Purchasing/Materials Manager

Cindi Jacobsen

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Tupelo, MS 38801

Cell: 775-***-****

E-Mail: *********@*******.***

PURCHASING MANAGER

Develop and Manage Purchasing Operations

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Accomplished Purchasing professional with successful manufacturing

procurement expertise and an impressive leadership ability within global

companies. Experience in inventory/database qualification, reconciliation

of on hand inventory and quantifying transactional history. Strong

negotiations skills, resulting in a cost savings of over $2M/yearly within

the multi-site organization. Internationally recognized for developing

innovative supply programs, successful methods of reducing on-hand

inventory, practicing viable cost savings tactics, managing obsolescence.

Specializing in materials management of Fortune 500 companies including

consumer products, plastic injection moldings, forgings, electronic

components, electro-mechanical manufacturing, sporting goods manufacturing

as well as food manufacturing.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Visionary Leadership Global Purchasing Initiatives

Departmental Budgeting

SAP Product Implementation Data Reconciliation and Quantifying

Lean Six Sigma-Green Belt

WORK HISTORY

6/2012 - Present Materials Manager-Regal Beloit America

Manage Production Control Team including Purchasing and Planning. Coaching,

developing team. Review MRP/ERP inventory data to reconcile by performing

cycle counts to improve accuracy in online data. Develop cost savings

strategies consistent with corporate business plan, MCO ideas, increase

inventory turns (reduce DIO from 72.0 - 64.0) while reducing on hand

inventory. Lean Six-Sigma - Green Belt project focus. Products

manufactured: gearboxes & transmissions (supporting oil/gas market,

agriculture markets such as Caterpillar, John Deere, AGCO, waste management

vehicles and other large vehicles), irrigation wheel drives, gearbox

assemblies.

2010 - 2011 Purchasing Manager - Louisiana Sugar Refining, LLC

New Start-Up-Cargill JV in Sugar Refining partnered with Louisiana Sugar

Growers

Instrumental in the initial phase of the largest sugar refining company in

the United States, located in Southern Louisiana. Negotiated all start up

contracts. Managed all necessary spare parts requirements for refinery.

Wrote SOP's, Company and Departmental Policies, hiring and training of new

Purchasing and Stores personnel, KPI/metrics tracking, permit requests,

municipal requirements, coordinating OSHA directives. Mentor employees to

build team at new facility.

2001-2012 Global Materials Manager - Pelagic Pressure Systems/Oceanic

Instrumentation design and manufacturing of consumer dive products

Managed procurement of materials and services as well as inventory control.

Directed mid-sized Materials Department staff of 23 supply chain experts in

electronic component parts, metals, plastic injection moldings, packaging,

castings, chemicals, resins, screws, bolts, PCB's, LCD's, labor, etc.-JIT

environment. Negotiated & implemented international capital purchase

agreements and contracts. Successfully planned overseas factory production

in a JIT (Just-in-time) environment. Composed ISO Procedures for new ISO

certification in 2001 and SOP's for Manufacturing Company.

Key Results:

. Increased operating with transition of finished goods assembly to Asia

. Coordinated new product rollouts annually - prototype thru

introduction

. Coaching/Mentoring employees to work together and improve accuracy in

data

1999-2000 Purchasing Manager & Inventory Controls - Leap Frog Toys,

Emeryville, CA

Start-Up Electronic Learning Toy Design and Manufacturing

Managed Purchasing staff of 7-12 domestically. Managed vendor relations to

optimize cost reductions and on-time delivery. Negotiated Outsourcing

Agreements of Contract Manufacturing to local CM for new product

introduction. Sampled innovative electronic components for testing to

identify appropriate components for accepting the unique software codes for

toys.

Key Results:

. Start-up - instrumental in the first new product roll-out for Leap

Frog Toys - Emeryville

. Integrated web based holiday toy sales program resulting in 2.2M sales

increase '99

1995-1998 Senior Buyer/Planner - Berlex Bioscience, Richmond, CA

Bioscience and Pharmaceutical Facility

Supervised staff of 5, prioritized and distributed workload. Acted as

Purchasing Manager during his long-term absence. Successfully met material

requirements for biotech projects and improved MRO process. Negotiated

various capital contracts for IT equipment and Energy Usage. Requested

quotes for capital equipment and facilities capital projects, awarded

winning bid for project.

Key Results:

. Team coordinator of Campus SAP Implementation - Richmond, CA on MMS

module.

. Purchased capital equipment for new "clean room", completed $125K

under budget

1988-1995 Senior Buyer/Planner - C&H Sugar Company, Crockett, CA

Largest Sugar Company on West Coast Manufacturing Cane Sugar

Negotiated contracts for refinery equipment & supplies. Sourced new

ingredients for frost and glaze. Purchased capital equipment per specs.

Purchased all parts and materials for maintenance of factory equipment and

building as well as Automatic Sugar Retrieval System.

Key /Results:

. Promoted from Purchasing Assistant to Buyer, to Senior Buyer within 10

months

. Negotiated significant 5-year energy agreement generating $1.2

million savings

IT EXPERIENCE: Maximo, Tranquility, SAP, Peoplesoft, 4th Shift, BPICS,

Great Plains, Oracle, Agile, ASK MANMAN, Manfact, Platinum, MRP and ERP

Systems, JD Edwards, MS Office/Word/Excel

EDUCATION:

< California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California 1982 - 1985

BFA

< CPIM Certified - APICS Certified - Lean Six Sigma - Green Belt

Certified

References furnished upon request

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