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Texas, United States

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Develop and manage RFQ/RFP process, negotiate agreements and manage/administer the contract for medium to complex sourcing requirements.Evaluates bids and selects suppliers based on price, delivery, quality, and service to obtain best overall value for L3Harris.Acts as a primary L3Harris point of contact to manage overall relationships with critical suppliers to facilitate long-term partnerships.Interprets FAR/DFAR/ITAR laws, rules and regulations regarding import/export control certifications and licenses.Analyze and interpret engineering drawings/schematics to understand the procurement and manufacturing requirements.Tracks all Purchase Orders through reports, works AP matched exceptions, open commitments, receiving discrepancies, returns, supplier discrepancies, and problem reports/supplier corrective action responses. Interfaces with receiving and accounting to resolve issues.Provides timely follow up on all awards through completion of order using system reports to status for program teams.Meets established goals, objectives, and performance metrics and solves problems of increased scope and complexity where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors.Confers with suppliers to determine factors that affect competitive total cost of ownership consistent with quality, reliability, and ability to meet required schedules. Evaluate root cause and corrective action with suppliers on late delivery performance.Builds stable working relationships with manufacturing, quality engineers, material management and program office regarding procurement demands by early involvement with programs and suppliers to determine risk mitigation actions for critical path parts.Participate on projects/teams as assigned.

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

• Led communication, planning and execution activities for Amazon Robotics site deployment and extensive deployment based projects on customer sites• Responsible for driving KPIs and efficient delivery of a cross-functional project• Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities• Drive team consensus on technical decisions and ensure that appropriate resources are allocated to deliver high quality results• Identify, assess, track and mitigate issues and risks at multiple levels• Managed teams of 100+ employees for successful project completion• Served as the primary customer interface to resolve all questions and concerns to ensure satisfaction• Create, maintain and disseminate project information to stakeholders and executive management• Manage and mentor a team of SME supervisors to complete comprehensive tasks

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

• Vendor selection based of off customer contract requirements where applicable• Interface with vendors to receive quotes and to ensure priorities are set for timely return of outsourced material.• Interface with vendors daily for status updates or RMA inquires and issuance• Manage order fulfillment and vendor turnaround time base upon promised ship dates• Provide daily and weekly reports to vendors and local management• Create purchase orders for vendor invoicing• Resolve vendor billing issues as needed

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

• Manage order fulfillment based upon a promised ship date.• Interface with customers daily to service inquires and ensure customer satisfaction.• Perform inventory planning to maintain inventory levels.• Identify current and potential material shortages.• Forecast future inventory needs based upon historical data• Create repair orders for stock replenishment.• Create internal shipment orders for customer orders.• Upload shipment information and proof of delivery into customer systems.• Interface with couriers to resolve any customs inquiries for inbound and outbound international shipments.• Provide weekly status reports to customers.• Provide monthly inventory and metric reporting to customers.• Interface with vendors to ensure priorities are set and timely return of outsourced material.• Work with different teams within the facility to meet established goals.• Prepare monthly invoices for customer approval.• Review unpaid invoices and resolve for payment.

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

• Performed quality inspection of all inbound material• Accurately received inbound orders into Oracle/Macola systems• Accurately processed Purchase Orders for stock into inventory• Inspected inbound freight noting damage or quantity discrepancies• Collaborated with outside teams or departments to ensure smooth work flow and efficient organization operations• Safe and efficient operation of forklift (certification)• Maintained positive relationships with all customers• Followed standards and procedures to maintain safe work environment• Informed supervisors when machines needed major service• Worked with various continuous improvement teams