Karina Castillo Contreras

Karina Castillo Contreras has extensive experience in procurement and supply chain management. Karina currently holds the position of Program Purchasing Director NAO at Faurecia Interior Systems. Prior to that, they served as the Head of Procurement for the North America Region at Pirelli. Before joining Pirelli, Karina worked as the Americas Procurement Director for Performance Coatings at Vibrantz Technologies Inc. and as the Americas Sourcing Director for the US, Mexico, and LATAM regions at Ferro Corporation. Earlier in their career, Karina held various roles at Plastic Omnium, SEGLO Logistics, HEINEKEN MÉXICO, and DM COMTEL S.A. DE C.V. Their roles included senior commodity manager, indirect procurement manager, senior buyer, and indirect purchasing manager, among others.

Karina Castillo Contreras holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management from Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. Karina also has a Grado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas in Gestión de compras, adquisiciones y contratos from Tecnológico de Monterrey. In addition, they studied Project Management at Tecnológico de Monterrey. Karina further pursued Master's degrees in Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General and Organizational Development from Universidad de Guanajuato. Karina also obtained a Master's degree in Finance specializing in Accounting and Finance from the same university. Finally, they completed a certification in Energy Management and Systems Technology/Technician in the Whole Electricity Market from Centro Nacional de Control de Energia. Karina holds a certification in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) from APICS.