Kevin Johnson
Miami
Summary
Dynamic Senior Procurement Analyst with extensive experience at Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, adept at supplier negotiation and inventory management. Achieved $1.1 million in savings through strategic negotiations and enhanced cash flow via improved Kanban processes. Bilingual in Spanish and English, excelling in cross-functional collaboration and data analysis to drive operational excellence.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Procurement Analyst
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics
01.2022 - Current
- Purchasing experience in various commodities
- Cables and wires, electronic components, metals, and PCBs
- Currently managing over 1,500 parts and 150 suppliers
- Participated in an IMAG Kaizen, a Miami Shin Kaizen Microscan Lean Conversion, and Miami DBS Bootcamp
- Saved roughly $1.1 million in 2024 for inventory by negotiating with suppliers on aging PO's
- Excelled in departmental KPIs (Creating and managing Std/Blanket PO's, keeping parts above safety stock, managing consignment parts, AP Invoice management, mitigating any stock out/Line down situation.) Part Management (Correct sizing, lead times, MOQ) MRP, Bridge/LTB buys, and First Article PO's
- Maintained conformance to all Beckman Coulter policies and practices in an FDA regulated environment
- Trained new employees
- (KB, DBS Tools, ERP) Kanban, Danaher Business Systems, Oracle Procurement
- Identify potential savings opportunities and lead cross-functional initiatives to achieve Purchase Price Variance financial goals
- Improved inventory performance and drove positive cash flow by expanding our Kanban program, adjusting safety stocks, and improving lead times
- Analyze and review demand data to support purchasing and planning decisions
- Manage physical and financial inventory targets while supporting production goals
- Develop purchase orders using forecasting/inventory data
- Negotiated material cost to achieve Purchase Price Variance financial goals
- Maintain positive supplier relationships to achieve on-time deliveries, reschedule purchase orders, and meet quality standards
- Cross functional work with supplier quality, engineering, quality control, shipping/receiving, and accounts payable to meet company policies and FDA regulations
- Proficient in ORACLE, PowerBi, SharePoint, Kanban Process, MRP, DBS
Senior Buyer
Florida Supplement
01.2021 - 12.2022
- Work with suppliers to improve lead time along with cost, quality, and delivery while also working with internal customers and suppliers to resolve issues related to purchased materials, including product/material/service quality, invoicing, and returning
- Create purchase orders for packaging, labels, manufacturing supplies and raw materials
- Timely review order confirmations from vendors, update correct pricing in the system
- Negotiates with vendors to secure the best pricing, payment, and shipping terms
- Cooperates with accounting and distribution teams to ensure damages and miss-ships are logged and credits are requested
- Reviews and submits auto-generated purchase orders; ensures existing orders are delivered on time by monitoring all open orders and contacting vendors as needed
- Liaison between customer service and vendors as it pertains to lead times, price, and possible deviations
Production Planner/Buyer
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
06.2015 - 09.2020
- Responsible for generating process orders and device history record paperwork to support manufacturing as well as the end-to-end management of assigned raw materials
- Helped to lead a team to efficiently create shipping documents for appropriate products and locations while managing reports for packing lines to keep track of inventory in distribution to aid in the schedule of production lines
- Ability to analyze a production schedule and determine raw material requirements on purchased items
- Perform material availability checks, batch assignment, lot number and expiry date creation, device history record creation and maintenance as well as building and maintaining relationships with the manufacturing area
- Use ERP system daily to analyze on-hand inventory and determine if re-order of parts and materials is necessary
- Confirm accuracy of all pricing, quantity, packaging, product information, delivery date, shipping, and terms while placing orders and make certain any changes are made appropriately
- Maintain reorder points, order minimums, safety stock and other critical purchasing module data points in ERP system to ensure accurate buy signals are generated
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Management
Northwood University
West Palm Beach, FLAssociates of Arts - Special Education
Miami-Dade College
Miami, FLSkills
- Fluently bilingual in Spanish and English
- Supplier negotiation
- Inventory management
- Purchase order management
- ERP systems
- MS office proficiency
- Oracle
- SAP
- OTIS
- Process improvement
- Data analysis
- Supplier relationship management
- PowerBI
- CRP/First Aid Certified
- Participated in Kaizen Events
- Active member in the Engagement Counsel
Timeline
Senior Procurement Analyst
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics
01.2022 - Current
Senior Buyer
Florida Supplement
01.2021 - 12.2022
Production Planner/Buyer
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
06.2015 - 09.2020
Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Management
Northwood University
Associates of Arts - Special Education
Miami-Dade College
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