Victor Barraza Email & Phone Number

3380 S Price Rd

• Procured connectors, wire, cable assemblies, and miscellaneous commodities to support all of the requirements for the production of small and medium class space and rocket systems.• Received and reviewed the purchase requisitions and would send out request for quotes to various suppliers.• Review all of the suppliers’ quotes and determine which suppliers will be awarded purchase orders based on lowest bids.• Weekly follow-up on supplier’s deliveries to confirm on time deliveries.• Update open order and open commit reports• Sent out Non Confirming reports generated by quality through TIPQA to the suppliers and work on the issues to clear material from receiving inspection.Resolved any invoice issues with accounts payable through AP Workflow

Scottsdale, Az

My responsibilities as the West Regional Buyer was to support the requirements of the Service Managers needs for ordering cranes, mobile trailers, outside services, welding equipment, scaffolding, safety equipment, and various materials for the repair and installations of certain power generators and turbines located throughout the Southwest region and parts of the east coast. I was also responsible for assuring the suppliers followed through by accepting and acknowledging purchase orders through our electronic systems "Clear Orbit". It was very important that they acknowledge the purchase orders so that they would be able to submit invoices electronically so they would be paid on time per the payment terms set up. I also had to close out purchase orders once the supplier had been pain in full.

Mesa, Az.

I was responsible for the procurement and monitoring of all the M-230 Cannon spare parts required for the Apache Helicopter weapon systems. I also supported the PGS&E Group, ( Peculiar Ground Support Systems & Equipment) by procuring the Software Load Stations required for testing the computer systems for the Apache Helicopter. This included but not limited to machined parts, hardware, wire, cable harnesses, special labels, and custom containers for the SLS.

Responsible for the procurement of pitch control system, pitch and yaw drives, cable harnesses, PCB’s, brakes, and hydraulic components. These items went into the manufacturing of wind turbines used on wind farms to generate 2.5mw of electricity. Assisted the Supply Chain Manager with updated weekly status reports and excel spread sheets. These reports reflected the progress of the supply chain group for presentation to senior management. My tasks were to assist the group in negotiations of payment terms, provide cost savings, and on time deliveries.

I held the position of purchasing materials manager with a staff of 6 employees. 2 buyers, 2 shipping and receiving 2 material handlers.The responsibilities of the purchasing team was to procure reactive metals, i.e.titanium,zirconium,tantalum,carbon steel stainless steel,tubing, plate, and sheets for the fabrication of heat exchangers and reactors for the pharmaceutical industry.The customer base included Eli Lilly, GE, Pfizer, Bayer, Merck, etc..

Planned requirements for sheet metal fabrication per Data works MRP systems to support the production lines for the manufacturing of hi-tech CNC machines.The sheet metal required the reading of engineered approved released drawings and sent to various sheet metal fabricators with the capabilities of shearing, form braking, and welding. After the forming all of the sheet metal had to be chemically washed and powder coated before being used in production.

Responsibilities were to plan and purchase all of the aerospace fasteners per military specifications, MS,AN, and NAS. These fasteners were part of the assembly to build test drones for the Navy to test their target systems used on board ships.I was later moved in to purchasing production finished machined parts per Northrop drawings.I was later moved into purchasing hard and soft tooling used for the fabrication of panels used for the B1 Bomber prototype. My last job assignment was purchasing wire,cable harnesses,and PCB's.

I assisted the buyers for the M60 project to ensure commoities and suppliers were delivering on time per purchase order contract. I was later promoted to implement a receiving department strickly for the use of the M60 program materials. I started a small staff of qualified personal for receiving,checking receipt documents, and separating MRB materials.

Mechanical Engineering / Mechanical Drafting

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