Shawn Shahrokhfar
Simi Valley, CA. 93063
Cell #: 805-***-****
Email: ************@*****.***
Objective:
To obtain a management & purchasing position with a growth-oriented company which will allow me to be creative & adopt new skills & abilities.
Core knowledge and skills area:
Passion for gaining relationships with manufacture & vendors
Proven leadership, independently or with a team achieving high levels of results, detail oriented, accountability
ITAR, ISO9000, AS9100
Twenty-four years experienced in purchasing aerospace military, commercial hardware & electronics components
Inventory analysis
Sales & purchasing forecasting
Financial planning, LTA, long time price agreement
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Purchasing capital equipment & Service Agreement/Contract
Excel, Word, Power point, ILS, Product Sourcing
Computer: SAP System, Microsoft ERP
Planning MRP, forecasting, purchasing, expediting
Project Management
Excellent written and verbal communications skills, serf-starter, negotiation skills, training, and consistent record of meeting deadlines while handling a heavy workload
Education Background:
University of Tehran Iran
Business Management and Associated Degree
Certified CPSM /CPM 08/13/2013
Certified Essential leadership Skills program 08/28/2013
Certified Fastener & Electronics Hardware Specialist
Certified intermediate /advance Microsoft excel& word 06/13/2013
Professional Experience:
Mercury Aerospace 2/2022 – Present
Oxnard, CA.
Buyer II
Manages larger, more complex accounts, prepares Purchase Orders, and arranges for the forwarding of blueprints, specification, material and tooling.
Responsible for ensuring all planned and procured materials, goods and services relating items that are in stock and arrive as scheduled in support of the planned business needs and in support of meeting customer service levels.
Interfaces with technical and management personnel regarding possible changes in material, quantity, quality or delivery schedules that may result in costs savings.
Analyzes requisitions for proprietary items to determine possible alternatives gathering data such as prices previously paid for the same or similar items in like quantity, present selling price on such items.
Setting vendors, suppliers & manufactures in our systems for business partners.
Reviews and executes MRP requirements and places or reschedules purchase orders on a variety of items status material to ensure delivery requirements are being met.
Solicits bids, analyses quotations received, and selects or recommends suppliers.
Resolve purchase orders and invoice differences with suppliers, as to wrong deliveries, payments, invoices, credits, payment terms, and duplicate billings.
Assist the expediters on difficult deliveries. Attends and arrange conferences between vendor personnel and other company employees.
Purchasing MRO, office supplies & miscellaneous items for special projects.
Sending parts for outside processing. (Tinning, coating, re-balling & reeling)
Work in tandem with SCA (Supply Chain Analyst), program managers, planners, engineers, manufacturing managers, plant supervisors, maintenance supervisors, shipping department, & stock room.
Eaton Interconnect 9/2019 – 5/2020
Camarillo, CA. 93012
Buyer/Planner
Run the MRP for production, mold shop, machine shop & assembly shop
Run MRP shortage components for existing orders
Responsible for 300 work orders
Expedite pick list for production floor released
Responsible of making sure all parts will be done on time
Run report on finished goods for all the deliveries
Responsible of cuttings shippers for finished parts in stock room
Buying MRO parts for spare parts
Responsible of creating a buy rack for internal as external parts
RFL: Lay Off
Binder-USA 8/2015-3/2019
(Manufacture/Custom Electronics Connectors)
Camarillo, CA. 93012
Purchasing-MRP
Assistant to Production Manager
Responsible for Daily sales orders, acknowledgement and confirmation (30-50 sales order)
Analyze open productions orders to make sure meet the customer due date
Create work order and pick list for Production orders daily
Responsible for buying all the components and materials for production
Run a MRP for all the materials daily
Create BOM for new items
RFL: Lay Off
Top Electronics 1/2015-6/2015
(Manufacture/Custom Electronic Distributor)
Agoura Hills, CA.
Senior Buyer/Planner/Sales
Buying raw materials, hardware & per print items
Work with manufacturing & production to locate all spare parts for Electronics component
Process 30 – 40 purchased orders per day
Review & approved all the purchase orders
Work with Engineers to establish replacement parts
RFL: Looking for Better Opportunity
Align Aerospace - Formally Anixter Wire & Cable 9/2001-1/2013
(Military/Aerospace Fastener Distributor)
Chatsworth, CA.
Commodity Manager
Managed five Buyers & two Expeditor
Current system SAP, Collar, Hi-Lok Pins, Bolts, Inserts, GE and Boeing proprietary items, Commercial Product, Electronics Components
MRO, OEM, Cable Assembly, Cut & Strip, Twist, Label, Bundle
Wire, Tubing, Fiber, Low & High Voltage, Connecters, Heat shrink
Handle development of project from the beginning
Establish & organize new relationships with manufacturers & vendors to increase company business
Improving sales & support networks
Client quoting & sourcing for OEM hardware & raw material
Track & prepare monthly reports for management
Vendor Quality Rating, Shipping, Receiving, Material
Achievements:
Established & expanding potential business
Established new manufacturers & vendors
Worked with JIT, Just in time & sales department inventory management
Sourcing new items forecasting & per print items
RFL: Lay Off (lost contract with Boeing)
West Valley Industries 1984 – 2000
(Military/Aerospace Fastener Distributor)
Simi Valley CA
Purchasing Manager
Procure and negotiate for better pricing
Maintain active business relationships with the manufactures, distributors and suppliers to increase company business
Expedite & approved manufactures, vendors & suppliers
Locate qualified source of supply
Work with the production control & engineering department for new parts
Source & purchase hardware, electronic, casting & raw material
RFL: Company closure/ Lay Off
Cost Down Objective:
Maintaining continuity of supply warranty terms & conditions, payment terms including discounts & incentive agreements, FOB points & liability claims & damages
Managed the supply chain, Expediting, Purchasing
Consolidate suppliers
Inventory management
Proposal to Monitor our stockroom better and get everyone on manufacturing floor, as well as the warehouse, to do their part in a waste awareness effort
Negotiation Process:
Preparing for actual face-to-face discussions
Technical understanding of the items to be purchased, analyze the buyer’s & seller’s bargaining positions
Conduct a price cost analysis
Evaluate the seller or the supplier
As a commodity manager I was responsible to purchase 70%blue print items & unique made to order parts & 30% standard & electronic items.
Spending $5 million per month & $25 million per year max.
Sourcing suppliers based on material, product, locations, certification & financial stability.