ALAN KANE
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Professional Summary
Highly organized approach to supply chain management. Skilled at communications with all components of the
manufacturing process. Report ability, flexibility and accuracy using ORACLE, SAP, QAD and ASK
MANMAN and MRPII.
Skills
Planning, Buying, Scheduling MRP, ORACLE, SAP, QAD
MRPII
Work History
Journeyman Millwright, 09/2004 to Present Northern California Millwrights Local 102 –
Livermore, CA Machinery Installation, Turbine specialist for power plants. Use of precision tools and
blueprint understanding for professional installations and repairs.
Purchasing Manager, 02/2002 to 02/2003
Caravan Trading Inc. – Union City, CA Managed Procurement, Shipping, Receiving and Inventory Control
departments. Planned materials for production and oversaw personnel for warehousing and office departments.
Buyer/Planner, 02/2001 to 08/2001
West Valley Engineering – Sunnyvale, CA Electronic component Buyer from established vendors and upgraded
supplier base via competitive quotes (RFQ). Planned MRP details to support production demands. Monitors
delivery commitment, scheduled ECO and change orders.
Buyer/Planner, 04/2000 to 01/2001
Coast Personnel Services – Santa Clara, CA Coordinated direct shipment program via Japan. Worked closely
with programmers and UPS to integrate language to ORACLE platform. Piloted returns through beta test
program.
Buyer/Planner, 02/1997 to 04/1999 H
Square – Sunnyvale, CA
Procured engineered machinable items. Oversaw outside processes and insure Quality Control criteria.
Purchased raw exotic polymers for special projects.
Buyer, 02/1993 to 01/1996
Applied Materials – Santa Clara, CA Created floor stock program to be shared on network within corporation.
Field Engineers became able to order their own stock and not affect production demands. Interfaced with other
divisions including Texas home base. Adjust costs as we enjoyed saving based on long term forecasts. Reviewed
DMR reports from other division to restore salvageable components.
Education
Associate of Science: Business Administration, 1979
De Anza College Cupertino, CA