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Over a decade of continuous successes in Procurement & Logistics Management, with proven ability to thrive in fast paced, dynamic

environments for Fortune 500 legends – Seagate Technology, VMWare, EBay, & Macys.

E XPER I ENCE

E BAY I NC, (M i lestone Tech), San Jose, Cal iforni a P rocurement I T Leasing Special ist

Apr 2013 – Dec 2013

• Managed leased assets activity, including purchasing, inventory allocation, transferring, disposal, decommission, RTV & end of lease

t ransactions for data center servers thru effective communication with Engineering Teams, Tech Support, & suppliers including

HP, IBM, & Sun.

• Partnered with Engineering to review business needs with existing migration plans for active servers with leases to ensure all

expiring leased servers are returned, extended, or purchased on time. Discovered & resolved potential error avoiding $45k in cost.

• Secured 500 servers for urgent priority Raptor project thru expiring lease inventory to avoid new purchase costs & eliminating

shipping lead times.

V MWARE I NC, (Artech I nfo Sys), Palo Alto, Cal iforni a B uyer I I I/Pl anner

M a r 2012 –Jan 2013

• Analyzed, reviewed, & revised global equipment requirements from Engineering, Corporate, & TechOps teams by aligning with

approved suppliers & current model specs. Requested quotes, created POs, tracked shipments, & updated tickets to provide high

level of customer service to end users.

• Worked with Apple, Dell, & CDW on standard system upgrades regarding specification requirements, pricing, & support.

• Recorded & issued software requests thru corporate licensing/non-standard program individual buys & applied charges to

appropriate cost centers.

SOLYNDRA, F remont, California Senior Buyer/Planner

M a r 2010 – Aug 2011

• Oversaw planning & purchasing activities for production factory; coordinated ocean shipments from CMs, & calculated execution of

d irect material from MRP forecasts to VMI & JIT inventory programs. Held nightly conference calls w/Asian CM to insure

a lignment & updated status to team in morning staff meeting.

• Provided direct support for New Product Development Group & oversaw bidding process with vendors for new factory material

requirements.

• Documented Agile ECO process flow & developed work instructions for Quality Control reference. Performed warehouse inventory

cycle counts.

S EAGATE T EC HNOLOGY, M ilpitas, California Senior Buyer

O ct 1997 – Dec 2008

• Processed 12,000+ purchase orders & ranked first among all buyers for three consecutive years while managing several commodities

i n support of Production Materials, R&D, Facilities, IT, Capital Equipment, MRO/Spares, Service Contracts, HR, & Special Events.

Total career spend $84,718,133.

• Reduced processing time 64% by improving order process flow of spare part inventories by streamlining requisition distribution,

eliminating “non-value” add functions & reverse engineered OEM parts to local shops (61% savings). Negotiated $85k cost avoidance

for cleanroom garment charges.

• Chosen as Team Leader for corporate SOX compliance; performed site audits & delivered results to Finance VP. Initiated credit

p rogram for precious metals from part-cleaning service. Increased issuance of Procurement Card by 42% to end user population.

• Recognized for exceptional performance with invite to compete in worldwide Eco-Challenge in Hawaii, Seagate was honored as

“Company of the Year “by Forbes Magazine. Consistently surpassed cost savings goals including 21% discount on achieved on 1.5m

perpendicular upgrade project.

• Managed implementation, testing, training & trouble shooting Procurement software modules & catalogs for all California sites;

designated Oracle Super User, Ariba “Wizard”. Scripted weekly dept. metric reports for i nternal publication (open reqs, past due

orders, invoice holds, & cost savings).

M ACYS, San Jose, California O perations M an ager

M ay 1991 – Oct 1997

• Managed all Sales Support personnel & activities, including warehouse, merchandising, stock & office staffing, as well as

responsibility for all facility operations for a 223,000 sq. ft. retail anchor store. Supervised store opening, $13m remodel, & store

closure plus tent sales. Received 4 promotions in 4 year period.

ED UCAT ION

C AL I FORN IA STATE U N I V E RS I TY, Hayward, California B usiness M anagement,

emphasis Operations

W EST VALLEY COLLEGE, Saratoga, California Associate of Science, Genera l

B usiness

M ISS IO N COLLEGE, Santa Clara, California Associate of Arts, Economics

A RC HB IS HOP M I T TY H I G H SCHOOL, San Jose, California College P rep

T E C H N I CA L C E R T I F I CA T I O NS / SO F TWAR E P R O F I C I E N C Y

C ERT IF ICAT IONS Six Sigma -Brown Belt, CGPP Supply Chain & Negotiating Course, Macys Executive Training Program, National

B B Coaches Alliance

SOFTWARE O racle 11i, SAP, Ariba, Crystal Reports, Agile, Remedy, Discover, Trace, AMMS, Lotus Notes, MS Office, Advanced

Excel, Skype, WebEx

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