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Accountable for management of contract manufacturing supply base for turnkey PWAs. Direct offshore low cost country sourcing of several assemblies to fulfill cost reduction initiatives. Collaborate with the Engineering Team to resolve various end of life component issues of legacy product. Develop low cost sourcing strategies and contract negotiations. Work with suppliers to help mitigate issues/or risks including: on-time deliveries, invoicing and financial risks. Reconcile accounts payable and receivable. Exceeded goals for converting normal buys to kanban based upon consumption.Career Highlights:• Improved procedure and managed $20 million spending budget for 2017 which resulted to aggregate $675,000 against target saving goals of $450,000.• Built healthy supplier relationships which resulted in 99% on-time delivery & favorable purchase price variances.• Consolidated supply base which increased procurement efficiencies.

Served as “Contract Employee” of Nordson Asymek, in charge with planning of material purchase parts in accordance with MRP and discreet requisitions, resolution of part shortages, and processed discrepant material, as required. Researched and resolved receiving and invoicing issues, as needed. Assisted and backed-up other buyers, as required.Career Highlights:• Effectively negotiated pricing, terms and conditions of contracts and procurement events. • Maintained open line of communication with suppliers to ensure on time delivery.

Worked for NPI Project Management for Weighscale Programs which included Production Buying as well. Enforced purchasing methods, streamlined and improved kitting to effectively manage and audit SMT Contract Manufacturer. Accountable for all electronic components, sheet metal and strategic sourcing offshore suppliers in China for cost reduction. Directed outsourcing of SMT and thru hole assemblies. Career Highlights:• Audit purchase requisitions for adherence to company policies and procedures. • Monitored supplier’s delivery and quality performance, price variance, carrier performance, including identifying and driving process improvement initiatives.

Overall in charge of supplier management for interconnect and electronic commodities. Global liaison across all sites purchase, delivery, networking and training of employees for 29 new copy machines located at various REMEC sites. Organized a series of phone conferences with various manufacturing sites across USA and Asia to discuss and resolve delivery issues. Orchestrated strategic sourcing for interconnect and cable assemblies to secure material pipeline by consolidating suppliers, negotiating and establishing Global Supply Agreement. Career Highlights:• Promoted from Senior Buyer/Planner in 5 months’ time.• Reduced material shortages by 50% through effective management of supplier critical shortage process globally, including support to all manufacturing sites, both internal manufacturing and contract manufacturers in China, Costa Rica, Thailand and the Philippines. • Successfully aligned offshore manufacturing sites and report critical shortages by developing and implementing global processes.• Launched escalation process to instill urgency and resolve shortages in a timely manner by providing accurate input to the production schedule. • Consolidated supply base and competitively bid interconnect business for cost reduction resulting in cost reduction of up to 80% based on global estimated annual usage. • Reduced line down shortages by approximately 75%.• Efficiently resolved engineering, as well as A/P issues which avoided stop shipment of up to 90% Buyer Planner, Jun 2003 from Oct 2003. • Successfully negotiated a multi-million dollars buys and contracts.

Spearheaded NPI Purchasing of all PCB and electronic components from quick turn thru transition to production. Directed collaborative efforts with the Engineering Team to source low cost alternatives and parts to meet the specification requirements and specifications. Facilitated and organized kick-off meetings to determine timeline, required actions, estimated annual usage. Identified long lead items and maintained action responsibilities and posted minutes from the weekly meetings to the team.

Efficiently collected lead-time and volume pricing data to determine cost of goods. Accountable for NPI procurement, tracking of material which shipped directly to Contract Manufacturing in support of several new product prototypes and pilot build schedules. Career Highlights:• Initiated and developed purchasing procedures and work instructions for ISO Certifications. • Played a pivotal role of management outsourcing of chassis build.

Accountable for purchases of variety of materials of all commodities. Provided written justification for purchases, according to FAR/DAR guidelines and regulations. Maintained all aspects from RFQ to proposal, to negotiations and awarding of purchase contract. Resolved non-conforming material discrepancies and A/P issues. Collaborated with engineers, QA and senior management on cost reduction efforts.