MAMTA ARORA
Cell : 408-***-****
Introduction
** ***** ** ********** ** Purchasing for Manufacturing and Pharmaceutical industry.
SUMMARY
Recently Accredited Purchasing Practitioner (APP) with proven track record of making excellent purchase of goods and commodities; review of requisitions, development of bid and proposal specifications, preparation of bid invitations and proposals, analysis of responses, and the preparation of purchase orders and contracts. Excellent communication skills with vendors and colleagues on purchasing problems and on shipping, receiving, and invoicing problems and processes; In addition to independent judgment and the supervision of subordinates in the purchasing.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Buyer Menlo park, CA 2011 – 2012
Tyco deals into many different industries primarily Aerospace, Defence and Marine providing connectors, wire, cables, connectors etc.Company manufactures over 500,000 products with global supply.
Responsibilities
Review requisitions and specifications to obtain competitive quotations from vendors; prepare, tabulate and analyze bids to determine lowest and best bidders; prepare and place purchase orders; keep file of vendors to whom bids have been sent, and record proper documentation.
Prepare bid and proposal specifications based on research of organizational needs; write and review technical specifications and contracts for purchase of goods and services in conformity with purchasing policies.
Establish good working relationships with vendors through personal and telephone contact; discuss and resolve problems regarding delayed delivery dates. Return damaged or incorrect items to vendors and processes necessary paperwork for credit.
Respond to employee requests, inquiries and problems regarding uniform issuance, office supplies, repair services, or costs of items. Respond to requests for pickup and delivery of supplies.
Make studies and collect data on current market conditions to keep informed on market trends; interview salesmen regarding ordering of supplies.
Check prices and approve invoices on purchase orders; schedule delivery dates; follow up on delayed deliveries.
Assist in training of personnel.
Panacea Biotec Ltd, India
Manager-Purchase , 1998-2010
Results-oriented, highly productive procurement management professional with a demonstrated ability to significantly reduce procurement costs by standardizing processes, negotiating favorable terms and streamlining supplier channels. Technical skills include Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SAP. Exemplary relationship building and problem solving skills that foster vendor trust and dependability.
Oversee the purchasing of Raw material, Packing material, Machine parts, sub-contracts, capital equipment, office supply. Assign buyers to commodities based on skill and knowledge base.
Managed the daily activities of supervisors / exporters. Placed and tracked weekly purchase orders. Negotiated contracts with suppliers,Built and maintained vendor relations; evaluated vendors, managed buyer processes, and analyzed reports. Researched and identified potential cost savings. Standardized vendor channels and products where possible.
Negotiated a new rebate structure which produced savings.
Reduced the number of forklift parts and service suppliers .
Played key role in a plant inventory reduction .
Recommended the implementation of a tracking form for short-paid invoices, eliminating supplier invoice resubmissions and assisting the Accounting Department.
Negotiated a major contract agreement with manufacturer.
Conducted physical inventory of surplus equipment, which included a detailed list.
Streamlined department processes and procedures to determine optimum staffing levels. Instituted metrics to document cost savings, purchase requisition turnaround, and number of POs issued.
Drafted an instructional how-to guide on the proper use of the purchasing and receiving modules of the ERP system. Prepared user training instructions for online purchase requisitions.
Guided process improvements for the Document Control Department, resulting in elimination of redundant activities and fueling more effective processes and procedures.
Responsibilities:
Receving Purchase Requisitions (PR) from different departments.
Search for suppliers .Send them details of material.
Take Quotation, price discussions
Comparison of price, delivery schedule and other factors.
Release of Purchase Orders, Outline agreements.
Coordinate with vendor for delivery.
Coordinate with accounts department for payments.
Customized material master and vendor master.
Defined and assigned field selection to field selection groups and tagging material masters with locations
Defined locations with codes.
Configured and assigned output format of material codes.
Defined number ranges for each material type.
Tagging vendor maters with approved material.
Verifying material with define specification.
Defined and configured terms of payment and conditions (delivery and locations) in vendor master.
Defined pricing procedures for local/subcontractor/import purchases.
Defined release procedures for purchasing requisitions and purchasing orders.
Education
Bachelors in Business Management, Jamia, New Delhi- 1994-1997
Bachelors in Computer Systems- NIIT,New Delhi - 1994-1997
MBA-Marketing and HR SCDL-Pune.
Technical Skills
ERP : SAP R/3 4.6/4.7
Languages : C, C++, SQL, Power Builder 5.0,Oracle
Databases : Sybase, MS Access
Operating Systems : Windows 9x/NT 4.0/2000/XP
Certifications
Certified from Siemens in Basics of Material Management and Inventory Management.
Training In ERP:
Extensively Worked on SAP R/3, Material Management (MM Module) from CDAC Noida., India. Activities Related to the Project are:
Creation of Material Master, Vendor Master, Purchase Info Record, Purchase Requisition, Purchase Order.GR with/without PO, GI etc.
Maintenance of different types of stocks like quality, unrestricted, restricted & analysis for the stock transfer & Transfer Posting.
Batch Management, Batch Classification and Determination
Material Cycles run for Standard, Subcontracting (L) and Consignment type (K) Item Category of procurement
Simple Service management and Service Procurement Cycle
Customizing of Enterprise Structure like Plant, Storage Location, Purchasing Organization and Purchase Group
Release procedure generated for the Purchase Documents
Aware of Valuation Structure and related functions