BUILDING CUSTOMER VALUE THROUGH SUPPLY CHAIN, MATERIALS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE. Accomplished Procurement, Supply Chain, Materials Management Professional with Technical Education. Hands on experience in Strategic and Tactical procurement including international supplier partnerships.Managed all aspects of company’s supply chain function including staffing, budgeting, training, establishing policies and procedures. Managed departments including performance evaluations leading to highly motivated and goal oriented employees.Developed general partnership agreements and customized strategic sourcing tools. Prepared proposal and detailed quotation and proposal requests. Leveraged spend and reduced supply base to improve time to market while increased value chain profitability, and cost reduction.Led cross functional cost reduction team resulting in $ 4.7 million savings.Reviewed and restructured item classifications. Negotiated supplier Safety Stocks. Increased inventory turn over and reduced 50% of the inventory value while increasing product availability to customers.Consistently improved asset utilization, increased customer value, profitability and lean operations . . .Specialties: Supply Chain Management, Supply Base Development, Supplier Partnerships, Strategic Sourcing, Total Cost Management, Supplier Evaluation, - Integration, Inventory Optimization, Project Management, Global Logistics etc. Strong ERP/MRP experience with Oracle, Mfg.Pro, BaaN, IFS and SAP, APO and SRM.