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- Business professional with over 15 years experience in Procurement and Supply Chain management in roles of increasing responsibility. Excellent communicator with the ability to translate company and departmental goals into practice. Experienced people manager capable of bringing a diverse team together to achieve business requirements. Recognized for expertise in:
Supply Chain Methods Team Building Inventory Control
Cross Functional Teams New Product Launch Cost Reduction
Commodity Management Negotiating Upstream Production
Machining/Fabricating Supplier Management Time-to-Market Strategies
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GE Oil & Gas, Hydril USA Manufacturing LLC , Houston, Texas 2007-2009
Purchasing Manager
• Improved Supplier On-Time Delivery to 81% in 2009, up from 58% in 2008 by focusing Sourcing team on improving communication with suppliers and monitoring delivery dates.
• Conducted Supplier meetings to provide information on new direction of sourcing department and our goals for improving on-time delivery to 90% and quality to 98% .
• Developed Buyer training program for weekly presentations during Sourcing staff meetings.
• Analyzed Safety Stock and proposed reduction of on-hand value by $9.9 million by identifying and removing safety stock on items that are not moving or are slow moving.
• Manage team of 6 Buyers onsite and 1 offsite with annual spend of over $63 Million.
• Source, develop and maintain relationships with suppliers for outside services including machining, coating, and heat-treating.
• Work with Production, Planning, and Receiving to expedite parts and resolve issues.
• Coordinate expediting efforts with Project Procurement to ensure timely delivery of projects.
• Develop and present Purchasing reports to upper management.
OYO GEOSPACE, Houston, Texas 2004-2007
Purchasing Manager
• Manage Purchasing for $75 Million Seismic OEM.
• Reduce inventory 25% on Instrument components from $9 Million to $7.1 Million through effective management of forecast and scheduling of materials.
• Negotiate pricing and supply issues with Suppliers.
• Global Sourcing with companies located in Russia, China, Japan and other countries.
• Evaluate and develop inventory reduction strategies.
STEWART & STEVENSON, Houston, Texas 2003-2004
Consultant (Contract) – Supply Chain
• Perform Strategic Sourcing for heavy equipment.
• Evaluate quotes for validity, price, and accuracy for over 2000 purchased
parts over a 60-day period.
• Reduce backlog of open Purchase Orders.
• Analyze Procurement processes and provide recommendations for improvements.
GOODMAN MANUFACTURING, Houston, Texas 2002 – 2003
Sourcing Manager – Corporate Procurement
• Act as liaison between Corporate Procurement and Manufacturing regarding Supply and System issues with daily communication between plants.
• Develop and implement supply strategies for critical shortages through extensive contact with suppliers to determine if all aspects of meeting delivery requirements have been explored.
• Lead cross-functional teams to ensure material availability during mold rework by analyzing material requirements for period when the mold tool would be in the shop.
• Manage Commodities with annual spend of $25 million.
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, Houston, Texas 2000-2002
Commodity Manager – Consumer Options Procurement
Managed team of 3 Buyer/Planners to acquire PC Options including monitors, printers and accessories with an annual spend of $36 million.
• Reduced past due fulfillment orders from over 30 days to fewer than 7 days through development of a daily report to monitor late orders.
• Established and maintained inventory buffer levels based on forecast information provided by Sales, ensuring material availability for customer orders while minimizing on-hand inventory.
• Developed a strategy to reduce inventory through Supplier-owned Hubs by transferring larger volume commodities to Supplier-owned inventory reducing inventory value from $4 million to $1.5 million.
• Supported new product launches through coordination/communication with Corporate Procurement/ Marketing/Sales to insure successful implementation of new option offerings.
• Created action plan for product delivery improvements to resolve critical shortage of Samsung monitors by reallocating monitor manufacturing from Asia to Mexico, reducing lead-time by 8 weeks.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science – Purchasing & Materials Management
University of Houston-Downtown
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Managing @ Compaq
Successful Negotiation Skills
Advanced Purchasing Strategies
Advanced Purchasing Law
CRP/MRP Module (APICS)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Institute for Supply Management (formerly NAPM)
NAPM-Houston, Inc. – President 1997-1998
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