Michelle Clements

Deerfield Beach, Florida

954-***-****

ad2n98@r.postjobfree.com

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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