Supply Chain Management

Ana De La Cruz

***** **** ******

Phone 915-***-****

abit3r@r.postjobfree.com

El Paso Tx 79936

SUMMARY

Fifteen years experience in manufacturing and supply chain management

environment. Sourced and developed local and global suppliers as part of

global commodity strategy. Worked in a multi-national, multi-cultural

corporation and attained all objectives related to the Initial - Lead Buyer

position, as an individual and team player.

One year experience as Merchandiser for Retail Stores.

EXPERIENCE

Merchandiser (Part Time)

American Greetings

Tel 1-800-***-****

El Paso Tx

June 09- Present

* Responsible for maintaining displays in order,

full of greeting cards and

Party products for four retail stores in El

Paso Tx.

* Place orders to get replenishment of stock.

* Receive shipments of inventory .

* Discard obsolete or damaged inventory

* Check schedules and updates from the Company

via Internet.

Purchasing leader

Flextronics Corp.

Parque Ind, Lote Bravo

Tel 52-656-***-****

Cd. Juarez, Chih.

May 07-May 08

. Purchasing Leader for the Lego Project / Monthly Sales of 6M

USD

. Responsible for 6 buyers

. Responsible for PPV (Purchase price variance)

. Coordinate MRP Process within buyers

. EDI Process

. Baan V -Sap-Combi MRP Inventory systems

. Responsible for daily meetings with Customer from the

purchasing site.

. Coordinate and expedite Shortages, responsible of the daily

shortage report.

Project Buyer

Valeo Wiper Systems

Parque Ind Intermex

Tel :52-656-*******

Cd Juarez, Chih

March 06- April 07

. Participate in supplier selection for integration into

projects;

. Represent the Purchase function within project teams;

. Coordinate all Purchasing actions & activities related to P1

projects;

. Leader into the design of cost process.

. Coordinate Supplier timings against Project timings

. Negotiate Productivities for new products

. Negotiate Timing in tools and PPAP of parts.

. Supervise availability of the material project for prototype

builds

. Coordinate with Logistics the introduction of new Projects to

Production

Initial Buyer for Electromechanical Components and PPL (Purchasing Project

leader) for DLP TV Sets.

Philips Consumer Electronics - TV Assembly Plant,

Parque Industrial Omega

Tel 52-656-***-**-**

Cd. Juarez

January 2001 - March 2006

. Active management of current vendors, and team member of global

commodity team for introduction of new vendors and

products.(Local,overseas,domestic)

. Provide support to procurement, including addressing supplier

issues, and excess & obsolete inventory.

. Annual spending for these commodities of $25M USD.

. Achieved management-directed cost savings targets (3-5%) for last 3

years through price negotiation, alternate vendor selection and

design issues working closely with Suppliers and Engineers.

. Report to local management and global corporate management.

. Extensive utilization of SAP Version 4.6.

. Final product mix of 250 plus television models, or over 1,000 part

numbers.

. Responsible for quarterly forecast process for these commodities .

. Responsible for Product Strategies for the EM commodity .

. Key performance indicators met every month (Blocked invoices, Open

reqs, Ecos.,)

. Part of the Money makers team (Quality Team) focus on Additional

savings of 10M.

. PPL for DLP .

. Initial Buyer of the Semiconductors, Active and Passive Commodity

previous to the EM Area .

Senior Material Specialist

Critikon, LLC - Cd. Juarez July 12, 1999 - Dec.

2000

Sourcing of raw materials, planning, procurement, and management of

shortages.

Warehouse responsibilities for shipments of products (raw/finished) to

customer.

Implemented Oracle and defined new business processes for logistic

operations.

Special Projects Coordinator and Planner Scheduler

Siemens Potter & Brumfield - Cd. Juarez April 1998 - July

1999

Implemented MRP /inventory control system & member of global

implementation team.

Trained ten planners on new system and how to run MRP reports.

Coordinated new projects between Germany and US.

Scheduled/planned for three production lines, and procured all materials

for such.

Buyer

Zenith Electronics - Cd. Juarez April 1996 - April 1998

Commodities managed included glass, metal, and paint.

Responsible for ongoing inventory reduction and supplier delivery

schedules.

Assisted in implementation of MFGPRO for purchasing department.

Key member of cost reduction team for new TV models.

Senior Planner Buyer

Robert Bosch Corporation - Cd. Juarez July 1993 - April 1996

Ran EDI for monthly and yearly production volumes.

Responsible for new parts and trial runs of new models.

Managed shortages and obsolete/excess inventory.

EDUCATION

College : Instituto Technologico De Chihuahua BA Marketing 1983 - 1987

High School : Windsor High School, Windsor, VT USA 1982 -

1983

Communication skills (verbal and writing) in both Spanish and English

Office ( excel, word, power point).

Career Development Courses

Inventory Accuracy - Border Business 2000

Supply Chain Management, APICS 2000

Master Planning of Resources, APICS 2000

Detailed Scheduling & Planning, APICS 2000

Strategic Management of Resources, APICS 2000

Fundamentals of Cost Analysis, 2001

SAP 4.6 / LSDB Philips

Foundation of Purchasing, Philips, 2002

Microsoft Access, 2002

Leadership /Philips 2004

Negotiation Skills May 2005. (By Border business consultant in El

Paso)

7 Steps of Negotiation ( VWS August 2006)

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