SUMMARY:

A High Performing and results driven Procurement Leader who thrives in a challenging environment with a passion to drive and successfully implement initiatives. One who can jump in and navigate through issues in at time an ambiguous environment for quick and effective resolution. Recognized as a Driven and Effective Cross Functional Project Manager who is excellent at forming and building partnerships and one who can clearly communicate and present plans/ideas to all levels of management.

SUMMARY OF SKILLS:

Global Supplier Management, Direct and Indirect Strategic Sourcing Management, Cross Functional Team and Project Management, Team, Development and Management, NPI Support, BOM Review/Analysis for Outsourcing and Cost reduction, Contract Review & Negotiations, Process and Workflow Review and Improvements, Lead Time Reduction & On Time Delivery Programs, Negotiating Liability Exposure, Production and Demand Planning, Inventory Management, Commodity Management, Supply/Demand Scenario Review/Analysis.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Purchasing Manager

Responsibilities:

• Stabilized the Procurement Team through improved communication and partner relationships; staff, an increase in order accuracy and specific improvements to the P2P process such as reduction of AP exceptions.
• Consult with internal stakeholders in the development and compliance review of service level agreements.
• Developed Standard Work relative to procurement activities and monitor established procurement procedures.
• Increased PO automation from 83 to 92% by increasing EDI Exchange utilization for our vendors.
• Implemented a sustainable and efficient M&A process for Supply Chain.

Confidential

Global Purchasing Manager

Responsibilities:

• As part of M&A Project Team, supported Marketing Services team and IT SW Procurement group as Contract Category Purchasing Manager.
• Led supplier negotiations and ensured we received the best terms for current and future planning and presented my internal customers with the d Confidential and analytics to support these plans.
• Interacted with executive level as required to provide business updates and detailed analytics supporting justification for sourcing business decisions and category strategy.

Confidential

Global Purchasing Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led a recruiting initiative to grow our Purchasing team of 3 people and add 7 more professionals in order to support the $8.6M WW Travel Program I was responsible for, our Company Credit Card Program, as well as to champion the change to a companywide centralized Purchasing Operations.
• Managed a total spend of $204M and manageable spend of $167M through significant company growth and procurement transformation.
• Quickly identified an area of opportunity and partnered up with accounting in PH to work with them and our top dollar suppliers on correcting invoicing and receiving discrepancies as well as standardizing and obtaining more favorable payment terms with some suppliers.

Confidential

Purchasing Manager

Responsibilities:

• Effectively managed the relationship of our top tier suppliers and led the company wide contract negotiations for the handheld unit custom configurations and customer driven option requirements.
• Used scorecard methodology and supplier programs to drive better performance and service.
• Evaluated, Assessed, and Developed new and Redefined existing Procurement Metrics using Procurement Best Practices such as %OTD, %PR to PO Placement, MRP Accuracy, MRB Aging, and Aging at Vendor.
• Achieved aggressive cost reduction of 33% for the PIM product line through active negotiating, BOM review for part count reduction, outsourcing opportunity, as program manager of a cross functional team consisting of Finance, Engineering, and Manufacturing.

Confidential

Senior Buyer/Planner

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager for the BPO team consisting of 8 buyers’ in with the objective to train and develop this team to perform to SLA’s all related purchasing transactional activities.
• Reviewed team metrics on a weekly basis and ensured compliance. Included individual and group sessions on workflow processes.
• Identified any process gaps as well as any opportunities for improvement in the processes and drove initiatives to address both and then presented recommendations and results to upper management.
• Led, organized, and managed a companywide EOL hardware component review and eventual purchase. Coordinated with various departments on available options including conducting a ROI analysis on design in vs. extension buy for next generation product.
• PCBA Commodity Team Divisional Lead:
• Negotiated a companywide volume discount with major distributor, 197k for .
• Negotiated satisfactorily a $126K compensation for PPV costs incurred to the division to replace defective components.
• Successfully led the program to reduce the material lead time by 25%.
• Developed a standardized RFQ PCA template, including manufacturing team of engineers on usage.
• Worked with Planning/Manufacturing Eng. And Master Scheduling on forecast and future requirements for Product Category configurations and customer options; supported a made to order environment and implemented supply initiatives to support this environment.
• BOM analysis resulted in the buy decision to outsource the Buffer Module Supply Chain assembly to an off - shore Contract Manufacturer resulting in reduction of overhead, a part count reduction to one assembly, and an overall Purchase Price savings of 22%.

Buyer/Planner

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Co-led a cross-functional project team to qualify a dual source contract manufacturer for assembly work of the current stage commodity which helped to maintain supply chain continuity.
• Reduced potential risk exposure of long lead components by negotiating mutually beneficial agreement for supplier to hold hedge material at supplier site; ready to introduce into the supply chain in response to upside in demand.
• Analyzed supplier inventory via intense and regular BOM analysis and set up recommendations and expectations on managing excess and obsolete inventory in order to better manage end of life products and to increase corporate inventory turns.

Confidential

Purchasing Manager

Responsibilities:

• Effectively managed a team of 10 buyers to exceed production goals of lowering excess %, increasing inventory turns, managing freight-in expense, and exceeding our service level performance.
• Measured and monitored service levels by working with other internal departments to resolve any shipping/rec. issues.
• Developed strategic plans to consolidate and reduce the number of vendors to focus on the core/emphasis supplier program resulting in cost savings of over 61% as well as product standardization.

Confidential

Purchasing Associate

Responsibilities:

• Researched and supported new business opportunities for strategic partnerships with Confidential
• Developed strong supplier relationships to resolve shipping, scheduling and invoicing problems.
• Purchased average monthly volumes exceeding $1.5million dollars of healthcare equip and refurbished