Buyer
Resume:
Barbara Turner Caramanian, Senior Buyer/Planner
Phone: 513-***-****
Email Address: **********@***.***
Ms.Caramanian has over 25 years of Procurement/Sub-contracting/Contract Administration experience, 10 Years experience with import/export procurement, 3 Years manufacturing supervision, 3 Years scheduling, 10 Years of farm-out procurement and writing partnering and blanketing agreements, 10 Years International Customer Service/ and Expediting for various airlines, 18 Years capital equipment/process equipment procurement in a fast paced/multi-task environment; 20 years of expediting experience, 5 years of scheduling in a manufacturing environment.
Jedson Engineering Inc. 2015-2017 (Lack of Work)
Senior Buying Activities – Pre-qualifying suppliers, issuing Request For Quote documents, doing bid-tabs, negotiating pricing and delivery, expediting from drawing submittal to arrival at job site. Working with paper and pulp, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage type of industries. Extensive work with importing equipment from overseas and arranging transportation to the site.
Jacobs Engineering Experience: 2005-2015 (LOW)
OSHA Value Protection Plan (VPP) Representative for Jacobs Cincinnati Office – Instrumental in writing the proposal for the application process and final approval status for the first Jacobs Office to be given the safety honor. Mentoring of GE Laboratories for their application process. On-going since 2007.
Safety Committee Member since 2007 and Chairman for 5 years.
Eli Lilly and Company, PR05 Project Expediting Manager responsible for managing the captial equipment and instruments to be delivered to the site in Puerto Rico. .
Overhead Buying for Cincinnati Office, Field Offices – On going since 2009 Responsible for overhead items, copier leases, cleaning services for Battle Creek office, furniture for site offices and leases of equipment.
Eli Lilly and Company, IE43 Project Expediting Manager responsible for managing the capital equipment, instruments, and all the valve deliveries to the site in Ireland. This encompassed nearly 250 packages for the project. Capital equipment included large skids, water systems, bio-reactors, cooling towers, as well as smaller items such as instruments required for the project. With the exception of a few packages, all arrived early or just in time for the construction of a large facility being built by Eli Lilly in Ireland. This also included the sea and truck shipments and account receivables verification prior to close outs. I also facilitated the maintenance of the Access data base which provided the client with detailed weekly reports on the delivery, shipment, and delivery of the project.
Secret Project. Project Expediting Manager responsible for managing the capital equipment, instruments, and all the valve deliveries to the site. This encompassed nearly 500 packages for the project. Capital equipment included large skids, water systems, bio-reactors, cooling towers, as well as smaller items such as instruments required for the project. With the exception of one package, all arrived early or just in time for the construction of a large facility being built by a secret client. This also included the rail and truck shipments and account receivables verification prior to close outs. I also facilitated the maintenance of the Access data base which provided the client with detailed weekly reports on the delivery, shipment, and delivery of the project.
Eli Lilly and Company, IE42 Project, Kinsale, Ireland. Project Expediting Manager responsible for coordination of prompt delivery of capital equipment and documentation for the project. Capital equipment included large skids, water systems, bio-reactors, cooling towers, as well as smaller items such as instruments required for the project. Coordinated vendor engineering, procurement, fabrication, assembly, testing, crating and transportation. Prepared weekly status reports
ConAgra, Project Procurement Lead/Expediter responsible for cradle to grave purchasing and coordination of prompt delivery of capital equipment and documentation for the project. Capital equipment included large skids, water systems, boilers, cooling towers, conveyor systems, as well as smaller items such as instruments required for the project Coordinated vendor engineering, procurement, fabrication, assembly, testing, crating and transportation. Handled all the front end commercial negotiations, execution of sourcing plan, and execution of change management process. Prepared weekly status reports. All equipment delivered on time and project completed successfully.
Wyeth BioPharma, Suite II, Andover, MA. Project Procurement Manager responsible for front-end commercial negotiations internally with JE legal, development and execution of sourcing plan, development and execution of change management process, and interfacing with construction management. Responsible for the procurement cycle cradle to grave of Capital equipment acquisitions, including account receivable verification prior to close outs.
Wyeth BioPharma, Suite III, Andover, MA. Project Procurement Manager responsible for development and execution of project templates, point of contact for resolving procurement, scheduling, and expediting problems. Purchasing agent responsible for a $2MM spend pool cradle to grave that included 20 capital equipment orders and 15 instrument orders. Realized a cost savings of $.5MM on the project. Facilitator of construction field procurement as needed, which included processing invoices, expediting documents for TOP, and completed close out of purchase orders.
Amgen Inc., LCWWF, Boulder, CO. Project Procurement Manager responsible for development and execution of project procurement templates, strong participant in Interactive Planning Sessions, coordinated efforts with CH2M Hill Engineering to complete scheduling activities, working as a team to resolve procurement, scheduling, and expediting problems. Completed sourcing plan, initiated procurement documents and facilitated through the legal department, and estimated procurement labor hours. Issued Requests for Quote for capital before project was shelved for one year for construction to catch up with the Waste Water Facility.
Genentech, Inc., SSCM, San Diego, CA. Senior Buyer/Expeditor responsible for development and execution of project procurement templates, completed sourcing plan, and facilitated procurement documents through the legal department. Project Procurement was operated as an agent with the buyer/expeditor sending all documentation for the buy to Genentech for the final purchase order issuance. Responsible for issuing RFQ, completing bid analysis, negotiating Terms and Conditions, preparing initial Genentech forms for their completed buy. Issued twenty (20) large capital equipment and twenty-one (21) instrument purchase orders. followed up with expediting orders to construction site, interfacing with vendors, processing invoices for payment, and completing close-out of purchase orders.
Sanofi pasteur. Expeditor responsible for liaison work for the Philadelphia office to expedite and maintain procurement database of conversations relating to Instrument packages for Sanofi pasteur, including receiving and Turn Over Packages.
Eli Lilly and Company, Pharmaceuticals B105 Project, Indianapolis, IN. Senior Buyer/Expeditor. Project Procurement was operated as an agent with the buyer/expeditor sending all documentation for the buy to Lilly for the final purchase order issuance. Responsible for issuing Inquiries, completing bid analysis, negotiating Terms and Conditions, and preparing initial procurement forms for their completed buy. Senior Agent in the execution of overseas procurement activities such as customs clearance involving Paris and the United Kingdom offices in order to expedite equipment out of Europe. Provided construction support by interfacing with vendors, processing invoices for payment, and completing close-out of purchase orders.
General Electric, Aircraft Engines-Evendale and Service Shop Facility, Cincinnati, OH. Senior Buyer/Contract Administrator, Airline Customer Service, Planner and Scheduler, Production Control. Buyer/Contractor accomplishments include writing the first partnering agreement and the first blanket agreement for General Electric Aircraft Engine Service Shop, Board Member of the Suggestion Committee to screen, test, and implement cost saving ideas, winner of several awards for procurement cost savings, and commendations for shipments delivered on time to the airlines. Issued capital equipment, instrument, process, and sub-contract purchase orders on IMPACT. Responsible for qualifying suppliers and sub-contractors, issuing purchase orders, expediting, and working issues of import export for engine hardware. Responsible for issuing RFQ, completing bid analysis, negotiating Terms and Conditions, preparing initial procurement forms for a completed purchase and delivery. Followed up with expediting orders to construction site, payment, and completing close-out of purchase orders. Remained at GE from 1983 to 1996 when resigned to take a teaching position/Business.
Live Oaks Vocation School 1996-2005 (Program discontinued) Teaching business principals, resume writing, job skills, assisting in finding jobs for graduates.
COMMODITY CATEGORY EXPERIENCES
•Pressure Vessels
•Heat Exchangers
•ANSI/API Pumps
•Process Skids
•Switch Gear
•Electric Transformers
•Instrumentation
SERVICE CATEGORY EXPERIENCES
•Consultant Agreements
•3rd Party Engineering Agreements
•Office Equipment Leasing
•Office Supply Contracts
EXPEDITING SERVICES
I provide expediting services that will enable your projects to proceed as scheduled and aid in minimizing delays and costly product deficiency issues.
My expediting services include a detailed and quantified analysis of the causes and effects schedule delays. I analyze the critical path of fabrication, including:
•Order status
•Inventory of equipment in stock
•Design verification
•Engineering documentation
•Supplier buy-out
•Progress in manufacturing
•Testing/Factory Acceptance Testing Coordination
•Crating and Packing
•Customs documentation
•Shipment and delivery
I also provide onsite monitoring and follow-up on the progress of critical path tasks. I provide visibility and the assurance that fabrication will proceed as normal. I minimize the risk of unexpected or undesirable delays which could impact project deadlines
REFERENCES
Mark Lykins, Procurement Manager
Jedson Engineering
Mike Ashley
Procurement Manager – Retired
Jacobs Engineering
513-513-***-****
CLIENTS SUPPORTED
•Eli Lilly & Company
•Genentech
•Husky
•BP North America
SAMPLE PROJECTS
•Wind Energy
•Power Generation Construction
•Transformers
•Turbine Rotors
•Steam Generators
•Construction Equipment
•Commuter Rail Cargo
•Turnkey Transportation Solutions
PROJECT LOGISTICS
I provide logistics support that includes heavy-lift and out-of-gauge cargo moves for capital projects, oil and gas projects, and marine services. As Project Buyer/Expediter, I handle logistics planning at all stages of the project cycle from site selection to Pre-FEED, FEED and final execution. I develop route plans, cost modeling and project-support tools vital to customers with complex movements that require careful staging, sequencing and coordination.
•Air Freight
•Ocean Freight
•Sea/Air Freight
•Road Freight
I am experienced in delivering equipment and supplies, rigs, bulk or packaged goods, and heavy lift transport directly to the Project
Penny Brooks
Procurement Professor
DAU – Wright Patterson AFB
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