Carlos Ponce-Ramirez

Carlos recently rejoined Coty as the Director of Operations & Facilities across all Coty divisions and locations in North America.

Prior to re-joining Coty, Carlos held the role of COE Lead for Facilities & Related Services at PepsiCo, where he was responsible for all aspects of the North America Facilities Sourcing plan for 800+ facilities, and led the global facility integration management program. Carlos is also a Managing Partner of CAP Consulting Solutions, a private Procurement consulting firm specializing in outsourcing Indirect spend category management for companies across multiple industries.

Prior to that, he led multiple Procurement categories and served as PMO across several Global companies including Coty, Unisys, and Mars, amongst others. He also has significant experience in direct contract negotiation, policy writing, project process simplification, and service-level development & benchmarking.

Carlos started his career as a Geotechnical Engineer and Project Manager at Professional Service Industries. It is there where he became involved in Project service and materials sourcing, which led him to pursue an MBA. Carlos earned his MBA in Supply Chain & Strategic Management from The Pennsylvania State University and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Oklahoma State University.

In his free time, Carlos enjoys traveling, competing in marathons and triathlons, and trying to keep up with his very active 3-year-old son.