Manager Management

Michelle Lyn Powell

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Milliken, CO 80543

Home: 970-***-****

Cell: 970-***-****

Email: abh8yo@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Proto to High Volume Purchase Order Placement.

• Cost Reductions and Contract Negotiation.

• Global Supplier and Customer Relations.

• Personal Commitment to Excellence.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

InPhase Technology, Longmont, CO 80501

03/24/08 - 05/30/08

Mechanical/MRO Buyer

• Responsible for buying/planning mechanical parts and all MRO requests.

• Managed Engineering changes.

• Attended Daily Production meetings.

• Expedite, cancel, reschedule purchase orders daily.

• Inventory analysis/ cycle counting.

DAKO, Ft. Collins, CO 80525

02/2007 - 07/2007

Senior Buyer Planner

• Procured spare assemblies and parts for cancer research machines.

• Rescheduled and or cancelled purchase orders to match up with changing

forecasts.

• Provided work direction to the stockroom for kit pull priorities.

• Participated in production planning meetings.

Cornice Inc./Trinet, Longmont, CO 80503

10/2005 - 12/2006

Senior Buyer Planner

• Responsible for procuring all electronic components and printed circuit

boards for in house pre production as well as volume production in China.

• Rescheduled purchase orders to support a weekly changing forecast.

• Sourced in new suppliers resulting in cost savings.

• Provided work direction/priorities to the stockroom on a daily basis.

• Reduced the amount of errors on kit pulls by creating an audit process.

• Improved the relationship between Engineering and Materials by listening

and responding to their needs in a timely manner.

• Located hard to find parts thru brokers for the engineering department in a

timely manner.

Celestica Corporation, Ft. Collins, CO 80538

2/2005 - 9/2005

Senior Buyer Planner

• Responsible for the procurement of electronic components such as SRAM,

DRAM, Flash, EEPROMS, Inductors, Transformers, Filters, Power Supplies,

Capacitors, Resistors and Connectors.

• Managed seventy nine suppliers.

• Update daily part shortages via managing multiple part shortage

spreadsheets.

• Daily interaction with the planning group regarding kit status and

shortages.

• Worked with Commodity Management in regards to pricing issues and

invoice discrepancies.

• Reschedule purchase orders by either expediting orders or pushing out

delivery dates due to daily changes in forecasts.

Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CO 80501

2001 - 2004

Senior Customer Planner

• Developed and executed product replenishment requirements on a weekly

basis for customers such as Dell, Apple, HP, NetApp, Xyratex, and FSC.

• Established and communicated daily production requirements to offshore

manufacturing facility.

• Achieved and maintained low shipping costs by utilizing P3, P4 and

deferred shipping services to Maxtor’s hubs and distribution centers world wide.

• Managed inventory to 10 days of supply at all Maxtor hubs both

domestically and internationally.

• Developed weekly status report and recommendations for Executive

Management detailing days of supply, turns, and schedules based on fluctuating

demands from all customers.

Hi-Tech Manufacturing, Thornton CO, 80241

2000-2001

Senior Buyer/Planner

• Planned requirements, procured electronic components, and managed

inventory levels to achieve corporate turn requirements.

• Assisted Commodity Manager in quoting new Bill of Materials and

strengthened customer relationships by achieving cost savings on new builds.

• Actively involved with price negotiations with local and international

suppliers.

Inovonics Corporation, Boulder, CO 80301 1997-

2000

Senior Buyer/Planner

• Directly responsible for the planning, procurement, quality and inventory

management of electronic components.

• Negotiated contracts resulting in savings in excess of $500,000.00.

• Reduced supplier base such that 60% of the total dollars were purchased

from three distributors resulting in lower costs and improved service levels.

EDUCATION

• Dale Carnegie Seminar on Public Speaking

• Regis University - Course work toward B.A.

• Denver University - Course work toward B.A.

• Colorado State University - Course work toward B.A.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• National Association of Purchasing Management

SOFTWARE

• Experienced with MRP/ERP systems including SAP, Oracle, IFS, Agile,

MAX, and FORTH SHIFT.

• Knowledge of Microsoft WORD and EXCEL, Lotus Notes

• Forklift Experience

• Typing 50 wpm.

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