Procurement Specialist / Sr. Buyer

EDWARD LOERA

Houston, TX ***** 281-***-**** *******@*******.***

Linkedin.com/in/edloerahoutx

Buyer/ Supply Planner Supply Chain Operations

A business professional, high performance individual with extensive background and successful track record in procurement and planning, supply chain, materials management and business operations. Effective at exceeding internal and external customer needs. Can bring a diverse

group of people together to achieve company goals. Problem solver, cost savings mindset,

innovative thinker with excellent analytical interpersonal and cross–cultural communication skills, bilingual in English and Spanish. Hands on experience with:

Procurement specialist

Supplier Management

Packaging

Warehouse Operations

Project Management

MRP Strategic Planning

Logistics & Supply Chain

Inventory Management

New Product Introductions

Experience

Riviana Foods Inc. Houston, TX / Virtual Office June 2018 – May 2020

Corporate Film Buyer

SAP Super-user, procured, planned and managed poly film packaging for rice and pasta products. Searched sources of supply, negotiated pricing of materials and worked to establish short and long terms agreements and contracts. Maintained purchase price variances, studied resin markets indexes. Developed annual capacity and MRP production plans of raw materials. Coverage backup to carton buyer.

Managed > 600 active SKUs, optimized inventory levels and order quantities by strategic planning. Met lead time goals while avoiding, minimizing shortages and expedited orders in support of plant operations. Directly involved in achieving a cost saving of $600K in 2019.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams: Engineering, Brand and Marketing and others in support of new products and packaging designs or changes.

Participated and actioned SKU Rationalization and product life cycle reviews and exercises.

COCA-COLA Co., Sugarland, Texas / Virtual Office 2013 - 2018

Supply Planning Manager – Coke De Mexico, January 2014 - May 2018

Manage US National production plan and imported goods for CCNA in addition to managing 3PL

Operations and distribution of finish products.

Develop glass capacity and production plan for production of glass bottled goods.

Led a team of 3 direct reports overseeing planning and distribution execution of products for the US.

Managed and monitor inventory goods, develop target quantities, optimize total inventory by strategic planning, meeting required customer orders and lead time goals while avoiding, minimizing aging shelf life risk resulting in year over year growth in volume and sales.

Sustained demand and sales increases by 28% from 2014-2017

Responsible for the procurement and managing of goods of $100mm annually.

Played a key role and SME for new innovations and packaging designs for Imports providing valuable input in collaboration with Quality, Engineering, Packaging, Graphics and Project Teams.

Attended and participated Integrated Business Planning meetings for implementation.

Facilitated and participated in Supplier Business Reviews and S&OP meetings.

As part of a PI, proposed, initiated and led a mini project and process that consisted of cutting transportation costs, warehouse handling and storage fees and emissions that yielded a savings of $225,000 in 2016 by creating a direct ship process from Bottling Plant to a North East DCs.

Facilitated daily/weekly operations calls and work with internal and external cross-functional teams.

Reviewed and assisted in quarterly price reviews and uploading of new pricing for Vendors in SAP.

Helped maintain master data parameters, vendor source list and outline agreements in SAP with Finance and Accounting Teams.

Responsible for reviewing and approving Vendor invoices pertaining to the Import supply chain and services.

Supply Planner II- Minute Maid BU- (Contract) April 2013- December 2013 Manage production plan and supplier production operations for Minute Maid Northeast orbit in addition to directing logistics and supply chain of produced products.

Develop and schedule Supplier’s (co-packer) production plan for production of goods.

Generated requisitions and issued purchase orders and maintained requisitions and orders.

Led weekly production calls with Co- Manufacturer production teams and internal partners.

Took charge and ownership of an implemented project and process that consist of cutting transportation costs, lead times and increased total customer satisfaction during peak summer season.

Exceeded previous year’s total volume by 100% while improving order fulfillment performance by 6.3% and doubled percentage of produced products to direct shipment to customers from 19.8% to 39.9%.

Participate in DMAICs, helped enhance and improve production plan worksheet and process, facilitate daily/weekly operations calls and work with internal and external cross-functional teams.

PCS - CTS INC, Houston, Texas 2011 – 2012

Computer Service Provider/Repair Depot

Buyer/Planner III December 2011- August 2012

Managed all facets of Supply chain, Materials management and procurement of component parts including but not limited to purchase requisitions, planning and developing sources of supplies, bid to specifications, issue bid requests and review quotations, price negotiations in support of repair and manufacturing operations.

Reviewed and executed purchase requirements with principals to support business needs. Planned materials in support of repair operations. Executed RMAs and support of NPIs, BOMs set ups as required.

Managed inventory, developed target quantities, and minimized total inventory expense while meeting required component lead time goals. Maintained and updated part data, purchase order records.

Performed other duties such as data entry (Real Time, Great Plains), reported on supplier performance scorecards, inventory financial statuses and collaborated with all cross-functional teams.

Hewlett - Packard Inc., Houston, Texas/ Virtual Office 1995 – 2011

Service Organization

HP Project Manager/Supplier Manager 2009 - 2011

Led a project that transferred the commercial display business and service support from one supplier partner

to another that involved over 150 parts, 16 team members, and a total spend of $10M in FY11. Managed Service Partners providing leadership in service and business operations for commercial displays.

Accelerated the set-up of a new plant in SAP that was out of scope from initial project scope

Accomplished 8 phases of material transfers on schedule.

Yielded un-projected savings of $35K in Q1FY11. Exceeded projected savings of 55% or $102K in Q2

that led to an overall saving $472K as of July 2011.

Reduced closing cost and total financial exposure projections 65% or $300K.

Managed 2 Service partners, sustained customer satisfaction and high level of performance during the transition. Level of fill incentive payouts awarded 6 of 8 months or 3 each to both partners.

Awarded and recognized by management for achieving outstanding results.

Completed HP excess and obsolete inventory reductions to $0 from $200K at the beginning of FY11.

HP Logistics and Supplier Operations Manager 2006–2009

Managed Outsourced Service Provider supply chain operations, consisted of 10 employees, over 55K of

parts fulfillment and repair process annually. The service partner supported delivery model of commercial LCDs. Logistics lead for hand held, display commodities and various service partners (ODMs).

Improved, established and met consistent level of fill performance goals of 93% or above and awarded service partner LOF and DOA performance incentives 5 of 12 months in FY10.

Simplified re-labeling process that reduced order fulfillment delays and backorders from 3 to 5 day turnaround to same or next day for commercial displays.

Introduced a new box for the handheld box launch and whole unit repair process that resulted in a cost savings of 35-40% or .45 cents per event/box.

Logistics and project lead that successfully transferred and implemented new Carrier Service for

transportation and service activities for the hand held business from DHL to Fed Ex for a newly

awarded service partner.

HP Planner/Buyer II 2002– 2006

Planned and forecasted over 600 spare parts and various commodities utilizing Xelus planning tool. Generated requisitions and purchase orders in SAP and interacted with suppliers for on time delivery of procured products. Reviewed and rated supplier performance KPIs and scorecards.

Achieved 90% percentage rate of accurate planning with safety stock for spare parts.

Maintained and managed purchase orders to current and on timely closures of dates.

Managed ODM and OEM supplier to 85-90% on time delivery performance.

HP Kit Production Manager 2001– 2002

Spearheaded the set up of kit production process with Service partner UPS, managed external kitting team and planned daily kit production schedule. Reviewed kit BOMs, generated requisitions and production orders

in SAP and interacted with team for optimize volumes of spare kit builds.

Organized and scheduled production line for optimize kitting operation.

Work in collaboration with Packaging and Engineering Groups in the development of corrugated

packaging to utilize in the transport of computer spare parts.

Improved weekly kit volumes 25% by streamlining the kitting process without increasing workforce.

EDUCATION

Business Administration courses at Del Mar Jr. College Corpus Christi, TX.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Certified Logistics Associate and Logistics Technician

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals

Coursework toward PMP – Project Management,

PMI, Houston, Texas

APICS Courses for CPIM:

Master Planning Revision 4

Basics of Supply Chain Management

Inventory Management Revision 4

Green Belt Training - SAP Super user/WMS/MRP tools

Integrated Business Planning

Intermediate to Advance user of Microsoft Suite tools

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