May Walker Email & Phone Number

Greenwood Village, CO, US

Golden, Colorado, US

• Manage all the overseas vendors and work with NPD and designers, search for new/performance fabrics and new vendors for multi projects, apply process improvements to the supply chain and procurement. Employ cost.
• Communicate daily and weekly with all vendors for all sourcing demands, production, and quality control issues. Exploring the performance fabrics and new suppliers with updated trends from concept to new products.
• Process improvement-streamline RFQ process with lean principles to eliminate wasteful practices and created new vendor process, fabric search/fabric grid, product material/textile reference, and quote sheet/vendor.
• Perform win-win negotiation strategy with company and vendor’s long terms partnership in mind and work on cost reduction for transportation methods and provide textile and supply market update information.
• Revised vendor master contract and pricing agreement, follow up overseas market projects, HTS management, and develop SCAR system for the continued improvement on textile and product quality.

• Manage purchasing and forecasting for all aluminum and plastic extrusions raw materials, enhance/create stock agreements with most of suppliers and fulfill the demand of Made to Order work environment.
• Perform daily work for purchasing and planning and set up Kanban system/ weekly shipment for high usages items to ensure on-time deliveries and warehouse space utilization.
• Build strong relationships with vendors with stock agreement via VMI and weekly replenishment to avoid any delay of materials and shorten lead time.
• Work cross-functionally with engineers, marketing, shipping and quality department with new product launch and focus on smoothing supply chain process.
• Recently take over weekly box reports, forecasting reports and Open PO report to assist purchasing and planning department monitor incoming projects and materials planning.

Boulder, Colorado, US

• Collaborated with designers and product development team and reviewed data integrity for the Bill of Materials (BOM), evaluated usage and cost of materials in relation to actual build and expedite production.
• Created plans, forecasts and schedules relating to materials required to meet operational requirements.
• Updated BOM reports regularly, prioritized seasonal demand, support forecast and validate data accuracy.
• Communicated with suppliers, monitor supplier matrix and keep garment factories sharing reports, updates and analysis to aid decisions and optimize operational efficiency.
• Set up the queries for all Spyder brands which helped company exceed their planning goals, built strong vendor relationship and solved carryover fabrics and trims to utilize the value-added function for the company.

Santa Ana, California, US

• Managed purchasing, shipping and materials handling 3 departments with servant leadership and improved process and quality control for long term success.
• Purchased and forecasted raw materials for bill of material in a job shop environment and ensure inventory availability for current jobs which reduced late delivery rate by about 30%.
• Streamlined work processes and set up a paperless purchase requisition procedure.
• Monitored company expenses, achieving a 20% cost saving within 4 months.
• Developed and analyzed daily MRP, Stock Alert report, Consignment reports, Open PO reports and month/quarter end reports.
• Negotiated better terms and pricing, saving up to $2,500 to $140,000 with suppliers and freight companies.

Rocklin, California, US

• Transportation Analyst Power user for transportation management system (TMS), negotiation for the best freight rates and focus on cost saving and eliminated errors relating logistics spending.
• Managed Transportation Management System (TMS) rate-related activities daily and accomplished over 98% accuracy of freight rates.
• Coordinated rate negotiations with domestic and international carriers to increase about 20-30% savings in transportation.
• Reviewed freight invoices and resolved billing issues to contribute to over $10,000 savings within a year.
• Developed and analyzed monthly reports for transportation department to allocate expenses into correct G/L accounts.
• Assisted import and export compliance, such as ISF fillings, shipping documents and HTS related issues.

Greenwood Village, CO, US

• Senior Purchasing and Logistics Specialist Worked on monthly orders for over $6M worth of goods and monitored redline items and regular production monthly to ensure efficient inventory turns and product supply.
• Entered SAP product pricing and discounts and set up new product pricing structure, which eliminate error and added efficiency to pricing calculation.
• Oversaw freight/logistics operations daily, moving on average 80-120 containers/over $10M worth of wheels per month to meet market demand and increase revenue.
• Arranged international shipments/consolidation to more than 15 countries and contributed to a more than 20% increase in international sales.
• Assisted 27 warehouses with internal demands and domestic orders to solve product cost and inventory problems.

• Purchasing Agent-International Market Researched and analyzed market trends, sources, and design for glasses; brought 2-5 new trustful vendors into company supply chain and maintained great vendor management to ensure.
• Negotiated price and presented options to Navajo, resulting in contracts with large retail stores such as Wal-Mart and Walgreen which brought over $50,000 revenue growth.
• Managed forecasts for over 1,000 SKUs and monitored over $10M worth of items to ensure in-stock inventory.
• Oversaw quality control, followed up with design changes and managed internal work orders.
• Prepared materials and promotion for sales and marketing programs for Walgreens and convenience stores

Colorado Springs, Colorado, US

• Managed purchase orders to 15 overseas suppliers, oversaw quality control and logistics of over $4M worth of inventory on a daily basis.
• Communicated with suppliers regarding product requirements, such as UPC, packaging, and shipping marks; negotiated prices for products and handled urgent shipments issues.
• Worked with freight companies on daily logistics processes; negotiated freight rates, which contributed to cost savings of over $400 per container and $200,000 per year.Relevant Accounts Payable/Receivable and Credit.
• Arranged payments for domestic bills and reviewed all wire transfers before each payment
• Contacted customers for collection of bills and maintained AR with over 90% up-to-date accounts

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