PONDA BRADFORD

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205-***-****

Summary of Qualifications

Refrigeration, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Food Service Equipment

Operations Planning, Contract Administrator, Procurement & Logistics

Attention to detail and strong negotiation skills

Cost Reductions, Consignment Programs, Kanban,

Vendor Management, Inventory Control, Shipping & Receiving

WORK HISTORY

Mayekawa, Lebanon, TN Sr Manager Operations Planning & Procurement/Logistics (2/12 – Present)

Designs and Manufactures large industrial compressors for refrigeration companies.

Manage Purchasing, Part sales, Material Handlers, Receiving and Shipping

Insure accurate and timely ordering, receiving, and distribution of materials to the production floor

Create and manage production schedule

Effectively interact with sales team to assure supply chain efforts run in conjunction with customer / distributor timeline

Manage supplier selection and relationship management including score cards & QBR’s to maximize pricing, delivery and product quality

Negotiate and achieve yearly cost reductions and rebates saving at least 12-25%

Developed and implemented Kanban/consignment program designed to avoid stock out occurrence

Developed and implemented material staging area for kitting jobs to production floor

Set up off site warehouse for large inventory items

Manage transportation of outbound finished goods

Report directly to COO

Unified Brands, Jackson, MS Strategic Sourcing Specialist (Food Service Equipment) (8/04 – 1/12)

Manufactures and distributes foodservice equipment.

Member of Corporate Strategic Sourcing Team

Established rules of engagement with current and new vendors

Negotiated pricing, payment and delivery terms

Established consignment/stocking agreements on high dollar/long lead time parts

Worked out problems that have exceeded tactical team capabilities

New Product and Design/Acquisition and Reliability team member

Buyer/Purchasing Manager (prior position) Managed Procurement team

Worked pro-actively on a daily basis with manufacturing to ensure schedules are maintained and material was readily available

Bayer Healthcare (formally Visible Genetics), Suwanee, GA Purchasing Specialist (8/01-7/04)

Manufactured high-performance automated DNA sequencing system & complete kits for FDA approved genetic sequencing products for the analysis of genetics linked to disease.

Procured Inventory and Non-Inventory supplies and services

Developed and maintained Approved Suppliers List

Maintained cost reduction programs on inventory, non-inventory, transportation & services

Developed and maintained an inventory and non-inventory supplies catalog

Systems used: Vantage, Epicor, MRP Great Plains, MFG-PRO, MAPICS, EXCEL, WORD

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