Analytical Senior Buyer with 15+ years of experience conducting in-depth research and negotiating pricing with vendors and suppliers. 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
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Buyer
Venture-Backed Stealth Startup
02.2021 - 11.2023
Provide rapid market research, supplier finance, and risk research, spend analysis, risk buy proposals for relevant stakeholders such as Engineering, IT, Legal, Finance, Manufacturing, and sales.
Keep MRP and ERP systems up to date for inventory management and operations teams.
BC Systems, Dynamics, Jira, Confluence.
Conduct site visits, send RFQs, review bids, NDAs, and trade references, payment terms, and discounts.
Process Purchase Orders and Work Orders for all company purchases.
Monitor supplier delivery.
Negotiate price/volume/delivery dates.
Process RMA's Expedite and reschedule as necessary to meet production requirements.
Responsible for resolving AP/AR issues through analysis and investigation.
Drive profitability through a good understanding of material and labor costs as they relate to the desired business goals.
Continue fostering existing relationships and resolve any discrepancies as they occur.
Manage implementation of engineering changes, interpretation of procurement policies, process improvement projects, contract negotiation, and approval of PPVs.
Review quotations to ensure competitiveness is maintained.
Weigh trade-offs between cost, volume, and quality to strike agreements that secure long-term supply continuity.
Negotiate with suppliers for optimal sourcing terms.
Developed the operational systems, processes, and policies in support of the company mission - specifically to support better company reporting, information flow and management, business process, and organizational planning.
Shipping and Receiving duties.
Manage/Plan and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of Support Services (Inventory Dept/ Purchasing/ Sales) through improvements to each function as well as coordination and communication between support and business functions.
Played a significant role in long-term planning, including an initiative geared toward operational excellence.
Oversee overall financial management, planning, systems, and controls.
Management of the company budget with the owner of the company.
Support customer's business needs using a standard process where possible and customized solutions where necessary.
Identifies areas of opportunity and/or risk for continuous improvement.
Development of individual program budgets via contracts.
Payroll management, Disbursement of checks to company vendors and employees.
Organization of fiscal documents.
Supervised and coached company employees weekly and evaluated employees.
Worked with international vendors and transportation logistics vendors.
Production Planner - Covid
Mass Precision
10.2019 - 10.2020
Construct efficient build schedules to meet customer demand within the allowed inventory and capacity resources of the Master Schedule
Launch and maintain all work orders to reflect the latest build schedule and promptly close them after reconciling variances
Coordinates with Buyers, Production, Engineering, and Program Managers to ensure execution of the plan and to review schedule changes
Monitors production attainment to identify, communicate, and help resolve any materials or capacity constraints that are risks to the established schedule
Assists the Senior Planner in the development of part fulfillment strategies across the entire product life cycle
Participate in continuous improvement efforts, including identifying waste and collaborating with others to apply creative solutions
Review engineering change orders and take effective actions to implement them
Supported the Planning Manager in the detailed analysis of customer forecasts and operational capacities
Maintains proper interface of the schedule to the warehouse, production, and shipping to ensure process signals are received and executed
Participate in the material review process of quality hold parts to provide the Materials perspective to potential dispositions
Attends daily production meetings with teams from both the United States and Mexico.
Buyer/Planner
LSG Skychefs
11.2018 - 10.2019
Scheduled and planned purchase orders per the MRP system
Daily reconciliation of invoices and purchase orders
Ensure the accuracy of invoices, data entry of invoices into the computer system, and maintain invoice files
Establish and maintain vendor history in the computer system
Assist with the resolution of vendor issues
Coordinate the processing/delivery of all invoices with the controller for payment
Ensure all incorrect price discrepancies are resolved
Assist the Accounts Payable/Purchasing departments as needed in all functions
Perform other clerical duties as assigned
Check the waste log sheet daily from the Hot and Cold Kitchen
Daily date input for Gatekeeper and print out a requisition for storekeeper
Responsible for controlling inventory
Ensure that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed, and directed and that all delivery times are being met timely
Attend the daily operations briefing
Ensure par levels of customer inventory and customer-specific goods.
Buyer/Planner-Seasonal
Sambrailo
02.2018 - 10.2018
Interfaced with technical and management personnel, regarding changes in material, quantity, quality, or delivery schedules and interfaced with logistics issues on product delivery and time
Quickly analyzed problems, investigated, and determined solutions for those problems
Monitor production rates to ensure there are enough materials to meet daily production demand and adjust as needed
Addressed, returned, and received credit for defective materials every month or as needed per company guidelines
Planned for and procured materials necessary to meet requirements for one or several products lines
Requested and analyzed quotes to ensure reasonable prices, and that specifications are met
Initiated purchases and contracts required by the MRP system
Reviewed forecasted requirements and assessed when to execute orders based on the Warehouse Manager's requirements for each location
Prepared complete purchase orders and arranged for specifications on product delivery locations and dates
Pulls, pushes, or cancels orders per production plans and field requirements
Ensures materials are available to meet requirements at several customer locations
Investigated and resolved issues with receiving invoices or suppliers.
Buyer/Planner
Javad EMS
05.2017 - 02.2018
Purchase materials for ongoing products, use demand reports, identify source plans, and clear to build reports
Manages NPI requirements by identifying and selecting vendors to procure requisitioned commodities, meeting criteria such as price, quantity, quality, and delivery date, and placing orders
Writes and distributes bids or requests; receives and analyzes bids, quotes, and proposals
Minimize, monitor, and dispose of excess and obsolete materials or last time buy components
Monitor supplier action reports for any delivery or cost changes, as reported by suppliers
Maintenance of MRP purchasing module data
Provide material analysis and disposition related to customer Engineering Change Orders
Resolve invoicing and debit memos with suppliers
Report Team statistics, as required
Evaluate all planning/purchasing orders to ensure the most economical quantities are procured and delivered on schedule for production.
LusAmerica Production Manager
Production Manager
05.2013 - 03.2017
Manages the activities of department supervisors concerning production volume, cost, quality, and delivery deadlines
Monitor production employees to ensure achievement of financial, safety, quality, and on-time delivery goals
Plan and establish work schedules and assignments to meet production objectives
Follow and enforce programs instituted by the Food Safety Manager to ensure a healthful and safe working environment and to comply with Federal and State regulations
Maintain thorough knowledge of all processes and equipment
Inspect materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions
Ensure effective employee relations
Confer with management or supervisors to resolve worker problems, complaints, and grievances when necessary
Interpret specifications, job orders, Company policies, and procedures for workers
Ensure that established policies, rules, regulations, and procedures are followed
Assure efficient and economical utilization of materials, improvement of methods, and elimination of wasteful practices
Organization of fiscal documents.
Education
MBA - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
01.2021
Bachelor of Science - International Business Administration
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