Gayle L. Harris
Lowell, MA
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Purchasing • SAP• Oracle• Material Management • Vendor Relations
EXPERIENCE
November 2014 - October 2015 Metrigraphics LLC Wilmington/Lowell, MA
Purchasing Buyer
•Maintained all materials planning/procurement, delivery scheduling, and inventory management. Responsible for all communication and corrodination with manufacturing. Using SAP system.
•Owner of supplier relations in my area. Ensured supplier performance for ontime delivery,quality. Audited and evaluated suppliers. Managed all supplier quality and delivery issues to ensure closure and complete corrective action completion.
•Successfully completed approved suppliers list, certificates of compliance, insurance and W9's for enable ISO qualification and auditing.
•Managed special projects (e.g. clean rooms & RFQ’s) for best pricing.
March 2011 – October 2014 Brooks Automation Chelmsford, MA
Purchasing Buyer
•Managed all materials procurement, pump equipment spares, and manufacturing robots.
•Handled all requirement planning, re-order points, and min./max. data to execute purchase orders and ensure no inventory stock issues.
•Served as primary supplier contact including expediting orders, quality issues and pricing.
•Assisted in shipping and receiving, specifically problem resolution and quality issues.
•Oracle system
April 2008 – March 2011 Evergreen Solar Devens, MA
Associate Buyer
•Managed all materials procurement for equipment spares and manufacturing consumables, including supplier management, quality control issues and pricing targets.
•Implemented and managed a new vendor managed inventory solution to reduce cost and prevent any supply interuptions.
•Worked closely with other buyer/planners to help ensure a smooth process flow.
•Analyzed planning data with MRP and usage details.
December 1997 – April 2008 Intel Corporation Hudson, MA
Transactions Specialist
•Collaborated metal recycling for large constructions projects, including scope of work, bidding, qualifying vendors through lean process.
•Converted IWICs to SAP, IMI to ICE SAP, and RAPID to Versa Pro.
Provided technical leadership for vendor contracts, submittals certificate of insurance, and general correspondence, pre-quals and re-qualifications.
•Maintained RMA’s on warranty and non-warranty products for repair, using SAP
•Supported rapid installs of VPN installations.
•Managed customer contract agreements end to end, including web activation for all units sold, completion of agreements confirmation, and supplier follow up.
•Interfaced with customer emails via web request for software and hardware upgrades.
•De-activated old units and upgrade new network systems.
EDUCATION
•Middlesex Community College Lowell MA
•Billerica Memorial High School