Manager Supply Chain

Purchasing/Commodity Manager with experience in vendor relations,

procurement strategies and inventory control of electronics and mechanical

components in manufacturing and design environments.

SIEMENS BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES, Fire Safety Division, Florham Park, NJ

2004-2009

Senior Purchasing Agent (8/05 to 8/09)

. Senior Purchasing Agent for direct commodities responsible for the

purchase of both hardware and electronic components utilizing SAP

business software system. Key member in the Supply Chain Organization

working with suppliers to obtain parts, supplies and equipment per

design specifications at the best price.

. Met corporate target for supplier delivery and reduced invoice

problems for responsible suppliers to below department goals.

Maintained inventory and service level goals. Insured on-time delivery

of components for 50+ suppliers to support the planning organization

to meet production schedules and delivery performance goals.

. Expedited deliveries, coordinate contractual scheduling, and resolve

quality purchasing issues for non-conforming material issues. Improved

deliveries and inventory control by identifying suppliers that meet

material management's criteria as candidates for MRP sharing program.

. Partnered with commodity managers and component engineers seeking

device solutions for shortages causing production line interruptions.

Negotiate with suppliers and coordinate with business partners in

order to prepare and manage several 'blanket order' contracts on

various commodities.

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. Made ready 200 Assembly and Circuit Pack Bills of Material Information

necessary for loading into Procurement RFQ quoting tool. Gathered all

necessary mechanical component manufacturer/manufacturer part numbers

for ~1000 components necessary for transition to both EMS and

corporate facility in China as member of 'Fit for Future'

Manufacturing transition team responsible for Phased Strategic

Procurement transfer to EMS (Electronic Manufacturing Suppliers).

Component Advance Purchasing Engineer (8/04 to 8/05)

. Member of team of component engineers doing research and verification

of electronic components in order to populate database with

manufacturer information, descriptions and downloading of datasheets.

Researched alternate sources and identified preferred sources to

recommend to the engineering teams.

. Assisted in the management of information between local and

international purchasing teams as part of savings activities. Acted as

the primary contact for purchasing group for access to engineering

information contained in corporate Agile database tool.

. Researched alternates for obsolete devices to help keep production

lines running and investigated lead-free components necessary for the

RoHS compliance directive. Coordinated Component Problem Notices from

purchasing and generated several engineering change notices to correct

component data problems and errors on existing drawings.

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES Network Wireless Division, Whippany, NJ

1996-2001

Supply Chain Networks Component Strategist and Commodity Team Manager (9/96

to 8/01)

. Technology representative for the Wireless Business Unit performing

new supplier assessments and evaluation of new components and

technologies used on products. Wireless representative in global team

responsible for introduction of Lucent Technologies component and

concurrent engineering processes to newly acquired Phillips

Communications Company. Member of initial team responsible for

development of the GSM Product Realization Center in England and

Germany.

. Performed risk analysis for new circuit packs (Wireless 3G UMTS, CDMA,

TDMA projects) providing feedback to design and manufacturing

organizations. Introduced and managed (as New Product Introduction

Manager) new products on circuit packs including pre-production

procurement, support of factory product and material teams product

target costing and cost management.

. Participated in pricing negotiations with Lucent Global Purchasing

Organization for Semiconductors and Passive devices and managed early

forecasting information to prepare factory demands on suppliers.

Established early supplier involvement to assess cost, quality and

service for pre-production and volume manufacturing. Co-developed

preferred supplier strategies, technologies, and pricing targets.

Drove global objectives by developing and implementing preferred

technologies and suppliers into local engineering processes.

AT&T Bell Laboratories, Whippany, NJ

1981-1996

Network Wireless Component Engineering and Reliability (2/92 to 8/96)

. Component Strategist and member of factory IC Material Teams acting as

primary consultant for Wireless Component Engineering group on all

semiconductor devices used on projects. Delivered forecasting

information to Supply Line managers for capacity planning. Conducted

initial component risk assessments and qualification of electronic

components. Process and Quality Improvement Team Member responsible

for improved Component Management process and component library.

. Developed recommended solutions leveraging preferred technologies thus

achieving overall cost reduction. Initiated several outside supplier

development programs addressing quality and capacity issues with new

suppliers. Team member responsible for introduction of newer preferred

package types for semiconductors and RF devices needed for high-

density circuit packs.

Network Wireless Systems Hardware Design and Support Series II Design (2/89

to 1/92)

. Technical support for all circuit pack designs during early design

stages of Network Wireless Series II system. Responsible for memory

upgrade used on Core Processor. Member of design team responsible for

Alarm/FITS and Communications Processor Board. Supervised selection of

components and coordinated ordering for all model development of

Wireless Business Unit.

Craft Access System Hardware Design Group (6/81 to 1/89)

. Design of analog circuitry and portion of digital circuit - Lead

electrical designer including design and factory test specifications

and field testing of AT&T Craft Access Terminal design.

EDUCATION

. Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ, 110 credits toward BS,

Electrical Engineering

. College of Staten Island (CUNY), AAS, Electrical Technology

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