Manager Manufacturing

JOSE-LUIS BIANCHI

**** * ********* **, *********, CA - Cell: 408-***-**** – **********@*****.***

BUYER

Over 20 years of experience and extensive knowledge in domestic and foreign sourcing with a successful track record as a buyer. Worked effectively with all support departments including Production, Finance, Sales, Logistics and Marketing. Extensive knowledge in managing teams. Expertise in all phases manufacturing cycle production from the planning stage to market delivery.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nurserymen’s Exchange, Inc. Half Moon Bay, CA. 1990 – Sep. 2010

Purchasing, Crop Planning 2003 – Sep. 2010

Responsible for up to $8.5 million in purchases per year of plant materials and hard goods for the CA organization of a 100 million dollar company.

- Managed contracts and sources. Maintained relationships with sources both domestic and foreign.

- Developed new sources for materials.

- Implemented bidding process in company purchasing practices.

- Negotiated and reduced costs for a variety of materials. Savings of up to 22% in important categories.

- Streamlined and documented processes and standards for buying decisions.

- Consolidated all company plant material purchasing under my responsibility and control.

- Consolidated all company hard good purchasing of major dollar categories under my responsibility and control.

- Main point of contact with suppliers for assigned categories to support the needs of production departments.

- Extensive use of MRP company system to create purchase orders to support production needs, understand and create lead time for materials, maintained safety stock for some categories, and maintained appropriate inventory for different materials.

- Responsible for inventory management of assigned categories.

- Worked with receiving and A/P department. Responsible to resolve all payment issues to suppliers.

- Extensive knowledge of the logistical aspects of sourcing the categories I was responsible for.

- Responsible for all crop/production planning for the organization. Issued and maintained schedules and flow maps for the crop areas.

- Extensive use of analytical tools to drive long term planning on category purchases and provide upper management with information.

Head Grower, Production Manager / Buyer 1990 – 2002

Managed all aspects of the manufacturing programs for a 100 million dollar Horticulture company.

Managed up to 10 technical managers.

Acted as main point of contact with other departments in support of manufacturing programs.

Acted as a buyer for all purchases that pertained to my area

- Achieved Extensive knowledge on the manufacturing processes of the industry I have worked for that included creating and implementing new manufacturing protocols.

Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA. 1983 - 1990

Poinsettia Stock Manager 1987 - 1990

Managed all company stock production of main product plant material; Over 24 million units for sale produced per year.

Production Supervisor 1983 - 1987

Managed labor crews used in the entire manufacturing cycle from planting stock to packing and shipping of finished product.

EDUCATION/TRANING

Texas A&M University Bachelor of Science, Floriculture and Horticulture

Institute of Supply Management, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management.

San Jose State University

Working toward CPSM Certification. Passed Exam #3 towards the certification.

Bilingual, proficient in written and spoken English and Spanish

Proficient in the use of MS Word, Outlook and Excel applications.

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