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Austin, Texas Area

• Ensure that all processes are conducted according to approved procedures. • Responsible for managing the business relationship between Luminex and the suppliers. Ensure that communications are clear and appropriate.• Provide procurement support to ensure the availability of required manufacturing materials and non-inventory (MRO) purchases.• Work closely with planning, manufacturing, quality, and engineering to resolve issues for current sourced solutions. Manage a high-quality and competitive domestic supplier base.• Support supply agreement negotiations and resolve issues on pricing and sourcing with management. Perform cost analyses and make versus buy analyses as required.• Manage supply risk exposure and devises risk mitigation measures.• Maintains accurate purchasing data in the ERP system and purchase materials in the most economical size, composition, quality, quantity, and combination.• Review and approve Engineering Change Orders (ECO) and communicate to suppliers as required• Expedite materials as required and handles rejection or other problems on purchased materials.• Resolve receiving and account problems related to purchase orders• Monitors supplier performance metrics.

9700 E Hwy 290 Building 32

• Specialized in planning activities involving production inventory or shop floor control.• Maintained Oracle work order release schedule that provides material on time to manufacturing.• Rescheduled and completed W,O, for all discrete jobs as required.• Increased component availability by performing pre-shortage analysis.• Performed work order variance analysis and submited BOM change to reconcile cost.• Reviewed MRP execution and ensures accuracy of information, reconciles supply demand.• Ensured proper disposition of Engineering Change Orders by reporting status for all ECO’S.

Round Rock, Texas

• Reviewed material requisitions and negotiate the placement of purchase orders with strategic suppliers.• Released product work orders for manufacture and shipment.• Provided timely and accurate information to the sales group about customer orders and quotes; provided excellent customer service to internal customers.• Developed the knowledge and understanding necessary to determine major suppliers’ corporate objectives and strategies which dictate their sales and service policies in order to assess their potential value as a long-term, low-cost supplier.• Actively expedited solution of problems that arise in relation to quality, delivery, and pricing.• Resolved any problems that could result in financial loss to the Company.• Maintained inventory levels for assigned commodities within established guidelines to ensure minimum cash investment without impacting service level.• Researched and recommend cost-saving possibilities based on new sources, substitutions, improved systems, or new items.• Managed assigned projects to a completion within the time line established.

Austin, Texas Area

• Responsible for purchasing materials, components, equipment and services.• Ensuring the timely performance of supplier to meet the needs of the clients.• Include Negotiation of major contracts for the purpose of material, components.• Solicit quotations for production material and proposals for services to meet demands.• Analyze and negotiate pricing and net delivery terms to meet strategic goals.• Award and generate purchase orders for production material and track to stock.• Resolve accounts payable issues by securing required documentation to satisfy all parties.

Austin, Texas Area

• Planned, organized, controlled and executed a production schedule for designated Customers.• Analyzed inputs concerning capacity, board cycle time, urgency, material availability to help determine schedule.• Coordinated necessary resources to meet shipment commitments.• Reviewed and reported on aggregate levels of product inventory, inventory exposure, backlog, availability and on on-time delivery.

Austin, Texas Area

• Reviewed and analyzed all requisitions in the purchasing queue generated by MRP.• Researched past buy history in order to select suppliers for new bids.• Solicited quotations for production material and proposals for services to meet demand.• Analyzed and negotiated pricing and net delivery terms to meet strategic goals.• Awarded and generated purchase orders for production material and tracked to stock.• Resolved accounts payable issues by securing required documentation to satisfy all parties.

Austin, Texas Area

• Reviewed and analyzed all requisitions in the purchasing queue generated by MRP.• Researched past buy history in order to select suppliers for new bids.• Solicited quotations for production material and proposals for services to meet demand.• Analyzed and negotiated pricing and net delivery terms to meet strategic goals.• Awarded and generated purchase orders for production material and tracked to stock.• Resolved accounts payable issues by securing required documentation to satisfy all parties.

Austin, Texas Area

Managed and delivered high quality cost effective prototype PWB’s and PWA’s in a quick turn environment for engineering design validation. Most assembly builds averaged 3 to 5 days from build start to delivery. Managed associated documentation, database tools, and Inventory and supplier relationships. Ensured a smooth transition to worldwide procurement and component continuity to the production suppliers.• Provided project management for Engineering design validation by effectively managing preferred suppliers given constraints of time, budget, and quality.• Managed projects by placing purchase orders for material and services, ensuring costs were reasonable and achievable. This included the reconciliation of any invoice issues.• Conducted aggressive follow through to ensure timely order acknowledgements and delivery confirmation ensuring the scope and project schedule were met.• Conducted regular reviews with platform teams to ensure all possible potential supply issues and proposed possible solutions, to keep projects on track.• Managed project documentation using the ECO process by loading new BOM’s into Agile, and then published net change reports to the relevant stakeholders. This process supported the client tools, systems and applications. • Managed post-projects reviews, to drive process improvements.

Austin, Texas Area

Planned warranty and spares material for all lines of business for North America utilizing a back casting method to meet service goals. • Maintained team goal service level of 98.92 percent by managing inventory and insuring order coverage.• Managed supplier by holding weekly conference call to review all open orders.• Responsible for reviewing and approving material forecast sent to suppliers.• Reviewed ECO’s within 24 hours. Completed action as required to insure that inventory level would remain at an optimum level.• Maintained supplier lead time along with AVL and contact list.• Responsible for ensuring optimal levels of spare parts inventory were available in US hubs.• Resolved receiving discrepancies within 24 hours so that inventory was removed from the receiving dock and put in stock or identified for return to supplier.• Stopped inventory Scrap by $181K per quarter by identifying an omission in the material return data base. Root caused the omission and corrected the database to insure that this type of issue would not reoccur.• Reduced inventory spend of a rack assembly by creating a local repair loop for the off shore supplier. • Reduced my commodity’s inventory level from 60 days to less than 45 days by re-planning, re-scheduling and changing order quantities so that all incoming material met the new inventory goals.

• Material and production planning for multiple customer accounts utilizing MRP system. Managed inventory from product start-up through account close outs. Managed material for ECO implementation. Communicated with customers regarding schedules and product delivery.

San Jose, California

Production Control Planner: • Reviewed and released shop orders generated by MRP. Reduced my commodity’s inventory level from 60 days to less than 45 days by re-planning, re-scheduling and changing order quantities so that all incoming material met the new inventory goals. Master Scheduler: • Loaded all sales order into MRP and maintained a file for the sales orders. Loaded and maintained manufacturing time standards in a capacity spreadsheet.Material Planner: • Released material requisitions to purchasing. Reviewed kit shortages with production control, and expedited purchasing as required to meet schedule start date.Stockroom Supervisor: • Managed the personal and the daily function of the warehouse. This included interfacing with the following Departments: Receiving Dock, Incoming inspection, Material Planning departments and Manufacturing.