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Sr. Planner and Buyer

Location:
Irvine, CA
Salary:
$83,000 Annual
Posted:
October 06, 2020

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Anh Bianco

adgqfb@r.postjobfree.com 949-***-****

Orange County, CA

Project & Inventory Management

Consistent record of reducing costs and margin errors through outstanding reporting analysis and demand planning

Comprehensive background forecasting, planning, optimizing processes, and overseeing risk assessment and inventory management. Known as a critical thinker with demonstrated success solving complex problems. Customer-focused professional with excellent time management and organizational skills.

Core Strengths

Logistic and Inventory Analysis Project Management Forecast & strategic Planning

MRP in Oracle / SAP Cost Control ECOs, Bill of Materials Material Control

Professional Experience

PANASONIC AVIONICS, Lake Forest, CA

Senior Procurement Agent and Planner, Production Planning 2007 to 2020

Planned and delivered a high volume of inventory to support all businesses. Daily functions involved with procurement, engineering, production, Project Management, and sales order admin group to secure on-time delivery. Managed international and domestic suppliers. Maintained a clear up to date statuses on programs and materials deliveries. Reviewed engineering drawings to update attributes to item master in Oracle ERP system and communicated the requirements to vendors.

Exceeded Employee objective and Key Performance Index for On Time Delivery Rate of >90% each year.

Decreased system errors from generating excess inventory and false demands with values >$300K.

Supported 90% of short flow demands and critical shortages by managing department monthly safety stocks.

Assisted with reducing materials cost and excess inventory by reviewing inventory transactions and proposing plans to upper management.

Avoided extra cost of $65K per purchase order by sourcing and negotiating vendors.

Reduced 50% of Engineering changes processing time by collaborating with IT to automate the existing processes.

BENQ AMERICA CORP, Irvine, CA

Business & Planning Analyst, Business Dev. & Planning Department 2004 to 2007

Defined competitive price point and communicated to sales and product teams. Identified product gaps and influenced sales strategy. Monitored competitive activity and provided cost analysis. Discovered pricing discrepancies and recommended corrective action.

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BENQ AMERICA CORP (Continued)

Decreased 50% of processing time efficiently upload monthly price lists in Oracle on month-end. Analyzed monthly income statement (P&L), cost analysis results to upper level of management.

Prepared and communicated LCD and Projector market analysis, budgetary forecast and sales trend analysis with less than 1% error margin.

Cost saved $300K by identifying slow moving products and recommended to management to decrease inventory to 10%.

BREMBO NORTH AMERICA, Costa Mesa, CA

Component Buyer, Purchasing Department 2002 to 2004

Purchased volume price break on component and finished goods purchasing for High Performance business unit. Designed and implemented effective replenishment and fulfillment strategies to increase sales. Issued and expedited purchase orders with vendors.

Lowered actual component costs to 65% by working and renegotiating with vendors.

Maintained fill rate 90%+ for New Jersey, Laredo-TX, and main warehouse in Costa Mesa.

Lessen 85% backlog in shipment by working closely with vendor scheduling and deliveries.

Increased accuracy of monthly forecast plan by 85% by reporting monthly materials fulfillment rates to sales management.

INGRAM MICRO, Santa Ana, CA

Associate Pricing Analyst, Sales Operations 1998 to 2001

Managed national accounts incentive volume rebates. Reconciled monthly rebate statements and advised account managers of sales progress based on each unique rebate offered. Provided each account statements to Accounting for rebate accruals.

Received award of excellence for less than 1% error margin in reporting analysis.

95% accuracy in processing monthly / quarterly accumulated sales to finance for accruals and payouts.

Assisted National Account Managers by monthly reviewed and recommended various rebate plans to win 10 additional accounts and met organization sales goals of over $1M.

Computer Applications

ERP:

Oracle, SAP, Other: Agile, DSS SQL Database, AS400, Navision, Impulse

Software:

Intermediate-Advance MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access). Other: Visio

Education

Business Administration Coursework, University of Phoenix, Fountain Valley, CA

AA, General Education; Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL



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