Thaddeus Nicholas

** ***** ****

Lowell, MA *****

Phone 978-***-****

t ablo95@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

To work as a purchasing professional and contribute well-defined organizational, planning,

procuring and analytical skills to an environment, which encourages growth and

opportunity.

PROFESSIONAL WORK HISTORY

MOBIUS Imaging LLC, Shirley Ma ( 6 month contract successfully completed)

Senior buyer 4/14 – 10-14

Support engineering, production & MRO requirements in a manufacturing atmosphere

fabricating mobile CAT scan capital equipment

• Find & Set up sources to support production.

• ECO implementation &disposition, change cut in

• Resolve accounting & receiving issues

• Negotiated cost reduction on high dollar castings, Gantry 23%, Gimbal 22%, Rotor

18%, Base 20%, reduction achieved through manufacturing efficiencies, larger lot

size runs and new machine equipment investment from the supplier

• MRB dispositions

Carl Zeiss Microscopy LLC, Peabody Ma (contractor working on government funded

project completed successfully)

R&D Senior Buyer 06/2011 – 12/2013

Support engineering new product release procurement & transition to production

• Source, quote & procure material to support production build alpha/beta builds

• ECR implementation & disposition

• Resolve problems related to purchasing and operations

• Electrical & Mechanical commodities

• Structure BOMS for turnkey outsourcing mechanical/electrical

• Launched Nanofab Ion Beam Microscope Instrument, Capella & Phoenix

Columns as upgrades to existing legacy products

BTU International, Billerica MA (contractor filled in person on medical leave)

R&D Senior Buyer 2/2011 – 6/2011

Support engineering with Alpha, Beta & NPI builds, release to production

• Source, quote & procure material to support production build schedule/MRP

• ECO implementation & disposition

• Resolve problems related to materials

• Electrical & Mechanical commodities

• Experience with China suppliers

NEXX Systems, Billerica Ma (contractor to permanent)

Senior Buyer/Planner, New Product Introduction Buyer 12/2004 – 07/2010

Support engineering with Alpha, Beta & NPI builds, release to production

• Source, quote & procure material to support build schedule/MRP

• ECO implementation & disposition

• Resolve problems related to materials

• Electrical, Mechanical & Plastic commodities

• Launched Electro deposition System & many new options semi-conductor

Electro Plating Machines

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Kidde-Fenwal, Ashland Ma (contractor filled in person on medical leave)

New Product Procurement Specialist 4/2004 – 8/2004

Support engineering new product launch with quotes, purchasing & technical assistance.

• Source, quote and procure material to support engineering pilot runs

• ECO documentation through product release to MRP for production

• Electrical & Mechanical commodities

• Launched new fire suppression system for commercial bus’s

Ametek Corporation, Wilmington MA (contractor transitioned production to NY facility)

Senior Mechanical Buyer 11/2003 – 2/2004

• Support production & engineering MRP requirements

• Purchase, quote, expedite as required

• Global outsource transition team looking to reduce material cost

L-3 Communications, Woburn MA

Senior Buyer/Planner, New Product Introduction Buyer 9/2001 - 7/2003

Support production, new product launches & engineering material requirements.

Purchase, Expedite, ECO cut-in & material disposition, resolve accounting & receiving

issues, Quoting process, RMA process & QA requests for supplier evaluation.

• Electrical & Mechanical buyer, turnkey PC boards & mechanical assembly

• Launched two new products, ARGUS & MVT X-ray detection machines

• Ability to multi-task complex projects

• Excellent partnering & building strong relationship skills with suppliers

• Forecasted four commodities

• Experience with offshore suppliers

MKS Instruments, Inc. Andover, MA

Senior Buyer/Planner 1/ 2000 – 9/2001

Support production and engineering material requirements, Outsource for cost

reduction, manage, maintain & grow supplier partnerships, quote & place P/O’s with suppliers &

contract manufacturers, maintain documentation packages & E/O cut in to current revision levels,

manage all invoicing and receiving issues,

• Electrical & Mechanical buyer

• Negotiate pricing & cost reductions, place long term KANBAN p/o’s with

qualified suppliers

• Manage E/O cut-in and cost impact to existing orders, wip & inventory

internally and external finished goods inventory at contract manufacturers.

EATON CORPORATION, Semiconductor Equipment Operations, Beverly, MA

LOGISTICS AFTERMARKET SENIOR PLANNER 8/97-1/2000

Support Eaton’s worldwide install base by forecasting, planning and scheduling the roll out

of kits necessary to support sales orders and implement ECO changes, Safety, Retrofit &

Upgrade kits.

• ECO review board member taking corrective actions where necessary regarding

retrofit and upgrade kit release to the install base. E&O disposition as well as

coordinate procurement with any new release

• Safety team member representing Aftermarket/materials, develop a build plan,

coordinate material procurement and schedule ship dates for all safety related issues

regarding machines in the field

• Y2K Proto-type & New kit rollout team member representing the materials group,

develop a material build plan, coordinate the proto-type & pilot runs, schedule the

Alpha & Beta test sites and plan the general release of Y2K software solutions.

• Received a $200 Platinum Award for recognition for outstanding service.

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MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION PLANNER (contractor) 1/97-8/97

Support the production and build plan schedules in a Cell manufacturing

Environment

AFTERMARKET PRODUCTION PLANNER (contractor) 11/95-6/96

Support aftermarket sales orders with safety, upgrade and retrofit kits that maintain or

upgrade Ion Implantation Equipment used in the fabrication semiconductors.

• Consolidate and streamline existing processes enabling better overall performance

• Outsourced electrical & mechanical assemblies for cost savings

• Received recognition as part of a team that led to 98% on time delivery

HEWLETT PACKARD CORPORATION, Exeter, New Hampshire

SENIOR PRODUCTION PLANNER (contractor facility closed) 6/96-1/97

Support worldwide H/P sales orders with clinical information systems and Medical

Equipment used in the health and medical professions.

• Load sales order & drive MRP to support backlog orders

• Expedite material, capacity plan and correct BOM problems, Implement ECO’s

• Maintain class codes, lead times, and planner codes

RAYTHEON COMPANY, Lowell & Andover, MA 1978 -1995

Material/Project Coordinator, Capital Test Equipment

Built Proto-Type & production test equipment to military contract requirements. Work with

engineering, coordinate, plan & purchased material to support build schedule.

EDUCATION

Franklin Pierce College, BS Marketing

Northern Essex Community College, AS Business / Material Management

Worcester Polytechnic Institute-Certificate in Management Development

A.P.I.C.S. Certifiable Courses were part of the Associate Degree program included:

Master Planning, Materials Requirement Planning, Principals of Management,

Production Activity Control, Just In Time Inventory & Capacity Planning

COMPUTER/SOFTWARE SKILLS

Ask ManMan, AS400, Demand Solutions, Xerox Chess, Omni, and Reflection,

Made2Manage, Vantage/Epicor, SAP, Arena Solutions, Intuit Quick base

Professional Associations

Purchasing Management Association Boston

United States Golf Association

Deutsche Bank Championship Golf Tournament TPC Boston

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