Juliana Carvalho
Brentwood ,CA
Summary
Dynamic Supply Business Manager with a proven track record at Topcon Positioning Systems, excelling in cost reduction and process improvement. Leveraging outstanding analytical skills and cross-functional collaboration, I drive supply chain efficiency and enhance supplier performance, achieving significant savings while ensuring product availability and quality.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Supply Business Manager
Topcon Positioning Systems
05.2024 - Current
- Managed end-to-end supply planning to ensure product availability while controlling costs
- Coordinated with sales, operations, and finance to align supply with business demand
- Led supplier selection, negotiations, and performance management
- Monitored inventory levels, lead times, and service KPIs to improve efficiency
- Identified supply risks and implemented mitigation plans
- Drove cost-reduction and process improvement initiatives
- Analyzed supply chain data and reported insights to management
- Developed comprehensive business plans aligning with corporate objectives, optimizing resource allocation and budget management.
- Managed vendor relationships to negotiate contracts that reduced costs while maintaining quality and service standards.
- Oversaw financial reporting and forecasting, ensuring accuracy and compliance with company policies and regulations.
- Improved operational workflows by identifying areas of inefficiency and implementing appropriate solutions.
- Negotiated contracts with suppliers and vendors, securing favorable terms for the company while maintaining strong relationships.
Senior Buyer
Enervenue
02.2023 - Current
- Achieved cost savings by implementing strategic sourcing and supplier negotiations.
- Improved procurement efficiency by streamlining processes and optimizing supply chain management.
- Enhanced supplier performance through regular evaluations and performance improvement plans.
- Developed strong relationships with suppliers, fostering collaboration and mutual growth.
- Managed a diverse portfolio of products, ensuring timely delivery and quality control.
- Identified new suppliers through market research, generating competitive bids for better pricing.
- Implemented risk mitigation strategies to minimize potential disruptions in the supply chain.
- Negotiated favorable contracts with suppliers, securing optimal terms and pricing structures.
- Optimized inventory management practices, reducing excess stock and minimizing carrying costs.
- Documented purchasing information in Oracle to maintain detailed and accurate records.
- Prepared detailed reports to highlight inventory levels, purchase orders and discrepancies.
Supply Business Manager/ Buyer
Lam Research
04.2021 - 02.2023
- Prepare and raise purchase orders and order schedules, handing shortage parts effectively by closely working with Supplier.
- Negotiating with Suppliers for delivery of purchased commodity and targeted savings.
- Measuring key Supplier OTD metrics on monthly basis
- Identifying and presenting Value Analysis opportunities to Business and exerting influence for change towards cost-effective alternative in Continuous Improvement environment
- Working in close collaboration with Quality Assurance, WH, Logistics, Finance functions in influencing decisions on issue resolution and process adherence
- Maintain end-to-end procurement process to monitoring and reporting on KPI impact of transactions. Performs variety of purchasing functions including analyzing MRP demand and sending out RFQ's, consignment, placing PO's, managing inventory shortages to meet Customer delivery schedules
- Works on escalations; manage allocations/priorities
- Working with suppliers to prioritize deliveries, acting as liaison between supplier and engineer with regards to troubleshooting part drawings redline
- Responsible for procurement business systems data input and integrity; Interacts closely with suppliers and QA to resolve quality issues
- Main contact for customer and planning expedites requests. Establishes confirmed delivery commitments for parts required for status meetings
- Resolve cost holds and AP discrepancies
- Create presentation, white papers, process flow charts to support continuous process improvement programs
- Represent Supply Chain Operations across global organization
- Work cross-functionally with Supply Chain to hold suppliers accountable to commitments and lead times
- Create presentation, white papers, process flow charts to support continuous process improvement programs
- Represent Supply Chain Operations across global organization
Buyer
IDEA US
10.2011 - 04.2021
- Coordinate production, engineer and sales
- Validate slotting profile
- Interaction with ERP
- Prepare report to Business Balance Sheet
- Solve accounts payable discrepancies
- Coordinate materials clear to built
- Monitor Key Performance Indicator
- Worked directly with production personnel to resolve production scheduling issues and conflicts
- Customized ERP production planning and detailed scheduling tools to support factory production initiatives
- Worked with engineering, production and testing departments to implement corrective actions for missed milestones
- Created new production processes by analyzing current workflow and coordinating customer orders based on material availability and production capacity
- Planned and established production schedules and optimized control levels for diversified manufacturing operations
- Checked and researched legislation and laws relevant to planning and applied knowledge to address concerns or enhance department operations
- Conferred with managers, sales teams and engineering personnel to revise plans and achieve demanding targets
- Created timetables and production commitments using data from sales forecasts
Education
Business Administration
IBMEC Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSkills
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Integrate insights
- Outstanding analytical skill
- Excellent planning & organizational skills
- Deliver to promise
- Team player
- Analytical Thinking
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Portuguese
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Full Professional
Timeline
Supply Business Manager
Topcon Positioning Systems
05.2024 - Current
Senior Buyer
Enervenue
02.2023 - Current
Supply Business Manager/ Buyer
Lam Research
04.2021 - 02.2023
Buyer
IDEA US
10.2011 - 04.2021
Business Administration
IBMEC Sao Paulo