Supply Chain Customer Service

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EDGAR SOLERA

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

Bachelor of Arts – Major, Business Administration, Minor – Economics – Material Management University of Costa Rica (UCR), US Army. Extension Program - Materials Resource Planning, MRP II – MAPICS – CHESS, ERP, ORACLE, IFS, SAP. Aerospace Management Development Program Administration Support - MS Project - Earned Value Management Program. Interaction Management, Employees Interviewing Techniques, Equal Employees Opportunities. Numerous courses in production planning, procurement, supply, logistics and manufacturing systems. World-Class And Lean Manufacturing techniques – KAIZEN-KANBAN – Supply Chain Knowledge in computer systems: Mainframe –CICS – Personal Computers Software: Microsoft Office Excel-Word-MS Project– Graphics- Power Point ISO 9000 AND 9001 –Bilingual: English Spanish (fluent) ITAR policy and DoD, FAR requirements & Government Contracts. SERVICE: United States Army - Logistics Specialists – Viet Nam Veteran Honorable Discharge SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:

An accomplished professional with over thirty years of increasingly responsible experience in Operations - Materials and Manufacturing Management, with World Class and Lean Manufacturing techniques, including positions as Production and Inventory Control Manager, Materials Manager, Production Manager, Senior Master Scheduler, Senior Production and Material Control Planner-Buyer, Supply Chain Specialist, Strategic Sourcing within aerospace, air, space, avionics electronics, and biomedical, military and commercial industries.

PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE: SYSTEMS:

Landing & Actuation Mechanical, Flight Control. Fluid Management Valves, Pumps, Oxygen. Cockpit and Cabin,

Propulsion and Space. Motors and Turbine Systems. Medical Devices.

Interior Structures: Seating, Lavatories, Galley, Electro-mechanical Controls, Sensors. Commercial transportation and safety equipment. Avionics, VIP.

Electronic Warfare, Missiles, Radar, Communication, Navigation, Medical Devices. CURRENT EXPERIENCE: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Marietta Ohio April 2014 to present. Partner- Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Consulting Responsibility for managing assigned commodity materials for the Marietta site and in support of divisional sourcing activities led by Commodity Managers and Commodity Specialist in alignment with global strategies. The position responsibilities include the need to plan, organize and procure materials and services for Thermo Fisher Scientific in Marietta, Ohio in accordance with production requirements. These

strategies will be in alignment with the overall sourcing strategy of driving down the total cost of ownership for direct materials. In this role, accountable to improve supplier- managed inventory programs, inventory consignment, Kanban pull systems, days payable with both total cost improvement, and year-over-year productivity savings. The Sourcing Specialist is site-based and will support the execution of regional, divisional and global sourcing strategies. Key Responsibilities:

•Strategic sourcing of assigned items to meet production requirements, economic inventory levels and in accordance with sound procurement procedures. Understanding of market and material trends to remain current on market conditions that effect availability, lead times, pricing to ensure on-time deliveries and aggressive pricing. Plan and procure materials in support of manufacturing and site requirements to meet Customer expectations.

• Persuasive and strong communication skills with experience negotiating aggressive cost savings with suppliers, ability to work with Continuous Improvement tools, and team- oriented with experience in cross- functional team membership.

• High level motivation, self-starter, with professional and ethical standards. Able to manage multiple priorities.

• Lead Supplier meetings by preparing agendas, arranging attendees, and documenting meeting minutes. Perform Supplier assessments in accordance with the Quality Procedure Manual. Prepare RFP (Request for Proposal) and RFQ (Request for Quotations) Select appropriate supply base for these requests. Evaluate products and services in order to determine which supplier has the lowest total cost of ownership consistent with quality, reliability, and ability to meet production requirements. Negotiate pricing, lean support, services, recommend suppliers

based on this factual review. Lean Sourcing concepts and processes to implement supplier programs to reduce site inventory and flexible Manufacturing. Implement VOMI, Kanban, and consignment lean programs with suppliers.

• Analyze multiple bids from sources in the commodity scope and strategy, including Asia-Pacific and Eastern Europe to make selection recommendations based on quantitative analysis.

• Facilitate supplier communication and involvement with quality, productivity improvements, value engineering, new product development, and existing product development for overall continuous improvement. Review Supplier performance with assigned suppliers.

• Review markets and submit savings projects for evaluation by Engineering to obtain cost reductions through competitive bidding and value analysis. Knowledge of regulatory requirements to ensure compliance (UL, CSA, FDA, etc).

•Responsible for identifying, driving category savings opportunities through data analysis and input from stakeholders and in collaboration with global LED peers to achieve greater synergy savings.

• Consolidate supply base utilizing the Thermo Fisher Scientific strategic sourcing process through other means as appropriate – e.g. LCR Sourcing consolidation efforts and HLA (Higher Level Assemblies).

• Drive cost reduction/productivity programs consistent with the objectives set forth by the division.

• In collaboration with department peers: drive, document, and utilize best practice in department work practices e.g. processes, procedures, and documentation that reduces work, streamlines the sourcing process, and improves organizational throughout and workload balance.

• Establish and maintain proper internal controls and documentation in accordance with ISO requirements, Sarbox, Thermo Fisher Scientific Authority Approval Matrix, and all other Thermo Fisher guidelines. 2

• Managing Non-Conforming materials with suppliers to ensure proper Corrective/Preventive Actions are implemented with appropriate evidence of sustainability including finance documentation and controls. Experience:

Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Consulting March 2007– Present (7 years 9 mo) Burlington, Vermont Area Purchasing & Sourcing Manager-Buyer Commodities of Global Operations

•Provide periodic reviews of spend reports, savings reports, and industry analysis. Following these reviews identifying and communicating new savings and improvement opportunities to the client through the designated governance team for prioritization and scheduling. Once approved, proceed, will work with the suppliers and/or the client to carry out sourcing or change programs to achieve the target savings or improvements. This includes communications programs with the suppliers and/or the client’s. Employees or joint both to use preferred suppliers or contracts. Responsible for preparing, negotiating and administering high level purchase orders/subcontracts ranging value from $10,000 to multi-million dollars. DoD & Government Contracts and Capital requirements. Refine current sourcing strategy and recommend suggestions for improvement.

•Define sourcing (buying) and contracting process, recommend to and obtain approval from the customer

•Formulate procurement and category-specific policies and lead implementation.

•Develop supplier evaluation and selection criteria, in general, and for each spend category as part of agreed procurement strategy.

•Identify and evaluate potential suppliers, applying established evaluation and selection criteria.

•Conduct activities as necessary (Managing the process of obtaining approved nondisclosure agreements), to build short-list of potential suppliers. •Define and manage contractual and supplier relationships

•Design and implement contract management and communications, including metrics and processes for due diligence of supplier capabilities, market and financial position.

•Design supplier and user compliance management program, recommend policies and procedures as well as implementation and performance tracking program.

•Accountabilities for compliance tracking, analysis, and reporting, and client participation.

•Build and manage baseline (spend, requisition/PO process, supplier/user behavior and procurement practices) data, using external expertise for due diligence. Strategic Buyer: Plan, negotiate, organize and conduct buying activities in compliance with federal requirements and ITAR policy and DoD, FAR requirements & Government Contracts. Analyze quotes, negotiate price, terms and conditions, and award purchase orders and contracts from $0 (e.g., purchase order total award) up to signature authority of $100K, and prepare purchase orders and contracts for the signature of others when over Buyer's signature authority. Perform complex Requests for Proposal and competitive bids, Requests for Quotation and informal price requests, lead job walks or pre-bid meetings, perform quality-point and best value analysis. Ensure compliance with federal requirements on orders funded by federal contracts and grants. Facilitate Purchase Orders for leases or capital equipment financing request from departments. Evaluate and make recommendations to managing buyer on departmental sole source requests. Identify and address potential policy or legal concerns, including conflicts of interest and acquisitions that should be made via a construction contract. Perform informal requests for quotation. Perform timely purchase order file documentation. Provide support to Managing Buyer and department Buyer as needed. Assess suppliers and maintain OTD, PPV and suppliers quality. Source and recommend suppliers across USA, Europe and LCR countries (Low Cost Region) Negotiate pricing, delivery terms and conditions.

EXPERIENCE:

GOODRICH CORPORATION - Sensors Integrated Systems. Vermont. July ‘08 to 01/05/2012 Sub Contract Adm. Senior. Buyer of Strategic Global Operations - Small Business Liaison Officer Execute supplier contract negotiations and delivery to meet MRP schedule requirements. Resolve quality discrepancies and documentation required to facilitate on time delivery. Assist in managing the sold material process and inventory management. Assist in proposal development with coordination of supplier inputs. Source and acquire material in support of DoD & Government Contracts and Capital requirements. Have overall responsibility for procurement and supplier management. Specific duties include: RFQ generation, quote / proposal analysis, negotiations, documentation. This position responsible in preparing, negotiating and administering high level purchase orders/subcontracts ranging in value from

$10,000 to multi-million dollars. Purchase Order generation and supplier follow-up. Systems: Fuel, Hydraulics, Air, VIP, Avionics.

Maintain procurement metrics such as supplier schedules, customer requirements, items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, inventories .Conduct Supplier Program reviews in conjunction with Strategic Procurement.

Contract Structure & Business Terms

* Negotiate pricing using cost/price and best value analysis

* Negotiate to ensure terms and conditions address provisions and risks of financial terms, acceptance criteria, delivery requirements, warranty, intellectual property, termination provisions, indemnification, and all other potential risk areas

* Ensure that terms and conditions have been properly flowed down from customer contracts to supplier contracts

* Establish and maintain formal agreements (Purchase Orders) with suppliers

* Incorporate customer or internal changes into the contract or PO. Financial Performance

* Track cost savings and cost avoidance

* Establish billing and payment terms including milestones; facilitate timely payment of invoices

* Ensure PO is within program budget and support EAC reduction Compliance

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* Apply Import/Export regulations such as ITAR, EAR, DDTC registration etc.

* Apply security regulations concerning vendor visits or sharing information.

* Apply government contract requirements such as FAR, DFAR, ISO, DCAA, SOX, etc. to appropriate agreements

* Support auditing processes such as DCMA, CPSR etc. EXPERIENCE:

GE AVIATION MECHANICAL SYSTEMS Yakima, WA 05/01/07 to 6-30-08 Sr. Buyer, Strategic Global Sourcing. Supply Chain Management Sourcing in supply chain management, purchasing or planning within a manufacturing environment, in this position, responsible for acquiring, purchasing and negotiating materials, equipment and supplies for requisitioned material. Purchase materials as required by Kanban & ERP systems, applying FAR requirements, supporting strategic sourcing objectives. In this role also enhancing operations strategies for quality, cost, delivery and innovation. Key Responsibilities:

Direct procurement responsibilities. Drive cost reduction by development and implementation of suppliers in Low Cost Regions (LCR) countries, primarily in Asia, while working with our Singapore/India teams. Increase on-time delivery by eliminating material shortage for manufacturing and customer needs. Manage and develop existing suppliers. Study market trends, evaluate suppliers and recommended sources of supply. Estimate values according to knowledge of market price.

Determine appropriate procurement methods, negotiate and implement supplier agreements consistent with quality, delivery and cost requirements. Apply FAR requirements as needed Coordinate and schedule material purchase orders based on MRP output. Insure MRP output and attributes are accurate, validated and updated with current information. Address delivery issues through the SCAR process. Implement and own reverse auction process. Participate in the Daily Management process by taking full ownership of exceeding delivery and inventory targets. Use Company’s (lean manufacturing) tools to drive continuous process improvements in on-time delivery, cost savings, inventory reduction, and Low Cost Region spend.

Refine current sourcing strategy and recommend suggestions for improvement. Define sourcing (buying) and contracting process, recommend to and obtain approval from the Accenture client. Formulate procurement and category-specific policies and lead implementation. Develop supplier evaluation and selection criteria, in general, and for each spend category as part of agreed procurement strategy. Identify and evaluate incumbent and potential suppliers, applying established evaluation and selection criteria. Conduct RFx activities as necessary (including managing the process of obtaining approved nondisclosure agreements), to build short-list of potential suppliers. Define and manage contractual and supplier relationships in collaboration with the Accenture client. Design and implement contract management and communications, including metrics and processes for due diligence of supplier capabilities, market and financial position. Design supplier and user compliance management program, recommend policies and procedures as well as implementation and performance tracking program. Define accountabilities for compliance tracking, analysis, and reporting, and client participation. Build and manage baseline (spend, requisition/PO process, supplier/user behavior and procurement practices) data, using external expertise as needed for due diligence.

Key Measurements: Monitor Supplier’s On-Time deliveries (OTD) Reduction in total cost. Purchase Price Variance. Supplier quality, on-time delivery, leads time and responsiveness. Managing of multiple suppliers in a lean environment. Low Cost Region spend as a percentage of total direct material spend. Supplier Management

* Strategic sourcing * Establish supplier long term agreements* Contract change management * Ensure on-time delivery of quality product

* Continuous improvement * Risk management* Supplier performance management. OTD, PPM, PPV

* Sole source/critical supplier management

EXPERIENCE: Title: SUPPLY CHAIN SPECIALIST-GKN AEROSPACE CHEM-TRONICS INC. EL CAJON, CA . 01/06 TO 4/30/07 TRANSFERED TO GE AVIATION June 07) Under limited supervision, managing of all logistics, schedules and capacities for new programs and servings as system support on all new development programs. Ensuring that production schedules meet demand and that there is appropriate supplier safety stock built. Monitoring developing and implementing and providing process improvements for the movement of materials and parts through the entire manufacturing cycle from the requisition of raw materials to the delivery of the finish product to the customer, Coordinating and setting priorities with the Mexico facility, Quality, Engineering, Purchasing, Logistics and suppliers to ensure the flow of product. Maintaining factory-wide detailed production schedules and regularly balancing production requirements with inventory forecasts. Supply Chain process execution: Ability to manage the supply chain and product pipeline, working closely with corporate forecasting, demand planning, and corporate supply management. Communicating the provider’s commitments cross functionally as required, insuring that appropriate product build occur in support of the business and customers demand. Demonstrated experience in managing overall budgeting. Planning procurement, management of sourced raw materials, purchase components and finished goods, capital equipment tooling to meet production and sales demand. Strategic process development and implementation: Assuming the role on commodity teams (supply chain) in developing partnerships with supplier, administering the Supply Chain Management program, both internally with constituents and externally with the supplier base, and conducting analysis of the buy, categorizing parts by commodity. In a monthly basis, establish and amount of inventory products and its dollar value adequate to support a month shipping target, while bringing log lead components as well. Leading and executing improvement initiatives: Ability to work with commodity team members to develop and implement supplier selection criteria and rating systems/scorecards for use in evaluating the supplier base, as well as to establish target prices for each part in each commodity family. KEY FUNCTIONS: Landing Gear, Avionics, 4

Structures,

EXPERIENCE:

Magneto Inductive System Limited USA, San Bernardino, CA 01/04 to 01/06 MATERIALS/PLANNING/PURCHASING MANAGER/SUPPLY CHAIN SPECIALIST Description: Responsible for Materials Management organization, which includes Production Planning, Raw Material Planning, Inventory Control, Purchasing, Warehouse and Distribution. Performing Master Production Scheduling for entire organization. Working along with Customer Service to ensure that customer’s orders requirements are met. Set up of Kan bans applying lean manufacturing techniques. Successfully implemented cycle count programs where targeted accuracy was consistently met. - Successfully set up and maintained usage of an MRP system for raw material planning, production planning, purchasing

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Master Production Scheduling applied in both a Make to Order and Make to Stock environment. - Purchasing Policies and Procedures to include their impact cross-functionally. - Utilization of Supplier Performance Tools. Applied fundamental Supply Chain management, contributing to supplier development efforts. Key purchasing contact for supplier performance and provided resolutions. Participated in Continuous Improvement teams. Leading projects within and supply base. Commodity scheduling. Responsible for multiple suppliers, and components across multiple commodities Responsible for integrating of Supply Chain best practices. Develop, align and deploy effective key commodity strategies, with accountability to positively impact associated annual spending. Responsible for providing a "forward view" on market conditions and determining strategies to mitigate negative impacts. . Maintain and promoting sound relationships with suppliers.

Previous assignments: KEY FUNCTIONS: Avionics, Warfare. EXPERIENCE: ADAMS RITE AEROSPACE, Fullerton, California April 1996 to June '03 Senior Planner/Buyer -June '99 to June '03. Senior Master Scheduler: 1996- 1999 Adams Rite is a $70 million a year, 275 employee, World Class and lean manufacturer of electromechanical, Wheel control, throttles, oxygen systems, faucets and hardware components, latches, locks, for the OEM and distribution aerospace and commercial market. MRP and MAPICS environment. Roles: Avionics, VIP interiors EXPERIENCE: FLEX-O-LITE 1993-1996 (LA Mirada plant) is a $20 million OE 125 employee manufacturer and cross country distributor of safety and construction products including, arrow-boards, flasher units, electronic devises. Materials/Purchasing Manager: Responsible for all management functions including Purchasing, Production and Inventory Control, Distribution, Warehousing, Shipping and Receiving, Customer Service and Finished Goods. Direct and plan the Supply Chain Program. Supplier selection, strategic sourcing programs, contract negotiation and administration and Master Scheduling. Materials budget. Implemented "PULL SYSTEM" Applying KAN BAN concepts.. Total California directs staff of 15. Directed all operations and production of a Mexico plant. Staff of 10. EXPERIENCE: ROGERSON AIRCRAFT, Irvine, California Manufacturing Manager: 1990-1993 A $30M. OEM & Aftermarket manufacturer of fuel, air flight control and Vacuum lavatories systems, Avionics, VIP interiors for military and commercial aircraft.

Manufacturing Manager: Responsible for directing all personnel in headquarters location supporting 5 divisions, in assembly, test, customer service, R & D and Returned Goods.

Total personnel supervised: 2 salaried, 20 hourly. EXPERIENCE: PARKER HANNIFIN, Irvine, California 1979 to 1990. Fuel Division is a $48 million 350 employees OEM and aftermarket manufacturer of fuel, air flight control valves and refueling systems. Avionics for military and commercial aircraft. OPERATIONS- PRODUCTION MANAGER (1986-1990). Manager Production Control, Material Planning (1982-1986). Total personnel supervised: 2 salaried, 55 hourly. Senior Planner/Buyer (1979-1982) EDGAR SOLERA

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