Strategic Sourcing Commodities Buyer

Managed 4 buyers in the execution and follow through of purchasing product and components for contract and in house manufacturing of 150 SKU’s and all primary and secondary packaging associated with items. Provided mentoring to buyers and performed quarterly and yearly reviews. Reviewed open purchase orders weekly with team to identify potential manufacturing and component issues and initiated proactive steps to minimize problems. Provided weekly information regarding stock out and potential stock out to company partners including root cause analysis and corrective measures. Worked with international and domestic contract manufacturers to resolve escalated production issues. Analyzed sales against forecast to identify items that needed expedited production and shipping due to increase product demand. Provided recommendations to forecast team for forecast adjustments. Monitored MRP system monthly to ensure bill of materials were correct and item associations and lead times were set up properly. Worked directly with master scheduler to provide component availability dates for in house manufacturing to optimize production scheduling and labor planning. Reviewed standard cost monthly to identify cause of variances and initiated system adjustments. Reported open PO dollars monthly to identify anticipated financial outflow. Requested vendor quotes and negotiated cost based on competitive bidding. Prepared and analyzed monthly KPI reporting on all outside suppliers.

Planned contract manufacturing of finished goods based on forecast, inventory levels and sales history adding safety stock when necessary. Planned component buys based on finished good buy plan and MOQs, ensuring delivery to meet manufacturing schedule. Issued and maintained PO’s for entire personal care line. Managed production and monitored all work in process including raw material delivery, bulk manufacturing, filling and micro testing. Prioritized production based on inventory levels and anticipated stock out dates. Ensured QA department received all evaluation samples and lot documentation. Created timelines for relaunch of existing product as well as new product launches. Sourced and negotiated cost for new packaging components and accessories. Monitored cost savings monthly. Participated in collaborative S & OP process. Instrumental in review and correction of existing lead times in MRP system.

Responsible for scheduling all assembly kits at various facilities including kits for QVC. Monitored capacity and sourced new vendor base. Negotiated assembly cost. Created BOMs. Planned inventory to the SKU level for component buys by analyzing on hand stock and negotiated component cost. Production lead for domestic and international infomercial kit launches including cost negotiation, vendor relations and internal partnerships. Supervised one production specialist and provided support to 4 other specialists.