Supply Chain Quality Assurance

Toni D. Huggins

Fremont, CA

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QUALIFICATION SUMMARY:

. Experienced buyer/planner in the procurement of materials to support

research/design, production, marketing, field service, components

(active/passive), sub-contractor assemblies, and hardware/software.

. Super-User for SAP Materials/Purchasing modules. Team member for SAP

database integration for company acquisitions. Wrote test scripts for

internal software systems upgrades for the material modules.

. Achieved significant Supply Line Management experience in a variety of

commodities material forecasting and order/agreement execution in key

areas of NPL, NPI, MRP/ERP I/II, MRO, JIT, RFP, RFQ, ECO, E&O, MRB.

Ensured supplier compliance to ISO 9001, FDA, GMP standards, price

negotiation, E-sourcing, outsourcing, inventory control, logistics,

packaging, shipping/receiving, and commercial carrier performance.

. Proven successful project management and multi-tasking skills. Self-

starter, team player, and able to work independently. Excellent

written and oral communication skills.

. Worked with design engineers, product managers, and quality assurance

managers, to deliver the featured-product design to ensure the

completeness accuracy of technical engineering data in accordance to

bill of materials (BOM). Applied numerous business software

applications including SAP R3, Oracle 12i, Syspro, Ask Manman,

Reportmart 3, MS Project Mgmt, MS Windows, MS Office, Excel, Power

Point, Agile, Sherpa, Lotus Notes, FileMaker Pro, Access and

PeachTree.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Stanford Hospital & Clinics and School of Medicine

Stanford, CA

Supervisor Planner\Scheduler

2011 -- 2012

( Planning and scheduling coordinating and communicating

between School of Medicine

and the SOM Engineering & Maintenance Shop. Planned/Scheduled

work based on

demand, workload, skill sets, and available parts.

( Includes pricing jobs from estimating through project

reconciliation.

( Communicate and coordinate with requester (customer) as

appropriate. Route requests to

the appropriate individual and/or shop(s) based on availability,

workload and skill.

( Coordinate with Inventory and vendors, as appropriate, to assure

planned jobs are

supplied. Follow up on activities to monitor, document and

analyze results.

( Supervise assistant to coordinate daily activities.

( Prepare reports identifying work in the cue and work that is

backlogged. Recommended

data gathering activities and report formats; determines

reporting, analysis needs.

( Planned/Scheduled monthly Preventative Maintenance assignments.

Providing reports to

the Chief Engineer and Director of Facilities for the School of

Medicine to Chief to assist

in managing staffing capacity and workload to ensure resources

are used effective an

efficiently.

( Support emergency response as need.

Newport Corporation

Santa Clara, CA

Purchasing Specialist (Contractor)

2010 -- 2010

( Plans and procures electronic production components,

equipment, tooling, services

and operating supplies. Manage contract manufacturers and

subcontractors act as a

liaison for new product design obtaining quotes and costing of

bill of materials (BOM)

from a global supply chain of (OEM) manufacturers and

distributors.

Use production schedules and sales forecast information to

supplement ERP output for requirements planning, control of

commodities, analyze material consumption history to plan

requirements and issue purchase orders based on ERP reports.

Contact suppliers for pricing, negotiation, purchase order

placement, quality issues and

rescheduling of existing orders. Search and identify vendor sources,

seek competitive bids, and recommend alternate sources. Identify the

best possible product pricing, negotiations, terms and conditions.

Follows up on open order report weekly. Contacts suppliers

regarding quality issues, serving as liaison between suppliers and

Quality Department.

CSD Epitaxy, Inc Fremont, CA

Buyer IV

2008 - 2009

. Procure and manage Purchasing Department control supply line for

system production builds and the worldwide spares/warranty program.

. Maintain and establish partnerships with prime vendors.

. Work closely with engineering staff to develop and maintain material

master for materials planning process.

. Review planning tool modules and maximize on-time system shipments and

control excess inventory.

. Supervise and assess skill levels of current buyers mentor and train.

Carl Zeiss Meditec - (integrated medical technology company)

Dublin, CA

Senior Buyer Planner (contractor) 2007 -

2008

. Obtained materials, components and equipment as required by the

production schedules. Determine material requirements from engineering

and production analyze material requirements planning (MRP) and

maintain inventory at strategic planned levels.

. Plan, schedule and monitors the movement of materials through the

development, prototype and production cycle.

. Evaluate supplier's qualification reliability.

. Develop new supply sources where suppliers are inadequate.

. Monitor cost ensure timely delivery of releases, schedule and assign

subcontracts to assure best quality at best value.

. Work within documented procurement/planning system that complies with

GMP, FDA, and ISO guidelines.

Novariant, Inc Menlo Park,

CA

Purchasing Agent 2005 -

2007

. Manage all aspects of Purchasing Dept main support to research and

design engineers involved with the development and implementation of

(NPI) new products and sustaining product lines. Identify maintain

status and effectively communicate issues relating to the materials

and services regarding BOMs, drawings and complex specification of

product Research and Design.

. Manage international Contract Manufacturers (CM) from new builds to

production and inventory. Novariant original equipment manufacturer

(OEM) Satellite Global

. Positioning Systems for Agricultural/Mining equipment and software

products.

. Supported Field Services, Marketing/Sales, IT and facilities

worldwide.

Independent contractor (Senior Buyer/Planner)

Various companies 2003 -

2005

Credence Systems Corporation Milpitas, CA

Buyer/Planner III 1999 -

2003

. Provided support to research and design engineers involved with the

development and implementation of (NPI) new products.

. Identified, maintained status and effectively communicate issues

relating to the

. BOMs, drawings and specifications in the Research/Design Memory

Products Division.

. Managed key suppliers to ensure availability of materials and

production capacity.

. Secured highly allocated materials to support upside to schedule

demand/changes.

. Managed Service Agreements with contract manufacturers and worldwide

suppliers.

. Managed contract manufacturer (CM) production of PCA/PCB board

assemblies, procured ASIC, FPGA, SRAM, and other active and passive

components.

. Managed forecasted and allocated inventory levels.

. Supported Laboratories, Corporate Facilities, Construction project

suppliers materials, maintenance contracts and service agreements.

. Instrumental in providing leadership and training junior level buyers.

. As a SAP Super-User, instructed SAP MRP training classes for

Purchasing, provided training for new hires.

PE Biosystems Foster City,

CA

Senior Buyer/Planner (Contractor) 1998 -

1999

. Purchased raw materials machined parts, subcontracted parts, motors,

subassemblies and turnkey services, document control/tech publishing,

and printed material.

. Maintained a flow of material handling MRP I/II, MRB, RTV, DCR, ECO

forecasting and planning for the Instrument Operations Manufacturing

Division, located within an OEM environment.

3COM Corporation Santa Clara, CA

Senior Buyer/Planner (Contractor) 1996 -

1998

. Supported Engineering and Telecommunications purchased hardware and

software and capital equipment/services.

. Managed company wide rental program establishing a primary supplier of

analytical equipment/services to meet internal/external demand.

. Supported Facilities and Construction projects materials, maintenance

contracts and service agreements.

. Accountable for total cost of ownership, lead-time reduction,

and inventory levels. Accountable

for resolution on A/P issues, MRB and DMRs.

Consol Energy, (Subsidiary of Du Pont) Pittsburgh,

PA

Buyer/Coordinator 1984 - 1994

. Managed, planned, sourced, priced, and serviced contracts for 500 in-

house employees and five regional offices. Assured consistency and

economical flow of purchased materials as specified within the service

contracts.

. Designed, improved, and implemented a purchase requisition process,

which incorporated a direct charge-back system to the end user.

. Supervised, trained, and monitored the performance of newly hired

college interns and temporary office personnel in the execution of

their respective task assignments.

. Analyzed the operating and overhead expenses achieving specific break

even corporate vanpool program.

EDUCATION

Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA

BS Business Administration Degree-Management

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION-- ISM/CPM-APICS credits

. Semiconductor and Electronics Nut and Bots/Nahabit Associates

. Global Supply Chain Management-International Purchasing/Nahabit

Associates

. Fundamentals of IC Technology /Nahabit Associates

. Semiconductor Manufacturing Economics/Nahabit Associates

. Contracts: Reading, Writing & Negotiating/Nahabit Associates

. Legal Aspects of Purchasing/Nahabit Associates

. Materials Requirement & Capacity Planning /APICS

. Procurement Internal/External Seminars and Classes

. Training on Oracle 11i and Oracle 9i DBA/Developer

References -- Available upon request

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