Randy Smith
Spokane Valley,WA
Summary
Materials Management Professional with 28 years of experience in material planning and supply chain management focused on corporate goals and objectives. Exceptional negotiation skills, attention to detail, goal-driven, well-organized team player with trustworthy leadership abilities. I am passionate and engaged in cross-functional collaborative efforts that facilitate a holistic approach toward the success of corporate goals and objectives. I am reliable with well-established skills in all facets of operations materials management.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Buyer
Purcell Systems Inc. an EnerSys Company
Spokane Valley, WA
09.2021 - 01.2024
- Responsible for daily monitoring of supply chain activities of multiple commodities for configurable thermal modular outdoor enclosure equipment with SAP.
- Researched potential new vendors, evaluated their capabilities, and established relationships with approved vendors.
- Identified opportunities for cost savings through strategic purchases or alternative products and suppliers.
- Evaluated supplier proposals against predetermined criteria such as price, lead-time, and quality assurance.
- Generated purchase orders, reviewed invoices, and negotiated terms and conditions of agreements with vendors.
- Participated in cross-functional MDI (Management for Daily Improvement) Lean initiatives and managed departmental metrics for cross-functional management review.
Sr. Buyer
Raycap Inc.
Post Falls, ID
09.2017 - 05.2021
- Managed supply chain activities for multiple electrical components, PCBA's, cable assemblies, and various commodities in support of wireless Telecom customers.
- Managed all product sales forecast for customer requirements within SAP.
- Monitored vendor performance metrics and addressed any issues in a timely manner.
- Developed and implemented a collaborative material shortage report, which led to the elimination of daily cross-functional meetings between the supply chain and production planning.
- Managed inventory levels by monitoring stock consumption against hard order demand and forecast conversion to customer orders.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to meet customer requirements and market demands.
Master Scheduling Manager
Sunshine Minting Inc.
Coeur D'Alene, ID
12.2012 - 09.2017
- Developed, wrote, and implemented the material shortage report, customer on-time-delivery metric, and various other operations related reports through the use of Crystal Reports.
- Developed and implemented operations reporting capabilities from Crystal Reports and Macola ERP for daily production status for multi-site production facilities.
- Monitored staff performance and addressed any personnel issues.
- Coached, mentored, and trained team members in order to improve their job performance.
- Managed and led the customer service lead-time order fulfillment process of customer backlog, ensuring all customer support activities were communicated to all key operations personnel, management, and staff.
Materials Manager, Supply Chain, & Planning
General Dynamics Itronix Corporation
Spokane Valley, WA
06.1996 - 07.2009
- Analyzed sales forecast and managed the aggregate master production schedule in Exact Max ERP for monthly SOP (Sales & Operations Planning) meeting with sales and corporate executives.
- Managed and led the daily planning, production, and shipping team meeting to ensure production plans, customer on-time-delivery and associated corporate goals were achieved.
- Managed all planning personnel across the facility to support $150 million in revenue.
- Championed cross-functional participation between planning, purchasing, product line management, program management, engineering, client services, and document control teams to improve collaborative communication and organizational efficiency.
- Collaborated with other departments such as Production, Purchasing, Quality Control to ensure that raw materials were available when needed.
- Planned work schedules according to customer requirements while optimizing labor resources.
- Participated in multiple NPI's (New Product Introductions) and managed several products through their life cycles from NPI to EOL (End of Life).
Security Forces Specialist
United States Air Force, USAF
Spokane, WA
09.1989 - 07.1995
- Provided armed security to Fairchild AFB nuclear weapons, systems delivery vehicles (B-52's) and nuclear weapons storage areas.
- Interacted with individuals entering or leaving restricted areas.
- Conducted physical security checks of buildings, equipment, and personnel.
- Ensured compliance with security protocols and regulations.
- Issued, received, and inventoried all Security Police Squadron weapons, ammunition, radios, and equipment daily as a member of the 92nd SPS Armory.
Education
MBA - Business Administration
Eastern Washington University
Cheney, WA12-2011
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ05-2005
Skills
- Strategic Sourcing
- Supplier Negotiations
- Data Mining & Analysis
- Supply Chain Optimization
- Global Procurement
- Cost Analysis
- Risk Assessment
- New Product Introduction
- SAP ERP Expertise
- Forecast Management
- Demand Planning
- Supply Planning
- Key Performance Indicators
- LEAN Methodologies
- RFP & RFQ
- Contracting
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Sr. Buyer
Purcell Systems Inc. an EnerSys Company
09.2021 - 01.2024
Sr. Buyer
Raycap Inc.
09.2017 - 05.2021
Master Scheduling Manager
Sunshine Minting Inc.
12.2012 - 09.2017
Materials Manager, Supply Chain, & Planning
General Dynamics Itronix Corporation
06.1996 - 07.2009
Security Forces Specialist
United States Air Force, USAF
09.1989 - 07.1995
MBA - Business Administration
Eastern Washington University
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
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