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Indianapolis, In

Indianapolis, In

• Responsible for all Purchasing activities related to the manufacturing of Civil and Government Aerospace and Naval Marine components. • Manage $20M in spend, with a 5% cost reduction target.• Manage supplier relationships, contracts, agreements and delivery of cost savings and invoice resolution for new products and existing legacy products.• Prepare RFQ (Request for Quote) packages, develop production strategies, evaluate quotes and analyze results.• Identify and analyze cost and schedule variances, integrate recovery plans and resolution.• Coordinate the transfer of products to new vendors with potential dual source applications.• Create documentation for department procedures and participate in Kaizen events.• Department EPOC – (Export Point of Contact), responsible for export control accuracy.

Boston, Ma

• Developed a master schedule to monitor production and capacity requirements, and improve forecasting accuracy for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Educational and Trade printed products.• Analyzed client forecasts to determine required manufacturing assets and supplier resources, and to ensure suppliers have allocated required capacity.• Evaluated production allocation forecasts and the top initiatives to achieve savings.• Monitored, analyzed and reported supplier performance against published schedules.

Skokie, Il

• Coordinated the manufacturing for all Rand McNally Road Atlases, books and company catalogs.• Collaborated with internal resources and suppliers, to develop and execute production plans.• Negotiated and managed contracts for printed products with domestic and international vendors.• Saved the company over $1 M per year on a contract negotiation project in 2009.• Evaluated inventory levels, order quantities, scrap and obsolescence.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Ensured product availability and effectively managed material inventories in SAP system for approximately 400 products, including meters, kits, reagents, controls, and packaging.• Provided replenishment forecast to suppliers and affiliates, and improved forecast accuracy. • Managed expiration dates of reagents, reducing inventory scrap and obsolescence. • Increased line fill rate and inventory turns, decreasing backorders considerably. • Coordinated with other functional areas on documentation, to meet all FDA and CAPA (corrective action, preventive action) requirements for Diabetes Care products.• Took APICS courses on Supply Chain Management and Master Planning of Resources.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Coordinated all manufacturing for software packages and Brady Games books.• Worked with Title Managers, Designers and suppliers to develop more cost effective packages.• Updated schedules and monitored inventories of software components at assemblers.

Chicago, Il

• Managed two Buyers, a Reprint Buyer and an Administrative Assistant.• Wrote procedures and reorganized department to create efficiencies.• Negotiated and created new price scales for all print vendors.• Oversaw scheduling, printing and packaging of over 300 books and ancillaries.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Hired, supervised and coached a staff of six professionals.• Created a paper purchasing/inventory management system from its inception. System estimated to save the company $.4M per year.• Negotiated annual pricing scales for all manufacturing services, reducing total manufacturing costs for 1997 by 8% ($2 M savings).• Developed Manufacturing department policies and procedures.• Initiated vendor evaluation and corrective action programs.

Westerville, Oh

• Coordinated the purchasing of materials and services to manufacture all new products for Merrill Science, Business Education, Computer Education and Secondary product lines including textbooks, software, product packaging and ancillaries. • Purchasing of composition, film and manufacturing services for approximately 40 new elementary and secondary products and 200 reprints annually.