SHAUKI KARAMAN

209-***-**** (Cell)

ac3bh6@r.postjobfree.com

SKILLS & TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Excellent purchasing negotiation and communication skills. Attention to details. Ability to be versatile and adapt to a fast paced environment. Knowledge of MRP (Oracle, SAP, & Coupa), PC and Database programs.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TEN-X, San Mateo, CA (Contractor thru Nelson) 09/2015 - Present

Procurement Specialist

Troubleshooting, supporting and resolution of procurement systems and policies, as well as assisting end-users companywide in a timely manner.

Assist in the troubleshooting of Procurement system questions or issues

Assist in managing daily system inquires

Assist in ensuring compliance of transactions flows through the system

Work with Sourcing Manager to ensure purchase requisitions are in compliance and approvals have been obtained.

Assess Master Service Agreements to ensure purchase requisitions are in compliance with pricing, terms, and suppliers information.

Review purchase requisitions to ensure accuracy and that supporting documentation is provided.

Create purchase orders.

Read and review supplier contracts, work with legal and business partners.

Review supplier set-up forms and work with accounting for set-up.

Work with accounting payable and business partners to resolve payment issues and questions.

Train new users on Coupa procurement platform.

Provide guidance and support to colleagues regarding the procurement to pay (PTP) processes and policies.

Work with internal business partners to help streamline their procurement activities (consolidate suppliers & recommend using blanket POs where it makes sense)

Assist across various departments to manage the terms for ongoing services and subscription renewals so that purchase requisitions are submitted on-time

Assist in the data entry of procurement contracts into electronic and paper filing systems.

Coordinate with procurement team to setup new suppliers in the system.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Palo Alto, CA (Contractor thru Aerotek) 07/2014 - 09/2015

Procurement Analyst

Supports daily operations of Residential & Dining Enterprises, Vendor Management & Contracts (VM&C)

Maintained vendor database for Stanford Hospitality (50-60 vendors).

Eatec Procurement system data entry and reconciliation of negotiated pricing.

Generated reports on category spend for area such as, maintenance, Contingent Labor, Construction, Dining and Hospitality & Operational Services.

Managed and maintained VM&C certifications of insurance database.

Issued purchase orders & blanket purchase orders using Oracle system.

Assist as directed with general purchasing functions & other tasks as assigned

MUSCO FAMILY OLIVE COMPANY, Tracy, CA 06/2010 - 06/2014

Purchasing Analyst/Sr. Buyer

Negotiates pricing and other terms of purchase. Quotes materials; procures materials, components, equipment and services at the lowest cost consistent with consideration of quality, reliability of source and urgency of need. Expedites and ensures the timely receipt of materials.

Issues RFQs, analyzes proposals, negotiates prices and delivery, issues and/or adjusts purchase orders in a timely manner. Follows-up on orders, verifies delivery, approves payment, and maintains necessary records.

Interfaces with Accounting and Receiving to ensure timely delivery of goods and payment

Monitor inventory levels, establish lead times and safety stock, and implement efficient replenishment strategies for a variety of commodities

Provide value to the organization by implementing tailored sourcing and inventory management solutions within the various functional groups

Assist in executing and managing materials requirements planning for production equipments

Responsible for preparing spend data, external and internal key performance metrics, and proposing process improvement and the generation or management of key reports, metrics, and projects

Assist in identifying technical/software solutions to improve efficiency

KRAFT FOODS, Modesto, CA (Contractor thru KMS-OCG) 08/2002 - 06/2010

STOCKROOM OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR/Sr. BUYER

Responsible for forecasting and purchasing materials for the Modesto plant. Assigned a series of commodities and/or services for which they are responsible for negotiating terms and conditions of purchase. Responsible for assuring that the requirements for these purchased items are filled in a timely and cost-effective manner and that stocking levels are maintained to required minimum level.

Master Scheduling and executed a daily MRP for the Stockroom.

Ability to reduce the inventory value from 1.4M to 1M using Min/Max Analysis.

Responsible for analyzing, and reporting Customer Shortages.

Managed the cost saving program on parts. Saved the company over $200k last year.

Assisted with and resolving Material Transaction and Inventory problems.

Developed written Operations procedures with screen shots.

Assured that new parts will meet quality requirements and worked to minimize price and delivery times.

Reviewed open requirements, monitored vendor performance, and expedited where necessary.

Assured that problems related to delivery, quality or pricing were promptly conveyed to the vendor and resolved in a timely manner.

Assured that orders were accurately entered into the computer system in timely manner. Ensured all order information was complete and clearly defined per industries requirements.

Reviewed invoices for purchase commodities as required by Accounts Payable. Resolved discrepancy problems with A/P in a timely manner.

Analyzed/adjusted inventory levels to coincide with lead time changes.

Possessed a working knowledge, blueprint, and capacity status to effectively determine production lead times.

KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION, San Jose, CA 2000-2002

SR. CONFIGURATION ANALYST

Maintained Product Structure for two tracking systems (STAR and Clarify), coordinated the transition of Database from STAR to Clarify tracking system and assisted the New Product Introduction Engineers (NPI) to understand the requirement of these two systems in terms of reporting and tracking KLA tools using serial numbers.

Coordinated with the New Product Introduction Engineers (NPI) to define product structure or product tree for new KLA products.

Participated in PLC meetings to provide World Services Organization (WSO) requirements in general and IS support in particular.

Created "System Add" documentation for STAR and Clarify detailed work instructions.

Participated in cleaning up STAR data to ensure data integrity accuracy before migration to new install base system (Clarify).

Run a Brio report daily to capture all the sales orders that were shipped the day before to ensure serial numbers and customer addresses were in the Database.

Coordinated with Product Engineers, Marketing, and Field Engineers to validate products Family in terms of parent-child relationship.

Designed and development of metrics for World Service Origination (WSO) business reports to measure the effectiveness of new product distribution.

HEWLETT-PACKARD CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA 1998 - 2000

PRODUCT ANALYST/SPECIALIST

Scheduled and coordinated the flow of work within or between departments of manufacturing plant to expedite HP products. Scheduled work orders, established priorities for specific customer orders, and revised schedule according to work order specifications, and availability of parts, materials, machines and equipment.

HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS, Santa Clara, CA 1987 - 1998

ANALYST/PROGRAMMER (1996 - 1998)

Developed and customized a configurator tool (SalesPlus) for the sales force that simplified the order and ensured product accuracy. This tool was part of the Sales Force Automation. The tool was coded using combination of VB scripts and C++ languages.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration

School of Business Administration

University of Phoenix, San Jose, CA

Associate of Science Degree in Engineering Technology

Engineering Technology

Foothill College, Los Altos, CA

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