Nathan St.John

858-***-****

ac87uv@r.postjobfree.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

Senior Buyer (Contract)

General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems Inc., San Diego,CA 05/2018-Present

Source and handle PR’s from cradle to grave for all commodities for the Radar Program with a focus on engineering PR request.

Prepared bid packages, conducts bidders’ conferences, analyzes and evaluates proposals, negotiates terms and conditions.

Managed supplier on time delivery and quality performance.

Provide leadership advice on developing solutions when issues arise in purchasing.

Represented the organization as an administrative contact on assigned purchase requirements; interacts with program management, customers, and vendor personnel; responds to a variety of complex inquiries, some of which required innovative solutions; and participates in cost and pricing reviews with program management and customer representatives.

Performed cost and price analysis on purchase requirement proposals.

Responsible for observing all laws, regulations to include the FAR and DFAR and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company.

Purchases outside technical services, hardware, raw materials, equipment, chemicals, and other goods and services necessary to support a contract, subcontract or an internal organization.

Senior Technical Buyer

GKN Aerospace Corporation, San Diego, CA 07/2017-03/2018

Places and administers purchase orders with suppliers in response to requisitions for goods/services.

Incorporates global market trends in supply base and identifies potential supply sources of commodity.

Analyzes/quotes/compiles pricing of goods/services and delivery in conjunction with estimating, marketing and material control in support of company needs.

Negotiates prices, terms, quality, service with supply base.

Evaluates potential supply sources/develops supplier selection/evaluation/certification processes.

Resolves quality, engineering and accounts payable issues concerning supplies in an expedient manner under the guidance of the relevant department director.

Recovers costs from suppliers/vendors for scrap, rework and costs incurred by company due to supplier discrepancies/returns.

Develops/implements cost-savings ideas with suppliers and initiates cost-savings/avoidance reports on individual purchases for monthly departmental reports.

Develops milestone plans for recovery schedules.

Manages supplier on time delivery and quality ratings.

Identifies and executes inventory reduction plans year on year.

Deliverable Assurance Field Representative Manager

Quest Global Corporation, San Diego, CA 03/2015-03/2017

Managed an office of supply chain, engineering and quality professionals.

Identified bottlenecks, conducted gap analysis, created mitigation plans, generated and tracked action items to closure.

Conducted part transition planning, execution, and verification work.

Experienced with MRP, production scheduling, delivery estimation, risk analysis, crisis mitigation, and sub-tier supplier involvement.

Assessed supplier health and supplier development through continuation improvement examinations.

Evaluated production capacity in a manufacturing environment and planned raw material, inventory, tool, buffer stocks.

Conducted Dive Gate Reviews (DGR’s) with the customer.

Involved with process planning and production readiness reviews.

Identified and resolved part quality and delivery issues including utilization of formal problem solving tools and NCM requirements.

Buyer II

Delta Design Corporation (Contract), San Diego, CA 10/2013 - 01/2015

Obtained RFQ’s from suppliers for the purchase of materials, components, equipment’s.

Created a 5S environment for the material review board department.

Completed purchase order cycle management for assigned commodities, including RFQ’s, PO creation, transmittals, and confirmation and expediting.

Established new and alternate sources of supply to meet existing requirements for Semiconductors.

Awarded purchase orders to suppliers on the basis of price, performance, service and contract terms.

Negotiated purchasing contracts and maintained auditable records consistent with company policy.

Contacted suppliers and manufacturers to obtain information on new products and methods to reduce operating and material costs as well as cycle time.

Represented purchasing and planning department in month and quarter end reports for accounting.

Reviewed supplier metrics and worked with supplier to maintain the on-time delivery and excellent quality levels.

Buyer/ Planner

Teal Electronics Corporation (Contract), San Diego, CA 09/2012 - 07/2013

Placed purchase orders, negotiated price and forecasted needs for future material.

Worked with engineering, purchasing and product management to ensure all programs meet on time delivery.

Set up work orders and completed work orders for material in accordance to the bill of material and schedule of sales orders.

Reviewed production schedules and purchase orders with senior management to determine material requirements or identify overdue materials and conduct solutions to meet sales order dates.

Requisitioned material and established sequential delivery dates to departments, according to job order priorities and material availability.

Set up Kan Ban system for production of projects and arranged in-plant transfer of materials to meet production schedules.

Production Controller - Global Supply Chain

Northrop Grumman Corporation - Aerospace, Los Angeles, CA 05/2010 - 12/2011

Expedited flow of materials, parts, and assemblies within or between departments in accordance with production and shipping schedules.

Compiled records concerning quantity, cost, and type of material received, shipped, in stock or inventory, and/or in production.

Trained in understanding of drawings and assisted in determining possible and actual shortages may initiate action to correct these deficiencies.

Worked collaboratively with multiple departments and management levels to achieve optimized planning and scheduling results.

Uploaded sales orders in the system through SAP and assisted buyers in purchasing.

Customer Service Representative

Santaluz Incorporated, San Diego, CA 03/2005 - 01/2009

Operated fitness department related to clubhouse facilities in a gated community.

Managed work and scheduling of suppliers.

Communicated with suppliers/vendors for customer service needs.

EDUCATION

B.A. Political Science and Communications, University of California San Diego 2005

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Material management, analysis, scraping material, purchase order issuing, work order set up and maintenance.

MRP/ERP knowledge: SAP, Syspro and MTO.

Microsoft Word, Excel (pivot table, V-lookup, etc.) Power Point.

FAR, FOD and ITAR, export compliance trained.

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