Mark Alan Spongberg

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Wesley Chapel, FL 33543

Cell: 978-***-****

Email: ac2t81@r.postjobfree.com

linkedin.com/in/mark-spongberg-537879140

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a Management position within the Supply Chain or Strategic Purchasing environments that will both challenge and utilize my negotiating and technical skills.

SKILLS

•Excellent multitasker

•Good time management

•Enjoy fast paced environment

•Active listening

•Excellent memory

•Coach, Mentor

•Analytical thinking

•Commitment to teamwork

•Attention to detail

•Fast learner

•Quick decision making

•Critical thinking

•Cooperative attitude

•Motivate teams

•Good problem solving skills

•Excellent Data Integrity

•Good judgment decisions

•Excellent communication skills

Experience and Knowledge

Provide leadership to a supply chain department with an annual budget of $25 million.

Develop and manage bid proposal (RFP), select vendors, costing, forecasting and purchasing agreements for domestic and Far East mechanical parts including molded plastics, die castings and sheet metal, electromechanical parts and battery packs, as well as American and Central American contract manufacturers with an annual budget of $18 million.

Responsible for most aspects of supply management, as well as contract management.

Evaluate cost and quality of materials, equipment, products and services.

Track records of materials, equipment, products, services and maintenance.

Familiar with 5S and Lean Manufacturing processes.

Source vendors for the purchase of electronic printed circuit assemblies, motors, wheels, cable assemblies, literature.

Process nondisclosure agreements, commercial and supplier agreements, sub contract and consulting agreements.

Utilize contract negotiation skills used in developing and drafting contracts to regulate supplier relationships and establish policies and agreements to control specifications and meet FDA, ISO 9001, ISO 13485 and PPAP reliability regulations, freight terms, pricing and inventory levels by reducing lead times and just in time delivery requirements.

Promote a commitment to team building and teamwork between company and suppliers to nurture confidence in achieving long term successful relationships.

Prepare and issue purchase orders with suppliers for the acquisition of raw materials to meet inventory goals and sales forecasts.

Expedite or reschedule deliveries to meet demand variation.

Resolve purchase order, invoicing and quality issues with suppliers, investigate and resolve receiving and inventory discrepancies.

Develop and manage purchasing activities, policies, procedures, standards and strategies to ensure they are legal, ethical and meet the company’s overall material supply objectives.

Manage new product development and introduction including board and sub-assemblies used in medical device manufacturing from design inception, through production and end of life, while taking the lead in developing cost tracking spreadsheets to evaluate cost objective progress.

Develop Supplier Management metrics for on time delivery and quality performance in accordance with FDA, GMP & ISO quality standards.

Provide itemized bills of materials and component specifications to suppliers.

Proficient knowledge in interpreting product specifications and incoming inspection criteria.

Saved in excess of $1 million annually through negotiation skills and agreements.

Manage contract manufacturers with a scope of approximately 110 sub-assemblies with a volume of 11,000 assemblies per month, $42 million annually for the manufacture of medical devices.

Manage the transition of large volumes of assemblies from internal to external suppliers and from multiple contract manufacturers in USA, China, Mexico and Europe.

Perform supplier risk assessment by periodically reviewing supplier financial reports to monitor supplier health and risk.

Conduct negotiations for pricing down to the bill of material level for all outsourced assemblies on a quarterly basis, over 3000 components, to achieve savings averaging $2 million annually.

Point of contact for Field Sales and Service to investigate out of box failures and other quality issues.

Develop and report Key Performance Indicators to evaluate purchasing department and supplier performance requirements.

Liaison with Finance, Human Resources, Operations and Sales to support budget targets.

Negotiate agreements with commercial freight services and forwarders to reduce freight costs by 40% annually.

Proficient knowledge in Oracle and Syteline for MRP, ERP systems for planning raw material flow to meet established production and inventory objectives.

Proficient knowledge of MS Office products to develop spreadsheets for data analysis, statistics review, and presentation development for reporting of executive summaries.

Manage and evaluate performance of staff in the purchasing environment to support agreements to process, performance requirements, policies and ethical conduct.

Inventory Auditor

EDUCATION

North Shore Community College Business Courses

Work experience has been viewed or recognized as equivalent or better than a Bachelor’s Degree (BS)

TRAINING

Siemens Financial Excellence Program

ISO 9001, ISO 14001, Kaizen team Trained

Siemens Intercultural Training

GMP and BEST Practices Trained

Numerous conferences in World Class Procurement & Supply Chain Management resulting in implementation of Focus Factories and Strategic Purchasing along with Logistics Purchasing concepts.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

SEGWAY INC. 10/05 – 3/17

Supply Chain Manager- Electronics

DRAEGER MEDICAL SYSTEMS 05/03 – 10/05

Senior Strategic Sourcing Analyst

SIEMENS MEDICAL SYSTEMS 3/81 – 05/03

Sub-Contract Manager

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