More than 15 years’ successful experience in procurement/strategic sourcing/negotiating/contracts/customer service and support with recognized strengths in account maintenance, exceptional problem-solving and troubleshooting, sales staff support, sourcing, buyer and planning/implementing proactive procedures. A self-motivated individual with goal orientated objectives. A team player and recognized as a “Flexible Customer Service Professional.” Managed and established variance analyses, processed payroll reports and filings. Maintain excellent oral and written communication skills. Invoice Reconciliation, Strong Strategic Negotiator, Project Management, and Progress Tracking/Reporting knowledge base. Results-oriented Sourcing Specialist with demonstrable experience developing profitable purchasing strategies and supplier relationships by sourcing materials, equipment and supplies. Skilled in conducting market research and using different search engines to locate potential sources. Excellent communication skills and working knowledge of MRP/ERP programs and business software to achieve maximum results.
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Laura Cortina
Tomball,TX
Summary
Overview
12
years of professional experience
Work History
MOGAS Systems & Consulting
Sourcing Specialist/Exports
05.2021 - Current
Job overview
- Efficiently plan and schedule material for third party fabricators
- Ensure production and shipping schedules are met while minimizing the number of on-hand materials
- Manage Buyers and help when needed
- Negotiate contracts, terms, and conditions and MSA’s
- Maintained all cost information on managed project
- Contact different suppliers/vendors to negotiate the best pricing
- Research, resolve, and approve payment of vendor invoices
- Collaborated with international teams to streamline strategic sourcing parts and cost
- Place and manage open orders of $50MM+ monthly spend
- Create processes and new documents for the project
- Oversee buyers and collaborate virtually
- Organize and oversee the shipments from domestic and international suppliers
- Prepare and process all required documents and permits for shipping purposes
- Manage interface relationships between several departments and suppliers.
CST Industries
Buyer
12.2017 - 07.2020
Job overview
- Efficiently plan and schedule material for production and plan shop orders
- Ensure production and shipping schedules are met while minimizing the number of on-hand materials
- Apply efficient planning and excellent problem-solving skills to reduce production cycle time up to 90%, significantly increasing on-time shipments
- Maintained all cost information on managed projects
- Contact different suppliers/vendors to negotiate the best pricing
- Research, resolve, and approve payment of vendor invoices
- Collaborated with international teams to streamline strategic sourcing parts and cost
- Place and manage open orders with more than $1MM monthly spend
- Lead and manage the request for outsourced suppliers, ensuring a thorough evaluation and selection process.
ALCON
Buyer/Planner
09.2016 - 12.2017
Job overview
- Efficiently plan and schedule material for production and plan shop orders
- Ensure production and shipping schedules are met while minimizing the number of on-hand materials
- Apply efficient planning and excellent problem-solving skills to reduce production cycle time up to 90%, significantly increasing on-time shipments
- Maintained all cost information on managed projects
- Training/Mentoring of new employees
- Interface with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Shipping/Receiving to expedite receipt or rework of non-conforming material in order to meet $1MM monthly asset shipment target
- Container shipments to Belgium, contacting forwarder to schedule with the port
- Run daily queries to manage each part number and communicate with corporate
- Create schedules to keep production aligned and running each day
- Interface with buyers to avoid stocking out and expediting materials.
AMOT
Buyer/Planner
04.2014 - 08.2016
Job overview
- Efficiently plan and schedule material for production and plan shop orders
- Ensure production and shipping schedules are met while minimizing the number of on-hand materials
- Apply efficient planning and excellent problem-solving skills to reduce production cycle time up to 85%, significantly increasing on-time shipments
- Calculate price structure with supplied customer BOM’s
- Contact different suppliers/vendors to negotiate the best pricing
- Maintained all cost information on managed projects
- Training/Mentoring of new employees
- Interface with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Shipping/Receiving to expedite receipt or rework of non-conforming material in order to meet $2MM monthly asset shipment target
- Collaborated with international teams to streamline strategic sourcing parts and cost
- Negotiated 250K in savings a year with consolidation of vendors.
Baker Hughes
Buyer II
08.2011 - 04.2014
Job overview
- Efficiently plan and schedule material for complex production projects involving thousands of unique parts and multiple vendors
- Ensure production and shipping schedules are met while minimizing the number of on-hand materials
- Apply efficient planning and excellent problem-solving skills to reduce production cycle time up to 50%, significantly increasing on-time shipments
- Place and manage printed circuit board assembly open orders in excess of $2MM monthly and maintain over 400 production orders daily while achieving a better than 90% on time shipping record
- Research, resolve, and approve payment of vendor invoices in supplier portal and SAP
- Implement planning and procurement requirements on over 30 weekly Engineering Change Orders to ensure manufacturing is building to current design revision
- Ensure vendor performance by monitoring cost, on-time delivery, and quality reports with established KPI’s and drive corrective action as needed
- Interface with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Shipping/Receiving to expedite receipt or rework of non-conforming material in order to meet $24MM weekly asset shipment target
- Training/Mentoring of new employees
Education
University of Phoenix
Bachelor’s from Business Marketing
2013
University Overview
Skills
- Proficient in MRP based modules –SAP, Intuitive, AS400, IFS 75SP5, JDE, D365, Infor CloudSuite, Syteline
- Excellent working knowledge using MS Projects, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Supplier Performance Evaluation
- Critical Thinking
- Profit Margins
- Supply Chain & Materials Management
- Contract Negotiation
- Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
- Price Dispute Resolution
- Supplier Partnerships
- Exemplary Communication Skills
- Vendor Relationship Management
- Strategic Initiatives
- Technical Industry Knowledge
Accomplishments
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of 25 in the development of a new project of engineering and construction of five modular structures.
- Supervised team of 5 staff members.
- Achieved savings by combining suppliers and providing knowledge to the shop with accuracy and efficiency.
- Exceed customer expectations by opening communication barriers.
- Update Open Orders reports on approximately 50MM in sales.
- Promoted to Lead Service professional based on positive track record as well as Customer Feedback.
- Created customer satisfaction survey, drastically reducing potential problems.
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
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Timeline
Sourcing Specialist/Exports
MOGAS Systems & Consulting
05.2021 - Current
Buyer
CST Industries
12.2017 - 07.2020
Buyer/Planner
ALCON
09.2016 - 12.2017
Buyer/Planner
AMOT
04.2014 - 08.2016
Buyer II
Baker Hughes
08.2011 - 04.2014
University of Phoenix
Bachelor’s from Business Marketing
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