Quality Assurance Management

Lawrence Farrell

**** ******* ***, #***, *****: 954-***-**** Nashville, TN 37069 email: ***********@*****.***

Purchasing Agent

Very professional, highly motivated individual with strong analytical and problem solving skills.

I am seeking an opportunity to use my extensive purchasing knowledge in Nashville, TN

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Purchasing * Negotiating * Supplier Relations management

Sourcing Specialist * Monitoring & reducing costs * Expediting Orders

Skills:

• Strong analytical, negotiating, planning and organizational skills to manage multiple tasks and ensure that purchase orders are placed and followed up appropriately and that long-term supply plans are established.

• Skilled in contract negotiations and administration, management of customer and supplier relations, process, issues and manage RFP, RFQ, PR and PO’s, supply base database/file maintenance and management.

• Skilled in vendor assessment and development, contract bid evaluation, prepare alternatives and plan supply base production for high-value, highly engineered products.

Experience with ERP, MRP/MRPII and ISO standards and FDA Regulatory procedures.

Experience:

MAKO SURGICAL CORP, Ft. Lauderdale, FL July 2008 – Sept 2012

Buyer II

• Executed MRP Requirements on time meeting strict deadlines to successfully launch Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System and launch Multicompartmental Knee System and Total Hip Arthroplasty application for the RIO System.

• Purchased made to print parts for production, instruments and implants

• Monitored engineering changes to ensure suppliers are adhering to latest revisions

• Work with Commodity Managers to reduce costs

• Ensured goods & services are purchased in a timely manner

• Decreased costs and optimized supplier performance

• Ensure that Quality Assurance procedures are being adhered to.

• Developed relationships with Key suppliers to ensure quality & OTD (on time delivery)

SUNLIGHT FOODS Inc, Miami, FL Dec 2003 - Jan 2005

Buyer

Responsible for all food ingredients and raw materials for Large production and distribution Center, Evaluated warehouse capacity versus sales demand, analyze system inventories of all sourced products and all out of stock issues.

BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORP, Largo, FL Mar 1999 – Feb 2003

Purchasing Agent

Monitored and controlled procurement costs which resulted in lower raw material price variances.

Achieved lower product costs for raw material inventory.

Actively involved in contract assessments, proposals for assigned commodities.

Provided guidance and training to Buyer/planners (4), reduced the errors in manufacturing process and purchasing procedures.

Developed on-going relationships with strategic suppliers improving contract negotiations, proposals for assigned commodities.

Involved with Planning and Procurement of electronic and electromechanical components.

ANILAM, INC, Miramar, FL Aug 1992 - Nov 1998

Buyer.

Hands-on involvement with the materials management and inventory control. Raised efficiencies in manufacturing process thereby preventing production interruptions. Involved in contract negotiations, proposals, source selections for various commodities. Purchased electronic and electromechanical components from domestic and international vendors for manufacturing requirements.

GLOBAL MID-SOUTH MFG CO, Miami, FL Apr 1983 - May 1992

Operations Manager.

Supervised and streamlined engineering department, identified and corrected operational problems undermining efficiency, greatly reduced the errors in manufacturing process, minimized the backlog of open orders, developed a variety of check and balance systems to reduce errors in inventory.

Planned production and scheduling, procurement, materials management and logistics.

Education:

BA Economics North London College Holloway, London UK

Feb 2002 – Loyalty to Company Fairness to Supplies – NAPM (National Association of Purchasing Management)

Mar 2002 – Effective Supplier Selection & Management - NAPM

May 2002 – Ethical Conduct Working with Suppliers – NAPM

Sep 2006 – ISO 9001-2000 Internal Auditing training

12/10/08 – 12/09/2012 AORN – O.R. Protocol Course powered by Healthstream RepDirect.

Working toward CPIM (APICS) Will continue for CIPS

References available upon Request.

ACR ELECTRONICS, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (a division of Cobham) Feb 2005 – July 2008

Electronics Buyer

• Purchased Electronic and Electro-mechanical components

• Successful in locating hard to find /obsolete components

• Achieved cost reduction goals and lean manufacturing objectives.

• Ensured goods & services are purchased in a timely manner

• Expedite orders and manage resolution of supplier problems

• Monitored costs against standard to ensure zero Purchase Price Variance

• Ensured that relevant technical definition and control process are passed to, and adhered to by suppliers

• Managed the return, rectification and replacement of non-conforming goods.

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