Procurement Manager

Grant F Shaffer

**** ********** ***, *** ****, CA 95116

adl4ro@r.postjobfree.com 408-***-****

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Seven years of supply chain in multinational orgs with focus in high-tech electronics and agricultural automation Fluent Mandarin, SAP, APICS CPIM 2016

Temp Volunteer Root and Rebound Oakland, CA February 2021- Present

• Cold called over 100 California assembly and senate offices for congressional outreach effort

• Executed partner organizations update effort. Obtained contact info Global Supply Manager Plenty Unlimited South San Francisco, CA October 2018 – March 2021

• Negotiated 13.69% savings across all Direct Materials

• Sourced and negotiated packaging design that used 40% less plastic, cost 36% less, and increased shelf-life by 25%

• Implemented warehouse management software. Inventory management, incoming raw material, outgoing fulfillment

• Team player: volunteered to work in the farm, make customer deliveries and hosted in-store tastings (3)

• Traveled to Tijuana, Mexico to oversee and motivate vendor that was late delivering critical power distribution units

• Temporarily lead warehouse team of 3 people, addressed morale and performance concerns

• Saved a late switchgear order by resourcing at a lower cost and half the lead time (6 weeks versus 12) Senior Buyer Nanometrics Milpitas, CA June 2017 – October 2018

• Generated 160 KUSD savings, 7%, in 10 months across direct material purchases

• Avoided costs of 58 KUSD, 7%, including R&D, IT, and Facilities

• Strategically applied statistics to optimize order quantities for 141 KUSD savings

• Conducted make/buy analysis to support negotiations with suppliers and drive business process efficiencies

• Built excel macros to automate repetitive tasks for efficiency and reduced PO throughput time Supply Chain Manager ABB Los Gatos Research San Jose, CA May 2016 - June 2017

• Managed outsourcing of 14% of annual spend for increased productivity and reduced cost

• Reduced lead time by 75%, or 40 days, across seven contracts and fourteen discrete subassemblies and parts

• Outsourced 1.1 MUSD, ~13% of annual spend, to contract manufacturers to increase focus on core competency Supply Chain Rotational Program ABB Greenville, SC January 2015 – April 2016

• Facilitated international plant reshoring by onboarding key suppliers to US regulatory & internal filing

• Developed category strategies for $2.2 MUSD of spend in castings and machining for 42% savings

• Responsible for material master data management within SAP. Efficiency with mass upload EDUCATION

University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business 3.6 GPA Columbia, SC December 2013 • B.S.B.A Majors: International Business, Industrial Management Moore School Emerging Leader, Capstone Scholar Fellow, Beta Theta Pi Man of Principle Award, Dean’s List LEADERSHIP

Sigma Omega Upsilon International Business Fraternity Columbia, SC June 2012 – February 2016

• Founded independent international business fraternity on professional, social, and cultural values

• Designed foundation to support compounded annual membership growth rate of 100% for 2 years INTERESTS

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, film photography, sourdough bread baking, sustainable living, social latin dancing, community supported agriculture, foreign languages, traditional archery

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