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•Define directions and make decisions on allocating resources to pursue the bussines strategy.•Develop and establish strong bussines relationships with current and new vendors consistent with organizational values and bussines ethics.•Negotiate new bussines terms as incoterms, lead time, price, payment terms, inventory management, transportation, vmi, moq, forecasting, etc.•Impart, create, upgrade or improve skills of purchasing group. •Encourage and empower purchasing… Show more •Define directions and make decisions on allocating resources to pursue the bussines strategy.•Develop and establish strong bussines relationships with current and new vendors consistent with organizational values and bussines ethics.•Negotiate new bussines terms as incoterms, lead time, price, payment terms, inventory management, transportation, vmi, moq, forecasting, etc.•Impart, create, upgrade or improve skills of purchasing group. •Encourage and empower purchasing group and others to achieve leading projects.•Coordinate and implement new year models trough: engineering changes; procurement daily follow up for new parts; daily follow up of critical materials reported in staff daily meetings; follow up to route causes and corrective actions with purchasing group to prevent issues to happen repeteadly.•Analize demand trend changes and communicate any conflict that may impact the supply chain.•Step forward to address and/or write reports to present information to our managemet as obsoletes, excess, CR, logistics, etc.•Green approval process (evaluate and selecting vendors) coordinated with mechanical engeenier and quality team, including audit of ISO certificates and procedures for new vendors.•Team work player with QA / Mech. Eng. Team to analyze supplier montly performance and consistent with quality policy.•Coordinate buyers activities related to material procurement to avoid and face shortages and/or administrative issues promptly and efficiently. •Use creative efforts to introduce new ideas to face administrative issues related to logistics, inventory, cost impact, quality issues, production capacity, etc.•Costing parts, sourcing, negotiations, global supplier development, cost reductions, continuous improvement system.•Experience with EPS, Carton, Resins, Metals and Electronic Components supply chain management.•Constantly strive to improve supply chain management methods. Show less

•Responsible for the planning and purchasing of manufacturing products. •Coordinate purchasing to avoid shortages and kept low inventory levels. •Negotiate price, delivery and lead time issues with suppliers.•PO maintenance cancel, deferral, reduction, etc.•Participate in meetings to follow up on production constraints, quality issues, NPI, ECN, etc.•Daily follow up of critical materials, follow up to route causes and corrective actions•Review weekly, monthly and six… Show more •Responsible for the planning and purchasing of manufacturing products. •Coordinate purchasing to avoid shortages and kept low inventory levels. •Negotiate price, delivery and lead time issues with suppliers.•PO maintenance cancel, deferral, reduction, etc.•Participate in meetings to follow up on production constraints, quality issues, NPI, ECN, etc.•Daily follow up of critical materials, follow up to route causes and corrective actions•Review weekly, monthly and six months forecast window to assure supply chain is covered. •Control and Reduction of inventory in a monthly basis. •CR & PPV negotiations with suppliers.•Develop logistics and Procurement strategies with domestic and overseas suppliers.•Communicate any conflict that may impact production schedule.•OIX, Obsolete and excess inv analysis revision and reduction by month, caused by ECN and demand fluctuations. Show less

•Direct responsible for purchasing, managing, expediting and coordinating purchasing of raw material.•Determine production needs of raw material components based on HP monthly forecast.•MRP mssgs report analysis, exceptions of deferral, cancelling, push out and pull inns, etc. •Compile all necessary information to assure a good material administration in order to keep production lines running. •Coordinate Engineering Changes material analysis to use up, face-in face-out and… Show more •Direct responsible for purchasing, managing, expediting and coordinating purchasing of raw material.•Determine production needs of raw material components based on HP monthly forecast.•MRP mssgs report analysis, exceptions of deferral, cancelling, push out and pull inns, etc. •Compile all necessary information to assure a good material administration in order to keep production lines running. •Coordinate Engineering Changes material analysis to use up, face-in face-out and mandatory changes (New quotes, Obsolescence, Replacements)•Responsible for PPV reporting and reduction.•Montlhy metrics achievement: Inventory levels, BTO to customer, PPV, Inventory turns, Freight targets, Purchase orders accuracy and follow ups, shortages reports, MRP reports, Accounts Payable. Show less

•Determine material production needs based on HP requirements.•Establish supplier contact and negotiate delivery and payment terms.•Material expedite based on MRP mssgs report analysis. •Control all activities related to material purchase like quality issues, payment, deliveries, storage, transportation, min-max inventory control, etc. •Special control purchase and warehousing for HP logo labels, as restricted supply per month based on production schedule and store labels under… Show more •Determine material production needs based on HP requirements.•Establish supplier contact and negotiate delivery and payment terms.•Material expedite based on MRP mssgs report analysis. •Control all activities related to material purchase like quality issues, payment, deliveries, storage, transportation, min-max inventory control, etc. •Special control purchase and warehousing for HP logo labels, as restricted supply per month based on production schedule and store labels under security cage with restricted access.•Develop a excel matrix table to control critical components.•Send weekly forecast to all of vendors and confirm acceptance thru our po confirmation, and shipping commitment Show less

•Regular visits to EP Philips whse to identify material located on Problem Area.Daily follow up with Buyers to clear Problem Area report, lack packing slip, over, short, damage product, missing invoice, wrong identification, etc.Analyze 20 day shortage report to expedite critical material based on sourcing buyer negotiations.Assure material delivery to comply with production schedule.