Eric Renfro, M.B.A. Email & Phone Number

Flexible, thorough engineering professional with extensive domestic and international experience in supplier management and supplier development involving electrical, mechanical and thermal engineering projects. Excels at establishing strong partnerships with customers, management, R & D, and suppliers; researching and analyzing root cause of defective parts; creating and implementing corrective actions; and managing logistics of upgrades, retro-fits and replenish-ments. Knowledgeable about RoHS, Confidentiality Agreements (CDA’s), Nondisclosure Agreements (NDA’s) Engineering release and SAP. Demonstrates a strong team attitude, versatility, and excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Consistently identifies cost saving opportunities.ACHIEVEMENTSSUCCESS: Worked cross-functionally with strategic commodity teams in building consensus and driving the supplier selection process to identify the appropriate supply chain of key suppliers who had the technical expertise, capabilities and roadmap needed for low-end, mid-range and high-end server systems. RESULTS ORIENTED: Collaborated with the R&D labs on New Product Introduction (NPI) Programs for the purpose of identifying and acquiring semiconductor integrated circuits, passive components, and thermal hardware in support of the lab's time-to-market goals. Managed supplier relationships with over 15+ vendors.TECHNICALLY PROFICIENT: Primary contact for manufacturing on issues pertaining to supplier performance and working with suppliers to drive towards failure analysis, root cause and implementation of corrective action for failed or defective product used in Enterprise Servers. Performed data collection and analysis of failed or defective products and presented findings during weekly quality meetings.COST CONTROL: Worked with R&D lab on implementing cost reduction savings of $125,000 per year on existing Enterprise Server products.Specialties: Ristriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS), Bill Of Materials (BOM's), Supply Chain, Cost Reductions, Cost Savings, Manufacturing, SAP, SRM, MS Office, Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Sourcing, Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Development, Contract Manufacturer, Quality, Supplier Qualifications, Qualification of Materials, Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCA), Component Engineer, New Product Introduction (NPI), Optimize, Supplier Management, Problem Resolution, Vendor Relations, Team player

Listed skills include Procurement, Cross Functional Team Leadership, Supply Chain, Management, and 37 others.