The Senior Buyer Planner is responsible for vendor selection and qualification, material sourcing, cost negotiations, procurement and timely delivery of raw materials to support manufacturing and daily production requirements. The Senior Buyer works closely with Receiving, Quality Assurance Control, Sales and R&D Lab personnel. Responsible for all raw materials sourcing, regulatory documents and costing, including all raw material samples needed to support new and existing projects. Reconcile all raw material supplier invoices as well as freight invoices to ensure accuracy and correct costs.• Negotiated volume purchase of citric acid, one of the top business-critical materials with major cost reduction of $800k annually.• Attained significant annualized cost savings by strategic supplier negotiations, volume contract purchases as well as significant cost avoidance surpassing the goal of $1m annually. Achieved savings of $3.2m annually.• Negotiated FTL / LTL carrier contract to reduce freight costs as well as increase on time deliveries by 30%• Designed corporate reports for all Purchasing groups which includes shortage reports, open PO tracking and supplier reports.• Maintained on-time deliveries for incoming materials of 95%• On time deliveries maintained production dates, which allowed SV Labs to consistently over ship monthly goals.

Buyer, Inventory Management 2015 - 2016Expertech Semiconductor Technology, Corporate Headquarters.Scotts Valley, CaCreated and managed purchase requisitions and purchase orders for production, capitol equipment, office supplies and safety supplies, utilizing pc/MRP systems and MS Excel spreadsheets. Responsible for tracking and expediting orders as required. Working with and negotiating pricing with current domestic and international suppliers as well as qualifying new suppliers. Created and reviewed parts usage reports and performs detailed price comparisons to maximize margins. Designed new reporting to capture all aspects purchasing for all jobs in production for senior management. Created additional reports to capture current and future purchasing requirements, based on established criteria. Strong partnerships with Engineering and Production departments as well as with our suppliers.Responsible for material master management in pc/MRP as well as the creation, implementation and management of all material and production inventory control processes for all stockrooms and product lines. This included creating and setting up all current inventory stockrooms as well as creating process and procedures for operation, including a cycle count program, none of which existed prior. • Worked with all suppliers to reduce cost and maximize margins as well as reducing lead times. Cost reductions as much as 60%• Created all inventory management processes for both materials and production departments. Increased inventory accuracy 100%.

Managing the Orion New Product Introduction process and product launches, from cradle to grave, guiding cross-functional teams to ensure and maintain NPI SKU launch deadlines. The NPI Planner maintains the web presence for all products, including the management of all technical specifications as well as additional recommended cross-sell products. Implements and manages all company internet sales and promotions. Works closely with the Vice-President of Sale and Merchandising, to maximize financial results. Provides detailed weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting of finance and trends for senior management. This Merchandising position works closely with Product Development, Purchasing, Creative and Internet Marketing organizations. • Developed and refined the Merchandising NPI process with detailed project management tracking and reporting, to guide the extended teams for accurate, timely product launches. Launched as many as 78 products in a year.• Create all month-end financial reporting for the Merchandising organization. Performed world wide product cost analyzation and reporting. Assist in the production of all Orion product catalogs as well as all of the corporate promotions.

Created and implemented the reporting and analysis of finance, inventory and trends for senior management. Interface with multiple departments to achieve maximum inventory and financial performance. The management of all cycle count activities for Watsonville Main Raw Inventories. Material planning, MRP and BOM analysis. Supported all aspects of manufacturing operations including shortage report process and management, and the defective materials sort and rework process flows. Managed 3 non-exempt employees.• Developed processes for the corporate cycle count program and aided in the development of other stockroom material practices, all of which improved inventory accuracy from 73% to 95%. • Created all cycle count reporting packets including all the charts and supporting data. Processed year-end audited physical inventory, including the reporting and record keeping. • Developed processes for shortage report management and the defective material sort and rework flow and process for manufacturing.

Plans manufacturing schedule for unique roof tile product in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, utilizing SAP MRP. Responsible for all purchases of raw and packaging materials for production and plant operation, including management of the material masters and MRP. Responsibilities also encompassed all the purchase requisitions and purchase order management in SAP, including tracking and expediting orders. Also, managed MRP and purchases for all roof-tile installation accessories, safety and maintenance materials. Conducted the weekly inventory and reconciliation of raw and packaging materials, including all associated reporting, as well as all year-end audited physical inventories. • Negotiated pricing on packaging material, with a savings in excess of $100,000• Streamlined the inventory process, utilizing better tools and an improved warehouse layout which has saved time and money in lost productivity and material variances. • Managing the production planning responsibilities for both the Gilroy and Stockton facilities.

Materials and Supply chain management, through systems analysis, reporting and related Materials activities. Managed supplier metrics and preformed significant inventory analysis and inventory metrics. Managed MRB for the company, creating ISO procedures and significantly reducing financial liabilities. Also managed purchase order reconciliation for Sunnyvale HQ. Currently in the position of Production Control Planner, manage the planning and implementation of all work orders, shortages, engineering change orders and, transactions in regards to manufacturing in my current product lines. Responsible for managing and reporting costs associated with the financial roll up and closing of jobs in WIP.• Reduced negative inventory values by 80% by implementing material control process, which also improved cycle count accuracy to 97%• Reduces MRB dollars by $113,000 by creating and implementing business processes for MRB, which reduced liabilities from 158k to maintaining an average level of 45k. • Assisted in the reduction of $100,000 non-value adds purchase orders, with significant material analysis.• Delivered 3 $500,000 systems on time, with high customer satisfaction. • Managed a significant portion of the engineering change process, implementing complex ECO’s and managing multiple configuration changes.

Establish scheduled ship dates for uncommitted backlog through inventory and supply plan analysis. Review and monitor factory builds and in-transit lead times to ensure accurate and timely product delivery to customers. Review inventory, substitute and reconfigure product as required to meet customer expectations. Analyze excess and end-of-life product for management review• Managed a $20,000,000 Backlog that encompassed all of North American and South American customers, with an achieved 97% on-time delivery. • Utilizing Six Sigma methodologies reduced defective customer orders by 30%, ensuring on-time delivery and customer satisfaction.• Refined and maintained new business process to reduce logistics costs by $300,000 quarterly.

Purchased product for Interior, Galley and Safety departments for a 230+ retail marine store chain. Worked and managed with open-to-buy practices to maintain planned inventory levels and sales goals. Maintained distribution and profit center replenishment (Fill Rates) through AS400 JDA, E3 SLIM and TRIM environments. Provide analysis and management of new, and comp stores, stored inventory levels and store GMROI. • Purchased product for Interior, Galley and Safety departments for a 230+ retail marine store chain.• Responsible for plans and purchases for all products within category lines for national advertisements, in-store events, national boat shows, races and store SLAM events, etc.• Maintained on target store fill rates and GMROI by utilizing sales history and seasonal profiles.

Reporting and analysis of finance, inventory and trends. Interface with multiple departments to achieve maximum inventory and financial performance. Material planning and MRP. Supported all aspects of manufacturing operations. Internal auditor/team leader for ISO9000.• Reduced inventory levels and financial exposures, recovering over $1,000,000 in inventory exposures, by analyzing BOM's and leveraging existing engineering materials.• Managed a cross-functional team developing state-of-the-art inventory control systems. Improved inventory performance to greater then 98% Accuracy. Reduced reconciliation time by 50%• Certified ISO9000 internal auditor. Received award for scrap management, and reporting.• Created and implemented inventory control and cycle count procedures for STSV Production Operations.