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Mocksville, North Carolina, United States

Redmond, Washington, United States

Managed a team of three buyers responsible for production planning and purchasing for a 50M yearly revenue Ophthalmic Medical Device company.

Redmond, Washington, United States

Supervised a team of two buyers responsible for planning and buying all production materials and supplies, MRO requests, and capital purchases.

Redmond, Washington

• Planned and purchased components and raw materials in support of production requirements maintaining a zero-line down environment.• Utilized historical sales data to forecast, plan and schedule production for several key product lines, ensuring optimal finished goods inventory levels were maintained.Key member on several new product development teams supporting both new product releases, and significant product improvements.• Prepared weekly metrics for management, tracking current and projected finished goods inventory levels on key product lines.• Developed a business review scorecard for reviewing supplier performance.• Participated in the administration of our biannual full physical inventory.

Kent, Washington

Purchasing, and planning, responsibility for all materials and supplies of 7 million annually. Achieved cost savings in excess of $750,000 for 2007 through a combination of domestic, and offshore sourcing initiatives.Successfully developed supply chains in China, Korea, Taiwan, and Malaysia for Aluminum Extrusion/Fabrication/Welding, Castings, Injection Molding, Rubber Molding, and Rotomolding.Successfully implemented M2M enterprise management software in 2005. Managed a cross functional team that developed all necessary data to drive the new system including Item Master, BOM's, Routers and all other key information.Negotiated, and implemented multiple vendor managed, consignment inventory, and kanban inventory agreements that reduced inventory investment, and improved inventory turns.Key member of the Engineering Change Team and team leader for the Product Improvement Team..Engineering support in introducing new products, and cost savings initiatives.

Kent, Washington

Purchasing responsibility for all materials and supplies of 3 million annually. Achieved cost savings in excess of $95,000 for 2005.Key team member for inventory improvement team. Responsible for increasing inventory accuracy through cycle counting, warehouse procedures, and bill of materials cleanup.Engineering support in introducing new products to market.Key member of the Kaizan Team.

Redmond, Washington

Purchasing responsibility for critical production materials of $5 million annually. Achieved cost savings in excess of $100,000.Negotiated a three year agreement worth an estimated $187,000 in savings and lead time reduction from 16 weeks to 4 weeks.Instrumental in transferring purchasing and planning responsibility from Redmond to Ireland and Miami while closing the plant in Redmond.Member of the Redmond site implementation core team for SAP. Responsible for the implementation and training of our material team.