Senior Indirect Procurement & ERP Lead with 9 System Implementations

●Seasoned career minded senior level Materials/Operations Professional with experience in Procurement, planning, inventory control, sourcing and ERP system implementations.

●Fabrication, Plastic Fabrication and Injection Molding, Cables (optical, coaxial), PWB/PWA, Board Components, Optical Components, Antennas, OEM Equipment, Software, Computer Peripherals, ERP Systems.

●Experienced in the implementation of ERP/MRP systems (key person on 9 system implementations).

Professional Experience

Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale CA. (Indirect Procurement) 1/2015-11/2025

Senior Indirect Buyer (Direct Hire) (Using SAP/Coupa)

●Procure all material and support for Concept Engineering and Research & Development.

●Commodities purchased include but are not limited to metal/plastic/ceramic machining, catalog parts, tooling, molds, castings and capital equipment.

●Services procured, consultant, legal, facilities.

●Manage the supply base for MRO/Operations.

●Wrote departmental work instructions and quick reference guides.

●Coupa ERP System educator/System Analytics.

●Support Source Management.

●Support Accounts Payable.

●Support Contract Management.

●Participated in several UATs (User Acceptance Testing) as a “super-user” of the ERP system (Ariba & Coupa).

Varian Medical Systems, Milpitas CA. (Proton Therapy Division) 7/2014-1/2015

Sr. Buyer (Contract Position) (Using SAP)

●Procure all material for the Gantry portion of the product. This includes large weldments, magnetic assemblies, cyclotron and associated assemblies, machined parts, “off-the-shelf” parts, tooling for install and routine maintenance.

●Manage the local supply chain in cooperation with the Supply Chain Team in Germany.

●Manage the ERP system database.

●Work together with Engineering and the R&D/NPI Teams to meet customer installation mandates.

●Support Marketing, Engineering, Production and Installation Teams.

●Develop new methods, processes and procedures.

Bruker-Nano, Inc., San Jose, CA (Surfaces Division) 7/2013-6/2014

Sr. Buyer (Contract Position) (Using SAP)

●Procure all material/commodities for Production as well as R&D.

●Manage the local Supply Chain in cooperation with Bruker Purchasing Team.

●Manage and update the Material Master and Reorder Points in the SAP system.

●Scrub B.O.M.’s and Mechanical drawings.

●Work with supply base and Engineering to source unusual material requirements.

●Develop and execute long term supplier agreements to establish partnerships with key suppliers to insure continuity of supply, consistent quality and delivery, competitive pricing and a shared goal with mutual benefits for process/cost improvements.

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