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Austin, Texas Area

Lead material planning for two of the three largest Flex customers - Cisco Systems and HP Enterprise - and interface regularly with sites in India, Mexico, Thailand, and China.Cisco Systems• Conduct all materials planning for the $100M Cisco Systems account to enable the final build of software packs, hardware, ID labels, and packaging for networking equipment and blades• Coordinate closely with the packaging supplier for bulky networking products to keep inventory levels low while… Show more Lead material planning for two of the three largest Flex customers - Cisco Systems and HP Enterprise - and interface regularly with sites in India, Mexico, Thailand, and China.Cisco Systems• Conduct all materials planning for the $100M Cisco Systems account to enable the final build of software packs, hardware, ID labels, and packaging for networking equipment and blades• Coordinate closely with the packaging supplier for bulky networking products to keep inventory levels low while ensuring enough materials for on-time shipments• Manage the full line of packaging materials purchasing and min/max inventory control processes for the high-volume blades business with an extremely limited amount of storage space• Analyze path usage, review forecasts, and set up supplier managed inventory in coordination with the Cisco Systems on-site representative to procure packaging materials Show less

Austin, Texas Area

Hired to manage materials buying and production planning for a department executing $3M monthly repairs of equipment and built rapport with suppliers and obscure manufacturers globally to procure Cisco Systems older networking units.• Managed purchasing for electronic components, custom fabricated material, packing materials, and all purchased material from other Flex sites and Cisco contract manufacturers• Maintained strong personal relationships with overseas suppliers to source and… Show more Hired to manage materials buying and production planning for a department executing $3M monthly repairs of equipment and built rapport with suppliers and obscure manufacturers globally to procure Cisco Systems older networking units.• Managed purchasing for electronic components, custom fabricated material, packing materials, and all purchased material from other Flex sites and Cisco contract manufacturers• Maintained strong personal relationships with overseas suppliers to source and purchase materials through streamlined processes• Worked closely with manufacturing supervisors to plan equipment repairs and introduce new product repair methods Show less

Managed the materials department- buying, planning, shipping /receiving, and inventory management. Implemented an MRP system to replace a failed Kanban system. Purchased all the sheet metal, electronic assemblies and high dollar components. Setup the planning functions, forecasting, and MRP buy reports to decease inventory and reduce shortages. Worked with sales on turning the business plan into a viable manufacturing plan for materials and manufacturing. Used numerous methods to identify… Show more Managed the materials department- buying, planning, shipping /receiving, and inventory management. Implemented an MRP system to replace a failed Kanban system. Purchased all the sheet metal, electronic assemblies and high dollar components. Setup the planning functions, forecasting, and MRP buy reports to decease inventory and reduce shortages. Worked with sales on turning the business plan into a viable manufacturing plan for materials and manufacturing. Used numerous methods to identify and implement over $100,000 in cost reductions. Basically took a company of 40 people from a failed Kanban system, inventory write offs of $175,000 per inventory and little or no system direction, to a fully functioning ERP company with less than $10,000 write off, inventory data that could be used, and with a working mrp purchasing system. Unified our shipping methods to one company, resulting in a 15% reduction of freight, air and international shipping costs. Show less

Supervise the stockroom, shipping and receiving. Small company- doing all the purchasing and planning. Purchase electronic components, circuit boards, sheet metal and misc hardware. Negotiated purchasing agreements with our 2 major suppliers (over 60% of all our buying) lowering of our total cogs price by 9.5%, Setup a buying agreement with a PCB shop in Taiwan that reduced our board costs by 80%(customers needing price hikes, turned into some of our most profitable one. Worked to increase… Show more Supervise the stockroom, shipping and receiving. Small company- doing all the purchasing and planning. Purchase electronic components, circuit boards, sheet metal and misc hardware. Negotiated purchasing agreements with our 2 major suppliers (over 60% of all our buying) lowering of our total cogs price by 9.5%, Setup a buying agreement with a PCB shop in Taiwan that reduced our board costs by 80%(customers needing price hikes, turned into some of our most profitable one. Worked to increase cash-flow thru extended terms and successful supplier relationships. Worked with our manufacturing department to make sure that materials, labor and machine availability was in sync to meet our customer requirements increasing on on-time deliveries by 25%.Worked with the end customers to reduce material costs with substitutions, minor redesigns and buying partnership. Show less