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Eilat Greenberg-Kabesa

San Jose,CA

Summary

Talented and motivated Commodity Business Manager with a bachelors in mechanical engineering is looking for the next challenges, Proven success in leadership in cross company programs, operational excellence and supply chain development. Strong strategic planner, operations experience, problem solver, and effective team leader committed to empower teams to execute projects delivering results and supporting revenue generating objectives. Open and clear communicator at all levels with demonstrated vision, leadership, and purchasing expertise.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Commodity Business Manager

Applied Materials Inc.
Santa Clara, CA
08.2017 - Current

Develop, aligns and implant commodity strategy. Negotiates and manages maintenance of agreements with suppliers that provide required structure for all business relationship between AMAT and supply base.

  • Improved supply chain TAT from 185 days to 35 days (82%).
  • Reduce annual repair supply chain cost by 5M$.
  • Developing and enabling new supply chain in Asia.
  • Handled several high-level projects simultaneously, successfully delivering each of them sooner was expected.
  • Developed strong relationships with strategic sourcing, which enabled AMAT to receive competitive refurbish parts pricing, reducing costs by 25%.
  • Solves complex problems
  • Takes broad perspective to identify innovative solutions
  • Works independently, with guidance in only most complex situations. Lead functional teams or projects
  • Engages with PLC process to ensure alignment with commodity strategies
  • Directs new supplier introduction and disengagement requirements to Applied Materials supply base
  • Drives resolution to systemic supply chain issues affecting quality, cost, delivery or Lead-time, which may include engagement with sub-tiers in supply chain
  • Develops and presents high level cost reduction opportunities
  • Demonstrates depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized discipline or field
  • Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services
  • Lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity
  • Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions
  • Impacts customers achievement , operational, project or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies
  • Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt different points of view

Global Supply Manager

Tasla
Fremont, CA
02.2017 - 08.2017

The Global Supply Manager builds and leverages strong working relationships with engineering teams and key suppliers to assure cost, quality, and delivery targets are met. They work toward good supplier relationships and total costs of ownership to achieve maximum advantage for Tesla and our customers.

Responsibilities: includes:

  • Driving price negotiations processes, continual cost reduction and avoidance initiatives through negotiations.
  • Managing respective supplier relationships and performance, including but not limited to dispute resolution.
  • Develops key performance measures for chosen suppliers and negotiate on multiple variables to award longer-term strategic contracts that result in significant cost reduction and improved service levels.
  • Identify supplier consolidation opportunities that will generate savings from executing strategic sourcing projects.
  • Develop sourcing and negotiation strategies that deliver against business objectives and achieves sustainable relationships with suppliers.
  • Provided supply chain guidance to team of 10 employees

Purchasing Specialist

Nanomotion
Yokneam, Israel
06.2015 - 09.2016
  • Supply chain POC for R&D electro-mechanical projects
  • Collaborated with the various departments( R&D, production, NPR) to achieve design to cost for manufacturing projects
  • Supplier and Purchasing Management to achieve high yield, cost reductions and high OTD
  • Strategic supplier contracts and negotiations
  • Leading and planning cost reduction plans and source leader, during 2015 achieved 3% cost reduction.
  • Initiating efficiency program into existing procurement processes, during 2015 reduced inventory levels by 15%
  • Global Sourcing for raw materials, sub-assemblies, variants equipment, vendors and sub-contractors
  • Managing 60 vendors at various industries: die-cuts applications, machining processing, electric mechanical parts and mechanical equipment.

Purchasing Technological specialist

IEC Israel Electricity Company
Haifa, Israel
11.2012 - 06.2015
  • Leading purchasing quotation for special mechanical subsystems and equipment
  • Contract manager for various vendors.
  • Reporting and presenting projects to IEC VP approval.
  • Maintained productive relationships with vendors
  • Managed Tenders for facilities and mechanical equipment up to $3 million
  • Directed planning, budgeting, vendor selection and quality assurance efforts
  • Collaborated with engineering departments to achieve procurement efficiency process

Project Process Leader

IEC Israel Electricity Company
Israel Haifa, Israel
09.2010 - 12.2012
  • Leading quotes and negation with domestic and international supplier
  • Purchasing management for mechanical equipment suppliers
  • Managing project schedule and resource in matrix environment
  • Implemented Integration Between Multidisciplinary engineering groups.
  • Quote and supplier selection according to vendors matrix
  • Defined clear targets and objectives and communicated them to mechanical design team members
  • Monitored tight time lines and flagged potential issues to be addressed
  • Coordinated design meetings and decisions across internal engineering departments and teams

Education

MBA - Business administration, Netanya academic collage, Main course in multi-disciplinary management

Netanya Academic College
2011

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
2009

Skills

  • Expert for operational improvement, Manufacturing Processes& Operations
  • Procedure development and implement of procurement process for cost reduction
  • Experienced mechanical engineer
  • Project planning , development and management
  • Price Negotiation
  • High communication skills
  • Creative and Out of the box thinker
  • Team building
  • Sourcing Strategies
  • Supplier and supply chain Management
  • Cost Management
  • Strategy Development
  • Strong Analytical Skills
  • Business Intelligence Management

Accomplishments

  • Mechanical Engineer with a 11-year background in manufacturing methods, project management and strategic business development.
  • Resolved supply chain constrain through implanting new operation process and partnering with strategic suppliers.
  • Improved supply chain TAT from 185 days to 35 days (82%).
  • Reduce annual repair supply chain cost above 4M$ Year over year.
  • Developing and enabling a new refurbish supply chain in Asia.
  • Handled several high-level projects simultaneously, successfully delivering each of them sooner was expected.
  • Took over a high-level project after the prior lead abruptly left the company and completed the project on time and within budget through dedicated oversight and better resource allocation.
  • Developed strong relationships with strategic sourcing, which enabled AMAT to receive competitive refurbish parts pricing, reducing costs by 25%.

Timeline

Commodity Business Manager

Applied Materials Inc.
08.2017 - Current

Global Supply Manager

Tasla
02.2017 - 08.2017

Purchasing Specialist

Nanomotion
06.2015 - 09.2016

Purchasing Technological specialist

IEC Israel Electricity Company
11.2012 - 06.2015

Project Process Leader

IEC Israel Electricity Company
09.2010 - 12.2012

MBA - Business administration, Netanya academic collage, Main course in multi-disciplinary management

Netanya Academic College

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Eilat Greenberg-Kabesa