May **st, ****

BARRY WOHL

GTA, ON

Attn.: Human Resources Consultant

Ref.: Purchasing Manager

Please accept my resume for the Purchasing Manager opportunity. I bring

over 10 years of combined experience that is a perfect match to your

requirements. With my strengths, leadership and professional development

and wide knowledge in purchasing, procurement materials planning, sourcing

and supply chain, I am confident will help this company to achieve its

business goals and establish new paths that will address its needs to

approach the future in this challenging market. Here are other strengths I

can offer:

. Achieved the strategic goals and objectives of the division by

developing and executing plans to improve service, drive out costs, and

improve inventory performance

. Built strategic alliance with key suppliers, and manage supplier

relationships for effective cost and purchasing strategies to establish

and manage partnership, sourcing processes and developed preferred

supplier programs that offer technology and services for continuous

improvement processes

. Guiding engineering in part / supplier selection, and liaising with

other functions to manage the introduction of new products or items and

components to production

. Provided day-to-day leadership and guidance to assigned personnel by

ensuring effective orientation, support, assistance and developmental

cross training is always provided, to deliver problem solving and

quality related techniques and promoting a culture of teamwork

. Review and monitor the usage of core stock items; this includes putting

in place stocking and/or JIT programs to guide buying patterns and

ensure supply with the outlook of cost savings

. Developed and structured departmental key metrics including: cost

reduction targets, year on year standard cost control, inventory and

factory satisfaction measures for business process improvement

initiatives

. Proven Experience with a wide variety of systems: MS Office, Lotus

Notes, SAP, ERP, MRP and JIT, as well as experience working on a Lean

environment, 5s on ISO / TS registered companies

I believe the unique combination of my education and work experience will

play an integral role, by incorporating these activities into a schedule

that optimizes the use of labor, resources, and materials; that will enable

the company to continuously meet customer needs in a cost-effective manner.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

JOSE V CASTILLO C

Objective: Purchasing Manager

Highlights of Qualifications

. Fully bilingual Spanish-English

. Leadership and team development skills, business acumen, systematic,

analytic and good decision making with emphasis on priorities, to ensure

policies and procedures are met

. Strong interpersonal and communication skills to interact comfortably

and effectively with all levels, and effective use of resources and

plans to meet objectives

. Ability to manage multiple priorities & conflicting deadlines at same

time, Organization and time management skills to execute numerous

concurrent projects

Employment history & accomplishments

Senior Strategic Sourcing Buyer - Exova Corporate Aug 2012-

Current

Responsible for leading key strategic projects for the Procurement

organization by managing project execution activities using industry

best practices. Manage the relationship between the procurement

organization, suppliers and key business subject matter experts, project

team and other support roles.

Identify opportunities, risk, processes to move forward by Analyzing

historical & current spend data to identify future strategy / project /

process improvements

Manages multiple site purchasing agreements to ensure performance and

objectives are met and Negotiate and process capital spend purchases

. Develop total cost of ownership baselines for products and services

. Assists Corporate procurement in development of sourcing strategies and

execution of supplier negotiated strategies

. Negotiate procurement of goods and/or services by properly balancing

considerations of price, quality, service, delivery, payment terms, and

commercial situations

. Develops comprehensive industry knowledge of best practices, processes,

and technology trends within procurement

. Complete contract developments when necessary and facilitate review

through legal department resources

Ensures divisional controllers understand the value proposition of any

agreements which they are accountable and calculates the savings

associated with these agreements

Interfaces with stakeholders and project teams on progress, barriers and

new opportunities to consolidate spending; develop new insights into

client issues and examine issues from different angles; effectively

facilitate meetings and interactions with supplier teams and individuals

Purchaser - Espar Heating systems (Automotive) - Oct

2011- Jul 2012

. Sourced and developed suitable suppliers to maintain the supply base

. Negotiation of prices, terms, delivery and special conditions with

suppliers (always ensuring that the Company obtains the best price on the

best products for the application or need)

. Reviewed forecasted requirements and communicated quantity and delivery

requirements to the suppliers to meet build and ship schedules by

preparing and releasing standardized purchase orders; also communicate

any changes to the requirements immediately

. Analyzed and maintained part order qualifier information in the SAP

database at multiple times during the year including: replenishment lead

time, reorder point, reorder quantity, safety stock, minimum quantities,

price breaks, inventory levels and inventory flows

. Worked with Engineering and Manufacturing Departments to ensure correct

levels of parts are up-to-date in the SAP system. Issue drawings to

suppliers and manage the change level process. Forward product samples

to Incoming Quality

Sr. Buyer-MFG & MRO Supply Chain Management - Research in Motion - 2005-

2011

. Sourced and procure raw materials (commodities): electro mechanical

parts, plastic parts, printed circuit boards (PCB), Electronics like PSD

and Micro SD Cards, microphones and cameras, Packaging material, total

spend 25MM, and MRO and indirect services with a total spend of 10MM

. Responsible for purchasing, procuring and restocking raw materials

(assigned commodities), indirect materials and MRO, to ensure production

plans run as planned and adequate or minimum stock levels are maintained.

Obtained quotations from approved and competitive sources and negotiate

pricing and ETA's

. Liaising with other functions to manage the introduction of new materials

or components for NPI (new product introduction), or to replace obsolete

items, to ensure materials arrive on time for prototype builds and

coordinating their transition from development to mass production

. Communicated development schedule to suppliers and position material to

meet this schedule to identify material risks, and work with cross

functional teams to source for new alternatives to identify root cause

and void any interruption in production lines

. Developed, analyzed, drafted and executed RFQ, RFP and bid request, lead

internal evaluation and bid process, ensuring company policies and

procedures are met, maintain and explore innovative purchasing

strategies, and advice all internal parties about the process and

resolutions

. Analyzed, coordinated and monitored various supply chain activities

including, materials requirements planning, vendor management, inventory

management, procurement, product distribution and bills of materials and

new item set up, in accordance with cost savings, and continuous

improvement initiatives for vendor selection, that help company to

obtained a saving of 550k on a first year

Sr. Supply Chain Analyst Linde Gas NA LLC

2001 - 2005

. Spend for MFG 5MM, commodities Metals, electro mechanics, mechanicals,

resale items, and chemical gases, no Budgetary limitation for MRO

. Analyzed and developed new strategy to reduce number of suppliers and

lead negotiation of pricing. With the use of resources, tools to void

any issues or discrepancies with terms, freight, customs & insurances

. Communicated development schedule to suppliers and position material to

meet its schedule to anticipate or identified any material risks and work

with cross functional teams to source different alternatives

. Actively conducted and negotiated vendor contracts (including Master

Service Agreements -MSA & SLA), with more than 25 proposals at a time for

MRO equipment and distribution, for global vendor qualification and

selection providing a cost savings of 900k for the time of agreement (3

years)

Supply Chain Manager Coralene Inc.

1990 - 2000

Consumer Packaged Goods- Foods & Health

. Managed a group of 14 direct employees, and 9 temporary packagers

. Implemented new metrics, reporting dimensions, and methodology changes to

fulfill and anticipate supply/demand planning and sales team needs. To

achieved through comprehensive understanding of the business, assessment

and acquisition of supplemental information and a best practices approach

to creating new or modifying existing reports

. Developed and structured departmental key metrics including: cost

reduction targets, year on year standard cost control, inventory and

factory satisfaction measures for business process improvement

initiatives

. Provided support to local purchasing managers

. Interfaced with stakeholders and project teams on progress, barriers and

new opportunities to consolidate spending; developed new insights into

client issues and examine issues from different angles; effectively

facilitate meetings and interactions with supplier teams and individuals

. Assists Corporate procurement in development of sourcing strategies and

execution of supplier negotiated strategies

. Directs and coordinates subordinates activities

Professional education and training

Jan 2012 - Supply chain training on SAP implementation for

Feb 2012 automotive manufacturer with emphasis on critical

parts, on Materials, Purchasing, Logistics and

Production Planning, J. Ebersp cher GmbH & Co. KG,

Esslingen and Herxheim Germany

2008- Current CPP & SCMP Certification (Enrolled)- PMAC Association

of Canada- Toronto

1985-1992 Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration,

Cartagena University

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