Carlos R. Andrade, Mba, Cscp, Cppo Email & Phone Number

Rancho Cucamonga, Ca, Us

Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States

The Procurement Contract Specialist II is the advanced level in the Buyer class series of IEHP's Purchasing Department.-► Provide technical supervision and training to Procurement Contract Specialists and Buyers and report to, and provide assistance to the Procurement and Contract Supervisors and the Purchasing Manager.-► Purchase and negotiate the most difficult, high dollar and complex multi-year and/or multi-departmental procurement, contracts and awards for professional services, consultant services, materials, supplies, and equipment.-► Ensure compliance with IEHP’s purchasing awards based on best value, applied industry standards and best practices, legal, Governing Board policies, and State and Federal requirements.

Rancho Cucamonga, California

Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) is a local, not-for-profit, public health plan. Serving almost 1.25 million residents of Riverside and San Bernardino counties through government-sponsored programs including Medi-Cal (families, adults, seniors and people with disabilities) and Cal MediConnect.-► Draft solicitations for bids (Request for Proposals, Requests for Quotations, and Invitations to Bid); analyze and determine the most appropriate contract type to reduce IEHP's exposure to risk.-► Communicate with IEHP department stakeholders to process, review, and execute agreements from intake phase to signature.-► Review and negotiate contract terms and conditions, and pricing with vendors ensuring ethical procurement practices are followed.-► Share Supply Chain Management experience with fellow Team Members.

Shield Packaging Of California

PLZ Aeroscience is the North American leader in specialty aerosol product manufacturing. The PLZ family of companies specializes in the development, manufacturing, packaging and distribution of a comprehensive line of contract fill, branded and private-label products. The company formulates, blends, fills and packages more than 2,500 branded and private-label products including industrial solvents, lubricants and degreasers, adhesives, sanitary supply disinfectants, insecticides, cleaners, polishes, air fresheners and personal care products.-► Responsible for purchasing key materials, parts, and supplies following established purchasing policies and procedures while optimizing price, JIT delivery, and terms.-► Manage Railcars (180K lbs) and Tanker (48K lbs) deliveries of key raw materials, while monitoring capacity via ERP system.-► Negotiate prices, terms of sale, and service agreements with material/component suppliers. In result, slashed Railcar demurrage charges by 90%, which led to annual cost savings of $108K.-► Manage Kanban levels of raw materials in 10 storage tanks, totaling 75,500 gallons.-► $4.8M in annual budgetary responsibility, $1.2M stock inventory accountability.-► Primary backup resource to Master Production Scheduler / Purchasing Manager.-► Launched an ERP automation bar-coding system, which reduced manual labor by 60%.-► Maintained responsibilities held under Sales and Business Development role.

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-► Manage accounts worth 5.5M in annual sales.-► Performed strategic and sales planning to drive growth through product line expansion, new customer acquisition, and development of existing customer sales.-► Reduced the turnaround time of customer product quotes by 75% by designing an Excel model with complex formulas.-► Developed data-views/dashboards within ERP software to streamline entire Supply Chain process.-► Implemented Material Resource Planning (MRP) software into procurement and production scheduling. In result, improved ON-TIME deliveries by 50%.-► Organized a sustainability committee and lead upper management on a successful "Together for Sustainability Audit" (Tfs).

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Job Function: Manufacturing-► Successfully managed production activities to provide customers with high quality products and delivery on-time / in-full (OTIF).-► Maintained and communicated daily productivity and shipment reports to all departments.-► Planned, directed and coordinated suitable crewing requirements with Staffing Agencies to meet aggressive production schedules.-► Met aggressive production goals while minimizing equipment downtime and meeting safety goals.-► Drove daily production activities with effective communication and leadership.Major Accomplishments:✓ Implemented performance, quality and efficiency measures (KPI's) to achieve aggressive production goals.✓ Implemented and enforce Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) guidelines.✓ Successfully built cross-functional teams from diverse backgrounds.

Camp Pendleton, San Diego

Job Function: Supply Chain and Logistics -► Performed every facet of ground supply administration and operations.-► Generated routine reports, and perform technical research for customer inquiries and procurement processing.-► Maintained and prepared necessary inventory control and custody records.-► Preformed reconciliations and administer expend unit allocated funds. -► Used critical thinking skills to identify and take timely corrective action to solve data output and supply administration problems.-► Made recommendations to the Supply Officer on supply related issues. Major Accomplishments:✓ Honor graduate✓ Secret security clearance✓ Awarded Expert Marksmanship Badge✓ Honorable Discharge with Veteran Employment Preference Points

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A), Management & Leadership

Apics Supply Chain Management – Cscp, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

The APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) program sets the standard for supply chain management certification. This.

Ground Supply Administration And Operations School, Camp Lejeune, Nc