CYNTHIA L. HORN

*** ******* *** *** *****, California 408-***-**** adbr5j@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Broad procurement experience in supply base management, commodity management, material requirements planning, production material support, cost reductions with proven results, new product introduction, and MRO purchasing. Designed, developed, and implemented a materials identification report required to support production upsides; participated with Finance on process improvements for supplier payments. Constantly strives to ensure the needs of internal and external customers. Good communication skills.

Supplier Cost Reductions

Process Development Teams

Material Requirements Planning

Commodity Management

New Product Introductions

Supplier Sourcing

Problem Resolution

Supply Chain Management

Contract Negotiations

Contract Management

EXPERIENCE

Joseph Gallo Farms, Atwater, California

Senior Buyer, MRO and Purchased Cheese, 01/18/16 – 01/07/20

Supported local maintenance team, stockroom, onsite services, QA lab and sanitation. Computer System Used: Navision and Docuware.

Prepare RFQ/Bid packages for various commodities and MRO related commodities.

Support MRO Critical Spare Parts Team to identify and source materials through distribution and determine min/max quantities for each item. Achieved cost savings purchasing through distribution.

Supported and helped implement and manage Procurement Co-Op program.

Managed Maintenance Free-stock components using VMI program.

Implemented vending machines for highly used items and reduced stockroom on hand inventory.

Implemented VMI for Janitorial products.

Worked closely with IT to design and develop various analysis reports for tracking usages, open order status, planning and on time delivery.

Continually worked to identify cost savings opportunities with proven results.

Processed Service Agreements and managed some long term Agreements.

Procured Purchased Cheese based on customer demand. Created Spreadsheet to automate planning, ordering and aging.

HOSPIRA, INC., San Jose, California

Senior Buyer, On-Market Products and MRO, 2012-2015

Support local engineering group and program management for On-Market Product redesign. Reduced on-hand inventory from engineering projects by over $3,000,000. Created tracking spreadsheet used for weekly meetings with engineers and suppliers to track projects. Computer systems used: AS400, Documentum and SAP.

Supported San Jose plant for products and services

Negotiate agreements

Improved processes

Developed training for end-users and engineers for non-production system.

HOSPIRA, INC., Morgan Hill, California

Senior Buyer, New Product Introduction, 2000-2012

Globally supported engineering, marketing, and program management teams. Managed and reported material status to specific teams, made recommendations, and implemented solutions to avoid impacting project launch schedules. Partnered with marketing, finance, and program management for costed bills of material and comparison of old product cost versus new product cost.

Purchased commodities, ranging from electrical components, fabricated sheet metal, metal stampings, injection- molded parts, printed circuit boards, cable assemblies, packaging labeling, and outside design and testing services.

Encouraged the new product development teams to use the preferred qualified supply base, steering teams from single- and sole-sourced suppliers.

Played key role in developing and implementing a pre-production MRP system for R&D and sustained engineering to reduce overall time to market through process improvement.

Played key role designing, developing, and validating a “what-if” report for pre-production and production, showing material availability for Non-Production Build Protocols (NPBP).

Cost Reductions - Acquired responsibility for coordinating weekly team meetings with supplier engineers, site engineering staff, production buyers, and department managers to track cost-reduction progress and milestones.

Managed MRO buying, including contract implementation. Coordinated supplier selection with requestors, using corporate goals to reduce supplier master database.

oContributed to an improved process to reduce the amount of invoice errors.

oNegotiated PSA and supply agreements, securing continued support and materials at lower cost.

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Morgan Hill, California

Buyer, Production and R&D Procurement, 1996-2000

Maintained commodities, including sheet metal, metal stampings, screw machine, extrusions, cable assemblies, and printed circuit boards. Performed supplier audits for quality and delivery, obtained quotes, placed orders, and expedited delivery per MRP requirements.

Maintained annual on-time delivery goal of 98.5%.

Consolidated supply base for sheet metal and screw machine vendors with 40% results and achieved positive PPV through increased volume at the selected supplier(s).

Played key role on the Q2-plus product cost-reduction team and reduced product cost by $350 per device or $175,000 annually.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

MQA CONTRACT MANUFACTURING, Sunnyvale, California, Commodity Manager, 1995-1996. Managed sheet metal requirements; worked with suppliers to maintain 95% on-time delivery goal.

DYNA-CRAFT, INC. (SUBSIDIARY OF NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.), Santa Clara, California, Senior Buyer, 1983-1995. Progressed through a series of promotions from Assistant Buyer, Buyer, and Senior Buyer. Purchased raw materials and partnered with engineering to develop new packaging design, resulting in savings of $300,000 annually.

NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., Santa Clara, California, Purchasing Clerk, Engineering Technician, Quality Inspector, Production Assembler, Masking and Diffusion, 1974-1983.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, San Jose, California

Bachelor of Science, Business Management, 2001

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Purchasing Management Certificate, De Anza College, Cupertino, California

Office Management Skills Training, Mission College, Santa Clara, California

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