Amanda Arias
Pueblo West,CO
Summary
Accomplished Global Buyer Planner with a proven track record at Advanced Sterilization Products, adept in inventory management and vendor relations. Expertise in optimizing buying processes to reduce costs and enhance product availability, demonstrating strong analytical skills and a commitment to excellence. Skilled in SAP and fostering customer support, consistently achieved key performance indicators and streamlined inventory control.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Global Buyer Planner
Advanced Sterilization Products
11.2010 - 09.2024
- Analyzed purchasing data to optimize buying processes and reduce costs.
- Increased product availability, coordinating with suppliers to ensure timely deliveries.
- Enhanced inventory management with strategic purchasing decisions.
- Identify and maintain the appropriate planning parameters in ERP systems to optimize subassembly production and raw material supply plans.
- Initiate the timely production and delivery to distribution centers and executes the corresponding STOs,
- Monitors WIP materials plans ensuring optimal coverage and minimizing scrap.
- Purchase assigned components, materials and supplies from approved suppliers.
- Coordinate with suppliers to resolve material nonconformance issues, invoice/quantity discrepancies and containment actions.
- Monitor materials SLOB / shelf-life, the goal being to buy right to not need to manage shelf-life constraints.
- Oversee the accuracy of the site materials inventory through the cycle count program, including yearly program renewal.
- Ensure the cycle count parameters are properly set in ERP and updates the ABC categorization to minimize the warehouse cycle count waste.
- Manage non-NC related scrap, and inventory adjustments and non-NC MDAs creation.
- Support monthly supply/demand and operations planning process and identifies any risks due to raw material supply..
- Maintain daily management key performance indicators.
Logistics Analyst
CEVA Logistics Inc.
06.2009 - 11.2010
- Monitored inbound EDI feed for accuracy.
- A liaison between 3M, a multi-million-dollar account, and CEVA, one of the largest logistics organizations globally. To ensure order accuracy and ontime delivery.
- Conducted root cause analysis for corrective actions and managing supply chain planning for various global product line
- Overseeing customer order management, inventory flow, and ensuring on-time delivery through LIFR reporting and internal process improvements.
Materials Planner II /Senior Pricing Analyst
Pacific Consolidated Industries
06.2006 - 06.2009
- Coordinated procurement activities to ensure timely delivery of materials without constraints.
- Improved inventory accuracy by conducting regular stock audits.
- This role includes capacity planning for the production floor and job distribution in alignment with continuous improvement practices.
- Responsibilities extend to purchasing follow-ups and cycle count administration.
- Reviewing and analyzing product pricing and obtaining data for cost analysis studies, to ensure pricing accuracy on BOMS.
Inventory Control Lead
National RV Inc.
06.2001 - 07.2006
- Importing bills of materials for 50+ recreational vehicle and toy hauler models.
- Obtain approval for each model floorplan with the Department of Motor Vehicles.
- Issue production work orders based off MRP and available inventory.
- Backflush daily material usage and labor hours per the production schedule.
- Assisted in cycle count program implementation which led to more efficient and accurate inventory control processes.
- Project Manager for annual physical inventory in the warehouse.
- Streamlined warehouse processes for increased efficiency by implementing new inventory control systems and procedures.
- Maintaining key performance indicators for lines filled rates.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Integrated Supply Chain Operations Management
University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ09-2008
Skills
- Inventory management
- Order processing
- Vendor management
- Purchase order management
- Demand forecasting
- MRP
- SAP
- KPIs
Timeline
Global Buyer Planner
Advanced Sterilization Products
11.2010 - 09.2024
Logistics Analyst
CEVA Logistics Inc.
06.2009 - 11.2010
Materials Planner II /Senior Pricing Analyst
Pacific Consolidated Industries
06.2006 - 06.2009
Inventory Control Lead
National RV Inc.
06.2001 - 07.2006
Bachelor of Science - Integrated Supply Chain Operations Management
University of Phoenix
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