Supply Chain Senior Buyer
Resume:
Michelle Clements
Deerfield Beach, Florida
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SUMMARY
• Extensive global experience in procurement, materials management, and product management
• Broad supply chain experience, including reverse logistics, customer service, logistics, distribution, and manufacturing.
• Strategic global sourcing buyer with strong negotiation skills
• Success-driven achiever who consistently exceeds targets.
• Skilled troubleshooter/problem solver who recognizes issues clearly and focuses on solutions. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ADT LLC
IT Strategic Sourcing Specialist July 2021 – to May 2022 Overseas all Contracts/Renewal, and new Business
Price negotiation, and supply chain management.
Johnson Controls August 2017 to January 2021
Senior Buyer/Purchasing Government Specialist
Procurement for the House of Representatives, Senate and U.S. Marshall's Tyco Integrated Security
Supply Chain Solutions/Senior Buyer Contractor January 2017 to August 2017 Office Depot/Office Max Contractor January 2014 to December 2016 Product Manager
• International sourcing, negotiating, and working with vendors to purchase products.
• Negotiating for future contracts
• Overseeing of weekly ad-campaigns
• Maintaining SOP and compliance with Service Level Agreements (SLA’s)
• Vendor Trade shows
• Resolving quality control issues and the strategic selection of new items for the new design group.
Dometic Corporation July 2011 to December 2013
Senior Buyer /Supply chain
Senior Buyer for the procurement and distribution of ships, mega yacht materials, parts, equipment and supplies in the marine industry.
• Negotiate pricing for goods and services to ensure purchases are cost effective.
• Provide cost savings and maintaining supplier relationships and rapport.
• Ensure purchasing practices and procedures are maintained in accordance with company and state requirements.
• Implement purchase contracts that comply with company policies.
• Direct communication with inventory control regarding critical purchase orders and other parts status
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• Ensures timely follow up of open purchase orders to ensure operational requirements are being me.
Tyco Safety Products, Boca Raton, Florida March 08 - July 2011 Reverse Logistics
Senior Buyer
• Responsible for purchasing $3 million dollars annually in raw materials and sub assembles for the U.S. Repair and service center.
• Executed all purchase orders, price negotiations, and scheduled all materials from demand planners.
• Consistently maintained relationships with global vendors on inventory levels, MOQ’s and lead- times
• Achieved over $630k in positive PPV
• Collaborated with business unit design engineering groups globally on EOL products and replacement parts for repair and service.
• Extensive experience sourcing obsolete materials with ERAI brokers worldwide. (ERAI is the industry leader for in-depth information on counterfeit, substandard and high-risk parts)
• Sourced older technology PC boards with local contract manufacturers that were no longer being manufactured by Tyco and where needed for service and repair.
• Participated on a successful Green Belt project reducing OEM unmatched PO’s which resulted in approximately $1.5 million annual savings.
• Procured equipment and supplies for 55 programs for repair center, returns, and shipping operations.
NRC Electronics Global Distributor October 2003 – March 2008 Global Account Manager
• Managed five large global accounts, which brought in annual sales of $3.8 million.
• Implemented VMI, consignment, and in-plant stores at customer’s site. Successfully increased sales by $2.5 million in Europe over 5 years
• Trained global staff on international tariffs’ taxes and duties (export and import)
• Arranged and participate in electronic trade shows, Electronica in Munich, and EE in Vegas
• Conducted price negotiations with franchised and non-franchised vendors. Arrow Electronics March 1991-October 1997
Operations Manager
Inside Sales/Outside Sales & Product Manager
Largest electronics distributor of electronic components
• Implemented VMI programs
• Implant stores at the customers sites
• Consignment Inventories
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Education:
Business Courses at MCC Rochester NY.
Achievements:
• Green Belt Six Sigma Certification: 2010
• Tyco Values award of excellence: 2009
• Accommodation letter from CEO, Arrow, Steve Kaufman: 1992
• Top electro-mechanical product manager: 1994 & 1996 COMPUTER SKILLS:
• MS Office Suite
• Crystal – As 400 - Focus
• Oracle
• Baan
• Salesforce
• SAP/Ariba
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