Mechanical Engineer Manager

Darlene Padilla

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San Jose, CA 95123

Home # 408-***-****

Cell# 408-***-****

e-mail: abje11@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Qualifications:

Extensive experience in procurement with high tech commodities.

Procurement of software and hardware for Information Technologies Systems,

Biotech and Semiconductor. Procurement of Research and Development for

Engineering department and Production for Manufacturing, as well as

Facilities and Cleanroom, and Marketing. Excellent communication and

leadership skills, and great problem solving skills as well as strong

negotiation skills. Very knowledgeable of suppliers for high tech

commodities; hardware and software. Work with overseas suppliers and

Logistics. Specialize in High Tech, Biotech, and Startup companies.

Specialized training:

Successful completion of courses in Purchasing Management, Materials

Management, Inventory Control Management, Electronic Identification

courses, and Electronic Trade Shows. Business Management courses. Blue

Prints.

Work History:

Affymetrix, Inc. - Purchasing Department June 2008 - Present

Sr. Buyer

Supplier qualification and monitoring. Supplier Performance Review, Cost

Savings, Negotiate proposals for best cost, RFQ. Work closely with

engineers, accounting, shipping & receiving to ensure deliverables. Attend

weekly production meetings. Meet on a weekly basis with 10 top suppliers.

Meeting with engineering to ensure projects are on schedule.

Special Accomplishments:

- Work successfully with engineers from Design, NPI to Production

- Develop Vendor Relationships

- Purchasing Department from facilities, Services, R&D, Production;

Negotiations / Contracts

- Involved in Cost Savings, negotiations and Blanket Orders to

procure products

- Yearly Audits

- Commodities: Software / Hardware / Production / R&D / Clean Room

/ Work Orders

- Involved in Supplier Audits and Performance

- QSP training

- Purchasing Fabricated parts such as sheet metal and machined parts

for generators

- Work closely with overseas suppliers (China -Subcontractors),

logistics, Fed-x and DHL

Work History:

Barrx Medical Inc. - Purchasing Department January 2007 to June 2008

Sr. Buyer (contract)

Supplier qualification and monitoring. Supplier Performance Review, Cost

Savings, Negotiate proposals for best cost, RFQ, consignment kits, full

turnkey, and KanBan / JIT. Work closely with engineers and marketing to

ensure deliverables. Attend weekly production meetings. Meet on a weekly

basis with 10 top suppliers. Meeting with engineering to ensure projects

are on schedule.

Special Accomplishments:

- Work successfully with engineers from Design, NPI to Production

- Develop Vendor Relationships

- Manage the Purchasing Department from facilities, Services, R&D,

Production; Negotiations / Contracts

- Involved in Cost Savings, negotiations and Blanket Orders to

procure products

- Yearly Audits

- Commodities: Software / Hardware / Production / R&D / Clean Room

/ Work Orders

- Involved in Supplier Audits and Performance

- QSP training

- Purchasing Fabricated parts such as sheet metal and machined parts

for generators

- Work closely with overseas suppliers (China -Subcontractors),

logistics, Fed-x and DHL

Work History:

Tesla Motors - Purchasing Department May 2007 to December 2007

Sr. Buyer / Planner / Program Mgr. (contract)

Supplier qualification and monitoring. Supplier Performance Review, Cost

Savings, Negotiate proposals for best cost, RFQ, consignment kits, full

turnkey, and KanBan / JIT. Work closely with engineers to ensure

deliverables. Attend weekly shortage meetings and production meetings.

Meet on a weekly basis with four top suppliers. Meeting with engineering

to ensure project is on schedule. SAP manufacturing system.

Special Accomplishments:

- Work successfully with engineers from Design, NPI to Production

- Work with overseas supplier

- Manage four different commodities

- Manage the Purchasing Department from facilities, Services, R&D,

Production; Negotiations / Contracts

- Involved in Cost Savings negotiations and Blanket Orders to procure

products

- Daily purchasing of NPI and Production and ECN purchases using

Agile Software

- Purchasing Fabricated parts such as sheet metal and machined parts

for Mobile Charging Kits, Home Charging kits and transmissions.

- Work closely with overseas suppliers (UK - Subcontractors),

logistics, Fed-x and DHL.

Work History:

Novellus, Inc. - Purchasing Department May 2006 to present May 2007

Sr. Buyer / Planner (contract)

Supplier qualification and monitoring. Supplier Performance Review, Cost

Savings, Negotiate proposals for best cost, RFQ, and Work order processes,

which include consignment kits, full turnkey, and KanBan / JIT. Work

closely with engineers to ensure deliverables. Attend weekly shortage

meetings and production meetings. Meet on a weekly basis with four top

suppliers. SAP manufacturing and Agile Documentation systems.

Special Accomplishments:

0. Qualified new suppliers for PCB purchases

1. Components procured for ASIC design; procured from fab houses such as

Altera Corp, Insight, Atmel, along with board design fabrication

suppliers.

2. Manage the Purchasing Department from facilities, Services, R&D,

Production; Negotiations / Contracts

- Attended weekly NPI and production meeting to ensure schedule of

parts for our schedule build

- ECO's, ECN's RWK,

- Worked closely with Hardware, Design, and Component engineers for

clean transformation

3. Involved in Cost Savings negotiations and Blanket Orders to procure

products

Visx / AMO Corporation (Medical) - Purchasing Department June 2002 May

2006

Sr. Buyer / Planner

Supplier qualification and monitoring. Supplier Performance Review, Cost

Savings, Negotiate proposals for best cost, RFQ, and Work order processes,

which include consignment kits, full turnkey, and KanBan / JIT. Work

closely with engineers to ensure deliverables. Attend weekly shortage

meetings and production meetings. Meet on a weekly basis with four top

suppliers. SAP manufacturing system & JDE.

Special Accomplishments:

- Work successfully with engineers from Design, NPI to Production

- Work with overseas supplier

- Manage variety of different commodities

- Involved in Cost Savings negotiations and Blanket Orders to procure

products

- Daily purchasing of NPI and Production and ECN purchases using

Agile Software

- Purchasing Fabricated parts such as sheet metal and machined parts

for Mobile Charging Kits, Home Charging kits and transmissions.

- Work closely with overseas suppliers (China - Subcontractors),

logistics, Fed-x and DHL.

Allegro Networks, Inc. June 1999 to June 2002

Purchasing Manager

Negotiated product cost and high dollar volume commodities. Worked closely

with Suppliers and contract manufacturers to ensure JIT product for the

companies needs. Monitored performance of key suppliers to ensure

delivery, quality and commitment. . Resolved procurement issues. Was

actively involved in new product transfer process by getting the NPI to

production, and working closely with the CM to ensure a successful transfer

of consigned products to full turnkey. Managed the workload for buyers,

create weekly reports. Attended Engineering and QA meeting representing

the purchasing department.

Special Accomplishments:

4. Negotiated Mechanical / Fab purchases using various machine shop

suppliers and purchased Fab/Raw materials. Components procured for

ASIC design; procured from fab houses such as Altera Corp, Insight,

Atmel, along with board design fabrication suppliers.

5. Read Schematics and Blue Prints

6. Successfully worked with Mechanical engineer from Design to NPI to

production

7. Machine Shops, Measuring tools (Calipers, Micrometers, Height Gauges).

Tooling fixtures for CNC vertical and horizontal

- Placed MRO purchases for the entire company (110 employees)

8. Forecasted commodities (high tech) per usage with savings of up to

40%.

9. Qualified suppliers, and monitored supplier performance for JIT

delivery by metrics

Teradyne Corp. - Purchasing Department September 1998 to June 1999

Program Manager

Worked closely with suppliers to procure and ensure availability of

materials and services to support NPI and production. Qualified suppliers

for company's commodities. Worked closely with engineering both R&D and

Production. Procured software, hardware PCB full turnkey purchases.

Worked closely with the design engineers to send to PCB house then transfer

over to CM. Managed 3 individuals. Set up purchasing documentation and

procedures for training the purchasing and the receiving department.

Special Accomplishments:

10. Qualified new suppliers for PCB purchases for fab.

11. Qualified new supplier for hardware and software purchases for San

Jose office

- Attended weekly NPI and production meeting to ensure schedule of

parts for our schedule build

- Worked closely with Hardware, Design, and Component engineers for

clean transformation

12. Negotiated Mechanical / Fab purchases using various machine shop

suppliers and purchased Fab

13. Read Schematics and Blue Prints

SanDisk Corporation - Sunnyvale, CA October 1995 to January 1998

Commodity Manager/ Senior Buyer

Supplier qualification and monitoring. Developed and managed new supplier

relationships. Worked closely with engineering to ensure deliverables.

Involved in daily activities of production meetings, which include

marketing and sales. Forecasted for projects. Worked closely with

contract manufacturer per my commodities.

Special Accomplishments:

14. Managed 3 separate commodities

15. Involved in negotiation with CM and Suppliers per forecast for company

savings

16. Negotiated CM agreements from consigned to full turnkey

17. Negotiated Mechanical / Fab purchases using various machine shop

suppliers

18. Successfully worked with Mechanical engineer from Design, NPI to

production

19. Worked closely with various engineers to ensure product for

procurement for JIT

20. Worked closely with overseas suppliers (Taiwan)

Aptix Corporation - San Jose, CA January 1990 to October 1995

Purchasing Manager

Managed the purchasing department for a start up company. Implemented

policies and procedures. Implemented the MRP system with part numbers, min-

max and lead-time updates. Supported the R&D department (NPI) and

production. Managed the workload for buyers, created weekly reports.

Attended Engineering and QA meeting representing the purchasing department.

Managed 3 people in the purchasing department. Procured PCB, FAB (sheet

metal), Design houses, and MRO, Set up cost effective purchasing and

forecasting for chips to be programmed per customer by our engineers to

produce and ASIC version for our customers.

Special Accomplishments:

21. Purchased and negotiated all the computer equipment and peripherals

for 75 employees

22. Purchased high tech commodities for company build

23. Implemented policies and procedures for purchasing

24. Purchased Fab and Mechanical purchases

25. Process Work orders

Lockheed Missals and Space Co. - Sunnyvale, CA March 1980 to February

1987

Buyer / Planner March February1987 to February1990

Procured parts for Flight and defense equipment, Purchased Fab, and

Mechanical parts along with components

Mechanical and Electrical Inspector

Inspected sheet metal and mechanical parts, along with component

inspection.

Special Accomplishments:

- Procured parts for Flight

- Purchased Fab, and Mechanical parts along with components

- Inspected Sheet metal and components for flight build

- Special classes taken for LMSC inspection

- Special clearance received for company security

Education:

De Anza College - Cupertino - AA degree in Purchasing

University of Phoenix - Bachelor of Science in Business/Management BS/BM

Manufacturing Software / Applications:

Oracle (MRP), QAD (MRP), Askmanman (MRP), MYSIS System (MRP), Expandable

(MRP), I/O Trax (MRP), Macola (MRP), Baan System (MRP), and Promis (MRP),

SAP (MRP).

Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint, Internet, AmiPro, Freelance, Lotus 123, Access,

Agil, JDE, and Arena, Software.

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