Derek Bunyan

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Simi Valley, Ca. 93065

818-***-****

ad10bb@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary:

Self-motivated and detail-oriented buyer with 35 Years expertise in purchasing, procurement, and resource allocation. Excels at building relationships with suppliers, vendors, and clients in order to negotiate better contracts and increase bottom-line profits. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Networks Electronic Company (NEco)

Buyer/Planner

June 2023 – August 2023

● Responsible for procurement of electronic components for Military and commercial applications for ordinance and explosives. Managed over 30 domestic and international vendors.

● Provided Coordination and leadership in procurement activities for assigned commodities.

● Purchased hardware, ic's, varies electronic components, MRO, company supplies and fabricated sheet metal and machined parts per company drawings.

● Acted as an interface with Config Control to make sure any necessary changes are made to drawings and specifications.

● When purchasing material made sure that material/services are purchased at a negotiated price and met all QA codes required.

● Promptly corrected any discrepancies with parts that were received, so they could be used in production.

● Worked with Accounting to correct any problems with paying the vendors.

● Expedited all parts to make sure we could meet schedule demands.

● Interfaced with Quality department to make sure ASL is kept up to date.

● Performed cost estimating for sales department on new proposals from customers. So-Cal Value Added

Buyer/Planner

April 2021-March 2023

● Responsible for procurement of military and commercial electronic components for Cable assemblies

● Purchased connectors, wire and cable, varies electronic components and any MRO and supplies needed.

● Managed 100+ domestic and international vendors

● Worked with Material purchasing system to identify parts that needed to be ordered. Made sure long lead time parts were promptly ordered to ensure we could meet schedule demands for our Customers.

● Interfaced with Quality throughout the day to identify problems with parts in house that needed to be fixed quickly.

● Corrected any Accounting problems so vendors could be paid on time.

● Expedited parts to make sure we could meet customers time frame.

● Performed cost estimating on new proposals from customers Dynamic Sciences International Inc.

Buyer/planner and inventory control

April 2002 – April 2020

● Identified parts needed to be procured to build Emi Test Systems, Tempest and Microwave Down converters.

● Some of that parts purchased were Wave Guides, filters, oscillators, amplifiers, connectors, ic’s, circuit boards, sheet metal, fabricated parts, any components needed to build computers for customers to use our systems and any and all MRO and company supplies needed.

● Worked to identify long lead time items and make sure they were ordered immediately.

● Set-up source inspections for meeting DOD flow-down requirements

● Interfaced with Quality to fix any problems so parts could be put into production.

● Worked on any Accounting problems so vendors could be paid on time.

● Helped in Shipping and receiving to make sure parts were immediately received and anything needed to be shipped was packaged and ready for Ups or Fed Ex. Litton Guidance & Control Systems

Buyer/Planner

August 1989-October 1999

● Responsible for procurement of electronic parts for Military and commercial applications

● Using MRP II system purchased Hardware, Power Supplies, PCB's, Integrated Circuits, Fabricated and Machined Parts. Made sure all QA codes were applied to the orders.

● Acted as an interface with Config Control to make sure any necessary changes are made to drawings and specifications.

● Interfaced on a daily basis with MRB to fix any and all quality problems so parts could be used in production.

● Worked with accounting to correct any problems with invoices so vendors could be paid on time.

● With the help of Quality and DCAS set up vendors in our manufacturing plant city of Colorado Springs to have parts dropped shipped without needing to go through Inspection control. Saved company millions of Dollars in shipping costs and loss of time waiting for inspection to look at parts.

● Worked with Engineering on reducing amount of drawings and specs needed to go to purchasing with PR's. This directly saved untold amounts of money, paper and time needed to send PR's to purchasing department.

● Expedited parts on a daily basis to make sure we could meet production schedule. EDUCATION:

California State University, Northridge- Business Administration 112 units toward BA. (Senior).

Purchasing Certificate Course.

ITAR Restrictions Course.

FAR/DFAR Requirements

Total Quality Management Course.

Inactive Secret Clearance

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