Supply Chain Customer Service

DAVID ROSS

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San Antonio, TX 78260 Email: *********@*****.***

Senior Supply Chain & Procurement Professional

An accomplished, result driven Senior Supply Chain Professional with 20 years of experience in all aspects of the industry including procurement, inventory management, production, scheduling, quality, and configuration control. Strong expertise in developing long-term partnerships with suppliers to optimize negotiations and ensure positive collaboration when establishing pricing, scheduling, and forecasting. Analytical professional skilled in problem resolution with the ability to proactively identify and resolve quality issues to guarantee production remains within budget and on schedule.

Areas of Expertise

Supply Chain Management

Vendor Management

Buying/Purchasing

Procurement

Legal Compliance

Process Improvement

Production Planning

Lean-Sigma

Material Documentations

Records Management

SAP

NAVISION 2013

DATAWORKS

Cold-Calling Proficiency

Microsoft Office

Key Skills Assessment

Procurement – 20 years of buying/purchasing; expertise in managing multi-million dollar product lines

Supply Chain Management – Committed to utilizing supply chain methodologies to implement process improvements, optimize costs, and deliver high quality products, on schedule and within budget

Professional Experience

CPS ENERGY, San Antonio, TX October 2015 – Present

Procurement Analyst

Key Accomplishments

Essential buyer for multiple commodities including safety equipment, raw materials and chemicals

Identified unforeseen spikes in material demand and modified material master to reduce impact to inventory

Developed and administered blanket supply agreements with qualified suppliers

Collaborated with separate business units in order to adapt to their needs in order to improve a procurement

decision outcome

FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, San Antonio, TX January 2011 – January 2015

Buyer

Key Accomplishments

Functioned as principle buyer for centrifugal pump line, purchasing motors, castings, and machined parts

Strategically conducted pricing negotiations with vendors for purpose of cost saving and procurement throughout supply chain

Collaborated with suppliers to implement process improvements, maximizing cost, quality, deliveries, and lead time

Responsible for all files related to purchasing, delivery, and inventory adjustments

Developed close and long-term partnerships with selected suppliers, ensuring maximum leverage when negotiating prices, scheduling, transportation, quality issues, services, forecasting, and stock issues

Spearheaded the implementation of exponential smoothing planning techniques and stock keeping agreements with suppliers, leading to a significant increase in customer satisfaction rates from 83 percent to 95 percent

MEDTRONIC/MINIMED, Northridge, CA April 1999 – August 2009

Senior Buyer/Planner

Key Accomplishments

Essential representative tasked with handling a $500M product line

Accountable for more than 180 SKUs, including powders and liquids

Spearheaded production planning, developing schedules, managing component purchases, and coordination of all new product launches for the insulin pump team

Honored by the 2007 Medtronic Star of Excellence award, for effectively slashing inventory while maintaining a 99.9 percent customer satisfaction rating

Key member of the transition team leading the move of manufacturing from Northridge, CA to Puerto Rico, resulting in a 30 percent cost reduction

Managed numerous Lean-Sigma projects, improving the Receiving Inspection Process, Reorder Point Process Enhancement, and participated in the deployment of a major MRP/ERP system (SAP)

Demonstrated superior customer service skills, facilitating communication regarding interpretation of laws, policy, codes, and regulations pertaining to purchasing

Facilitated procurement and records management by reviewing, evaluating, and monitoring departmental purchase requisitions for proper authorization

Fundamental member of the Configuration Control and Material Review Board, minimizing scrap losses through timely release of ECN’s and disposition of on-hand inventory

Performed diligent root cause inventory analysis to weed out discrepancies and implement preventative and corrective actions

Supervised the daily procurement and planning tasks related to all external pump related materials

Collaborated with suppliers to coordinate engineering modifications, achieving delivery goals and positively supporting planned product launches

Strategized and developed product schedules of sub-assemblies, supporting end item build schedules

Established Kanban’s at sub-tier suppliers to validate available inventory and ensure delivery was received on schedule

Functioned as a liaison between the supplier and the organization, assisting accounts payable on relevant projects

Initiated inter-departmental collaborations to seamlessly evaluate goods and services and ensure customers are provided with superior hassle-free products

Spearheaded problem resolution cases concerning deliveries and billing and successfully brought them to closure

AM-PAC TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, Simi Valley, CA 1982 – 1984

Warehouse Mgr. / Sales

Inside and Outside Whole sales of tires to Independent tire dealers in San Fernando Valley, provide pricing and services available.

Scheduled all incoming and out bound shipments.

Assisted in creating newspaper advertisements.

FIRESTONE AUTOMOTIVE, Northridge, CA 1991 – 1994

Mgr. / Sales

Wholesale and Retail sales of automotive parts and services.

Education & Training

Courses in Social Science, College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA

Courses in Communications, Mission College, San Fernando, CA

CPIM Certification Course, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA

Win-Win Negotiation Training, Baker Communications

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