Alan Murphy

POB *** Tuxedo Park New York *****

Home 845-***-**** Cell 845-***-**** e-mail adlcxx@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Purchasing professional with extensive sourcing and product planning experience.

Ability to work within all levels of an organization with little or no supervision.

At RFL Electronics we manufactured process and analytic, controllers and systems that we sold to the power utilities. Excelled at perfectly managing between 3500 to 5000 SKU's at a mid-sized electronics OEM. Experience with new product launches in an MRP, Lean, Kanban, SAP R3, and AS400 environments.

Computer Skills

Worked with Windows 3.0 Thru Win 10, AS400, SAP R3 MM and WM, MRP, UNIX, Exact MACOLA, Exact MAX, G-Mail, Lotus mail, Outlook Express, MS Office 2013, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Adobe Acrobat, Windows NT, and MS –DOS computers.

Experience & Accomplishments

2017-Present Supply Chain Manager Tel-Instrument Electronics, East Rutherford, N. J.

Establishing partnerships and improving communication with contract manufacturers and suppliers,

as turnkey projects and blanket orders have shifted more inventory investment to the supplier.

Assumed Production Planning role, M. P. S. (Master Production Schedule) duties in full.

Master scheduled end items, submitted work orders to the floor, generated purchase requisitions,

and managed Physical Inventory duties and responsibilities.

Manage the review and approval process for make/buy decisions.

Compliance to our ISO 9001: 2015 standards, ITARS and Military Contracts.

Refining our processes by creating and enforcing new ISO procedures as well as reviewing and editing existing procedures.

In Exact Max MRP, enter initial and or manage ECO (Engineering Change Orders) in BOM (Bill of Materials) after finalizations and approvals.

Delegate responsibilities to the Buyers, Inventory Control Specialist, and Shipping / Receiving clerk.

2016 - 2017 Purchasing Manager Unilux Inc. Saddle Brook, New Jersey

In a one person department proactively managed up to 9000 SKU’s and MRO purchases from international and domestic sources for an electronics OEM.

Eliminated / reduced chronic early scheduled shipments from vendors.

Sourced, qualified, and developed new accounts for fabricated extruded metals, sheet metals, molded plastics molded rubbers, PCB assemblies, air filters, electronic components, wire and cable assemblies.

Worked with senior management to improve / refine new Macola MRP system.

Reduced legacy product inventory by 100,000 dollars in an ongoing management program.

Managed import logistics for all purchased (fabricated to print) components direct from Thailand, China, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Worked with Engineering to improve product design to optimize form, fit and function.

Recommended new lower cost alternate electronic components which Engineering approved.

2014 - 2015 Purchasing Supervisor Reliable Electronics Mount Vernon, New York

Aggressive process improvement at all internal inter departmental levels.

Proactive materials and supplier management.

Supervise and re-trained a Buyer and an Expeditor.

Added value by re-aligning suppliers with companies’ new goals.

Worked with management to reduce waste and improve efficiency at all department levels.

Create and submit RFQ’s RFP’s and or RFI’s from BOM’s to Franchised sources only after verifying available inventory online per source, per component.

2011- 2013 Purchasing Agent Fujifilm Medical Systems Stamford, Connecticut (Contracted)

Reviewed and managed complex contracts (SLA, MSA, and SOW) for software License Managers, associated services, MRO equipment and inventoried items.

In a matrixed SAP environment sourced medical devices, workstations,

fabricated metals, software and accessories directly from Dell and other OEMs.

Annual spend for assigned accounts / commodities between 15-17 million dollars. Administered strategic sourcing solutions to ensure alignment with Fujifilm's corporate objectives.

Trained and supervised 2 Purchasing Assistants in MRP demand planning for in house production of product manuals and software titles.

Worked within a Quality Management System for CAPA metrics in a cGMP, ISO 13485 / J-SOX, FDA Medical environment.

Exceeded all KPI's including Cost Reductions / Avoidance over 600,000 dollars per annum.

2000- 2009 Buyer/Planner RFL Electronics Inc. Boonton, New Jersey

Excelled at perfectly managing between 3500 to 5000 SKU's at a mid-sized electronics OEM.

Purchased between 13-14 Million dollars annually of electronic components which include but not limited to, relays, switches, connectors, opto devices, IC’s, wire, cable, hardware, electrical supplies, software and computers from over 250 vendors based on value, price and service comparisons.

Worked in an ISO 9001:2008, FDA/ SOX, MRP and MRO purchasing environments.

Worked closely with Engineering and Quality departments On ECOs, CAR’s, and MDRs.

Read/interpret engineering drawings to successfully plan and purchase the proper materials.

Supported sales dept. with their bid process by providing best delivery and price on non-stock items.

Provided End of life component purchase notices with alternates to all affected departments.

Tracked supplier on time performance to maintain same at the highest level.

Developed improved purchasing procedures and polices to improve all aspect of dept. efficiency.

Achieved documented cost reductions totaling 2.8 million dollars with an on going "win win" management style on purchased electronics and MRO items.

Sourced, qualified, and developed new accounts for fabricated Telco and Fiber optic cables.

Saved up to 45 % per cable on every cable purchased with my new accounts.

Negotiated and maintained Free UPS freight terms on 4 high volume accounts.

Negotiated and maintained long term open POs to guarantee on time delivery all the time.

Acquired thousands of dollars in component samples from manufactures, distributors and Reps.

At all levels, I supported the implementation of our lean manufacturing Kanban initiative.

Worked with manufacturing teams to eliminate / reduce line down issues related to components quality, availability and internal transactions.

Set up vendor managed safety stock with specific / special terms and conditions to meet all production plans.

Optimized systems effectiveness by ensuring all transactions are done correctly by all to insure correct stock levels.

Education

BA in Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo

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Other Interests

Self-taught restoration mechanic of collectable cars

Big Movie fan

Photography

Computers

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