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San Jose, California, United States

Develop and manage more Junior Level Procurement members.Work collaboratively with assigned organizations to fulfill the procurement needs and requirements of product development or mass product projects and activities.Manage team to place, process, and follow up on orders to expedite and ensure timely delivery to meet project schedules.Manage team to work cross-functionally in resolving purchasing and procurement related issues between Factories and Vendors.Manage, approve, and resolves RMA, Credit Memo, Accounts Payable/Receivable, and invoice issues with Vendor.Complies with purchasing policies, procedures, and internal controls to ensure the best prices with most optimum delivery and quality of materials, supplies, and equipment while enhancing their efficiency.Communicate and train purchasing activities in compliance with procurement standards, controls, and ethical business practices.Manages the resources of the SAP system to initiate and monitor the purchase requisitions and purchase orders, backlog management, invoicing, material management, pricing.Manages on-time delivery, logistics, custom clearance, and inventory with team.Communicate and train to ensure work within company and regulatory guidelines.Manage vendor Quarterly Business Reviews and support with Vendor price and quality negotiations.Manage preparing market analysis and industry analysis reports within the team.Supervise market situation in relation to assigned project and acquire global SCM visibility.Manage Sourcing activities for cost competitiveness and technology competitiveness.Management of team execution for conflict minerals non-usage by suppliers by obtaining non-use agreements and CMRT survey periodically, and lead on-site inspection as necessaryManage team execution for comprehensive supplier evaluation process performed annually to assess the competitive edge of suppliers and to control sustainability risks

Irvine, California, United States

Costa Mesa

Manages various types of contracts for the acquisition of services, equipment, supplies, materials and projects within responsible geographical area• Establishes and maintains regular vendor governance process. Facilitates all meetings and provides a readout to program leadership and key stakeholders• Regularly communicates and distributes key performance metrics, dashboards and reports• Focuses on vendor performance to achieve planned outcomes based on the business case, drive ongoing improvement in vendor performance and manage corporate and regulatory compliance• Identify, qualify and manage opportunities to deliver innovation that positively affects the business performance• Aggregates vendor data and communicate vendor performance. Use this data to position the organization to drive analytics-driven decision-making• Facilitate vendor continuous performance improvement through effective and efficient vendor governance frameworks• Continuously improve vendor management processes and communication to allow for efficient usage• Manages and improves vendor performance, monitoring and mitigating vendor risks, and managing the relationship• Maintains current knowledge of relevant contractual procedures and practices to appropriately analyze terms and conditions of contracts

•Strong knowledge and developing experience in forecasting, purchasing and managing inventories•Exceptional analytical, organizational, reporting, decision-making, and problem-solving skills•Strong communication skills (verbal, written and presentation), vendor management, negotiation and ability to influence leaders•Proactive, taking initiative and ownership of issues/tasks to resolution

Dynamic, self-motivated and results-oriented business strategist brings 6 years of progressively senior successes governing the complete supply chain management and demand planning cycle for a leading electronics company. Consummate change agent with a history of proactively implementing process improvements, leading successful product launches into the Canadian marketplace and cultivating strong industry networking and strategic partnerships. Offers considerable experience spanning strategic product procurement, purchasing, pricing, forecasting and presentation, with the proven ability to rapidly gain mastery over new technologies, product lines and industry best practices. Natural born leader with a talent for fostering rapport and affinity with diverse cross-departmental colleagues, high-value clientele, corporate partners and vendors

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bacs, Finance