Supply Management Specialist / Senior Buyer

Summary

I am a goal oriented, self-starting achiever with an extensive and diverse financial and operations background. My experience includes accounting, procurement, production planning, contract negotiation, cost analysis, logistics, and inventory management. I also have an inherent ability to establish a positive interaction with fellow employees, suppliers, and customers. My key strengths include:

Inventory Planning Supply Chain Management Production Control

Cost Reduction and Analysis Contract Negotiation Process Improvement

Professional Experience

APEX Systems / Google Sunnyvale, CA. 94089

Data Center Supply Chain Management Specialist (06/2018 – 3/2019)

Responsible for all aspects of order to delivery of procurement and supply chain operations supporting Engineering, Project Management and Finance teams. As a key part of an end-to-end supply chain team, I drove to promote continuous improvement to ensure operational excellence in support of rapid growth.

Draft and track purchase orders within an internal Project Information and Metric Management System; while providing periodic reports on the overall status of purchase order placements, equipment shipments, deliveries and payments.

Support compliance reviews regarding tracking and closure of specifications and services between supplier, engineering and internal project management teams.

Deliver procurement and supply chain support on spares requests from internal operations or project management team. Including analyzing supplier forecast to current demand to identify capacity constraints.

Review logistics cost to ensure on time delivery at the lowest cost of freight, by collaborating with supplier, internal logistics and program management.

Promote process standardization to increase productivity and the accuracy of internal data, to generate automated dashboards and graphs to monitor supplier performance.

Maintain Supplier Tier I delivery rating by responding to inventory delivery issues and working with the supplier to provide root cause analysis and process improvement plan to avoid repeated instances.

Johnson & Johnson Vision / Milpitas CA. 95035

Abbott Medical Optics (acquired) (07/2013 – 12/2017)

Senior Buyer

Interacted with suppliers to negotiate activities involved in procuring MRO, NPI, and Direct Materials for multiple facilities. Requested bids from new suppliers ensuring Corporate, Divisional and Diversity Program guidelines are maintained.

Coordinated MRO and NPI activities to ensure timely and cost-effective purchasing, by submitting Request for Quote (RFQ) containing material drawings from Agile and communicating with engineering on material drawing discrepancies and advise of supplier change requests.

Procured assigned Direct Materials commodity with approved suppliers based on Materials Requirements Plan (MRP), including monitoring an Open Order Report for potential past due deliveries and negotiate with requestor and supplier for delivery changes and order validity to maintain a 98% On Time Delivery (OTD) rating.

Evaluated Materials Requirements Plan (MRP) with production planner on current and future material demands to allow for supplier negotiation including volume pricing, and material delivery dates to reduce days on hand inventory.

Reviewed Non-Conforming Material Report to provide material disposition, and coordinate material return to supplier while supporting Accounts Payable by investigating invoicing pricing and receiving issues.

Managed three Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) Programs by working with suppliers to add and remove material from the program and adjust inventory Min/Max levels to reduce potential material scrapping due to reduced demand.

Worked with various departments to qualify new suppliers requiring suppliers, legal and internal customers to setup agreements of Non-Disclosure, Statements of Work, and Service Contracts.

Supported process improvement by completing internal training in a timely manner and participating in Lean Six Sigma, Shark Tank and Kaizen projects.

Out of the Fog Research / Certified Employment Group Mtn. View, Ca. 94043

Production Scheduler (06/2012 – 12/2012)

Set up and managed production inventory system and created inventory purchase plan for raw components associated with production build.

Set up inventory infrastructure and tracked inventory levels by monitoring component shortages.

Created and managed Bill of Material (BOM) based on hand inventory and periodic material cycle counts for inventory validity.

Placed orders for non-inventory material and tracked open order shipments from vendors.

Brocade Extraordinary Networks San Jose, CA. 95134

Production Planner / Buyer 2 (12/2008 –11/2011)

Responsible for 3 product lines, which used manual and automated planning methods, reviewed daily inventory to identify any backlog and shortages to on-hand inventory levels, based on set min/max levels.

Generated and implemented quarterly Master Production Schedule (MPS) based on forecasted Inventory Plan (IP). Including coordinating production schedule with Contract Manufacturer (CM) and adjusted shipments according to current inventory levels.

Created and maintained (CM) material consumption analysis and issued inventory change orders to support (CM) shipments of finished goods as well as to support the purchase of raw component from other (CM)’s or distributors due to long lead-times or production upsides.

Implemented and coordinated product changes affecting Bill of Material (BOM) including regulatory and agency labeling requirements for international shipments.

Negotiated and managed rework cost of defective product as well as the rework cost to convert existing inventory to support backlog.

Set up new product attributes in an ERP system and track (CM) performance to on-time shipment commit performance. While confirming Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) located at the (CM) was available for shipment to customer.

Foundry Networks, Inc. (Acquired by Brocade) San Jose, CA. 95134

AP Specialist, Purchasing Coordinator, Operations Buyer (01/1998 - 12/2008)

Submitted, reviewed and processed purchase orders for all departments, as well as maintain raw component inventory for in house configurations and repairs.

Processed requests for raw components based on negotiated pricing and Minimum Order Quantities (MOQ) and logistics costs to reduce lead-time for urgent orders.

Implemented Bill of Material (BOM) changes at the Contract Manufacturer (CM) as well as request, and process purchase orders to support (CM) shipments.

Managed inventory reconciliations including vendor returns of (RMA) material to for rework or scrap.

Set up and maintained maintenance contracts including negotiating pricing based on provided a cost analysis approved by management.

Handled all operation and inventory related invoices, including invoice matching with receipt, month-end close and accrual

EDUCATION

Associate of Arts Degree – Accounting

Foothill College, Los Altos, CA. 94022

APICS – CPIM

2019

Bachelor of Arts Degree – Business Management

San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. 95134

Expected June 2020

COMPUTER SKILLS

SAP Inventory and Accounting System

Microsoft Excel, Word, and Power Point

Oracle Inventory and Accounting Systems

Expandable Accounting System

EVMI Inventory System

Demantra Inventory Planning System

Agile Document Control System

SPECIAL SKILLS AND TRAINING

Lean Six Sigma – Yellow Belt

Bilingual- English/Spanish

Ten-key by touch

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