XAVIER METCALF

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STRATEGIC SOURCING PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST CONTRACT ADMIN LOGISTICS ________________________________________

Experienced Global Procurement Professional, skilled in managing the four parts of the Supply Chain. Supplier/Vendor Contract Mngmnt; Managed collaborative multi-region/plant/division, inventory and logistics; Audits; operation of distribution centers, Coordinating material, demand, maintenance scheduling w/customer service posture. Minimizing bullwhip, w/in Procurement Ops. Problem solver.

CORE COMPETENCIES________________________________________

- Product Lifecycle Mngmt - Production Planning - In/Outbound Logistics

- Contract Administration - Strategic Sourcing - Facilities Support/MRO

- Procurement - Supplier Development - Process Improvement

- Risk Mitigation - Inventory Management - Conflict Resolution

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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PROFAB MFG. Fremont, CA (Direct Consultant)..............................................................4/10 – Current MATERIALS CONTROL PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST

• Stream Line Material Flow/Coordinate and support procurement activities and functions; Stream line Processing RFQ/RFP/RFI SOW ECO's/PO's; Support and maintain accuracy within Inventory Control

• Create raw material Supply Chain/Strategic Sourcing; Stream Line/Support annual physical inventory counts; Shipping/Receiving activities; Support, maintain documentation for Mtls Cntrl. RMAs; SLA

RORZE AUTOMATION. Milpitas, CA (Adecco Consultant)........................................... 9/06 – 2/08

OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

• Supply Chain Management; Supporting S & OP and Engineering with scheduling of all production & logistics for semiconductor, equip. Reduced Supply Chain cost by 30% over the duration of contract.

• NPI/R&D benchmark robot arm designed specifically for the health care and bio medical field. Managing all overseas procurement activities/functions including: negotiating pricing, RMA/Reverse Logistics

• Strategic Sourcing: Qualifying new vendors, identifying new suppliers and sourcing products via e-procurement. In/Outbound Logistics of all domestic/ international deliveries. ISO 10000 compliance.

• Conceived new functional inventory stock room; coupled w/MS based MRP implementation. Headed bi-annual inventory counts w/ Lean Six Sigma reduced 3wk count to 3days (50% cost savings) with new inventory process. RFQ/RFP/RFI SOW; CSM SLA; ECO's/PO's; RoHS compliance; 20% travel

CELESTICA INC. San Jose, CA...................................................................................................... 9/99 – 4/02

CISCO SUSTAINING SR. BUYER/SUPPLY PLANNER

• GSR family: Onsite 3PL Liaison to Cisco. Facilitates new channel relationship, lead daily cell meetings with demand management team. In/Outbound logistics Oracle System/SAP R/3 4.6.

• NPI transfers, Product Readiness Reviews, Qual builds, Monitored production kit starts so that they would sync with Cisco MRP requirements. Managed ~20 Cisco Commodities; RoHS compliance;

• Product Lifecycle management EOL process team, greatly improved relationship with Cisco and Celestica work with engineering to phase in revision changes and effectively dates. Created new RMA process; solved invoice issues. $400M QSales; Electronic POS. 30% travel

BIO-RAD LABORATORIES Richmond, CA (ATR Consultant)........................................6/98 – 7/99

NPI BUYER/PLANNER

• Initialize and ramp overseas procurement of three new medical products. Worked on both new products manufacturing and resale process side. . ISO 9037 compliance

• Initial RFP/RFQ preparation and supplier selection process with emphasis on writing performance based service contracts. ECO, manage requisitions, obtain quotations, examine bids and make awards within approved limits of authority; blanket orders for C; D components. No Travel

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HEWLETT PACKARD Santa Clara, CA (Manpower Consultant).....................................02/97 – 01/98

COMMODITY MANAGER (01/97 – 01/98)

• NPI: The Video Communication Division produced world class video servers and related products for the broadcast television and broadband interactive markets. . ISO 9000 compliance

• Responsible for strategic procurement of four video server components. Managed all critical commodities requiring close collaboration with R & D &/or cross-divisional coordination.

• Initial effort included heavy emphasis on establishing and improving supplier processes. RFQ/RFP/RFI SOW; SLA ECO's/PO's; RoHS compliance 0.95 billion sales 20% Travel

COMMODITIES:

Laser Transducer and Calibrator products, R&D Power Supplies, R&D Packaging,

Storage, Memory, MRO, Chemicals, Reclamation, Precious metals, Hazardous material procurement. Heart process. TQRDCE. Indirect and Direct buys. Tactical Buyer for the VID to MID Product transfer. SMO support life for VID. Managed Pro Fastener bin stock program for Santa Clara and VID.

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT (02/96 – 01/97)

• Improved material and information flow in a make-to-order process for the Video Communication Division product lifecycle met all changing business requirements and increased customer satisfaction. Non-exempt employ to Manage Bargaining unit employees.

• Maintained database for aging orders, regular review of excess/obsolete materials. Implementation planning appropriate rework schedules. Established new RMA process (250K Savings).

• Update material flow on multiple Hewlett Packard production lines. Worked closely Engineering subcontract entities on internal order demands. Deals with suppliers in accordance new supplier management programs. Many special projects. Problem solver.

FMC/BMY CORP.(Defense Contractor): San Jose, CA................................................03/82 – 01/96

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION FACILIATIES PLANNER

• Contract management, cost/benefit analysis risk mitigation; contract changes, including major revisions, coordinates the preparation and final negotiation of, supplemental agreements.

• MRO maintenance and repair operation responsible for $8 million in annual procurement of capital equipment, electrical, electronic, machine tool, hydraulic, pneumatic and power transmission; construction subcontracting; blanket orders for MRO 30% Travel

• Purchase through domestic (West Coast, Mid-west, East) manufactures. Responsible to follow up on supplier development/improvement to support program schedules, approve invoices for payment and provide appropriate status reports. Non-exempt employ to Manage Bargaining unit staff. (Bradley Fighting vehicle/M113 Personnel Carrier)

EDUCATION & GENERAL KNOWLEDGE:

________________________________________University of San Francisco Masters Certificate in Supply Chain Management (to complete 01/11); Computer Training Academy; Graduate 5/2000 as LAN Tech Specialist; Candidate for BS in Marketing from San Jose State University. APICS modules. software license agreements, IT contract languages, audits, capital equipment, standards (i.e. DAR, FAR, FAI, UCC etc.); Hazardous Materials Reg. CFR 2003 pt.PDF; dedicated ref. & authorities: MS Project 2010 Bible Managing the Supply Chain(Simchi-Levi, Kaminsky,); e-Procurement (Dale Neef); Supply Chain Mangers Guide to the C.P.M exam.;

COMPUTER SKILLS:

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SAP ERP SYS R/4 MM; ORACLE EMP; HP ERP; mySAP SRM; SALESFORCE;; MS Access; MS Excel; Outlook; MS Word; MS OneNote; MS Power Point; MS SharePoint; MS Project 2010; PROMIS; Lotus 123; VISIO program for Flowchart diagrams.. Sun Computervison CAD/CAM Workstation.“A L P S” (paper less) Procurement program.

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