JONI M. ENGEL

**** *. ******* ****** ******** Springs, CO 80907

[719] 594-9863 (home) [719] 510-5943 (cell)

acwa1r@r.postjobfree.com

QUALIFICATION Highly experienced purchasing professional with 27 plus- years in initiating and

PROFILE managing critical domestic and global sourcing requirements. Career background illustrates highly developed technical skills and knowledge, ability to act independently, polished interface skills, effective team player, and demonstrated results orientation.

Self-starter and stellar performer with an impeccable work ethic and unfaltering drive to achieve required results. Lead projects and coordinate team members to set goals and priorities, develop and execute a plan of action to reach the desired results and critical timelines, cost, and supply management objectives.

Persuasive communicator with well-developed presentation and negotiation skills with the ability to cultivate and sustain strategic business partnerships with vendors and customers, while maintaining productive working relationships with colleagues and staff at all levels. Familiar with ISO Certification and Contractual Provisions, MRP systems, major contract negotiations processes, vendor evaluation and sourcing requirements, and administration of global contracts.

EXPERIENCE ATMEL CORPORATION, Colorado Springs, CO 2003-2016

Global Commodity Team Manager/Senior Buyer

Responsible for coordinating, negotiating, and administrating some of the highest value and most critical global contracts for USA and European operations major expenditures in silicon, foundry, and Photomask valued over $300M annually. Consolidate global sourcing base to achieve price leverage, and established common global suppliers for all operations. Cost savings achieved in the millions. Assured build capacities were in place to support all operations.

Buyer-Planner 1996 - 2003

Negotiate prices globally with responsibility for purchasing gases and chemicals and

Photomask. Purchasing volume: $20M in gases and chemicals annually, and $500K to

$1M in mask on a monthly basis.

• Request quotes, analyze costs, set up purchasing agreements, and blanket orders as

required.

• Negotiate price and shipping dates, and expedite shipments to ensure adequate supply

of products to support manufacturing processes.

• Manage and control inventory and place orders in compliance with engineering

specifications, input purchase orders into system, and maintain purchase order files.

• Apply creative and logical approaches to manage conflicts and resolve problems.

• Achieved cost savings of $7.0M CSO, $22M global mask, and $5.4M chemicals and

gases 2004-2005 resulting in realizable cost savings to company of $2.5M YTD.

COMPTRONIX/SKYLINE ELECTRONICS, Colorado Springs, CO 1992 - 1996

Buyer/Planner

Member of self-directed work team with sole purchasing responsibility for numerous

customers.

• Worked to achieve favorable price variance, established direct manufacturing pricing

at quote level, planned, procured, and expedited shipments.

• Served as liaison between in-plant stores and production.

• Ensured suppliers adhered to company’s ISO procedures.

PERFORMANCE SEMICONDUCTOR, Sunnyvale, CA 1988 - 1992

Manufacturing Coordinator-Outside Services

Generated PO’s, daily revenue and weekly/monthly spending/variance reports/graphs

based on monthly spending forecasts.

• Solicited and obtained competitive quotes, participated in pricing negotiations with

solder dip, tape and reel, and environmental test houses.

• Monitored performance, scheduled shipments, resolved delivery and quality issues.

L.S.I. LOGIC, Fremont, CA 1986 - 1988

Test Operator

Operated hot and cold tester for military parts, set up programs for testing parts on

handlers and testers, loaded and unloaded burn-in and visual/pack areas.

NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR, Santa Clara, CA 1982 - 1985

Engineering Technician

Conducted failure analysis and defect density on wafers and parts, identified failures on

curve tracers and high powered scopes utilizing plasma etch, jet etch, and

environmental test systems.

COMPUTER SKILLS Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Windows for Workgroups, Digital Vax MRP Operating System, SAP, Oracle

References available upon request