buyer /planner

Tom Glines

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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

Proactive, results-oriented individual with more than 20 years of hands on

experience in Purchasing, Planning, Inventory Control, Supply Base

Management, Supply Chain Management, of Aerospace, Automotive, Computer

Electronic Components, Food Industry, Medical Device, Telecommunications,

Optical Hardware, Software, Connectors, PCB, IC s, transformers, Memory,

Power Supplies, Cable Assemblies, Precious Metals and Alloys, Resins,

Mechanical Assemblies, Sheet Metal Casting, Ball bearing, Gearboxes.

forgings, fasteners, Plastic Injection Molding, Hydraulic fitting, hoses,

MRO, NPI, AP, IT, Outside Services, Capital Expenditures, Technical and

administrative items, pharmaceutical, nutritional, diagnostic and Hospital

Medical Products, Hazardous Waste Chemicals for FDA Regulations, and Order

Processing for import export international shipments.

Self-directed, Self-motivated individual with the ability to interact with

all levels of management; managing support of inventory accuracy, lean

manufacturing, and decrease costs in excess inventory..

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Buyer/Planner Inventory Reduction Negotiation Strategies

Project Management Lean Manufacturing Purchasing Contracts

Supplier Performance Metrics Food Industry MRP Analysis

Procurement

PROFILE

. Experienced Sr. Buyer / Planner: Good understanding of financial

measurements and goals in the Lean Manufacturing, Supply Chain

Management worlds.

. Good presentation skills to effectively share the success and

ideas.

. Excellent interpersonal skills, organizational and time management

skills.

. Excellent communication skills to lead and support employees in a

team environment.

. Strong project management skills and demonstrated ability to launch

new products.

. Develop/review highly complex contracts/licensing agreements for

FAR, DFAR suppliers.

. Develop negotiation strategies. Performs cost analysis as needed as

part of negotiation strategy price reductions derived from changes

resulting from continuous improvement projects.

. Lead the management and transition activities related to strategic

procurement to include the Six Sigma continuous improvement

projects of price, quality, delivery, quantity, technology and lead-

time.

. Oversee implementation of corrective actions reports; develop long-

range business/plans strategies for company improvement projects.

. Proven track record to save company revenue in excess material.

. International regions for Supply Chain Management include:

Guadalajara & Monterrey Mexico, Penang & Johor Malaysia, Taipei

Taiwan and China

Experience

Juno Lighting Group by Schneider Electric - Chicago, IL

09/2013 to 2/14

Providing innovative solutions to your lighting challenges.

Buyer - (Contract Assignment) Volt

. Analyze MRP requirements and Engineering drawings for procurement of

required goods and services for select group of products as required

for production of Prototypes.

. Negotiate with suppliers to obtain optimum quality, cost and service

levels; maintain supplier data and performance.

. Meet departmental objectives in productivity, delivery and inventory.

. Provide purchasing representation as a member of cross functional

teams.

General Electric - Chicago, IL

10/2012 to 11/2012

Solutions in energy, health and home, transportation and finance

Material Planner contract Radient

. Developed capacity and production plans to meet business requirements.

Managing input information such as production routings, Bills of

materials, available capacity, production rates and labor

availability.

. Developed inventory plans and projections based upon current demand

and supply plans.

. Identified and communicated gaps; worked with Operations and SIOP

teams for resolution.

. Coordinated supplier plans with sourcing to ensure supplier capacity

and production plans are in alignment with internal plans, and

maintained supplier performance details.

Alberto Culver - Melrose Park, IL

03/2011 to 9/2012

Sold to Unilever Group - Innovative leader in consumer products in key

markets around the world

Buyer/Planner Contract Leber enterprises

. Developed and maintained production schedules at the daily, weekly,

and monthly time frames along with a distribution center inventory

stocking plan that ensures enough labels, bottles and packaging and

chemicals are a 100%

. Managed factory production capacity, demand planning distribution

center inventory targets, and seasonal sales promotions. Developed

and maintained a production schedule that avoids overstocks as well

as stock outs while coordinating raw material and packaging receipt

with the production schedule.

. Maximized plant capacities and efficiencies by proper batch

sequencing and batch balancing with manufacturing plant management.

Particularly with regard to customer promotions and working with

Sales RVP's, Sales Administration, and Supply Chain Demand Planning

in the planning, execution, and fulfillment of Promotional demand

using VMI.

. Provided a scheduling solution for any material shortages,

equipment downtime, batch reformulations or staffing imbalances.

. Provided coordination and communication of all changes to the

production schedule to supply chain partners, particularly in

manufacturing, purchasing, distribution and sales. Maintain the

integrity and timeliness of master data that is the basis of SAP

forecasting and production scheduling algorithms.

. Analyzed scheduling performance and plan appropriate resolution in

order to remain an on time complete shipper.

. Analyzed inventory position and forecasted sales to allocate

finished goods production for distribution to Company regional

distribution centers.

Electroglas Systems - Hayward, CA 06/2010

to 09/2010

Provides advanced Wafer Probing Products, Software and Services.

Sr. Buyer - (consultant)

. Placed and managed purchase orders based using Visual and SAP.

. Managed Inventory for base wafer probe instruments.

. Outsourced new vendors for competitive pricing

Safeway Corporation - Pleasanton, CA 2003 to

2009

An American supermarket chain; it is the second largest supermarket chain

in North America

Sr. Buyer/Planner

. Placed and managed purchase orders based on MRP demands.

. Resolved material shortages, receiving and A/P problem issues.

Created and maintained item master for purchased parts profile in

MRP system (lead time, cost etc.)

. Coordinated MRB supplier issues and corrective actions.

. Coordinated change-order implementation with suppliers.

. Reviewed PPV costs on a quarterly basis, Manage the business

relationships with strategic supplier scorecards.

. Developed technical expertise and market knowledge of assigned

commodities.

. Understanding and communicating lead times, capacities, technology

and pricing trends to align best-possible supply base.

. Conducted semi-annual or annual supplier business reviews and

technology roadmap meetings.

. Participated in supplier audits in assessing

materials/capacity/production capabilities and overall business

issues.

. Developed contingency plans in addressing sole source issues.

. Responsible for negotiating supplier contracts including: pricing,

warranties, supplier flexibility inventory programs.

Solectron Corporation - Milpitas, CA

2000 - 2003

$12B leading provider of manufacturing and supply-chain services to the

world's premier electronics companies. Two-time award winner of the Malcolm

Baldridge National Quality Award.

Sr. Buyer/Planner

. Placed and managed purchase orders based on MRP demands

. Resolved material shortages.

. Resolved receiving and A/P problem issues.

. Create and maintain purchased parts profile in MRP system (lead time,

cost, etc.)

. Coordinate MRP supplier issues and corrective actions.

. Coordinated change-order implementation with suppliers

. Managed the business relationships with strategic suppliers.

. Develop technical expertise and market knowledge of assigned

commodities

. Understand and communicate lead times, capacities, technology and

pricing trends to align best-possible supply base.

. Participated in supplier audits in assessing

materials/capacity/production capabilities.

Micrel - San Jose, CA

1996 - 2000

A global manufacturer of integrated circuits with corporate headquarters in

San Jose, California

Material Control Supervisor

. Managed Inventory at planned levels and Transportation team to meet

daily shipping needs for customer products.

. Sales and purchasing and planning of electronics components for single

board computers, negotiating vendor contracts for freight charges, and

vendor outsourcing.

. Planned assembly work orders to meet customer ship dates, tracking and

expediting of material shortages and all RMA returns.

Applied Materials, Santa Clara, CA

1995 to 1996

An American corporation that manufactures innovative equipment, services

and software to enable the manufacture of semiconductor, TFT LCD display,

Glass, WEB and solar products.

Material Planner - (Contract)

. Planned, scheduled and monitored the movement of materials through the

production cycle and shipping schedules. Review and analyze production

schedules per customer needs and specifications for all offshore

production schedules, develop ERP Flow for procurement.

. Created shortage reports in excel spreadsheet and expedite material.

. Ensured the timely delivery of materials at the most economical cost,

consistent with quality standards and affective quality by assuring that

suspicious material is identified.

OPERATING SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

4TH Shift PeopleSoft IBM

AS400HP JD Edwards Oracle 10.0 & 11i

SAP Baan IV MS Office; Word, Excel,

PowerPoint

Windows 98 Windows 2000 XP

EDUCATION and CERTIFICATIONS

CERTIFICATION - CIPM

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