Senior Vice President, Sourcing Europe

Mr. Juarez joined Elemica in August 2009 when it merged with RubberNetwork LLC. He had been with RubberNetwork Europe since 2002 as a Sr. Sourcing Manager. He held different roles including global account responsibilities for Pirelli and also for Michelin and Continental. Today Mr. Juarez is the VP for Europe and Latin America and is responsible for European sourcing and supply chain operations. He is also responsible for all activities with the members in Latin America and the business relationship with Latin America’s RubberNetwork partner WEBB. Mr. Juarez has over 10 years of experience in consulting and e-sourcing; working as a director of sourcing for Converge Europe, a leading consortium for the electronics and computer industry; he has also held a director of Fulfillment position at Kennametal Europe (Tier 1 supplier for the automotive OEMs). Sergio started his career at NCR Europe the world leader in Finance and Retail hardware and software products and services, he held several senior positions in the World Wide service organization.

Mr. Juarez holds a Bachelors Degree in International Business Administration from Universidad de las Americas in Mexico and a Masters in Business Administration from the Bradford NIMBAS school of management in the Netherlands and UK.