Supply Chain Accounts Payable

SHANE FARRAR

**** * *** * ***** D R . C EDAR P ARK, TX 78613

P HONE : 512-***-**** E MAIL : SF ARRAR 1@ AUSTIN . RR . COM

S U M M AR Y

Supply Chain Analyst with solid background in World Wide Procurement for a Fortune 50

organization. A team player with extensive experience in demanding work environments and a

proven ability to prioritize business needs, then implement creative solutions, reducing costs and

ensuring continuity of supply. Strengths include:

Supply Chain Analysis Supply Chain Management

Customer Focus Drive for Results

Supplier/Distributor Management Contract Development/Analysis

Attention to Detail Pricing Negotiation

Dealing with Ambiguity Business Process Improvement

Integrity and Trust Organization

P R O F E S S I O N AL E X P E R I E N C E

DELL INC., ROUND ROCK, TX 1998-2008

Supply Chain Sr. Analyst

Supported Global Commodity Managers in supply planning, execution and analysis for software and

peripheral 3rd party commodities and distribution vendors, expediting supply chain from supplier

and/or distributor direct to end customer.

Administered software and peripherals distributor markup internet negotiation process quarterly

with competing distribution partners resulting in $1 million annualized hard savings.

Managed daily distributor cost negotiations on large opportunity deals, maintained purchase

orders, relationship with distributors and suppliers and reported weekly total cost savings to

management.

Completed new supplier on-boarding process for all global software & peripheral suppliers.

Managed supplier contract redlines signatures, negotiations and executing contracts to Legal,

reducing cycle time to complete contracts and ensuring 100% contract compliance.

Revised global Quarterly Business Review scorecard, resulting in more accountability of

suppliers/distributors.

Trained India team members in start up of large opportunity pricing negotiations with

distributors.

Created new processes and training manual for resolution of supplier invoice discrepancies,

which expedited supplier payments with no interruptions in the supply chain.

Eliminated time consuming research on Dell induced discrepant supplier invoices by negotiating

with Accounts Payable, Inventory Control and Receiving departments to agree to pay discrepant

invoices less than $100.

Planner/Buyer Analyst

Performed planning and buying for speaker, mouse pad and cable commodities for North America

factories ensuring continuity of supply and preventing factory line shut downs.

Negotiated $1 million annual cost savings on mouse pad commodity.

Maintained daily communication with suppliers and Dell schedulers, avoiding shortages or

factory downtime.

Implemented new supplier reporting showing updates, concerns and detailed tracking of oversea

shipments.

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SHANE FARRAR

Procurement Sr. Specialist

Supported six External Options Planner/Buyers in North America Procurement

Recognized for expediting discrepant material to suppliers for credit and rework material back to

factory, ensuring continuity of supply.

Negotiated resolution of discrepant invoices with Dell Accounts Payable and suppliers.

Analyzed inventory levels, identified inaccuracies, then led corrective measures with Buyers and

Inventory Control and Receiving departments.

AUSTIN DATA SYSTEMS, AUSTIN, TX 1997-1998

Purchaser

Performed all aspects of procurement, shipping, receiving, inventory control, logistics and return

merchandise authorizations for entire company.

Negotiated price and purchased hardware and software for internal use and reselling to

networking customers.

COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, AUSTIN, TX 1994-1997

Traffic Coordinator

Carried out all facets of shipping, receiving, logistics, inventory control, material handling, managing

orders, developing procedures, cross-training, scheduling, customer concerns and freight carrier

relations.

Increased productivity and safety after redesigning layout of shipping/inventory departments.

Led shipping efforts to close Austin manufacturing site, transferring raw material, equipment

and finished goods to new manufacturing site in Guadalajara, Mexico.

UNITED STATES NAVY, SAN DIEGO, CA 1990-1994

HT Petty Officer 3rd Class

Shipfitter, Welder, Fireman on U.S.S. McKee AS-41 Submarine Tender.

Received South East Asia Medal with Two Bronze Stars, National Defense Service Medal,

Outstanding Performance Citation, and Operation Desert Storm Citation.

Persian Gulf War Veteran.

E D U C AT I O N

B.A.A.S., Business Concentration, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

C E R T I F AT I O N S

Employee Excellence Certificate, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Six Sigma Certificate- Two Yellow Belts, Dell Inc., Round Rock, TX

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