Handling sourcing strategy and running purchasing processes to deliver on market-leading audio solutions.

Taking ownership of New Product Introduction materials. Responsible for sourcing new suppliers in coordination with R&D, negotiating costs, and controlling Bill of Material prices, and planning out procurement strategies through development and ramp-up to running production.

Responsible for all sourcing activities within all NPI projects.- Selection of suppliers in consistency with global category and supplier strategy. - Guiding selection with a sourcing approach. Owning total BOM Cost, keeping an eye to avoid single sourcing, seeking security in redundancy, promoting standardisation, quality of components and suppliers, optimising components lifecycle, and being mindful of the environmental impact.- Analyze and challenge the needs from R&D to match… Show more Responsible for all sourcing activities within all NPI projects.- Selection of suppliers in consistency with global category and supplier strategy. - Guiding selection with a sourcing approach. Owning total BOM Cost, keeping an eye to avoid single sourcing, seeking security in redundancy, promoting standardisation, quality of components and suppliers, optimising components lifecycle, and being mindful of the environmental impact.- Analyze and challenge the needs from R&D to match with operational requirements.- Push Co-Development with suppliers and Early Supplier Involvement on Project projects. - Bring a procurement and operational perspective into project design.- Monitor and ensure competitive material cost to meet product target cost (design/redesign to cost). - Building preliminary product cost estimation.- Taking into account risk management- Controlling material situation to ensure new projects are within budget and on-time. Show less

Responsibilities: - End-to-end responsibility for receiving sales forecasts, highlighting sourcing risks, building a procurement strategy, purchasing goods, and order delivery. - Maintained customer relations during the COVID supply chain crisis. Communicating regularly with key customer stakeholders regarding material readiness and procurement challenges while driving solutions. - Coordinated with official and third-party suppliers to source critical materials at best… Show more Responsibilities: - End-to-end responsibility for receiving sales forecasts, highlighting sourcing risks, building a procurement strategy, purchasing goods, and order delivery. - Maintained customer relations during the COVID supply chain crisis. Communicating regularly with key customer stakeholders regarding material readiness and procurement challenges while driving solutions. - Coordinated with official and third-party suppliers to source critical materials at best possible prices without risking quality control and maintaining certification compliance. - Negotiated PPV costs and responsibility with customers when sourcing material from non-standard retailers. - Helped in development and roll-out of web platform to improve situational awareness for customers and streamline the strategic procurement overview for projects. Show less

Working with Appen and our clients to optimize online advertisements through human vetting and machine learning.

Keeping guests happy at all costs. I organized our multicultural crew to optimize the guest experience and raised our General Satisfaction Score to 91, the highest in the province.

Doing inventory counts at stores across Saskatchewan. Learned some valuable skills about working on-call and keeping my workflow organized.

In charge of selling and promoting Microsoft products. Great place to learn the fundamentals of sales and customer service.