Debra Gay Chapman

Email address: ad24g8@r.postjobfree.com

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Cell 281-***-**** Houston, TX 77084

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Strong organizational skills, capability to learn quickly and adapt to changing goals and objectives; ability to prioritize, troubleshoot and multi-task, enthusiastic team player, self-motivated and action oriented. Initiative and task oriented, which includes effectively organizing available resources to achieve established goals. Excellent leadership abilities, with a focus on operations, manufacturing, new business methodologies and strategic planning, to contribute and guide highly effective teams to positively impact both customer satisfaction and profitability.

Accomplishments/Area of Expertise

• Extensive Manufacturing and Procurement Industry Knowledge and Experience

• Strategic Procurement focus: capital equipment, printed circuit board (PCB), electromechanical box builds and custom cable and plastic molding assembly.

• Successful Supplier Negotiation

• Annual Cost Reductions – Average 10%

• Continues Improvements – Supplier Delivery and Quality to +95%

• Problem Resolution

• Customer Satisfaction

Professional Development/SKILLS

APICS/MRP MS Office & Project Agile Oracle

SAP Mac Pac Fusion Ops Samna

Fourth Shift Trade Compliance Training FIFO

Professional Experience

Sercel, Inc. – Houston, Texas 12/11 – 12/23

Sr. Buyer (Buyer III)

• Procurement of Capital Equipment and upgrades along with direct material procurement and sourcing per MRP demand

• Commodities - electronic components, custom fabrication/molded material, raw and specialty wire and cables, MRO material to support high volume production, NPI and engineering.

• Schedule and manage open purchase order changes, expedites, and defers.

• Continuous improvement activities; processes, cost reduction and supplier metrics.

• RFQ process, supplier contracts, cost reductions and PPV

• Lean Manufacturing projects; safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and productivity

• Established New supplier development and performance development to form strategic relationships. Negotiated contracts in conjunction with payment terms, pricing, and quality.

• Ensure subcontract compliance with Public Laws and regulations as well as ITAR and ISO regulations.

Suntron Corporation, Sugar Land, Texas (Formerly K-Tec Electronics) 03/94-12/11

Sr. Buyer – Electronic Components/PCB Boards

• Evaluate and execute MRP demand purchases for PCBA, cable assemblies and electromechanical box build.

• Ensure procurement accuracy by review of AML (Approved Manufacturers List) and customer specifications.

• Monitored supplier deliverable and actioned on-time delivery, cancellations, expedites, deferrals, Certificates of Compliance, MSDS sheets, UL Listings and First Article Inspections.

• Internal Processes; non-conforming material, engineering change notices (ECN), AP discrepancies, excess, and obsolete inventory returns.

Project Manager/Buyer – Design Engineering Department

• Developed department processes and procedures for new Design Engineering Group

o MRP implementation, customer set up and orders, procurement, changes notices.

• Managed department daily activities and deliverables including Project Management.

• Intercompany interaction with Finance and accounting to ensure proper allocations of branch expenses, revenue forecast and sales order allocations.

• Key customer contact within the department

• Coordinated with manufacturing departments to ensure customer order schedule and compliance.

• Maintained and processed customer documentation, schedules, budgets, prototype buys, builds and projects directed with the department.

Project Manager/Semi-Conductor Industry - Applied Materials

• Direct company representative to highly visible customer product lines; Genrack NSO, AC Modules NSO, Endpoint NSO, and Common Modules.

• Contribute in daily MRP meetings, interacting with manufacturing departments to ensure order schedule compliance and ensure contract compliance per customer.

• Manage extensive customer required documentation via Agile and Excel.

• Facilitate packaging changes and modifications needed for cost reductions per customers requirements. Regulated premium charge notices required for impromptu customer fees/services rendered.

• Facilitate order management ensuring part availability or possible shortages.

• Organizer of interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the product/program/project on schedule and within budget constraints.

• Expedite material issues to ensure capacity utilization and customer satisfaction.

Strategic Account Associate/Customer Service

• Direct company representative for assigned customers ensuring complete customer satisfaction and meeting financial goals.

• Support sales group by expediting customer orders and updating specifications data.

• Handle customer’s requests, complaints, identify delinquent orders, and expedite sales requests.

• Effective customer requirements management and tracking to include tracking RMAs and defective materials, change orders, cancellations, AVL maintenance, bill of material changes, engineering change notices, forecasting, part master and sales order maintenance.

• Operational management of employee time and scheduling documents.

Warehouse Associate/Clerical

• Shipping and Receiving process component and finished goods material.

• Clerical responsibilities of debit memos, data entry, inventory control, material reports.

• Supervision of kitting work orders to production and inventory process of finished goods.

Certificate of Completion

Prevention Discrimination and Harassment Certificate Ethics Certificate

Effective Goal-Setting Certificate Root Cause / Correction Action Certificate

Advanced Negotiations, Tactics and Strategies Certificate Advanced Negotiations Certificate

FrontPage 2000 Introduction & Advanced Leadership

Customer Service Management

Education

G.C. Scarborough Senior High

University of Houston

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