Marco Valenzuela

Marco Valenzuela is a Global Category Manager at ARAUCO, where responsibilities include leading negotiations with global suppliers to secure contracts that minimize total cost of ownership while ensuring stock availability, material quality, and adequate post-sales service. Prior roles at ARAUCO involved executing and managing purchasing strategies for MRO categories, overseeing contract governance, and handling bid processes. Before ARAUCO, Marco served as a Commercial Executive at Penta Financiero S.A., focusing on client acquisition for factoring and leasing services, and as General Manager at Johnny Rockets, managing local operations and franchise compliance. Marco holds a degree in Commercial Engineering from Universidad San Sebastián, along with business administration studies at Notre Dame College.