IKE AMUZIE

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Hayward, CA 94544 email: aonxpj@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: Buyer

CAREER SUMMARY:

• Tenacious problem solver with over 10 years of operations experience

• Leverages a combination of technical and business skills

• BS Chemical Engineering; MBA Marketing

• Recognized leader in achieving customer satisfaction… excellence on special project

• Dependable, decisive and willing to learn

• Excellent listener with good communication skills

• Solid Understanding of Ethical procurement and material practices

SKILLS:

• Project Management • Budgeting/Funding/Negotiations

• New Product Material Readiness • Demand/Capacity/Capital Planning

• Unbiased Supplier Management/Visits • Kanban execution /Excess/Obsolescence

• Oral and Written Communications • Consistent Cost Reductions Initiatives

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Howard Medical, Palo Alto, CA Account Manager/Product Specialist 2010 – Present

• Improved customer service satisfaction by providing first class customer support in the field; minimized installation delays and improved tool utilization by ten percent.

Cooper Lighting, Richmond, CA, Senior Buyer Planner 2005–2009

• Placed numerous suppliers on Approved List as part of key procurement development and implementation initiatives(RFP,RPQ,RFI): established sourcing direction that was consistent with corporate strategic direction; proper evaluation of vendor quotes for lowest cost/best business practices for sourcing …improved supply chain capability

• Achieved over 15 % in annual cost savings through contract negotiations for better quality, delivery, price, and other deliverables of major materials, equipment and services such as sheet-metals, sheet-plastics, and electrical components, etc.; updated MRP system with pricing, lead times; timely stakeholder feedback

• Reduced supplier discrepant materials to about 5 % as a part of “Best Practices” for commodity management by initiating and implementing efficient business processes to improve product specifications and supplier communications; reviewed open order/backlog reports; and initiated recovery and material disposition plans

• Improved ”on-time delivery” by 25% as part of New Production Introduction and Team Building projects by collaborating with suppliers and contract manufactures; interfaced with Marketing, Sales, Engineering, Customer Service on new product development and implementation strategy …to match forecasting, planning, production schedules and customer requirements; optimized material selection, maintained competitive cost, predictable lead-time/availability, tight quality and other logistics; identified critical orders and set production priorities

• Improved inventory turns by 20%; managed procurement process to promote inventory levels that assure the best inventory turns

• Optimized supplier relationship by 25%; worked with Accounts Payable when special payment terms was required and resolved payment issues with suppliers

Engineering Source, Hayward, CA, Procurement Specialist 2002 – 2005

• Completed various variety of temporary short procurement assignments

IBM Corporation, San Jose, CA, Program Manager 1999 – 2002

• Contribution in Quarterly Executive Review of business processes and technology roadmaps with Business Units, General Procurement, and Finance groups assured efficient allocation of + $100M by providing best professional support to validate funding of capacity expansions; conducted volume, capacity and capital planning

• Achieved about 10 percent of cost savings from annual procurement budget of about $100M for Capital Equipment Spending; managed a staff of five local Commodity Managers, chaired weekly procurement meetings and tracked status of requisitions, implemented business control steps, recommended changes to terms and conditions of contracts and set cost saving goals for Sourcing Managers; managed a professional team of Commodity Managers, dispersed across the globe, and a procurement organization totaling 50+ global employees

• Consistently met 95% of routine procurement performance tasks; supervised “best of breed” in supplier selection and management practices; partnered with Global and Regional Commodity Managers worldwide to implement and optimize strategic sourcing initiatives; added over thirty key suppliers to the Approved List; conducted supplier performance evaluation and tracked quality of goods, costs, on-time delivery, etc.; shared market trends and business strategies with suppliers; secured supplier input to strengthen business relationships; assisted with problem solving as needed

• Reduced over 15 percent of IBM Storage Division’s world wide excess spares inventory by streamlining inventory management processes: managed inventory levels by focusing on benchmarking, consignment, and optimization strategies

• Enhanced oral and written communication by preparing and presenting Quarterly Financial Progress Reports to Senior Management; developed a spreadsheet Model that optimized the linkage between worldwide volume, capacity, capital plans and revenue; accurately reported quarterly balances of cost savings, releases, holds, pending, variances, outstanding issues, corrective actions, etc

• Excelled in internal and external audits with consistent scores of above 92% by supporting business control initiatives; managed ISO 9001 Quality Management System; insured compliance with all audit controls; collected, documented and maintained adequate records of business processes for audit readiness

Lam Research Corp., Fremont, CA, Process Engineer 1991 – 1998

• Improved customer satisfaction rating to over 90 % and contributed to sales revenue increases in a technology environment; qualified over a hundred complex systems before shipments; as a part of problem solving and decision making team, resolved key technical challenges on hardware configuration, software, process application and reliability issues; maintained technical performance records for references

• Achieved 15 % productivity improvement by successfully completing technical assessment on over 100 complex capital equipment tools sold; prepared Technical Assessment Reports, made technical presentations to customers, conducted source inspections on these million dollar systems; identified and closed outstanding issues

• Minimized shipment delays due to communication gaps by partnering with business partners (Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Product Management, Sales, and R & D) to understand their requirements; consolidated technical and logistic problems; primary liaison between cross-functional groups; maintained records of known solutions to technical problems; expedited start-up of systems in the field

CERTIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

• CPM Certified through ISM; CPIM In training through APICS; PMP In-training(PMI)

• Computer Skills: Word, Excel, Access, Lotus Notes/123, Freelance and PowerPoint

EDUCATION:

• MBA, Marketing, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA

• BS Chemical Engineering, Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA