Purchasing Manager @ R&D BioPharma - BioTech

• Support and follow strategic sourcing strategies and initiatives as well as continuous improvement in the new product introduction process.• Drive cost reductions, Cost avoidance, Design to cost (DTC) opportunities on new parts for new products • Participate in New Program BOM Scrubs, recommend alternate suppliers or materials that can reduce cost and/or minimize risk • Manage, coordinate and Communicate any material availability, EOL, component or supplier risk that could jeopardize new product launches. • Leverage relationships with approved manufactured list to escalate and resolve shortages and management issues • Monitor and acted on requirements and or forecast changes during development cycle of new program• Work with key ASL manufactures to provide samples for non-released market key devices for development programs.• Lead and Participated on several Kaizen events for new launches to review all risks, opportunities and to implement lessons learned from other programs. 0• Utilize VAULT tools and methodologies for Semiconductors, Passives and Crystals, like total landed cost, expected cost, LPPAchievements:$890K on Savings and Avoidance by negotiating Purchasing Agreements $644K on Savings and Avoidance by reducing inventory on Tantalum and ELE capacitors

• Create, execute, monitor, and support initiatives and strategies for the commodity • Work with Passives, Misc. Electrical suppliers and core team to come with cost reduction opportunities.• Coordinate Escalation calls with supplier and Bose management for issues related to Material constrains, Raw material shortages, Quality issues.• Reinforce Bose Quality Standards to suppliers not meeting PPM levels.• Monitor Inventory of Obsolete or EOL purchase items that are close to their End life cycle.• Participated in creation of preferred list of ceramic capacitors. • Lead Schedule Quarterly Business Review Meetings with key suppliers • Monitor Suppliers financials to foresee any potential risk that could Impact meting their deliverable Achievements:$2.2 Million on Savings by negotiating Purchasing agreements

• Work as a liaison between suppliers and our South west facilities, focusing on Foam and Packaging Commodities. • Benchmark with suppliers to rank and compare prices among each other, minimize the supply chain to obtain leverage when negotiating Purchase agreements, lead times and safety stock • Strongly involved on qualifying 2nd suppliers for our automotive programs by submitting RFQ’s to different vendors and compare their prices with the Market value based on Commodity specifics.• Negotiation of Purchase Agreements where price, terms, conditions and quality terms should be established. Achievements:$685K on Savings by benchmark Foam and Gaskets $340K on Savings by the production location transfer of Voice Coil from Mexico to China$612K on Savings by negotiating PA’s.

• Responsible for planning and buying Raw materials utilizing MRP and MPS as the main tool; Ensuring the on-time delivery from my suppliers to fulfill our customer needs and requirements• Support production requirements taking in consideration urgency of need, reliability of source, quality and cost. • Identify opportunities and implement strategies to control our inventory levels consistent with department objectives while minimizing material obsolescence.• Monitor and follow closely the Purchase for re-sale product, monitoring their demand and work with supplier to achieve our customer needs. • Support commodity management in developing strategies to get leverage from current suppliers.• Monitor and follow through implementations of ECN’s that were related to scope of my responsibilities, taking in consideration effective and/or target dates of implementation.• Perform process audits to key suppliers to ensure the level of quality required by OEM customers.Achievements:$240K/yr. on Savings by transferring supplier’s production from US to Asia.$600K/yr. on Savings contribution on Cost Reduction projects.$94K on Saving and cost avoidance negotiating Purchase agreements.

• Plan and expedite deliveries according priorities• Monitor levels of Inventory levels of raw material and finish goods of Custom parts. • Coordination of Trials and First Articles.

• Responsible for the overall Sourcing• Established and developed Supplier relations/interaction ensuring raw material availability• Monitored and collaborated with the main Customer in order define overall sourcing strategy