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Kalamazoo, Mi, Us

San Clemente, Ca, Us

Irvine, Ca, Us

Manage Indirect Sourcing Area • Responsible for Procurement Process (Contracts Negotiation, Bid process, Supplier Relationship)• Develop, lead and implement strategy of Sourcing and Logistics for Direct and Local Sourcing (Raw Materials) for 2022 and upcoming years according to Strat Plan.• Manage the sourcing process for transfers (Current products and NPIs.)• Management System Controls for cost savings, inventory controls and supply risk.• Implementation of Supply Chain dashboard metrics.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Sr. Buyer / Planner Analyst Supply Chain DepartmentResponsible for Contracts Negotiation, Procurement Process and Annual spend analysis.• Lead Management Systems Strategy: Inventory Management, Excess and Obsolete, Financial Forecast, Strategic Sourcing Business Continuity Plan, Vendor Management Inventory, Transfers of New Product Introduction.• Lead the Vendor Management Lifecycle Strategy in order to control the procurement process from start to end in alignment with Quality Department.• Create and implement the Purchasing Policy for Costa Rica Site in alignment with Corporate’s Compliance Policy.• Implement and lead the BID procurement process (RFX).• Create and lead the Annual Contracts and Negotiation Plan for materials, equipment, and services for all the Costa Rica site and collaborate with a cross-functional team of manufacturing, facilities, engineering, financial etc. to get results.• Lead a project to automate the system Coupa which resulted in an improvement of the procurement process via punchouts and catalogues.• Lead strategy to implement Vendor Management Inventory Program with Key Suppliers.• Teamed up with Directors and Managers and all Operations Departments to validate new alternatives for cost improvements projects.• Annual Negotiation Plan executed successfully with VIP: Cost Saving $366K /Cost Avoidance $36K.

Abbott Park, Illinois, Us

Responsible for inventory control, procurement and annual spend analysis.Sr. Buyer Supply Chain Department• Drove and achieved project savings of $270K in materials which represents 8% of the company’s annual spend ($3.5MM).• Implemented a Vendor Management Inventory program which resulted in a cost saving of $135K and obtained an in-plant person to manage the materials.• Designed and implemented purchasing strategies for sourcing local packaging components with an outcome of $491k annual savings between freight and product costs.• Lead all the program savings and cost avoidance initiatives for the Costa Rica site: raw material, indirect materials, services, spare parts and building maintenance.• Developed, reported and presented KPI’s for Purchasing Area.• Lead the implementation project of electronic purchase requisitions process in SAP which required training 116 employees and resulted in time saving for buyers of 15% of their workload.• In charged of procuring all the indirect materials for the manufacturing site with a developed indicator of purchasing processing time to satisfy internal customers.• Managing a team of 3 procurement professionals involved in the process of purchasing indirect materials.• Created a work instruction for users in SAP and an Inventory Policy for materials aligned with the ABC classification.• Designed a supplier performance score card for vendors of direct and indirect components.• Performed and delivered quarterly reviews with vendors. Negotiated and developed sourcing strategies for local and international direct procurement which resulted in lower prices, shorter lead times and lower inventory levels.• Teamed up with managers and all Operations Departments to validate alternative materials.• Managed the planning and procurement of 600 materials in SAP.• Worked together with the Quality Department to resolve materials issues and thus prevent any material shortages.

Coyol, Alajuela, Cr

Buyer / Senior BuyerResponsible for procuring all the packaging and indirect materials.• Lead the analysis of the annual spends to drive the addition of new sources of supply.• In charge of the procurement of packaging commodities and services.• Participated in the SAP implementation process from the Purchasing standpoint. • Managed the MRP system for all packaging, direct and indirect materials.• Created agreements in SAP to automate the purchasing process.• Lead RFQ’s and BID’s of $2MM per year.• Forecasted demand in SAP based in MRP system.

Buyer and Planner• Replenished and procured spare parts for trucks: Freightliner, Mercedes Benz and Detroit Diesel.• Performed market analysis in order to buy under competitive prices.• Evaluated OEM spare parts against alternative brands.• Worked together with the SAP team to create customized transactions to meet the purchasing team requirements.• Created preventive spare parts plan for new fleets in CR.

Coyol, Alajuela, Cr

Buyer: Responsible for purchasing spare parts.