Jaime DiFulgo

917-***-****

adu085@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE

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Procurement Manager

Identify and execute continuous improvement opportunities for cost savings, inventory reduction and supply chain efficiencies.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Quality, Finance, Sustainability) on new ingredient sourcing and vendor on-boarding.

Negotiate pricing and commercial terms with new vendors and work with key stakeholders to execute NDA’s, supplier contracts and stocking agreements.

Deliver market trend analysis to cross functional teams for alignment on opportunities or risks pertaining to ingredients and packaging used in current or new products.

Work closely with Supply Chain Finance on costing and PPV’s.

Provide procurement support to all functional areas, internal and external (co-manufacturers) as needed to meet timeline requirements.

3/2021- 1/2022

Procurement Analyst Oatly Group Remote

Analyzed ingredient and packaging order quantity needs based on a combination of production demand, historical usage, pipeline inventory levels and other key inputs such as run out estimates and EOQ

Collaborated with the Planning team to forecast ingredient and packaging requirements for Oatly’s US facilities.

Reached out to vendors to obtain quotes, MOQ and lead-times.

Placed and tracked orders and worked through resolving quantity discrepancies with receiving, AP and/or supplier to avoid delays with invoice processing.

Managed suppliers KPI’s to deliver to target cost, service and quality levels/requirements.

Worked closely with internal stakeholders when there were ingredient and/or packaging changes/updates and provided the teams with write-off amounts and sell-down/transition timeframes.

Developed and maintained strong relationships with on-site personnel, suppliers and internal stakeholders of various depts.

Communicated high level risks to upper management for key ingredients that would affect on-site production.

9/2019-3/2021 Mars Petcare, Inc. Chalfont, PA

Strategic Operations Buyer

Identified purchase pattern improvement by evaluating inventory turns for the most optimal economic quantities.

Identified areas of opportunity including innovation, efficiencies and cost savings and engage stakeholders to work jointly on the implementation.

Provided analytical support and input for forecasts, capacity planning and various procurement requests (RFI, RFP, RFQ).

Provided support to the Supply Chain Manager by maintaining and strengthening supplier relationships as well as researching and identifying areas of cost reductions.

Tracked and classify the performance of suppliers on vendor scorecards and identify areas of concern.

Responsible for oversight related to tactical spend, including supplier selection, risk management and cost savings.

Provided buy forecasts to key suppliers including co-manufacturers and co-packers.

3/2018-9/2019 Mars Petcare, Inc. Chalfont, PA

Commercial Buyer

Responsible for managing and executing tactical spend on a wide range of raw materials and finished goods to support the needs of the Mars Fishcare business in North America and the United Kingdom.

Worked closely with the Demand Planner to ensure inventory levels were adequate based off of projected sales, promotional incentives, increases in distributions across retailers along with maintaining sufficient safety stock levels.

Continuously analyzed inventory levels on all outsourced finished goods products as well as raw materials including rigids, packaging, labels, chemicals and corrugates.

Submitted purchase orders to suppliers, communicated priority items as well as followed up on late deliveries, quality issues and price discrepancies.

Provided analytical support to all areas of the business, when necessary.

Collaborated with internal stakeholders (production, R&D, marketing and regulatory) on new projects and new product launches.

EDUCATION

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA May 2001 BA of Arts in English

Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NY Spring 2008 Planning & Inventory Control

SKILLS

Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, D365, Navision, SAP, Arthur Planning, TopPlan, AS400, Symix, Internet proficient

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