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IVORY BATISTE
Hawthorne,CA
Summary
Analytical Senior Buyer with 7 years of experience conducting in-depth research and negotiating pricing with vendors to purchase Aerospace products. Successful in maintaining business relationships with existing vendors and identifying new business opportunities to engage with potential suppliers. Efficient in carefully reviewing pricing, terms, and conditions prior to forming agreements.
Overview
8
years of professional experience
Work History
MILLENNIUM SPACE SYSTEMS
SR. BUYER
2023.07 - Current (1 year & 2 months)
Job overview
- Provides oversight and management of supply and demand, schedules, supplier quality, delivery, and financial performance
- Partner with internal customers (engineers) to ensure completion of source selection and procurements that meet program requirements (schedule, cost, and quality); develop and recommend secondary/additional sources as needed
- Actively manage the procurement process from quoting and order placement through receipt of products and subsequent payment of invoices
- Leads negotiation of pricing and contract terms and conditions
- Lead formal negotiations (price, schedule, and supplier exceptions) to contractual requirements
- Prepares and executes negotiation strategies resulting in contractual documents and binding agreements
- Interprets and enforces contract terms and conditions
- Consults with external customers to resolve supplier performance issues
- Leads supplier performance teams to develop strategic supplier solutions across programs and commodities
- Manage supplier performance through consistent communication to ensure proper adherence to purchase order terms and conditions.
BLUE ORIGIN
SR. BUYER
2022.08 - 2023.07 (11 months)
Job overview
- Purchased various software for Blue Origin's software commodity division
- Monitored and evaluated on-time delivery using Tableau report
- Reviewed terms and conditions agreements with legal and supplier
- Participated in weekly continuous improvement meetings to improve our internal department process and streamline job functions to increase efficiency
- Solved procurement problems and product discrepancies as they occurred.
EATON
SR. BUYER
2022.02 - 2022.08 (6 months)
Job overview
- Develops, and execute plans to exceed key supplier goals (OTD, Cost Out, DPPM)
- Lead resourcing of $7M annual spend to optimize material cost out, and supplier performance, by leveraging BCC, and other domestic preferred suppliers
- Analyze specifications to recommend sourcing in make/buy decisions & cost-price considerations
- Support supplier and plant quality relationship to ensure quality corrective actions are submitted in a timely fashion
- Support Supplier Consolidation alignment with Eaton preferred suppliers
- Partner with shared services team to ensure continuity to material flow
- Supported internal and external audit requirements relative to procurement
- Lead Vendor Consignment Project converting 95% of 7 suppliers commodity list from discrete PO placement to automated replenishment to support supply chain management strategy.
HOWMET AEROSPACE
BUYER 2
2021.10 - 2022.02 (4 months)
Job overview
- Processed work orders daily for RAM product line requiring outside processing
- Insured each purchase order had the accurate instructions for rework processes
- Managed risk suppliers with a 100% rate return to gold suppliers
- Operated business activities using Oracle, QAD, and E-Cert's software.
L3 HARRIS
BUYER 2
2017.12 - 2021.10 (3 years & 10 months)
Job overview
- Lead procurement department with safety and health protocol
- Negotiated an average of 5-10% off most surveillance solutions commodities
- Championed improving on-time delivery from 94% to 99%
- Managed risk suppliers with a 100% rate return to gold suppliers
- Worked closely with Materials Management personnel to maintain continuity with purchasing and supplier management process
- Supported preparing the matrix to track S&OP based on risk and opportunities report.
BOEING
PROCUREMENT AGENT
2017.06 - 2017.12 (6 months)
Job overview
- Prepared contracts and agreements between suppliers and the Boeing Company
- Developed and issued requests for information, quotations, and proposal for complex procurements
- Defined purchase contract expectations through Request for proposal process and supplier statement of work
- SME-Procurement Systems such as ERP, NWP, EPIC, BEST and SMIT Application.
GATE GOURMET
OPERATIONS MATERIAL SUPERVISOR
2016.10 - 2017.05 (7 months)
Job overview
- Managed 200 employees in a challenging environment
- Managed off-site where safety stock was coordinated for emergency requisitions
- Trained 20 employees in 25 different areas
- Created shift reports nightly along with deviations of substitutions of out-of-stock items.
Education
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY DOMINGUEZ HILLZ , CARSON, CA
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
PEPPERDINE GRAZIADIO BUSINESS SCHOOL , WEST LOS ANGELES, CA
MASTER OF BUSINESS MBA
12.2021
Skills
- ERP System Knowledge
- Supply Chain Optimization
- Supplier Negotiations
- Supplier Relationship Management
Projects
05/01/2020, 08/01/2020, MARKETING STRATEGIC CONSULTANT, AMP, Conducted marketing research as a student to assist with acquiring primary and secondary customers, Distributed Surveys to aerospace industry suppliers to gain feedback on customer's preferences, Assessed survey results to track the preferences customers preferred, Submitted recommendations to AMP build on their current marketing strategy
Timeline
SR. BUYER
MILLENNIUM SPACE SYSTEMS
2023.07 - Current (1 year & 2 months)
SR. BUYER
BLUE ORIGIN
2022.08 - 2023.07 (11 months)
SR. BUYER
EATON
2022.02 - 2022.08 (6 months)
BUYER 2
HOWMET AEROSPACE
2021.10 - 2022.02 (4 months)
BUYER 2
L3 HARRIS
2017.12 - 2021.10 (3 years & 10 months)
PROCUREMENT AGENT
BOEING
2017.06 - 2017.12 (6 months)
OPERATIONS MATERIAL SUPERVISOR
GATE GOURMET
2016.10 - 2017.05 (7 months)
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY DOMINGUEZ HILLZ
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
PEPPERDINE GRAZIADIO BUSINESS SCHOOL
MASTER OF BUSINESS MBA
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