Jose Javier Aparicio

• Managed vendor relationships to ensure timely delivery of critical supplies and materials.
• Managed 1,200 part numbers for 30 different Instruments products lines and variations.
• Managed 28 different vendors with different commodities: corrugated, packaging crates, plastics parts, OEM, blow molded plastics, injection molding plastics and skins, machining parts, labels, spares and options.
• Negotiated with suppliers to secure favorable terms and pricing structures for all packaging materials used for production and service needs.
• Maintained inventory management systems to enhance stock accuracy and availability for all items, mainly maintained goals for inventory targets changing every FY.
• Total managed inventory range per year 3-5 Million USD, starting from highest to range and reducing to the lowest range per management and individual KPI's required.
• Collaborated with internal departments to better understand needs and determine purchasing requirements, needed for QN issues, material changes, process changes etc. made by Suppliers.
• Forecasted purchasing trends for struggling vendors and helped them regain a stable supply chain, successfully done 3 times with 3 different vendors.
• Created purchase orders to monitor stock levels, verify purchase requisitions, expedite customer orders for service needs, process RTV and sell components needed by Suppliers to build our Sub Assemblies or deliver goods to other partners in need of products.
• Reduced Open Orders from 2.3 million to around 980k-1.2 Million USD open at any time during a Fiscal Year.
• Negotiated MOQ's with vendors to ensure coverage for 6-8 months with packaging suppliers and molding suppliers due to long lead times.

• Analyzed supplier performance to optimize procurement processes and enhance quality standards.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align purchasing initiatives with organizational goals.
• Managed vendor relationships, negotiating contracts to secure favorable terms and pricing.

• Procurement of Wood materials net worth 28.8 million USD yearly

Managed inventory of 25 active part numbers to ensure availability and streamline operations.

• Reports (Open Order, Shortage, Exceptions, Purchase Req., BOM Explode, Forecast, On Hand Analysis)

• Procurement of components for Professional Loudspeakers

(Corrugated materials, Plastic, Metal, Transducers/Amplifiers,

Hardware, etc.) Net worth 20 million in sales for America and Europe Yearly (700 active part numbers)

• Raw material Transfer to Flex total inventory sales worth 7.2 million USD

• Hardware delivery project, to control the deliveries from Askew saving 450K in inventory discrepancies and excess inventory in hardware Storage Locations(500 active part numbers

• Project Rio (Transfer Project of Introducers Production Lines from Plymouth Minnesota), estimated 3 million in sales per year
• Performed Inventory Transfers from TJ to MIN and TJ to MIN, 450K USD in 8 month period
• Vendor consolidation project for Tyvek Pouches, 1 million USD for 1 years’ worth of production due to revision change and the needed qualifications for new revision
• Performed Planning Support (Introducers & Catheters), PFEP Support
• (Catheters), projected savings of 800K USD
• Procurement of Raw Materials, 1,200 Tubing Materials (Fluortek), 150 metal, plastic and chemical materials (Covidien, RTP Company, Needletech, etc.) for TJ and Plymouth plants using projected forecast
• Coordinated purchase orders and tracked inventory levels to maintain optimal stock availability.

• Established Internal project: Work Center Capacities, leveling work center capacities to meet real time parameters
• Performed Planning Support, Sub-Assembly planning for all product families (780 active Finished Goods)
• Production order scheduling, follow-up for Weekly Production Plan Devices (100 weekly orders) estimated 450K USD Sales per month
• Production order scheduling, follow-up for Weekly
• Production Plan Devices (100 weekly orders) estimated 450K USD Sales per month