Supply Chain Quality Assurance

Erin E. Neumen ***** Church Street, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 951-***-**** ***********@*****.***

Accomplished and success-driven Supply Chain professional with over 10 years of experience in supplier management, planning, product forecasting, inventory reduction, global sourcing, developing cost reductions, coordinate projects on product development, and analysis. Manufacturing background including, development of strategies; process improvement, forecasts, Kanban concept with engineering and production teams.

EDUCATION

Masters in Business Administration (MBA) – November 2009

University of Phoenix

Bachelors of Arts in Criminal Justice / Paralegal Studies – September 2001

California State University San Bernardino

EXPERIENCE

April 2011 – Present

Procurement – Sourcing Agile Sourcing Partners, Inc.

• Manage multi-million dollar contracts for companies within the Gas and Utility sector.

• Account manager for Puget Sound Energy (PSE) to ensure 100% customer satisfaction on all transaction.

• Initiate purchase orders for raw materials, tools and supplies, and services in close coordination with Gas and Utilities companies to assure timely execution of product and services sourcing activities.

• Secures and analyzes quotations; negotiates prices and terms with suppliers; and recommends suppliers with respect to cost, quality, and delivery competitiveness.

• Monitor and provide reports on supplier performance including but not limited to payment status, on-time delivery, back order status and order fill rates.

May 2010 – April 2011

Buyer Exemplis Corporation

• Managed IDEON Lounge Seating Product Line; procure all raw materials and hard components for product line – annual spend $5.2MM.

• Initiated purchase orders and amendments for raw materials, tools and supplies, and services; arranges for submission and inspection of sample products as required; close coordination with engineering and manufacturing to assure timely execution of product and services sourcing activities.

• Secured and analyzes quotations; negotiates prices and terms with suppliers; and recommends suppliers with respect to cost, quality, and delivery competitiveness.

• Coordinated and performed root cause analysis to inventory control issues, cycle count procedures, BOM’s analysis and corrective action.

• Led daily production meetings with operations to reduce material shortages for scheduled production orders.

• Developed, and monitors Supplier Scorecard performance for Top 25 Supplier with regards to YTD spend in order to facilitate supplier performance improvement program.

• Coordinated as appropriate, quality matters and engineering changes/developments between company activities and suppliers.

March 2009 – May 2010

Supply Chain Planning Coordinator

Access Business Group, Nutrilite Division (Contract Position while completing MBA)

• Partnered with Procurement to monitor Supplier Scorecard Performance to drive improvements in supplier lead time, quality, cost and service levels.

• Supported MRP Planners with assessing current supply and demands of raw materials, packaging and components.

• Monitored shortages of raw materials and partner with appropriate suppliers to meet current production schedules.

• Assessed finish good schedules before sending orders to production floor.

• Managed open orders for over 245 Global Suppliers.

• Issued consolidated purchased orders for labels for manufacturing facility, which resulted in 60K cost savings.

August 2008 - December 2008

Executive Administrative Assistant – Supply Chain

Exemplis Corporation

• Supported the Vice President of Supply Chain. Scheduled and coordinated all meetings, events, training sessions, interviews, appointments, and travel arrangements for Vice President and other executive staff.

June 2006 - May 2008

Construction Project Buyer

Hill Phoenix, Inc

• Managed all aspects of refrigeration and HVAC equipment installation in supermarkets throughout California, Arizona and Nevada.

• Responsible for negotiating pricing on materials and rental equipment for all projects. Produced over $250M in cost savings during 2007.

• Conducted comparative pricing to ensure best pricing obtained for equipment, materials and tools for each project.

• Partnered with over 60 primary suppliers to forecast equipment, materials and tools focusing on cost savings, reducing lead times and ensuring maximum quality of all projects.

• Subcontracted and coordinated various construction phases. Maintained master schedule for all open projects.

• Assisted in the development and implementation of standard operating procedures related to job startup, closeout, warranty, and general accounting.

September 2004 - March 2006

Criminal Research Coordinator – Supplier Management

HireRight, Inc

• Accountable for a total of $1.9 million in revenue for the Department of Public Research.

• Established exclusive contracts with all 190 court research suppliers to outline quality of search and reduce lead times and maximize cost savings.

• Managed 190 court research suppliers in the Southeast region of United States.

• Monitored supplier turnaround time for all criminal court searches to ensure on time delivery of each criminal background search to customer.

• Became intimately familiar with Fair Credit Reporting Act Guidelines and various state laws and penal codes.

November 2001-September 2004

Office Administrator / Purchasing

Interplastic Corporation

• Purchased all raw materials and hardware components for manufacturing facility.

• Monitored on time delivery and quality assurance of all procured materials and tools.

• Created purchase orders, followed up with suppliers and performed A/P functions.

• Reference are available upon request

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