Procurement Specialist Customer Service

Dominic Hardiman

Mountain View, CA ***** 650-***-**** ***********@*****.***

PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST

Dedicated Procurement Specialist with demonstrated experience in procurement, across different sectors, from electronics manufacturing to retail and pharmaceuticals. Keen ability to implement processes that lead to cost savings while maintaining on-time schedules. Possess a superb record of client satisfaction, capable of explaining complicated company financial processes and procedures to internal users, vendors, and suppliers. Key areas of expertise include:

Strategic Sourcing Supplier Negotiation Timeline Planning Customer Service Purchase Orders

Cross-Functional Collaboration Communication Analysis Project Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA

July 2005 – Feb 2022

Sourcing Specialist, 2019 – 2022

Senior Buyer, 2010 – 2019

Support the purchase of Clinical Trial drugs, DEA, Radioactive, misc. lab supplies, and capital equipment. Coordinate overseas incoming shipments with Transportation & Logistics to ensure paperwork is in alignment to facilitate transition through US customs.

Reviewed contract completeness and in coordination with current policies for non-Clinical trials and temporary scientific support.

Placed orders via SAP/Ariba based systems, maintaining purchase orders to ensure accuracy, pricing, and delivery. Ensured no invoices were delayed in processing.

Explained procurement policies, money related policy, US Pharma code of conduct, and supplier queries regarding any purchase order.

Worked closely with scientists and researchers to ensure their orders were completed and expedited if needed for an urgent project. Interacted with receiving, guaranteeing the internal distribution of material was accurate.

Partnered with sourcing manager to achieve cost savings initiatives and large order purchases.

Acted as Catalog administrator, maintaining database, troubleshooting ordering issues, and testing upgrades across various platforms. Maintained UNSPSC code content for all online catalogues.

Procurement Specialist II, 2005 – 2010

Purchased R&D Chemicals and lab supplies.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Sieger Engineering, Inc., South San Francisco, CA

Expeditor (Temp.)

Collaborated with the procurement department to expedite purchase orders to fill the production requirements of an often-changing MRP system, due to customer pull-in requirements.

Planned and scheduled purchase order arrival dates and coordinated with suppliers to obtain best delivery schedules, increasing purchase orders due to changing demand.

Collaborated with receiving, production, and account managers to advise of any potential long-lead items that could jeopardize build rate.

Resolved receiving issues and RTV of material.

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Safeway, Inc., Pleasanton, CA

Procurement Specialist II / Planner

Planning, forecasting, and purchasing of wine & spirits items for store distribution in support of VONS market.

Maintained a 98% in stock rate, planning anticipated demand for weekly promotions and long-term savings.

Auspex Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA

Category Manager

Managed a $500M Category of hard disc drives, achieving annual cost savings of ~10% whilst maintaining production schedule and on time deliveries. Negotiated blanket purchase order and strategic pricing agreements for critical commodities and long-lead components.

Managed contract manufacturer's Kanban’s in support of prototype assembly.

Senior Buyer, Thermawave, Inc., Fremont, CA

Web Surfer (Contract), Portera Systems, Campbell, CA

Lead Buyer, Taxan USA Corporation, Milpitas, CA

NPI Buyer (Contract), Electronics for Imaging, Inc., San Mateo, CA

Buyer (Contract), Applied Materials, Santa Clara, CA

NPI Support Buyer (Contract), Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA

Jr.Buyer / Expeditor, Sanmina Corporation, San Jose, CA

Seaman Minewarefare (HMS Cambria / HMS Waverley), Royal Naval Reserve, Barry, Wales, UK

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

Bachelor of Arts (BA) – Business Studies Coursework, University of the Solent, Southampton, UK

Associate of Arts (AA) – Business & Finance, St. David's College, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Certified Procurement Professional (CPP), Procurement Academy – IFPSM, February 2016

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

DEA signature of authority for placement of scheduled drugs, Aug 2008 – Present

APICS CPP Qualification, February 2019

Completed Project Management 2day class; Lean Six Sigma White Belt & Kaizen Methodology, October 2017

Ariba eSourcing Training, January 2015

Advanced Sourcing Skills Training, January 2013

Ariba eSourcing Training and Qualification, May 2013

Advanced Sourcing Skills Training, August 2012

Ariba 9r1 training and classroom attendance, December 2010

Advanced Negotiation Skills Training, February 2009

SAP R/3 Completed 3-week online tutorial and attended classroom lectures, July 2005

QAD (Mfg/Pro) completed purchase order management training, March 2001

Ariba 8r1 training and classroom attendance to manage Nutley purchasing transition, Jun 2000

MRP planning lockout-tagout protocol instructing

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Google Suite, Microsoft Office, SAP, Ariba 9r1, Oracle, Ask Manman, QAD, Macola ERP/MRP systems,

Sarbanes-Oxley, Agile ECO software, HTML, Pascal, Basic

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