HARVEY I. BARKIN
MOBILE: 408-***-**** EMAIL: *********@*********.***
SR. BUYER
RELEVANT SKILLS:
. 10+ years procuring electro-mechanical parts, PCBA, capital
equipment, MRO, ESD, SDK, custom crating, L&L (Lease & Leaks),
service contracts, Capital Equipment, NPI and other commodities
. Built relationships with mainstream and global suppliers, kitting
houses, brokers, industry insiders, third part technology, SMEs
and other links in supply chain
. Responded with real time solutions to global teams and kept
commitment of 48 hour turn after costed BOM.
. Negotiated more than 10% discount in price breaks, especially for
low volume, high set-up charge for machine parts.
. Set up bonded parts in high mix low volume electrical inventory to
ensure orders in broken reel or quantities less than 1K.
. Kept quarterly costs down to within 2% overage of corporate goal.
. Turned around shortage requirements, expedites, RMAs, RFQs in 1
day.
. Escalated to supplier management credit claims, express delivery
responsibility and PO vs. invoice discrepancies in 1 or same day
resolution.
. Reduced incidence of down rev orders by 99%.
. Sourced obsolete, end-of-life, allocated, hard-to-find and cross
parts with 100% success.
. Pushed out and pulled in smoothly with over 1,000 suppliers.
. Got response to component failure report request in the time it
takes manufacturer.
OPERATING SYSTEM / SOFTWARE / MRP PROFICIENCY:
. MS Windows, MAC OS X, Linux
. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, CorelDraw, Adobe Acrobat, Visio,
Web 2.0 tools
. SAP, Agile, Oracle, ProCIM, Accountmate, PointMan, Expandable MRP,
MAS90 and Solomon
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:
Google, Mountain View, CA (2011 - 2011)
Contractor: Advantage Technical Resourcing
Operations Specialist
. Research, map and edit category facets for ontology in digital
commerce department/Pay/Sales
. Set website context parameters and evaluate set of merchandise feeds
for branding, population and code review
Mia Sole, Santa Clara, CA (2010 - 2010)
Contractor: The Judge Group
Technical Writer
. Write, edit, format and test for usability operation and maintenance
procedures of processes in manufacturing and quality systems for thin
solar film company
. Interview SMEs and photograph step-by-step visuals to incorporate into
final procedures
. Publish weekly Quality metrics report on material yield and process
efficiency
Stanford Equipment, Sunnyvale, CA (2007 - 2008)
Buyer/Telecom & Consumer Electronics
. Comply with EAR regulations for B2B US Exporter of consumer
electronics and medical devices to Moscow, Ukraine
Harbor Electronics, Santa Clara, CA (2005 - 2006)
Assembly Buyer
. Initiate RoHs procedures for Malaysian project of Intel CM with 48-
hour turn commitment for 52-layer PCBAs/motherboards
. Lead cross-functional team in failure analysis and expedited
discrepancies, RMAs and credits from kitting house and suppliers
TM Microscopes Corporation (Veeco Corporation), Sunnyvale, CA (2000 - 2003)
Senior Buyer/Planner
. Comply with FDA equivalent ISO 13485 for glove box, atomic force
microscopes and probes
. Manage re-testing/calibration of capital equipment
Cybor Corporation, San Jose (IDI), CA (1999 - 2000)
Buyer/Technical Writer
. Edit and format user manual revs for precision photochemical dispense
and management technology company for semiconductor fabrication
. Source, plan, negotiate, expedite parts and supplies
Acer America Corporation, San Jose, CA (1998 - 1999)
Executive Assistant to General Counsel
. Support head attorney and venture capital manager at US office of
Taiwan's #1 PC and accessories company with due diligence for legal
briefs and customer support
Surface Mount Taping Corporation, Milpitas, CA (1997 - 1998)
Purchasing Agent
. Office manager for clean room repairs and audits for IC custom-
packaging company
. Source ESD personnel supplies and monitored custom crating
Research Libraries Group, Inc., Mountain View, CA (1995 - 1996)
Administrative Specialist
. Support bibliography group in database archiving management company
Destiny Technology Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (1990 - 1995)
Engineering Buyer/Technical Writer
. Search US, Euro, Japanese patents, protocols and standards from ACM,
EIA, IEEE, IBM and other technical societies for digital imaging
company
. Manage SDK and licenses library
Dynavision, Inc., San Jose, CA (1988 - 1990)
Touch-up & Rework and Buyer/Expediter
. Implement touch-up and rework as required by Change Orders
. Generate product deviations, identify non-conforming products and
follow up verification
TRAINING:
. Hands-on and Concepts, Solar/photovoltaic systems, Building Performance
Analysis (BPI), Center for Training & Careers Inc., 2010
. Certified Rater, California Home Energy Efficiency Rating Services
(CHEERS), 2010
. Certified by Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), 2010
. Solar Energy Technologies, Silicon Valley Technical Institute, 2009
. Lean Green - Six Sigma Workshop by Black Belts and Master Black Belts,
2009
. Legal Aspects of Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, ISM, NAPM,
2006
. Fundamentals of Purchasing, ISM, NAPM, 2006
. Supply Chain Management, ISM, NAPM,, 2005
. Cert. of Merit, Bargaining with Vendors and Suppliers, Padgett-
Thompson, San Jose, CA, 2002
. ISO9001/ISO 9002 Internal Audit Overview, San Jose CA
EDUCATION:
Certificate of Achievement, Technical Writing De Anza College, Cupertino,
CA
B.A., major in Journalism, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines