Ms. Ildi Barath

**Easy Street Anniston, AL

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Cell: 256-***-**** ( preferred)

Email: acq08o@r.postjobfree.com

Work: acq08o@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

-Twenty years purchasing experience as a direct material buyer in a bus manufacturing setting

-Bachelors Degree issued by European College of Business

-Offshore purchasing experience by working years in Europe

-Experience in multi-cultural work place

-Team player, hard worker, capable of independent working with minimal supervision

-Basic German, basic Spanish, fluent Hungarian, Fluent English language speaker

-Computer – Word, Excel intermediate level

-BaaN and SCALA ERP system knowledge

-Solid work history

Experience

2008- present position buyer New Flyer of America

Formerly:

NABI North American Bus Industries, Inc.

NABI BUS LLC; Anniston, AL

Products: Heavy-duty transit buses ( automotive industry)

Duties performed:

- Primary contact regarding material issues in the area of responsibility ( 47 US based suppliers and 14 international overseas based suppliers; more than 3000 parts )

-Executing MRP- weekly

-Pulling engineering drawings from Windchill database and sending to Supplier

-Quote requests to obtain updated price quotes, availability and lead time.

-Issuing purchase orders through BaaN ERP system

-Formatting open order reports and backorder reports -weekly -to keep dates current in the system,

-Keeping day to day connection with the Suppliers to ensure on time delivery and resolving the open questions

-Handling receiving issues with vendors including defectives, damages or other product issues.

-Evaluating supplier related performance report of on time delivery, quality, errors

- Working with Accounts Payable on reconciliation of PO price to invoice, auditing invoices for payment

Areas and Suppliers of my responsibility as a buyer:

- Metric carbon steel/ and stainless steel tubing for bus structure ( rectangular; square tubing

-Hydraulic steering system ( steering gear with linkage, mitter box, drop arms, steering column, steering wheels

Primary contact to Suppliers such as : ZF Friedrichshafen AG- Germany, Douglas Autotech,- US; Sheppard-US, Vehicle Improved Products-US; Alfred Heyd GmbH- Germany,Pemat AG -Switzerland;Hubner-Germany;ZF Steering - US

-Tires

Primary contact to Suppliers such as: Goodyear-US, Bridgestone-US, Michelin-US

-Windshields, destination sign glasses

Primary contact to Supplier: Guardian Industries-US

-Suspension parts ( radius rods, torque rods)

Primary contact to : Tenneco Automotive-US; TRW-US, Machine Services-US

-Wheels

Primary contact to: ALCOA Wheel Products -US, Accuride-US

-Heat and Noise Insulations ( pre bagged fiberglass, layered foams)

Primary contact to: Insultech LLc -US, Polymer Technologies-US, Orange County Thermal Inc-US

-Basic custom made welded fabricated parts ( Contact with Alabama based fabricators such as :T&T Laser Fabrication, Interstate Sheet Metal; Advanced Laser Products )

1997-2008 position: buyer North American Bus Industries, European Operations Budapest, Hungary

Products : bus body and chassis ( automotive industry)

Duties:

-Place purchase orders based on the distributed bus bill of material

-Negotiate prices, lead time in order to meet the MPS ( Producton Schedule) dates

-Market research, material resourcing

-Handling receiving issues

-Primary contact in the area of responsibility such as:

Articulation joint system, with supplier: Hubner AG-Germany

Glasses, windshields with supplier: Nordlamex, Pilkington- Finland

Bus flooring with supplier: Altro, Sweden

Rectangular tubes, stainless steel products: Le Meausienne, France

Sealing products, adhesives : SIKA Corporation-US

Painting products : Dupont, Belgium

Headlights : Hella AG, Germany

1986-1991 position junior buyer Ikarus Body And Coach Building Works, Budapest Hungary

Products: Heavy duty transit buses and coaches ( automotive industry)

Duties:

-Place purchase orders based on engineering drawings

-Negotiate prices, lead time with vendors

-Material control – inventory accuracy control

-Material resourcing, managing and drive vendor meetings

Areas of responsibility:

Bus roof plastic products : Pecolite AG- Germany

Rubber products Stedall Limited - England

Glasses - Finland

Education

Budapest BusinessSchool, Hungary

(www.BGF.hu )– College of International Management and Business

Bachelor’s Degree of Science in International Business, issued in 1986

GD&T - Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing – Technical Course, 2010

Private information

US Citizen – Able to work for any employer

Married

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