Purchasing Manager/ Sourcing

Irina Virovets

* ******** ****, ***** ****, CT 06482

Email: **********@*****.***

-Purchasing and Inventory Management

-Project Management

-Understanding of engineering practice and requirements - Master's -Degree in Engineering

-Expertise in sourcing, negotiating and purchasing of different types of commodities, including: plastic injection molded parts; textiles, disposable textiles, electronics components, electrical and electro-mechanical assemblies, PCB, machined and sheet metal fabricated parts and finishing;

-Experience with complex projects with multiple internal/ external stakeholders

-Continuous improvement

-Suppliers management

-Negotiation

-Ability to work with cross-functional and international teams

-Regulatory compliance

-Expertise in cost management and cost reduction techniques based on -Total Cost model

UNGER Enterprises, Inc (Bridgeport, CT; professional and consumer cleaning solutions) Dec. 2015 - June 2019

Sourcing Leader

Sourcing Project Management role in a dynamic manufacturing / R&D global corporate environment. Responsibilities include all sourcing aspects of New Product Development and Cost Reduction projects.

Sourcing Project Management

Sourcing project leadership in cross-functional international team environment, in collaboration with Marketing, Engineering, Production, Planning, Quality and Compliance, Logistics, Accounting teams to achieve the project goals as launch time, cost, and meet specified quality;

Planning and developing project supply chain strategy following Unger strategic direction;

Research for supply manufacturing services, products and components that meet marketing and R&D requirements, targeted costs, schedules, and quality levels in Americas, Europe, and Asia;

Quotations, costing and lead time for products, components, raw materials, testing and other services;

Negotiations for contracts, manufacturing agreements, pricing, payment terms, inventory keeping options;

Capital equipment/tooling: quoting, ordering, management from off-tooling to approved production samples;

Managing the project development costs for capital expenses within the approved budget;

Initial inventory management for US and foreign Unger factories after product launch, based on forecast and operational KPIs;

Scheduling the initial launch deliveries with freight forwarders, insuring that the product will be delivered on-time in collaboration with the Logistics teams

Further Product continuous improvement;

Cost reduction initiatives

Special customer requirements

Compliance with special customer requirements for packaging, materials, regional Metric/Imperial compatibility;

Sourcing of processes and materials

injection molded plastics, textiles, machined and sheet-metal fabricated parts, textiles, electrical and electronic components, electro-mechanical assemblies; engineering services, testing equipment, and testing services

Cost and Item information management

Costed BOM management; material, landed, standard, and transfer costs, freight, duty costs analysis;

Lead time, MOQ, buy/build options, standard delivery schedules,

Items HTS (Tariffs) classification setup, issuing NAFTA certificates

Estimation cost efficiency based on Total Cost of Ownership

Supplier management

Supplier evaluation, selection and on-boarding process;

Developing and managing relationships with suppliers in Americas and overseas;

Regulatory Compliance requirements (UL, REACH, RoHS, Prop65, CE) as a part of Supply Chain strategy

EEMAX, Inc (Waterbury, CT, water heaters manufacturing) April 2015 - December 2015

Buyer

Purchasing

Negotiating pricing, terms and conditions;

Identifying new suppliers;

Monitoring of the supplier's performance; participation in supplier evaluation process; meeting with vendors and visiting supplier's facilities;

Purchasing for Kanban releases and scheduled deliveries;

Purchasing from US and overseas suppliers;

Purchasing of machined parts, injection molded plastics, electronic components, electrical and electro-mechanical assemblies, plumbing parts, and tubing;

Coordination of obtaining samples, reports, material and processes certifications

Forecasting and planning;

Inventory control in Kanban and MRP mixed production environment;

Inventory flow analysis re-mapping of inventory transactions flow to reduce inventory uncertainty;

Continuous Improvement / Project Management

Cycle counts analysis; Root cause analysis of inventory discrepancies, Traceability of inventory movements analysis; Inventory accuracy; Cycle counts procedure revision;

New Product Introduction (NPI)

Capital Equipment/ Tooling selection based on ROI and Cost-Benefits Analysis

Cost Reduction - Reduced supplier acquisition costs over $100,000 in 7 months.

VERSATEC, LLC (Danbury, CT; PCB Assembly Equipment) Sept. 2009 - Oct. 2014

Purchasing/ Inventory Manager

Workflow and Production Management

Creation and implementation of newly established company inventory control and work flow procedures;

Training purchasing / shipping / receiving staff to perform required stock transactions and follow procedures;

Coordination of production workflow with responsibility for on time delivery and quality of product.

Inventory / MRP system management

Setup and configuration of the Purchasing and Inventory MRP system modules;

Employees training on MRP System to perform the stock transactions and follow required procedures;

Stock transactions supervision and troubleshooting.

Purchasing

Purchasing components and raw materials required for production, service and spare part: electronic components, pc boards, electrical and electro-mechanical assemblies, electrical motors, raw materials as metals, tubing, plastics; machined parts, sheet metal fabrications, and finishing services; testing services;

Scheduling and supervision of the production workflow from sales forecast to ready to ship product;

Coordination and routing between all stages of production in-house and at outside vendors

Purchasing/ Vendor management

Purchasing procedures creation and implementation;

Coordination procedures with QA, Accounts Payable, Sales and Manufacturing departments;

Purchasing parts required for production, service and spare part department needs, electronic components, pc boards, mechanical & electrical components and assemblies, raw materials as metals, tubing, plastics; machined and sheet metal parts and finishing services;

Build vs. Buy analysis

Total Cost of Ownership analysis

Locating the new vendors offering goods at the best cost, optimal lead time, and best quality from USA and overseas locations;

On-boarding process for new suppliers: credit terms, taxes, legal requirements agreements, terms of a financial contract;

Solving obsolescence and hard-to-find parts problem;

Bill of Material and Cost management

Cost analysis and management of complex multi-leveled BOMs;

Issuing the Engineering Change Notices (ECN) and coordination ECN implementation with inventory, purchasing, and production;

Forecasting

Analytics and forecasting reports

Resolving QA Issues

Acceptance, rejection, finding solutions to improve quality of products;

Market research for new trends, new materials, parts, or updates for obsolete parts or EOL issues.

Cost Reduction and Continuous Improvement

CONTACT SYSTEMS, INC (Danbury, CT, Electronic Placement Machines Manufacturing), 2008 - 2009

Purchasing Manager

Purchasing parts required for production, service and spare part department needs: electronic components, pc boards, electrical and electro-mechanical assemblies, electrical motors, raw materials as metals, tubing, plastics; machined parts, sheet metal fabrications, and finishing services; testing services;

Scheduling and supervision of the production workflow from sales forecast to ready to ship product;

Coordination and routing between all stages of production in-house and at outside vendors;

PC/MRP system administration

Software

ERP: NetSuite ERP, MS Navision ERP, NetTerm ERP, PC/MRP (as administrator)

Office tools: MS Office, PowerPoint, Adobe Suite

Project Management: Wrike PMS, MS Project

Education

Master’s Degree in Engineering, Moscow State Technological University, Moscow, Russia 1989

Product Examples

SMT Placement Machine - Sourcing/ Purchasing, BOM up to 7,000 components, Versatec, LLC http://versatecsolutions.com/c5%20first%20gen.html

Car Wash System

New Product Development project, Sourcing, Unger Enterprises, LLC

https://www.costco.com/Unger-Professional-Rinse'n'Go-Spotless-Car-Wash-System.product.100471577.html -

Window Washing System, New Product Development project, Sourcing, Unger Enterprises, LLC

https://www.voussert.com/reverse-osmosis-filter-unger-ro40c-fp-187891.html

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