Cynthia L. Sullivan
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:
Highly motivated, high energy, innovative, focused, well-organized, and experienced professional. Team oriented management style. Recognized for an exceptional ability to successfully manage operations, processes and implement organizational improvements.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
08/2007 - 06/2012 Advanced Micro Devices – Austin, TX – Capital Project Buyer / DIMM Coordinator/R&D Project Coordinator
Capital Project Buyer supporting Research & Design (R&D) labs by quarterly budgets per project supporting AMD Austin/ATI Markham, Canada Validation Labs Strategic Sourcing
Procured R&D Validation Lab expense by quarterly projects supporting AMD Austin/ATI Markham, Canada Strategic Sourcing
Worked with Cost Center Managers, Project Managers, & Finance with allocated budgeted dollars by quarterly projects
Procured DIMM requirements for all AMD R&D worldwide sites liaison with OEM manufacturers Samsung, Micron, Elpida, & Hynix
Processed & maintained AMD internal database Valid importing updates Excel file on share point with new & revised DIMM attributes
Responsible for developing and managing strategic supplier relationships procurement for all of AMD R&D Request Services processing orders in SAP Shopping Carts
Maintained quarterly bid process & negotiate cost reduction with strategic & new vendors
Identify cost-savings & process improvement opportunities
Monitor the shipment of goods from suppliers to insure timely delivery
Primary contact and liaison with communication between suppliers and customers
Work with Accounting/Receiving resolving discrepancies issues effectively on a regular basis
Maintain quarterly KPI charts for group performance and data analysis
09/2006 - 07/2007 Solectron, Inc. – Austin, TX – Technical Buyer/Planner
Indefinite contract with Aerotek – accepted position with AMD closer to home
Projects/Customer handling – NEC/Stratus US and Japan, Agere, McData
Maintain quarterly bid process & negotiate cost reduction for NPI R&D projects
Interface with Engineers to maintain & procure all ECO changes for customers builds
Responsible for coordination, tracking, and reporting of project plans and milestones
Weekly conference calls with key customers to ensure total product effectiveness and efficiency
Maintained in Excel BOMs procuring all integrated components, PCB’s, hardware, chassis, etc for customers builds
Maintained all reports for production management
Maintain inventory analysis for production planning
Responsible for the coordination, tracking and reporting of production planning
09/2004 - 09/2006 Tokyo Electron America – Austin, TX – IPO Technical Buyer
Kelly Services – 12 month assignment
Maintain purchase orders IPO Material and maintain on LiveLink/Crystal Reports
Purchase all necessary parts for production build supporting the factory in Japan
Prepare RFQ for suppliers and potential suppliers
Submit quotes to TEA customers
Negotiate contract with suppliers and finalizing contracts
Prepare and submit forecast to all TEA suppliers
Prepare all open order status reports for all suppliers
Reconciled open invoices with accounts payable
06/2000 - 06/2004 Liebherr Nenzing Crane Co., Houston, TX – Offshore Spare Parts Manager/Buyer-Planner
Reason for leaving – relocated to Austin, TX
Procured mechanical & electrical spare parts for Offshore cranes division covering North America and South America
Point of contact for mechanical and electrical machine parts with customers Transocean, Halliburton, Pride, Ensco, etc.
Responsible for communicating processes to suppliers, ensuring the suppliers meet our requirements to provide products that meet our quality cost and needs
Communicate to the factory implemented designs, process or specification changes and compliance
Maintained Excel spreadsheet to track all monthly/quarterly performances & inventory items
Maintained all purchase orders/sales orders/invoicing/expediting to customers and suppliers on MRP BaaN
Deviation waiver and Quality Notification follow-up and corrective action responsibility
Interfaced with suppliers on shortages and negotiate pricing with current and new suppliers
Performed trend analysis and corrective action process for all repetitive quality issues.
Performed all functions purchasing, invoicing, accounts payable, and account receivable
Accomplishments: Developed and implemented the purchasing department for the Houston Office. Structured and coordinated with the parent company in Europe on a MRP system called BaaN. Gained strong relationship with existing and potential future customers.
06/1995 - 08/1999 Solectron Texas, Austin, TX – Production Planner
Reason for leaving – relocated to the Houston area
MRP system used SAP
Maintained all Bill of Material for New Design Services Production Builds
Purchased PC boards and integrated components for customers production builds
Imported all Bills of Materials from text format into Excel spreadsheets to maintain shortages and overages
Supervised and coordinated with warehouse for inventory control
Review all supplier metrics & work. Make recommendations for additions and removal from the supplier approval list.
Purchased all needed materials to complete build for on-time-delivery
Maintain KanBan inventory for production planning
Interfaced with TPM’s on Production scheduling
Interfaced with Project Managers status of production builds
Negotiated pricing with OEM, Distributors, and Manufacturers
Accomplishments: Involved with the TPM’s and Project Managers to implement a system in Excel to monitor all shortages and overages to provide an on-time-delivery requirements for the customer.
07/1992 – 05/1995 Motorola Manufacturing Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Buyer
Tad Technical
Reason for leaving – relocated to Texas
MRP’s Oracle maintained (Integrated Circuits, PC boards, sheet metal, etc.)
Maintain by-weekly and quarterly inventory control for excess material on Microsoft Access
Interfaced with suppliers, distributors and vendors
Negotiated pricing with OEM, Distributors, and Manufacturers
Responsible for communicating processes to suppliers, ensuring the suppliers process meet our requirements to provide products that meet our quality cost and delivery needs
Performed accounts payable with cooperate office Peachtree
EDUCATION:
Tarrant County Junior College - Associates of Arts Graduated 1983
CPIM – Master Planning Resources & Execution Control and Operations
Member of APICS