PEDRO ORLOW

***** ***** *********** ******, ******, CA 94560 510-***-**** adkn0h@r.postjobfree.com

Materials Manager / Planning / Purchasing Supply Chain Supervising

product Management Cost Analysis Vendor Management

Expert production and inventory manager with more than 15 years of experience in logistics, management planning, purchasing, master scheduling, warehousing, offshore hubs using complex MRP systems to meet challenges of import and export compliance, NPI, warehousing, cost savings in inventory management, suppliers, direct reports (staff), continuing improvement 5s, Manufacturing environment machine shop and electro-mechanical assembly.

Continuous improvement who stays updated on techniques, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency in work with supply chain, suppliers, subcontractors, and production stakeholders.

Effective coach with tested strength in employee training, professional development, and performance objectives, identify the root cause of a problem - implement corrective action and document results.

Project Management,

Supply Chain,

Inventory Management

Demand Planning

Oracle and SAP ERP Systems

Vendor Negotiation, Cost Reduction

Vendors Management, RMA, service parts

MS Office Suite, Advanced Excel, Word

Performance Measurement

Analytics RCA (root cause analysis)

NAFTA, CTPAT, US Customs

Machine shop and sheet metal operation knowledge

Import/Export, 5S execution, ISO 90001

JIT, Kanban, VMI, S&OP, MPS, CBT, NPI and EOL

Off-shore Distribution Center

Materials and Purchasing Manager

Vendors Management

PCB and PCBA assembly

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SilPac Inc. Santa Clara, CA 09/2018 to 02/2021 Sr. Buyer

Perform all duties related to purchasing, vendor’s delivery performance with score cards, purchasing contract, supplier qualifications and inventory management (inventory turns), process improvement, provide commit dates to sale order and maintain master data cost, lea time, RFQ /RFP and released PO, approved terms, provide performance reports to senior level management.

Kensington Laboratories., Dublin, CA 04/016 to 06/018 Materials / Purchasing Manager

Manage the warehouse, planning/purchasing departments with approximately 2,000 active part numbers, released clear to build schedule (CTB) for manufacturing and assembly line.

Manage Contract Manufacturer (CM) and responsible for critical corporate strategic supplier relationships, proven track of reducing materials cost by renegotiating contracts qualifying new suppliers on machined components, reducing overall cost of assembly by 21% with one year, using Excel creating reports using V-Look up, Pivot table

Improved inventory accuracy by training staff and maintaining appropriated inventory transactions, reduced lead-time on A items from 12 to 7 weeks by negotiating machined semi-finished parts with suppliers and implementing a VMI/Kanban inventory system for C items.

Reconfigure the warehouse and receiving department, improved material flow at receiving / shipping areas from 48 to 12 hours using the 5s continuous improvement process.

Sanmina Corp., Fremont, CA 08/2015 to 02/2016 (contract) Sr. Materials Planner

Perform all duties related to material planning, inventory and service parts management, inventory reconciliation, work orders release and closure, process improvement (routings validation), provide commit dates to sale order and maintain a clear to build schedule, provide performance reports to senior level management, and clear to build for a product family.

FABCO AUTOMOTIVE CORP., Livermore, CA 05/2004 to 06/2015 Product Manager / Sr. Planner Buyer

Managed account for Sisu axles, revenue and production forecast, inventory levels for service parts and all documentation for import export with freight forwarder and customs.

Planned and executed the production schedule of a machine shop floor, planned and purchased all services parts with over 2,000 items internally negotiating with the product manager, sales representatives and offshore suppliers.

Released and closed work orders, resolved inventory discrepancy, validated run rates and routings, expedited and rescheduled productions as required per backlog and customer request, designing custom reports to track purchasing records and inventory turns, purchased raw materials (castings), negotiated service with vendors (RFQ) and granted purchased orders, cost reduction base supplier’s performance and score cards.

Provided oversight on safety stock level using forecast data to make accurate predictions.

Resolved logistics issues involving international shipments, tariff codes, and customs broker in a timely manner.

Served as point of contact with Fabco and two freight forwarders, reducing shipping costs by $80K in six months by consolidating full container shipments.

Generated reports using SQL access and an advanced level of Microsoft Excel to manipulate a large volume of data into simplified reports presented to the executive level of the organization.

Accomplishments:

Managed and prepared reports for the daily production and shipping committee meeting which included managers and supervisors of all areas of the supply chain, resulting in a decrease of 23% to 4% in past due shipments to customer orders within three months.

PALMONE INC., Milpitas, CA 2003-2004 Inventory Analyst Subcontractors Manager

Managed the performance of all subcontractors regarding delivery and inventory levels (SMI program), lead time, liability lead-time reduction, inventory end of life, and open purchase orders for alignment with the build plan, part number maintenance, system data management, and performance metrics (scorecards).

Generated accurate reports and analysis, issued purchase orders for new product introductions, and reviewed Bill of Materials maintenance.

Projects for PINNACLE SYSTEM, HEWLETT-PACKARD, FORM FACTOR, CA 2001-2003 Project Manager

Managed activities related to forecast analysis and build plans for multiple manufacturing sites.

Performed detailed MRP trouble shooting, master data and parameter maintenance.

Assessed perpetual inventory and revised and implemented procedures and reports related to it.

Drove quarterly inventory cycle count for subassembly and finished goods inventory.

Managed VMI (vendor managed inventory) and min/max level

NETRO CORP., San Jose, CA 2001 Master Scheduler Warehouse Supervisor

Wrote operation procedures within guidelines of ISO 9001 for planning, purchasing, and warehouse logistics.

Planned and carried out Bills of Materials creation and maintenance, ECO review, and impact analysis.

Provided forecast impact analysis and detailed build plans for multiple manufacturing sites and contract manufacturer.

Supervised the receiving and stockroom department for raw materials and finished goods inventory with staff of eight subordinates, wrote performance review, hiring and disciplinary actions.

Maintained the Master Data cycle count parameters.

Accomplishments:

Supplied periodic review of excess and obsolete materials and finished good inventory, implemented the continuous cycle count process for all inventory locations, with the result of increased inventory accuracy from 78% to 93% in a three-month period.

ADAPTEC INC., Milpitas, CA 1998-2001 Master Scheduler

Led as master scheduler for semiconductor, ASIC, PCB/PCA prototype/pilot product release to end of life of the product in US and Singapore utilizing SAP system.

Collaborated with others as team member of SAP ERP planning module system implementation.

Loaded and maintained demand forecast and provided status of production build versus shipments reports to all business unit managers.

Led team of, finance, logistics, and administrative personnel to ensure commitments to customers were met.

Monitored worldwide inventory levels to minimize excess and obsolete material exposure.

EDUCATION and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Master of Business Administration

CITY UNIVERSITY, Seattle, WA

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR UNIVERSITY, Belmont, CA

Project Management Training

Bristol & Assoc., Inc.

CPIM: American Production Inventory Control Society

Certified: CTM, Toast Master International

SKILLS

Fluent: Portuguese and Conversational Spanish

Group Facilitator: Mediator Practice, Notre Dame de Namur

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