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OBIE DURU

Bakersfield,CA

Summary

Seeking a challenging role to leverage strong negotiation skills, strategic sourcing expertise, and ability to build and maintain supplier relationships to drive operational efficiency and contribute to the success of a progressive organization. Demonstrates outstanding interpersonal customer service skills with unique ability to nurture cross departmental collaboration. Committed to resolving problems and maintaining accurate metrics and reports.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Procurement Specialist/CTSR

Schlumberger company California
02.2021 - 10.2023
  • Responsibilities include managing all materials procedures onsite including tracking usage, inventory, replenishment, and distribution. Coordinated and managed purchase orders for all non-subcontract efforts and expedited material to improve working capital and resolved all floor shortages.
  • Maintained procurement of complex, high value goods and services, provided strategic support such as working with contract Manager in support of material needed. Worked with suppliers and Accounts Payable department to close supplier invoice issues and resolve open commitments.
  • Negotiated priorities with suppliers, with ability to change contract dates on purchase orders to meet program need dates. Worked within MRP system to identify/track purchase orders and to prevent production material shortages by identifying and expediting necessary shortages.
  • Communicated supplier invoice discrepancies and worked with supplier and accounts payable to close invoice issues and resolved open commitments to ensure timely payment of invoices. Managed company’s supply of products, materials, and/or services and evaluate suppliers to obtain best agreement possible on goods that are needed for manufacturing operations.
  • Followed policies and procedures to ensure timely and economical procurement of all material, parts, assemblies, equipment, and services. Interfaced directly with supply base to tracked and managed quality and delivery performance directly impacting Supplier Performance Metrics.
  • Coordinated with engineering and quality organizations to determine cause of rejected material and to drive appropriate changes to ensure elimination/reduction of those quality issues Placed POs based on MRP planning messages for production parts and via email signals, if required
  • Diagnosed and resolve purchase order discrepancies and invoice issues. Monitored status of open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery of all orders, including timely resolution, communication, and mitigation of future potential problems.

Inventory Control Analyst

Pharmavite INC
03.2013 - 02.2021
  • Managed inventory control activities, identified, investigated, and resolved inventory discrepancies which resulted in meeting and exceeding 99.6% standard inventory accuracy rate in company.Worked closely with the Operations Managers to executed inventory related tasks across all locations such as transfer, cycle counts/physical inventory, purchased decisions and asset retirement.
    Developed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to support operations teams in conjunction with any new system functionality to ensure process stability and consistency; support development of training content for these procedures to cascade to operations teams
  • Managed three warehouses and coordinated physical inventory counts program and daily inventory reconciliations for materials and finished goods in timely manner. Coordinate with engineering and quality organizations to determine cause of rejected material and to drive appropriate changes to ensure elimination/reduction of those quality issues.
  • Performed inventory procedures and replenished according to site usage and requirements, evaluated minimum and maximum inventory levels. Managed material requisition process and collaborated with site to ensure efficient inventory levels. Took lead on non-conformance issues, worked with various departments to ensure all administrative duties were performed and procured material within specifications.
  • Reviewed logistics processes and procedures; identified and implemented improvements to maximize delivery efficiency while minimizing costs. Executed the inventory strategy and aligned global inventory levels of Production Services departments to meet appropriate levels and balance cost to meet budgetary goals.
  • Performed root cause analysis of inventory variance, and prepared periodic inventory analysis reports for management, suggested improvements as necessary and continuously improving quality of support activities. Evaluated and analyzed inventory reports, deliveries, shipments, trends, and product levels to improve inventory control procedures. Maintained inventory tracking system to record deliveries, shipments, and stock level

Logistic Control Specialist

CACI - System ware
02.2012 - 03.2013
  • Managed inbound & outbound freight, shipper & carrier communication, problem-solving, and order management. Reviewed material requisitions issued to the stockroom to ensure material is properly allocated.
  • Coordinated with freight forwarders to expedite documentation and ensured timely delivery of international and domestic shipments. Managed all inventory in warehouse and ensured proper handling, and packaging of goods and materials. Inspected material received to determined irregularities and rejected defective ones.
  • Ensured accurate accounting of and disposition of defective or damaged products. Pulled kits according to work orders received from Production Planning Department and distributed accordingly, issued miscellaneous material requirements to Manufacturing, test, and Engineering departments.

Order Management Specialist

Agilent Technology Former, Formal Hewlett Packard Company
08.2001 - 10.2009
  • Performed sales order support functions such as customers' order acknowledgment, generation of support quote contracts, and managing, customer orders and shipments. Aided internal customers and Agilent worldwide customers in areas such as sales, order fulfillment processes, and customer service requests. Interfaced with customers, sales, and service representatives to handle variety of pre-sales or post-sales service functions.
  • Generated quotations with proprietary database, reviewed accuracy in pricing, discounts, and product list, managed direct customer orders, inter-company orders, export orders, supporting online customers
  • Resolved average of 550 inquiries in any given month and consistently met performance benchmarks in all areas (speed, accuracy, volume).
  • Proactively communicated manufacturing and engineering changes of new products released schedules issues to customers, resulted in increased customer satisfaction and complete product reliability.

Education

Master’s Degree - Business Administration, Management

University of Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona

Bachelor of Science - Business Management

San Jose State University

Skills

  • Technical Skills:
  • Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook Information Access, ERP systems such as SAP, JDE, and Seibel Ability to mine data from in-house ERP using Excel, SQL, and Power BI to enable decision making

Timeline

Procurement Specialist/CTSR

Schlumberger company California
02.2021 - 10.2023

Inventory Control Analyst

Pharmavite INC
03.2013 - 02.2021

Logistic Control Specialist

CACI - System ware
02.2012 - 03.2013

Order Management Specialist

Agilent Technology Former, Formal Hewlett Packard Company
08.2001 - 10.2009

Master’s Degree - Business Administration, Management

University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Science - Business Management

San Jose State University

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