Time Delivery Quality Manager

Bruce J. Carter Cell

** ******* **** **** *****, NH 03281 603-***-****

EDUCATION:

Franklin Pierce University, Concord, NH.:

**** – B.A., Business Management

Hesser College, Manchester, NH.:

1986 – A.S., Business Management with minors in Computers & Accounting.

EXPERIENCE:

Jewell Instrument Inc. 9/22 to Present – Director of Materials

Responsible for directing and coordination of Purchasing, Planning, Stockroom, shipping/receiving.

Maintenance of the suppliers qualification program including building of a strong supplier base..

Maintaining department budgets for all departments

Responsible for incoming inspection and providing support for the MRB program.

Oversee the procurement of electronic sensor products as well as the meter program which relates to other electronic components for electronic system assemblies.

Superuser experience relating to an SAP and M2M procurement system.

Weekly operational meetings to develop new strategies for the sales of our products.

Daily shortage meetings regarding the status of all materials, services and supplier mitigation issues.

Department review regarding sourcing, negotiation & procurement of various electro/mechanical products from U.S. and overseas suppliers.

Daily expediting late orders from current suppliers for on-time delivery and favorable payment terms all at the lowest possible cost.

Working with procurement for preparation of competitive bids, quotations and proposals.

Evaluation regarding all discrepant materials in MRB with purchasing, engineers and the quality manager. To provide feedback to purchasing for RMA's from suppliers to send back the materials with completed documentation for returns.

Evaluated supplier ratings and performed supplier reviews/report cards for continuous product improvement.

Maintained all open order reports for three companies within Jewell which required open order reports for each supplier to make certain we were all on the same page with items with delivery date requirements.

ASM NEXX 3/15/21 to August 2022 - Sr. Electronics Strategic Program Buyer

Procurement of electronic cable systems, control boxes as well as other electronic components for electronic system assemblies with high mix low volume purchases.

Superuser experience using SAP and M2M procurement systems.

Microsoft Edge program for retrieval and review of all drawing packages and BOM’s.

Attendance & input required for weekly operational meetings using Microsoft Teams.

Daily shortage meetings regarding the status of all materials, services and supplier mitigation issues.

Sourcing, negotiation & procurement of various products from U.S. and overseas suppliers.

Expediting late orders from current suppliers for on-time delivery and favorable payment terms all at the lowest possible cost.

Ongoing preparation & solicitation for competitive bids, quotations and proposals.

Evaluated all discrepant materials with in house engineers and quality personnel and requested RMA's from suppliers to send back the materials with completed documentation for these returns.

Evaluated supplier ratings and performed supplier reviews/report cards for continuous product improvement. Maintained all the open order reports.

Segway Inc. 6/19 to 8/20, Sr. Buyer/Planner

Planning, procurement & forecasting of all machine parts, fabrication, electronics and services for the manufacture of personal patrollers and security vehicles.

System maintenance of a Syteline database purchasing & planning system.

Ongoing daily use of Segway's computer software package, “Arena” for retrieval and review of all drawing packages and product BOM’s.

Attendance & input regarding weekly operational meetings concentrating on the sales and status of all materials, services and supplier mitigation issues.

Sourcing, negotiation & procurement of various products from overseas suppliers as well as with all U.S. potential and current suppliers/carriers to ensure quality of materials, on-time delivery and favorable payment terms all at the lowest possible cost.

Prepared & solicited competitive bids, quotations and proposals.

Evaluated all discrepant materials within the quality department, completed RMA's and successfully returned $500,000 dollars in defective products during October & November of 2019 to suppliers for evaluation rework replacement or credit.

Created & maintained supplier rating criteria and performed annual supplier reviews for continuous product improvement.

Reported in-directly to the director of manufacturing and directly to the president of Segway.

Bruker BioSpin, Corp. 1/91 to 7/18, Director Purchasing / Planning

ISO Quality Systems Executive Management Representative, “QSEMR”

Evaluation, implementation and training of all purchasing personnel regarding ongoing usage & maintenance of a fully automated procurement system (SAP).

Responsible for managing all personnel in purchasing, planning, stockrooms, shipping & receiving and an ISO certification team for all four Bruker facilities, Bruker Biospin, Bruker Medical, Bruker Optics & Bruker Daltonics.

Development & integration of corporate purchasing & policy procedures manual.

High volume purchasing of all technical products, electronics, mechanical parts & assemblies/sub-assemblies & peripherals which were used on various systems.

Responsible for ongoing negotiations with suppliers regarding parts, assemblies and services for continuous improvement.

Planning & procurement of mechanical, electrical, fabrication materials and services for the manufacture of highly technical mass spectroscopy & NMR magnet systems.

Responsible for training, maintenance & updates to the SAP/MRP planning/purchasing system.

Development, employee training, integration & maintenance of the corporate ISO quality policy management system.

Bruker representative, "QSEMR", responsible for corporate ISO 9001:2008 internal/external auditing process. Ongoing ISO meetings regarding internal & external customer audits and the issuance of corrective actions as required.

50% travel was required for corporate & supplier visits along with negotiations which at times, included company colleagues from accounting and engineering.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS:

Computer literate using MS Office Professional, Excel, Oracle, Arena, Agile M2M & SAP.

Excellent time management skills.

Highly successful sourcing & negotiation experience.

I'm self guided and I take ownership of all projects to achieve required results.

High degree of mitigation & problem-solving ability.

Member of the National Association of Purchasing Management (“NAPM”)

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