Mario Garcia
Hialeah,FL
Summary
Experienced of over 20 plus years in management field. Excellent reputation in problems solving and improving operation, Consistently saved costs while increasing profits, customer satisfaction, and increasing operations profits. Experienced [Purchasing/ material and shipping & receiving manager] with background working in fast-paced shipping environments moving merchandise of diverse sizes and types. Keeps work areas neat with strong housekeeping skills. Organized, dedicated and focused on going above and beyond requirements to contribute to team success. Enthusiastic willing to take on any task to help organization's mission succeed. Pleasant, hardworking and reliable with great interpersonal skills.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
PURCHASING/ MATERIAL AND SHIPPING & RECEIVING MANA
Landing Gear Technologies MRO
10.2023 - Current
- Lead procurement strategy in a 10% plus decrease in procurement cost in different commodities.
- Implemented new procurement process resulting in a 15% plus in efficiency.
- Developed and maintained relationships with key suppliers and negotiated favorable terms.
- Served as procurement subject matter expert and managed supplier relationships.
- Developed and maintained procurement/ purchasing polices, and new process in accordance with the company regulations.
- Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders to ensure procurement goals were met.
- Work closely with engineering, quality, production, purchasing to address any quality and delivery issues.
- Work closely with inventory integrators to ensure timely JIT deliveries to the production.
- Negotiated prices and contracts with suppliers to optimize savings and ensure quality.
- Analyzed market trends and monitored changes in pricing to identify potential cost savings.
- Coordinate with purchasing, distribution, and supply chain personnel to identify continuous improvement opportunities to refine operations.
- Utilize ERP/ MRP system to manage supply chain, purchasing, and inventory control activities and analyze data across the location to identify errors and discrepancies.
- Oversee LGT inventory valued of high-end commodities, included analyzing inventory levels, managing purchasing activities, coordinating shipments, local and international.
- Monitored cycle count on a daily basis.
- Creating and implementing KIP’s for Stockroom, Shipping and receiving an Purchasing department.
- Overseeing the operation of 3 departments, Purchasing, Stockroom, and Receiving department.
- Improved warehouse efficiency by implementing a new organization system for incoming and outgoing shipments.
- Streamlined the shipping process, resulting in reduced shipment turnaround times.
- Ensured accurate inventory control by conducting regular audits and maintaining detailed records.
- Reduced errors in order fulfillment by implementing a barcode scanning system for picking and packing items.
- Collaborated with other departments to resolve any discrepancies in shipment contents or delivery issues.
- Maintained a safe working environment by adhering to safety protocols and promptly addressing potential hazards.
- Increased accuracy of received goods through meticulous inspection upon arrival and proper documentation of any discrepancies.
- Trained new team members on company policies, procedures, and best practices in shipping and receiving operations.
Material/ MASTER PLANNING
Raytheon (RTX) Collins Aerospace Landing Gear MRO
08.2022 - 09.2023
- Create plans, forecasts and schedules materials planning to meet operational requirements
- Ensure all materials are in accordance to quality and technical specification requirements
- Optimize inventory planning using data inputs such as demand, past usage trends and sales forecasts
- Expedite and manage material delivery from local & overseas suppliers
- Work closely with engineering, quality, production, purchasing to address any quality and delivery issues
- Work closely with inventory integrators to ensure timely JIT deliveries to the production
- Conduct analysis on material costs, identify opportunities for optimization, cost savings, and Make recommendations based on findings
- Monitor data input from SAP material system or other IT system to ensure data accuracy
- Review data integrity for the Bill of Materials (BOM) and Drawings, evaluate usage and cost of materials
- Review and analyze Scrap Material vs
- Inventory on hand balance
- Conduct Material shortages at assembly and Production area, as per Material availability vs
- Material issued
- Monitor, analyze budget against actual to drive inventory optimization or other strategic buying opportunity, at site or regional level
- Support Engineering on BOM, S/O's, Material configuration and program reconciliation for A380 program
- Supporting A380 program and Engineering on S/O's shortages delivery for our customer
- Develop and prepare presentation for material, shortages, and A380 status in the monthly basis
- Assist in employee training activities
- Analyze existing processes for performance and affectivities
- Managing daily stockroom activities
- Analyze and determinate the most efficient way to manage Obsolete material.
Profecional Licesed Family Service Counselor
SCI Inc/ Dignity
01.2020 - 08.2022
- Counsel Family’s mange all at-need arrangements and transactions sales
- Counsel Families manage all pre-need arrangements and transactions sales
- Register and complete, and review all legal paperwork and Legal Contracts (Civil and Military Veterans)
- Provide information regarding policies and procedures on products lines and services
- Prepare and process a variety of legal documents including contracts
- Connects with families through listening, honest communication and genuine concern.
Supervisor of Elections COORDINATOR
Broward County Supervisor of Election Government Center
08.2019 - 12.2019
- Conduct and supervise all public elections in Brevard County
- Register voters and issue voter information cards at the department, and supervise the process
- Remove voters from the registered voter rolls who no longer live in Florida, are deceased, or for any other reason are no longer eligible to vote in Florida, and supervise the process
- Supervise the Change information on registered voter rolls when a change request is received (e.g., name, address, party affiliation)
- Supervise the advance notice of election to voters who are overseas, in the military, or who request notification
- Supervise the process of mail ballot requests and send, receive and verify mail ballots
- Supervise and Qualify candidates for county offices
- Receive candidate campaign finance reports for county offices and make them available to the public
- Receive financial disclosure reports from elected county officials and make them available to the public
- Maintain election equipment
- Hire and train poll workers
- Acquire and equip polling places
- Maintain statistics on election results, voting history and voter registration
- Verify petition signatures for initiative petitions and candidate qualifying petitions
- Maintain precinct information, including a listing of streets and parts of streets that are in each precinct.
Senior Supply Chain Material & Packaging Manager
Del Monte Fresh Produce
10.2011 - 04.2019
- Plans, organizes, and controls the activities related to the assigned procurement function
- Organizes, manages, and directs the work of the employees in the assigned procurement function; overseeing the assignment of duties, responsibilities and workstations to employees; approves personnel actions such as new hire requests and discharges, to ensure proper staffing - provides final approval for overtime needs
- Prepares instructions regarding purchasing systems and procedures
- Analyzes market and delivery conditions to determine present and future material availability, and prepares market analysis reports
- Ensures that total costs are identified and optimal savings are realized throughout the entire purchasing process
- Develops a system to evaluate vendor quotations that utilizes appropriate negotiation and procurement techniques to ensure quality, price, delivery, and service
- Designs, implements, manages and monitors procurement reporting systems to meet company requirements
- Recruits and maintains suppliers that provide high-quality products and service at a better price while maintaining the highest code of ethics and conduct
- Prepares and issues Purchase Orders and Change Notices
- Reviews Purchase Order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy
- Assigns procurement requests to the appropriate personnel
- Negotiates or supervises the negotiation of complex requests for equipment, supplies, and services from suppliers and subcontractors
- Maintain existing suppliers, and further Develop relation
- Develop new suppliers
- Cooperate with our Purchase Team with large amount of commodities and PO's/Blankets PO's
- Responsible from Supplier development, all the way to Container arrival and Quality Control
- Reported to Sr
- Director, Fresh Cut/DC/Re-Pack of North America Operations with primary responsibilities for management of the fresh-cut fruit segment and participating as Project Manager for new divisions (Mulberry, Virginia and Canada)
- Oversee proper flow of materials, and purchasing, Packaging and material prices for 23 fresh-cut and DC sites
- As monthly as per production schedule, production lines and assure performance is in the line at Final POU, Primary responsibilities included procurement of packaging supply, capital equipment, product development, (new protein salad line), and vital supplies & services for daily continuity of the fresh-cut and distribution business, improved business process by restructuring, developed and implemented new Material and inventory systems and methods
- Successfully help to implement a JIT program that saved the company over $10 Million year over year in reduced cost of packaging, transportation, and inventory carrying costs
- Developed an inventory and re-ordering control process via Oracle that reduced total overall cost by 15% by leveraging the purchase volume of 11 fresh-cut locations
- Responsible for reviewing, evaluating, and recommending suppliers to the company in order to reduce overall costs and to stay informed of new products and technologies in the marketplace
- Establishes and maintains a comprehensive material status; obsolete identification and resolution, Responsible for Manage material process, purchases and inventory operation in 23 referent’s Division, Managing the flow of Orders and Purchase Orders from all the divisions and commodities
- Work closely and assist sales department on customer dues
- Discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action
- Release proper documentation for the creations of new Item numbers, descriptions and collect the Art work/ Engineer Drawing from the manufactures according with production requirements
- Initiate Forecast according with Sales department per sales projections or historical Orders for 23 divisions
- Oversee the Material movement from divisions with Transportation Management Team
- Oversee and Manage the Material Inventory status and PO's of 23 Divisions, review and update material report and discus with Material Specialist in all the divisions
- Manage Inventory level process and maintain ERP's/ MRP's status Report process
- Manage 23 divisions to maintain the average Material days in Inventory process at 20 Days or less
- Create process improvements for all the divisions and Manage areas to improve the Material flow
- Supervised, coached, and trained Material Reps from all the division
- Implemented training for new recruits
- Maintain a team-oriented environment that ensured the high company standards
- Continuous process improvement for all divisions
- Employee empowerment and development Purchasing, Packaging, and Material process
- Collaboration with all other operating units
- (Budget Supervisor)
- Committed to promote high ethical standards
- Internal Relationships: Purchasing, Production, Receiving, Shipping, Design Packaging Engineering, Quality, and Executive Management Staff.
Supply Chain Material, Buyer planer & REPAIR CORDINATOR
(Master Air Aviation Service)
01.2007 - 11.2012
- Released proper documentation in a timely manner to ensure adherence to production requirements
- Bought/Sold large amount of Aviation parts by ALS and monitoring Material Inventory, and PO’s in Quantum
- Initiated large amount of purchase requisitions for production orders and sales as appropriate
- Utilized Kan-Ban and Master Scheduling tools to analyze consumption trends, plan complex and long-lead items, Built Kan-Ban set up when appropriate
- Oversee scheduling, tracking, and status of supplier deliveries to ensure adherence to production and sales requirements
- Internal Relationships: Purchasing, Production and sales Contracts, Accounts Payable and Management
- External Relationships: With various suppliers in and out of US.
Supply Chain Procurement Manager Specialist
Aerotek Aviation (Wood Group Turbo Power)
09.2010 - 09.2011
- Oversee proper flow of materials and Parches as monthly production schedule, production lines and assure performance is in the line at Final Assembly
- Establishes and maintains a comprehensive material status; shortage identification and resolution
- Responsible for procuring large amount materials/ others commodities and component supplies at favorable cost consistent with quality and schedules by obtaining quotes
- Managing quote or commodity items for stock purchases
- Place, create and negotiate large amount Purchase Orders (PO's) and contracts for all type of commodities and make recommendations to managers on buying patterns/trends
- Work closely with sales department on customer past dues
- Discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action
- Release proper documentation in timely manner to ensure adherence to production requirements
- Initiate purchase requisitions or production work orders as appropriate
- Utilize Production Master Scheduling tools to analyze consumption trends, plan complex and long-lead items
- Oversee scheduling, tracking and status of supplier deliveries to ensure adherence to production requirements and ensured timely dock-to-stock material flow
- Internal Relationships: Purchasing, Production, Receiving, Receiving Inspection, Shipping, Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Contracts Administration, Accounts Payable and Management Staff
- External Relationships: Multiple suppliers in US and overseas.
Supply Chain Buyer/Production Planner
Aerotek Aviation (Pacific Scientific Aviation Service)
08.2009 - 08.2010
- Oversee proper flow of materials as per Kan-Ban, QC/QA, and 2 Bin System to production lines and assure performance is in the line at Final Assembly
- Establishes and maintains a comprehensive material status; shortage identification and resolution
- Responsible for procuring materials and component supplies at favorable cost consistent with quality and schedules by obtaining quotes
- Managing queue or commodity items for stock purchases
- Place Purchase Orders (PO's) all type of commodities and make recommendations to managers on buying patterns/trends
- Work closely with sales department on customer past dues
- Discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action
- Release proper documentation in timely manner to ensure adherence to production requirements
- Initiate purchase requisitions or production work orders as appropriate
- Utilize Kan Ban and Master Scheduling tools to analyze consumption trends, plan complex and long-lead items, Built Kan-Ban set up when appropriate
- Oversee scheduling, tracking and status of supplier deliveries to ensure adherence to production requirements and ensured timely dock-to-stock material flow
- Internal Relationships: Purchasing, Production, Receiving, Receiving Inspection, Shipping, Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Contracts Administration, Accounts Payable and Management Staff
- External Relationships: Multiple suppliers in US and overseas.
Principal Lean Manufacturing Route Material Manager
Beckman Coulter Inc.
02.1993 - 08.2009
- Supervised, coached, and trained 27 new Material and Logistic employees on Lean Manufacturing
- Implemented training course for new recruits for production
- Maintain a team-oriented environment that ensured
- Continuous process improvement
- Employee empowerment and development
- Collaboration with all other operating units
- (Budget Supervisor)
- Oversee the proper material flow as per MRP, GMP, and QC/QA, Kan-Ban and 2 Bin System to large Hematology Production lines and assures performance is in the line with the Final Assembly, shipping, Customer Orders and Test MBU Goals and Objectives and improves the material Process through all Final Assembly and test area, also helping to implement Lean Manufacturing Principals Throughout Instrument Manufacturing Operation
- Performed all duties related to material transactions and QC/QA to ensure parts availability to the production area
- Verified that materials are conforming and meets specifications according to quantity, weight and appearance
- Ensured that good manufacturing practices were carried out in the area that I was responsible for; this ensured the delivery of quality parts to my customers (POU)
- When required operated a forklift or pallet jack to ensure materials were moved to their right locations in a timely manner
- Unpacked and checked goods received against purchase order invoices and storage specifications
- Maintained records received goods
- Rejected unsatisfactory items
- Prepared goods for shipment and maintained records of shipped goods
- Performed all productions duties related to Final Integration, Testing Hematology Instrument, troubleshooting and promptly taking corrective action, as per GMP, BM, Test Procedures, Method Sheets and Final Inspection Procedures, prepared necessary documentation for the testing and validation done to operational equipment, Final Inspecting and have Instrument ready to be ship
- Extensive experience and background in the assembly and installation of electronic components and machine parts, on job sites and production lines
- Skilled in troubleshooting and promptly taking corrective action; reading and interpreting blueprints/bills of materials; adhering to safety policies, procedures, Method Sheets and codes.
Education
Associate of Arts - Industrial Electronic Engineering
Miami Dade College
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Electronic Engineering
Eduardo G. Delgado Institute school of Business
Skills
- Supply chain and inventory management
- Supply chain experience
- Supply chain distribution
- Material and supply coordination
- Supply chain Buyer/ planning
- Material and supply inventory
- Government Supervisor (Civil & Military)
- Supply chain duties
- APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional
- Supply chain operations
- Supply chain forecasting
- Supply chain management
- Positioning equipment and materials
- Material logistics proficiency
- Government Functions
- Manage Civil & and Military private data
- Loan originator (including Building Projects)
- Real Estate investor and negotiator
- Florida Public Adjuster Licensee
- Florida Professional Family Counselor (Funeral and Cemetery Licensee)
- Vendor Relations Strong procurement and Product skills
- Leadership Skills, Planning/ Buyer & Organizing Skills, Judgments & Decision Making Skills, Vendor Management, Sales and, Negotiation Skills
- Software Skills SAP, Oracle, Quantum, ALS Crystal Report, VIsaer, and VIsaer report, Data 3, MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Arrow Cares, Access, Lotus Note, Microsoft Out L Data III, MRP (AS400), Wasp Technologies (Bar Code Labeler), MLS, HMIS Loan, HMIS Loan Originator Software
- Inventory Transactions, FDA, GMP, ISO's, Lean Manufacturing, Kan-Ban and 2 Bin System JDE, JIT
- Expertise on system and process improvement
- Management experience in Packaging development, Purchasing, Inventory Material development systems
- Experience Sales, Network Administrator
- Very Enthusiast, Positive Attitude and Team player, very good ability to influence Coworkers, Good Negotiator, Speak English and Spanish, training & Development coworkers, Recruiting Strategies, and Process Improvement
- Effective Communication
- Inventory Management
- Warehousing Operations
- Shipping procedures
- Teamwork and Cooperation
- Interpersonal Skills
- Safety Procedures
- Relationship Building
- Attention to Detail
- Self-Motivated and Independent
- Inventory Software
- Warehouse Software Systems
- Workflow Planning
- Vendor Relationship Management
Certification
- ISO 9000's
- GMP
- FDA
- APICS Principals
- MRP
- PCN
- BM
- Method Sheets
- Test Procedures
- Final Inspection Procedures
- Documentation Specialist
- Management Seminars
- Lean manufacturing training by Toyota City
- Florida Professional Public Adjuster Licensee
- Florida Professional Family Counselor Licensee
Timeline
PURCHASING/ MATERIAL AND SHIPPING & RECEIVING MANA
Landing Gear Technologies MRO
10.2023 - Current
Material/ MASTER PLANNING
Raytheon (RTX) Collins Aerospace Landing Gear MRO
08.2022 - 09.2023
Profecional Licesed Family Service Counselor
SCI Inc/ Dignity
01.2020 - 08.2022
Supervisor of Elections COORDINATOR
Broward County Supervisor of Election Government Center
08.2019 - 12.2019
Senior Supply Chain Material & Packaging Manager
Del Monte Fresh Produce
10.2011 - 04.2019
Supply Chain Procurement Manager Specialist
Aerotek Aviation (Wood Group Turbo Power)
09.2010 - 09.2011
Supply Chain Buyer/Production Planner
Aerotek Aviation (Pacific Scientific Aviation Service)
08.2009 - 08.2010
Supply Chain Material, Buyer planer & REPAIR CORDINATOR
(Master Air Aviation Service)
01.2007 - 11.2012
Principal Lean Manufacturing Route Material Manager
Beckman Coulter Inc.
02.1993 - 08.2009
Associate of Arts - Industrial Electronic Engineering
Miami Dade College
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Electronic Engineering
Eduardo G. Delgado Institute school of Business
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