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San Diego, Ca, Us

Melbourne, Florida, Us

• Maritime Systems expert in managing any assigned material commodities (e.g. PCB/electronics, sheet metal, machined parts, resistors, connectors, safety stock, etc.)• Lead commodity planning with Sales, Marketing, and Production in meeting customers’ needs (guaranteed Promise Dates), minimizing Production (WIP) delays, and ensuring supplier quality.• Lead for Material Review Board (MRB) for Purchasing/Subcontract department. • Analyze, manage, and implement actions relating to material requirements that ensure an uninterrupted flow of materials and services for Production using MRP, Pull Indicators (e.g. kanban, min/max, manifests, etc) and New Product Introduction project plans.• Identify, plan, communicate, and implement continuous improvement opportunities that eliminate waste, delay, and data inaccuracies. • Create and maintain all reporting requirements (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly) as needed to monitor purchasing activity levels, support build schedules, and maintain replenishment systems.• Create and maintain metric reports for department on a weekly basis ( Carryover report, Past due, Created/Modified PO report, PO Acknowledgement Report).

Poway, Ca, Us

*Reviewed, interpreted, and recommended contractual terms and conditions and interprets established policies, procedures, and standard practices to develop proactive plans to ensure that subcontract activities achieve desired objectives and timetables.*Maintained as awareness of regulatory changes and their impact on contracts/subcontracts, including-export considerations.*Prepared bid packages, conducts bidders’ conferences, analyzes and evaluates proposals, negotiates subcontract provisions, selects or recommends subcontractors, writes awards and administers resulting subcontracts*Negotiated and coordinates additions, deletions, or modifications to subcontracts.*Represented the organization as an administrative contact on assigned subcontracts; interacts with program management, customers, and vendor personnel; responds to a variety of complex inquiries, some of which require innovative solutions; and participates in cost and pricing reviews with program management and customer representatives.*Developed subcontract specifications, statements of work, and terms and conditions for the procurement of specialized materials, equipment, and services.*Performed cost and price analysis on subcontractor’s proposals.*Analyzed and evaluated potential problems with subcontractor commitments, assessed the impact of subcontractor delays, assists in developing recovery plans and recommends solutions.*Responsible for observing all laws, regulations to include the FAR and DFAR and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company.

Birmingham, West Midlands, Gb

• Places and administers purchase orders with suppliers in response to requisitions for goods/services.• Incorporates global market trends in supply base and identifies potential supply sources of commodity.• Analyzes/quotes/compiles pricing of goods/services and delivery in conjunction with estimating, marketing and material control in support of company needs.• Negotiates prices, terms, quality, service with supply base.• Evaluates potential supply sources/develops supplier selection/evaluation/certification processes.• Resolves quality, engineering and accounts payable issues concerning supplies in an expedient manner under the guidance of the relevant department director.• Recovers costs from suppliers/vendors for scrap, rework and costs incurred by company due to supplier discrepancies/returns.• Develops/implements cost-savings ideas with suppliers and initiates cost-savings/avoidance reports on individual purchases for monthly departmental reports.• Develops milestone plans for recovery schedules.• Manages supplier on time delivery and quality ratings.• Identifies and executes inventory reduction plans year on year.

Singapore, Sg

• Managed an office of supply chain, engineering and quality professionals. • Identified bottlenecks, conducted gap analysis, created mitigation plans, generated and tracked action items to closure.• Conducted part transition planning, execution, and verification work.• Experienced with MRP, production scheduling, delivery estimation, risk analysis, crisis mitigation, and sub-tier supplier involvement.• Assessed supplier health and supplier development through continuation improvement examinations. • Evaluated production capacity in a manufacturing environment and planned raw material, inventory, tool, buffer stocks.• Conducted Dive Gate Reviews (DGR’s) with the customer.• Involved with process planning and production readiness reviews. • Identified and resolved part quality and delivery issues including utilization of formal problem solving tools and NCM requirements.

Poway, California, Us

• Obtained RFQ’s from suppliers for the purchase of materials, components, equipments.• Created a 5S environment for the material review board department.• Completed purchase order cycle management for assigned commodities, including RFQ’s, PO creation, transmittals, confirmation and expediting.• Established new and alternate sources of supply to meet existing requirements for Semiconductors.• Awarded purchase orders to suppliers on the basis of price, performance, service and contract terms.• Negotiated purchasing contracts and maintained auditable records consistent with company policy.• Contacted suppliers and manufacturers to obtain information on new products and methods to reduce operating and material costs as well as cycle time.• Represented purchasing and planning department in month and quarter end reports for accounting. • Reviewed supplier metrics and worked with supplier to maintain the on-time delivery and excellent quality levels.

Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Us

• Placed purchase orders, negotiated price and forecasted needs for future material. • Worked with engineering, purchasing and product management to ensure all programs meet on time delivery. • Set up work orders and completed work orders for material in accordance to the bill of material and schedule of sales orders. • Reviewed production schedules and purchase orders with senior management to determine material requirements or identify overdue materials and conduct solutions to meet sales order dates. • Requisitioned material and established sequential delivery dates to departments, according to job order priorities and material availability. • Set up Kan Ban system for production of projects and arranged in-plant transfer of materials to meet production schedules.

Falls Church, Va, Us

• Expedited flow of materials, parts, and assemblies within or between departments in accordance with production and shipping schedules. • Compiled records concerning quantity, cost, and type of material received, shipped, in stock or inventory, and/or in production. • Trained in understanding of drawings and assisted in determining possible and actual shortages may initiate action to correct these deficiencies. • Worked collaboratively with multiple departments and management levels to achieve optimized planning and scheduling results. • Uploaded sales orders in the system through SAP and assisted buyers in purchasing.

• Operated fitness department related to clubhouse facilities in a gated community.• Managed work and scheduling of suppliers. • Communicated with suppliers/vendors for customer service needs.