• Leading procurement and logistics for the full FF&E and OS&E package supporting a hotel's pre-opening phase.
• Managing supplier negotiations to secure cost-effective agreements while ensuring compliance with Marriott brand standards.
• Coordinating international and local shipments, overseeing customs clearance, and aligning deliveries with project milestones.
• Preparing and presenting cost comparisons, purchase orders, and budget-tracking reports for management approval.
• Collaborating with design, operations and project-management teams to guarantee timely delivery and seamless installation.

• Managed payroll ensuring accurate, timely payment of salaries and benefits for 1,000+ employees across eight countries — slightly over $1.2M per month.
• Coordinated with local entities to process payroll in Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico and South Africa.
• Generated payroll reports, analysing and monitoring trends.
• Calculated weekly payroll cash flow.

• Prepared biweekly payroll reports to process payments for more than 1,000 employees.
• Applied supplemental payroll payments upon requests from other departments.
• Calculated and managed salary increases for employees and contractors.
• Generated pay stubs upon departmental requests.
• Assisted team members with payroll-related issues and adjustments.

• Kept the company's bank reconciliations fully up to date.
• Processed ACH payments.
• Recorded all payments within my scope in the accounting ledgers.
• Prepared and updated monthly billing reports.
• Supported other members of the finance team with a range of tasks.

• Managed annual purchases of $5M in furniture and operating equipment for Rosewood, Banyan Tree and Fairmont projects.
• Created the department's first FF&E / OS&E supplier database; issued 900+ purchase orders under optimal market conditions.
• Sourced and evaluated new suppliers to optimise costs within established budgets.
• Prepared price, specification and delivery-time comparisons to determine best proposals.
• Provided budget reports, comparative analyses and updated procurement records to management.

• Requested quotations from suppliers to evaluate products, services, and pricing.
• Conducted price analyses, financial reports, and other data to generate purchase orders according to project requirements.
• Assessed markets and delivery systems to ensure timeliness and quality.
• Coordinated projects, aligning delivery schedules with project needs.

Joined the Hyatt Ziva Cancún hotel opening project, performing the following tasks:

• Quoted and negotiated prices, quality, delivery times, and payment terms with at least three supplier options, preparing comparative cost-quality tables.
• Coordinated freight logistics, shipping, and delivery of operational material (FF&E and OS&E) for Hyatt Ziva.
• Executed delivery-receipt lists for administrative closure.

• Reviewed and evaluated international cooperation projects with Central and South America within the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI).
• Developed a cooperation proposal for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for the second phase of the MuNet (Efficient and Transparent Municipalities) programme.
• Prepared official presentations and contributed new strategic recommendations to multilateral initiatives.