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Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Negotiate and administer complex subcontracts while using discretionary latitude to negotiate financial, contractual, technical terms, conditions, and provisions to establish and maintain major subcontracts. Responsible for executing standard purchasing procedures within an assigned commodity ensuring timely delivery of supplies and materials while being key interface for subcontract administration of major systems and complex components for aircraft production, product upgrade and new program development.Comply with ITAR, FAA, EAR and FAR12 regulations while maintaining supplier relationships.Execute and document purchasing processes from RFQ to bidding process through to the issuance of purchase orders.Work cross functionally with Engineering, Quality, and Planning communicating any issues back to suppliers. Assist suppliers in approval or disapproval of any and all process changes.Assist and provide support/direction for Level I & II Buyers

2007-2011Created cross functional teams with Engineering, Quality Control, and ProductionSupervisorsResearch and Development for ABS plastics in the mobile phone industryDetermined and Qualified Sources for parts worldwide focused on availability and costEnsured the performance of sources were measured to a best practice standard for theentire order management cycle.Supervised a team of three for inbound product submissions from Suppliers for purpose oftesting and Materials Evaluation. Two Sourcing Specialists and a Materials Engineer.Reported directly to Senior Vice President of Materials and Purchasing and assisted inthe negotiation of contracts along with legal.Developed and implemented a best practice process to manage the return of defective goods(RMA) received from suppliers while managing the suppliers performance to reduce theamount of returns.Maintained good working relationships and communication practices with OEM and Non OEMsources in a global arena.

Supervised the activities of four buyers in Purchase of OEM and AM Parts in the Mobilephone industry as well as all consumables and capital equipmentMaintained the reporting of inbound shipments from OEM and non OEM suppliers, reportingthem up to Executive level.Held daily conference calls with 4 divisions discussing inbound and outbound shipmentsConducted staff training and evaluation. Attended daily production meetings.Research and development for all parts and accessories associated with the industry(Sourcing)

Maintained current Customer Base while sourcing new customers via cold calls, Internetetc..Created and maintained purchase orders for all production materials.Collection CallsAssisted in accounting, reception, production