Suzzann Yarbrough
Emory,TX
Summary
Talented Purchasing Manager with 30+ years of experience managing and improving procurement operations. Successfully forging strong vendor contracts, sourcing quality products and reducing costs.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Purchasing Manager
E4D Technologies
04.2014 - 08.2024
- Established strong relationships with suppliers
- Sourced new suppliers for custom materials and complex parts including sheet metal and machined parts, cables, molded plastics, and pcb assemblies
- Negotiated pricing based on estimated annual usage experience in expected price range
- Maintained supplier files and completed supplier scorecards
- Balanced purchases based on quality and cost
- Managed and trained 3 Buyers
- Worked on new project development from beginning to production
- Worked with Regulatory Affairs to ensure Purchasing Department abided by UL and FDA requirements
- Worked closely with Engineering to source materials and request drawing changes to minimize quality issues
- Approved Engineering Change Notices (ECN)
- Worked with overseas suppliers
- Changed purchasing practices during supply chain issues and long lead time problems
- Sourced alternate parts
- Managed end of life parts to ensure part coverage until design change
- Worked with Logistics team to reduce shipping cost
- Adjusted lead times to include shipping times to reduce cost
- Worked with Quality Assurance to correct quality issues with suppliers
- Made recommendations for ERP settings to improve purchasing functions
- Evaluated problems associated with Bill of Materials or material set-up
- Worked with Accounting to rectify invoices, credits, or payment issues
- Quoted and sourced material for contract manufacturing customers
Senior Buyer
E4D Technologies
03.2009 - 04.2014
- Purchased materials based on MRP
- Found new ways in ERP system to evaluate MRP issues
- Cleaned up data in ERP system to help purchasing functions
- Sent custom parts out for re-quote to evaluate current pricing
- Participated in Kaizen events
- Participated in Lean Manufacturing Training
- Cleaned up rejected material that had not been managed and set up better practices for returning rejected material to supplier
- Set up Kanban for production supplies
- Set up Vendor Managed programs and made changes as needed
- Pushed for new changes to purchasing practices including stopping engineering from dictating suppliers and making changes to planning and forecasting
Skills
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Cost Reduction
- Supplier negotiation
- Strategic Sourcing
- Procurement Process Improvement
- Supplier Performance Evaluation
- Resourcefulness
- Team Collaboration
- Multitasking Abilities
- Problem-solving abilities
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Regulatory Compliance
- Process Improvement
Timeline
Purchasing Manager
E4D Technologies
04.2014 - 08.2024
Senior Buyer
E4D Technologies
03.2009 - 04.2014
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