Experience

Creative Labs Inc.

• Graphic Design
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchasing Manager

  • Oct 2013 - Present

  Manage quality, cost and on-time delivery of goods and services. Negotiate supply contacts. Issue RFQ's to suppliers. Evaluate vendor quotes and services. Continually monitor and manage inventory levels to ensure adequate supplies for daily operations. Manages PO process, receiving and replenishment of supplies. Manage quality, cost and on-time delivery of goods and services. Negotiate supply contacts. Issue RFQ's to suppliers. Evaluate vendor quotes and services. Continually monitor and manage inventory levels to ensure adequate supplies for daily operations. Manages PO process, receiving and replenishment of supplies.



Despatch Industries

• Master Scheduler

  • Jun 2008 - Nov 2012

  Create, maintain and update master schedules. Ensure sufficient finished goods inventory is available to meet actual and forecasted customer demands while optimizing production efficiency. Provided work direction to members of the Supply Chain and Manufacturing Departments. Managed customer planning programs with Sales and Customer Service inputs. Worked with engineers on ECO's to provide restructuring of jobs. Monitored changes to the BOM for substitutions to ensure the right materials /product is pulled. Responsible for MRP. Acted as primary contact with sales, manufacturing, and logistics, determining resource constraints, and developing plans to achieve customer needs.



KGP TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• United States
• Telecommunications

• Buyer

  • 2005 - 2008



Mercury Minnesota

• Buyer

  • 1993 - 2005