Buyer
Current• Manage the buying functions of strategic raw materials consisting of $5.5M in annualized procurement for a robotics and automation company. Monitor purchasing expenditures by working to minimize overall costs and increase profitability.• Schedule and lead meetings with suppliers and internal customers to resolve all grievances and claims made by or against suppliers.• Manage implementation of ECR’s. Identify action needed for both in-house and on order inventory and coordinate any rework or scrap activity. •Coordinate open NCR actions with Quality. Determine the best course of action and ensure timely resolutions with the appropriate supplier.•Coordinate and facilitate high dollar negotiations and/or long-term agreements with major suppliers.•Proficient in reading and interpreting electrical cable drawings.•Created and managed a manual MRP for high profile custom cables with an annual spend of $300k.