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Santa Rosa, California, United States

Global category management of Travel and Finance categories. Work with Strategic (Preferred) Suppliers in contract negotiations and Supplier management for Corporate Travel Program (primarily Air, Hotels and Car Rentals). Managed Corporate credit card program worldwide. Assisted with set-up of new Mergers and Acquistions (M&A) companies to Keysight Travel and credit card programs.

Santa Rosa, Ca

Sourcing management for indirect materials for the following Categories: Professional Services, Contigent Labor, Legal, IT, Travel and Finance. •Develop and plan sourcing strategies for the Americas (United States, Canada Mexico and Brazil).•Review and approve requests for supplier additions, competitive bid requests and service agreements for business units as needed. •Work with key leaders in designated business units to define and drive execution of sourcing strategies and cost… Show more Sourcing management for indirect materials for the following Categories: Professional Services, Contigent Labor, Legal, IT, Travel and Finance. •Develop and plan sourcing strategies for the Americas (United States, Canada Mexico and Brazil).•Review and approve requests for supplier additions, competitive bid requests and service agreements for business units as needed. •Work with key leaders in designated business units to define and drive execution of sourcing strategies and cost savings. Assist business units in negotiations with supplier business agreements.•Provide strategic influence while building relationships with outside suppliers and business partners. Oversee supplier performance consistent with established goals and performance metrics.Assisted with new Global Sourcing employees set-up and training. Show less

Santa Rosa, Ca

Sourcing management for indirect materials for Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) category responsible for over $50 million of company spend.•Develop and plan sourcing strategies for the United States and Canada.•Review and approve requests for supplier additions, competitive bid requests and service agreements for business units as needed. •Manage and oversee Agilent on-line catalog for MRO preferred suppliers generating consolidated spend and cost reductions for indirect… Show more Sourcing management for indirect materials for Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) category responsible for over $50 million of company spend.•Develop and plan sourcing strategies for the United States and Canada.•Review and approve requests for supplier additions, competitive bid requests and service agreements for business units as needed. •Manage and oversee Agilent on-line catalog for MRO preferred suppliers generating consolidated spend and cost reductions for indirect materials.•Work with key leaders in designated business units to define and drive execution of sourcing strategies and cost savings. Assist business units in negotiations with supplier business agreements and with capital expenditures of manufacturing equipment.•Provide strategic influence while building relationships with outside suppliers and business partners. Oversee supplier performance consistent with established goals and performance metrics. Show less

On Assignment With Agilent Technologies

Sourcing management for indirect materials for Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) category responsible for over $50 million of company spend.•Develop and plan sourcing strategies for the United States and Canada.•Review and approve requests for supplier additions, competitive bid requests and service agreements for business units as needed. •Manage and oversee Agilent on-line catalog for MRO preferred suppliers generating consolidated spend and cost reductions for indirect… Show more Sourcing management for indirect materials for Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) category responsible for over $50 million of company spend.•Develop and plan sourcing strategies for the United States and Canada.•Review and approve requests for supplier additions, competitive bid requests and service agreements for business units as needed. •Manage and oversee Agilent on-line catalog for MRO preferred suppliers generating consolidated spend and cost reductions for indirect materials.•Work with key leaders in designated business units to define and drive execution of sourcing strategies and cost savings. Assist business units in negotiations with supplier business agreements and with capital expenditures of manufacturing equipment.•Provide strategic influence while building relationships with outside suppliers and business partners. Oversee supplier performance consistent with established goals and performance metrics. Show less

Santa Rosa, Ca

Provided new products materials management & strategic support to newly created division within Agilent Technologies. Support to R&D products from conception through transition into production, Major areas of responsibility include Product Materials Management and Planning.

Licensed Fire and Casualty Broker-Agent and Life Agent selling a complete line of insurance products including commercial, personal, life and health. Lead agency’s business development for Sonoma County.Sales•Generated $400,000 new and renewal premiums for agency. •Represent over 30 preferred and surplus lines insurance carriers.•Develop and maintain business relationships with 20 general agencies and brokers for hard to place business.

Supply Chain Management Planner 2005-2006 Facilitated, as a member of the newly formed Product Lifecycle Management team, the introduction and management of a new worldwide discontinuance process for aging products to manufacturing divisions in the U.S. and Malaysia.Process Development•Completed introduction and testing of pilot phase for new discontinuance process within required timeframes leading to on-time… Show more Supply Chain Management Planner 2005-2006 Facilitated, as a member of the newly formed Product Lifecycle Management team, the introduction and management of a new worldwide discontinuance process for aging products to manufacturing divisions in the U.S. and Malaysia.Process Development•Completed introduction and testing of pilot phase for new discontinuance process within required timeframes leading to on-time release of new process in January 2006. Pilot phase yielded $1 million inventory savings in first 12 months.Project Management •Led and coordinated 14 different functional areas, including marketing, planning, order administration, engineering, production and procurement, for two different manufacturing divisions in both the U.S. and Malaysia to reduce $39.6 million in unique excess inventory.Team Leadership•Recruited and organized multiple teams of up to 25 people each for upcoming product discontinuances for 2006 and 2007. Show less

Managed vendor relationships, $20 million in annual purchases for production for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) components. Also managed printed circuit assembly OEM and labels purchasing for local manufacturing site. •Successfully negotiated contracts favorable to Agilent on pricing, lead-times and warranty with commodity suppliers. •Negotiated 80% lead-time reduction for critical high cost production component by committing to minimum purchase quantities with flexible delivery… Show more Managed vendor relationships, $20 million in annual purchases for production for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) components. Also managed printed circuit assembly OEM and labels purchasing for local manufacturing site. •Successfully negotiated contracts favorable to Agilent on pricing, lead-times and warranty with commodity suppliers. •Negotiated 80% lead-time reduction for critical high cost production component by committing to minimum purchase quantities with flexible delivery schedule-directly resulting in 25% reduction in Agilent lead time to customers. •Negotiated sale of excess inventory IBM hard disc drives to outside distributor recovering 66% of original purchase price, saving over $52,000. •Achieved $1.37 million avoidance of costs in purchase agreement arising from cancelled project.Negotiated extension of delivery schedule while locating and working with different R&D team to incorporate component part in new project. •Outsourced label printing responsibilities for low volume, high mix label needs for production lines from in-house to 3rd party vendor. Results were lower overall cost, better quality labels with same or better delivery time. •Collaborated with Marketing, Planning and Production teams to provide optimum quantities of lower level manufacturing components for production lines balancing competing needs of reducing stock-outs while minimizing inventory carrying costs.•Executed sale of $1.14M in excess inventory nearing exceeding senior management goals by 300%.•Consolidated and leveraged volumes of keyboard and computer mice purchases resulting in higher quality products while reducing total costs by 66%.•Led and presented annual performance evaluations to preferred suppliers related to the areas of quality, responsiveness, delivery, cost, environmental and technical performance. Evaluations used to motivate suppliers to maintain high standards or improve to meet Agilent requirements for preferred supplier status. Show less