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Brooklyn Park

Purchased domestic and international plastic components, rubber fabricated material and finished goods for this privately held manufacturing company. • Supporting seven (7) sales representatives, five (5) customer service representatives, two (2) estimators and three (3) manufacturing facilities.• Daily activities consisting of; Creating PO’s (manufacturing of materials, shop/kitchen/office supplies, etc...), Back Order Report, PO confirmations, PO Confirmation Report, updating lead-times & material costs, RFQ’s, new part number requests, Back Log Report, expediting material, certificate of conformance requests, RMA’s, shipping challenges, material adjustments, sourcing new suppliers, specification sheet requests, pricing negotiating and solving discrepancies with Accounts Payable, suppliers and receiving,• Warehouse Transfers & Work Orders, twice a week, for two facilities.• Worked with Freight Companies for the lowest pricing available & suppliers to fill the trailers as necessary.

Bloomington, Mn

Purchase domestic and international components and finished goods for this $2B manufacturing company. Support the Steel, Hydraulics, Electric Motors, Castings, Cables, Brakes and Clutches desk, while maintaining the growing demand for Service Parts.• Resolved invoice discrepancies and authorized payments, on invoice holds, as appropriate.• Managed DFS (Deviation from Specification) requests for suppliers with support the Engineering team.• Quickly mastered the SAP software to become an effective team member.• Supported manufacturing plants (7 plants) by managing expedites with suppliers.• Reconciled the PPV (purchase price variance) on a daily basis between projected and actual spend. Identified root cause for variances and improved controls to minimize those.

Eden Prairie, Mn

Purchased a broad base of Machined & Sheet Metal parts, Valves, Liquid & Air Pumps, Cable Assemblies, Power Supplies, Stepper Motors, UV Detectors, Board Components, etc…for this “private” manufacturer of Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (PCBA’s) & Box Build Assemblies.• Supported $50M in spending, for 2013, by meeting the scheduled ship dates per our customer’s demands.• Maintained $900k+ in monthly Open Orders• Started the MR (Material Review) process, for various customers, to streamline the parts back to suppliers. • Managed all Supply Chain work instructions to assure ISO compliance.• Negotiated pricing strategies to keep the cost within our standard pricing index.• Due to restricted warehouse space, reduced the monthly shipments to maintain an appropriate production flow that also saved revenue on over head.

Purchased domestic and international components and assemblies for this $91B medical device manufacturing company. Cross-company functional interactions with Engineering, Supplier Quality, Production, Sales and Marketing teams to champion supply components per delivery schedule requirements, controlled inventory, coordinated returns and maintained appropriate files and records.Outsourced product from Mexico to China for an annual savings of $360k.Led team in outsourcing in-house kits for an annual savings of $350k.Initiated phase II for outsourcing more product to China for an additional annual savings of $156k.Managed the top two suppliers, which amounted to 45% of the spending dollars (approximately $12M annually) from 2006 - 2008.Demonstrated ECO development, design documentation, component BOM's/DWG's review and supplier implementation.

Purchased a broad base of components and assemblies for this $20M global manufacturer of semiconductor testing equipment.Saved organization $50k by returning obsolete parts and assemblies back to suppliers.Negotiated a 5% annual cost savings with key suppliers.Extensive knowledge of computer products, PCBA's, mechanical components, plastics, hardware, fiber optics, cable assemblies, and purchasing.