▪ Manage mass production of high quality electronic and mechanical parts and assemblies in Eastern Europe and China.▪ Outsource manufacturing of parts and assemblies to low cost countries.▪ Responsible for all Purchasing and Business aspects for new R&D electro-mechanical projects including identifying developers, negotiations, contracts, manufacturing techniques, prototypes, etc.▪ Collect Purchasing-related data from within company and from subsidiaries in order to prepare reports with analyses for local management and parent company.

▪ Manage all aspects of supplier relationship including forecasting, pricing, logistics, scheduling and quality. ▪ Formulate and implement strategic plans for suppliers and parts.▪ Conduct supplier selection for new local and foreign suppliers from SOW to final Qualification for critical parts and assemblies including coordination of Engineering, R&D, and Manufacturing support.▪ Defined Negevtech's supplier requirements, wrote all procedures, and coordinated implementation for Supplier Management, SOW's, Supplier Selection, Supplier Evaluation, and Parts Repair.▪ Created and implemented Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) with suppliers that were preventing Negevtech from meeting its Operational and Business Goals.

 Negotiated pricing, terms and conditions of relationships with existing and potential suppliers.  Coordinated and implemented supplier strategy with large Asian component suppliers and subcontractors as well as Israeli subcontractors.  Identified and researched potential suppliers both locally and worldwide for new product development. Sourced optical components in China while maintaining demanding specifications and quality levels.  Developed supplier relationships and communication with R&D and Engineering to facilitate search for improvements, improve infrastructure to support delivery demands, and develop future technological enhancements cycle from R&D stage to mass production. ▪ Eliminated need for senior management intervention in everyday supply chain issues and enabled rapid adjustment to order quantities without suffering pricing changes from suppliers. Electronics Purchasing, Group Leader (2000-2002)▪ Managed a group of buyers and supplier coordinators in all aspects of electronic procurement from components to cables, and printed circuit assemblies to turn-key projects.▪ Outsourced PCB’s, cables and other parts to vendors in the Far East in order to achieve major cost reductions.