions at the beginning instead of at the end
• TCO considerations, including how to take maintenance, repair and operational costs into account
• Change management considerations upwards from the shop floor
• Preparing for asset replacement or life extension – and how R&D comes into play
• Deploying the best practices from the procurement toolbox to create operational efficiencies (including project management, performance management supplier discussions, continuous improvement opportunities)