Madeline Torres Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Virginia

• Monitor and manage continuous improvement, value added activities, correction action process, quality improvement efforts, supplier qualification for raw materials and printed materials
• Lead efforts to implement new or alternative materials and specifications with existing suppliers; facilitate timeliness of change control process
• Benchmark and recommend process improvement & operational efficiency initiatives; lead where appropriate
• Work with quality, technical, purchasing groups to determine and aid suppliers with implementing process capability & reliability measures for key sources
• Support site efforts to drive down total cost and reduce cycle time
• Establish site driven performance measures, targets and service level agreements with new suppliers

Raw Material Portfolio Management several million dollar spend. Ensure that supplier performance is managed effectively. Maintain and mitigate supply chain risk. Manage Supplier Qualification activities identifying new suppliers and raw materials, working closely with Research and Development, Technology, QA, Operations

• Planned and purchased thru MRP system all direct raw materials for the Richmond, VA, Hammonton, N.J. Guayama, P.R. and Elkhart, IN sites totaling more than $ 60 million
• Supervised 3 direct reports purchasing raw materials, secondary and tertiary packaging components for the Richmond site
• Involved in supplier quality excellence endeavors through vendor scorecard execution and led supplier quarterly reviews
• Procurement research and development lead to secure raw materials, placing orders and performing due diligence of new suppliers for new product launches
• Managed CPA’s and indirect packaging procurement
• Set Standard Cost

Placed raw material orders with suppliers and U.S. plant sites for shipments to int’l. affiliates, issued commercial invoices, hazardous cargo, banking, ocean and airfreight, consulate, custom documentation for export shipments. Followed letters of credit and issued sight drafts. SME for hazardous cargo documentation. Communications with global affiliates.

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Business

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