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Commerce, California, United States

• Sourcing, meeting, and negotiating with suppliers, freight forwarders, and freight carriers regarding quality assurance, extended warranties, rebate programs, new products, and overall best pricing for their particular.
• Prepare the company for implementation of MRP to ensure materials and components are available and needed, inventory levels are optimized, manufacturing efficiencies are improved, and customer satisfaction increases.
• Implemented supply chain infrastructure policy and procedures, including for multi-state locations.
• Implemented lean principles (5s, JIT, smart tools) to reduce obsolete inventory and streamline overall inventory structure using lean principles.
• Built and maintained a strong team of buyers, planners, and material handlers.

La Palma, CA

• Sourcing, meeting, and negotiating with suppliers, freight forwarders, and freight carriers regarding quality assurance, extended warranties, rebate programs, new products, and overall best pricing for their particular.
• Implemented a new MRP system and trained on proper use that took this large manufacturer from running like a mom-and-pop shot to the global manufacturer they are today.
• Implemented supply chain infrastructure process and procedures, lean principles (5s, JIT, smart tools) while overseeing all aspects of purchasing furniture for a large multi-facilitator contract manufacturer while.
• Built and maintained a strong procurement team of buyers and planners, training them on communication, lean principles, proper forecasting techniques, and the use of software systems.
• Work alongside engineering and marketing in the development of new products.

Pomona, CA

• Maximized supply chain infrastructure process and procedures, MRP Systems, and lean principles (5s, JIT, smart tools) while overseeing all aspects of purchasing furniture for a globally known home resort manufacturer.
• Reduced supply chain impact on the company by reducing Cogs by 2%, inventory percentage to sales by 4%, overnight freight costs by 91%
• Created and ran daily production and purchasing planning meetings.
• Built and maintained a strong procurement team of 4-6 buyers and 2 planners at any given time, including overseas purchasing. Trained team on communication, lean principles, proper forecasting techniques, and software.
• Sourcing, meeting, and negotiating with suppliers, freight forwarders, and freight carriers regarding quality assurance, extended warranties, rebate programs, new products, and overall best pricing for their.
• Work alongside engineering and marketing in the development of new products

Santa Fe Springs, CA

• Oversaw all purchasing, accounting, and payroll aspects for the largest privately owned full-line office furniture manufacturer in the Western United States.
• Oversaw all aspects of manufacturing as their production manager when needed.
• Sourcing, meeting, and negotiating with suppliers, freight forwarders, and freight carriers regarding quality assurance, extended warranties, new products, and overall best pricing for their product/service overseas.
• Established and implemented policies and procedures relating to the purchasing department.
• Attended furniture installations to oversee jobs.
• Assured that AQMD, EPA, and County Sanitation regulations were implemented and followed, along with all reporting to satisfy those requirements.