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Santa Ana, Ca

- Generated $6.7 million in annual sales of military and commercial hardware to Airbus Industries, as well as to their subcontractors and other European distributors and brokers. ­- Performed contract maintenance and administration, sales support: such as order entry, quoting routine and critical customer requirements, bid proposal, developing and maintaining additional key account customers.- Provided production status and expediting for urgent requirements, as well as resolution of accounting and quality issues.

El Segundo, Ca

­- Successfully procured material in excess of $500K - $750K.­- Lead all procurement activities for Airframe sector of major Independent Business and Executive Jet MRO station.­- Provided direct support to Aircraft Crew Chiefs and Program Managers by procuring aviation expendables, rotables, avionics and hardware for AOG requirements, as well as major scheduled inspections. ­- Lead all procurement activity for major 8C Inspection of Bombardier Global Express.- Conducted critical material sourcing, negotiating and pricing analysis, development of strategic supplier relations, issuance of sales quotations, order entry, expediting and coordinating on-time delivery of material.

Santa Fe Springs, Ca

- Successfully placed procurement orders in excess of $300K. ­- Performed high volume procurement of commercial and military aircraft hardware to support major airline hardware programs such as Air Canada (Aveos), Qantas Airlines and Aeroman. ­- Engaged in material sourcing, order entry, forecasting / planning, supplier pricing analysis, development of strategic supplier relationships, service of routine and critical/shortage requirements, expediting and logistics.

Torrance, Ca

Account Representative – Latin American Sales ­-Generated $2.3 million in annual sales of military and commercial hardware to all of Mexico and Latin America.­-Provided sole customer support for entire Latin market, quoted routine and AOG customer requirements, conducted contract negotiation and administration, order entry, developing and maintaining key account customers, resolved accounting and quality issues and expedited routine and critical requirements.Account Representative – Pac Rim Sales ­- As sole sales representative to Asia & Pacific Rim customers, generated $1.2 million in annual sales of commercial and military hardware to Japanese trading companies and original equipment manufacturers (OEM’s).­- Provided pricing for high volume quote requests and major bid proposals, performed customer support, vendor pricing analysis, customer and supplier interface, contract negotiation and administration, order entry, purchasing, forecasting and planning analysis, expediting/follow-up and logistics.­- Acted as Total Quality/Six Sigma facilitator, by providing training of Continuous Improvement disciplines to entire organization.- Participated in cross-functional teams to establish and implement process improvement initiatives for cost reduction and increased quality.

Santa Monica, Ca

- Successfully placed procurement orders in excess of $750k ­- Operated as office manager, as well as responsible for all procurement activities.­- Procured avionics, munitions and aircraft hardware from domestic suppliers in support of Japanese (JDA) and Korean Defense Agencies (KMSDF). Performed material sourcing, supplier pricing analysis, order entry, bid proposal, developed strategic supplier relationships, customer liaison and follow-up/expediting.- Managed all shipping, receiving, quality, expediting / logistics and export license preparation activities.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business Management

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