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Profile Operations / Purchasing Professional with global sourcing, contracting manufacturing experience, and managing inventories, working with forecast, production planning, managing distribution, and logistics, warehousing and shipping/receiving. Implemented purchasing policies and procedures, Dock to Stock strategies in a fast paced manufacturing environment. Exposure in Defense, Bio-Tech, Fine Jewelry, Metals/ Mining, Electro-Mechanical Industries. Proficient with ERP, MRP driven systems such as QAD, Business Objects, SAP, AS400, Mapics, Movex, Great Plains Dynamics as well as Microsoft word and excel. Knowledge with international import /export customs requirements. Technical Ability to read blueprints, specifications as well as understand manufacturing process. Language Skills: Italian

Strengths: Hands on professional, driving continuous improvement throughout the supply chain / purchasing process controlling inventories, lowering cost of goods, improving supplier quality metrics, setting departmental and individual goals and objectives to support company targets. Motivating and building internal purchasing teams as well as strengthening supplier business relationships. - Conducting comprehensive inspections of suppliers' facilities that ensure adherence to quality standards – Responsible to Compliance to ISO9001, ISO13485, DOT, FDA and OSHA regulatory standards.

Professional Experience

2010 – Present Confidential
Operations / Supply Chain Specialist

Undertake all necessary coordination with multiple internal and external sources to provide primary oversight to Assembly Engineering of aircraft. Reporting to Assembly Engineering from Project Management on project status updates, technical review, Risk Management, Configuration and Scheduling

Key Accomplishments

• Identified action plans to both secure and improve delivery schedule

2006 – 2010 Confidential, Stamford, CT.
Director, Purchasing / Facilities Management

Directing, managing the procurement of high volume sensitive raw materials, scientific multiplex Equipment, Facilities Management, Warehousing, including e-commerce in compliance to ISO13485, DOT, FDA and OSHA to support manufacturing requirements
Supply Agreement negotiating. Global Sourcing, Contract Manufacturing,
Project Management including sales and operating planning of finished goods
Purchased against sales demands and forecast. Preparing monthly department activities
And metrics.

Key Accomplishments

• Re-structured purchasing goals, objectives, policies and procedures which supported senior management and company objectives.
• Identifying strategic materials and established supply agreements which resulted in cost reduction of 40% on cost of goods while lower inventory values, decreasing lead times.
• Identified and qualified global source for non direct products and services negotiated better cost, longer payment terms which resulted in 60% cost saving.
• Implementation Team Member, Lean Manufacturing which reduced inventory by 45%, improved inventory turns while having a positive impact on cash flow and reducing scrap.
• Implementation Team Member, supplier certification, Dock to Stock Program which reduced internal process labor cost and expedited process as well as opened up capacity.

2004 – 2006 Confidential, NY, NY
Director, Purchasing / Inventory Control Management

Controlling annualized Budget of $100million in materials from internal and external
Global suppliers. Directing the supply chain functional area for the purchases of direct
And indirect materials, including global sourcing, contract manufacturing which includes
Sales and operating planning of finished goods purchased against demands and forecast.
Establishing policy, procedures, and departmental metrics

Key Accomplishments

• Identified and reduced the excess inventory supporting manufacturing. Reduced inventory values by 45%, improved inventory turns and improved cash flow
• Sourced and qualified global contract manufacture for core product line which opened up manufacturing capacity for new products while improving profit margin to core products by 60%
• Sourced and qualified new suppliers and raw materials for new product releases

2002 – 2004 Confidential, NY, NY
Senior Purchasing Manager

Directing a team of seven direct reporting managers to manage global suppliers accounts producing over $80million in annual fine jewelry wholesale and ensuring all aspects of global sourcing, contracting manufacturing, component purchasing. Responsible for establishing departmental policies and procedures, individual goals and objectives. Reporting monthly supplier performances and departmental metrics to goals and objectives.

Key Accomplishments

• Identified departmental goals and objectives which supported overall organizational goals and objectives
• Implementation team member for purchasing module of ERP, QAD System
• Reduced inventory values while improving inventory turns
• Improved on time supplier delivery performance which resulted with improved monthly customer billings by implementing tighter purchasing policies
• Identified core materials and established long term agreements which resulted in ter supplier delivery performance and decreased cost of materials by 40%.

1994 – 2002 Confidential, Stratford, Ct
Purchasing Manager

Hands on manager, responsible for global sourcing, high volume purchasing
Contract manufacturing requirements as well as new product development in compliance
To ISO9001 quality policy in North American Manufacturing Division. Reporting into
The centralized Group in France with goal status objectives and departmental activities
And metrics.

Key Accomplishment

• Identified and qualified global source of core material manufacturing requirements, established supply agreement which included supplier held safety stock
• Implementing dock to stock program which expedited and reduced cost of internal processes while opening up internal capacity.
• Implementation Team Member for purchasing Module of ERP, Movex System.

1991 - 1994 Buyer with Handy & Harman, a fortune 500 precious metals / Mining fabricator, Buyer at Summagraphics, a graphics hardware manufacturer, registering over $330K in savings through offshore turnkey production program and other contract / subcontract manufacturing programs.

Education

Business Administration

Memberships

American Production and Inventory Control Society
American Purchasing Society
Connecticut Association of Purchasing, Global Resource Director, 1999 – 2003
Institute for Supply Chain Management
Quinnipiac College, School of Business, Advisory Board, 1999 - 2001

Professional References Available upon Request