Experience

Electro Cables Inc

• Canada
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Puchasing and Inventory Manager

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  • Maintain an approved supply base (approx. $20M spend). • Control all contracts, biddings, provide directions to the Purchasing Team. • Ensure all requisitions, bids, POs, contracts, related certificates and communications are maintained in Sharepoint and physically filed for audit. • Supervise the team and determine work priorities and ensure timelines are met. • Implement, improve and manage the sourcing and inventory strategies to ensure compliance with the standards set by corporate policies and the business plan. • Implement the performance measurements necessary to effectively evaluate supplier performance and trends in quality, services, and customer satisfaction. Uses the results of evaluation to target improvement efforts. • Manage inventory levels, maintain stock rotation, maintain the database, evaluate and suggest improvement activities for better inventory control and forecasting. Ensure strong collaboration, clear direction and teamwork. • Manage purchasing contracts, develop new vendors, participate in the development of new products and alternative materials. • Provide effective communication, manage delivery schedules, liaison between quality, engineering and suppliers to resolve quality and performance issues. Show less



Magna International

• Canada
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Buyer

  • Feb 2020 - Mar 2022

  · Maintain an approved supply base (approx. $100M spend). · Managing Forward Lighting for America’s (Canada, US, Mexico and Brazil). · Preparation of RFQ packages, analysis of supplier quotations/biddings. · Determine supplier risks by reviewing legal issues, financial, quality and delivery ratings. · Maintain purchasing records, process internal eRequisitions and issue Purchase Orders as required. · Recommend sourcing decisions based on cost, quality, delivery and financial stability. · Negotiation of all commercial aspects of assembly, raw material and electronics components, tools/equipment’s, supplies, indirect and services purchases. · Review insurance from suppliers for tooling kept at their facility. · Drive supplier assembly cost savings through on-going negotiations, VAVE and resourcing. · Drive component cost savings by working with Semiconductors, LED’s, PCBA’s, Connectors and other discrete components. · Support program launches through participation in the PDP process. · Implementing Purchasing processes and procedural improvements. · Aid in resolving supplier quality and/or delivery issues as they arise. · Escalation point for Engineering, Finance, Quality, Materials and other departments. · Facilitate contract terminations by working with Magna Legal team. Show less



CANCOIL

• Canada
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Supply Chain Planner

  • Feb 2016 - Feb 2020

  • Responsible for getting quotes against purchasing, and maintenance requisitions to satisfy the price and lead-time. • Generate PO's on ERP, transmit to suppliers and verify the sales acknowledgement meets the requirement. • Track local orders, book the freight and ensure the lead-time meets production expectations. • Track import orders, process the import documents for clearance and arrange delivery to local warehouses or customers, ensure it is received in ERP. • Adhere to ISO standards, track supplier’s issues, concerns and initiate Supplier Non-Conformances as necessary. • Maintain up to date Vendor Management in ERP system. • Oversee replenishment process and maintain stock to pre-agreed levels as per SyteLine ERP. • Communicate regularly with sales, customer, and other stakeholders on supplier issues and opportunities. • Process damaged goods and short/overage shipment claims from receipt to settlement. Isolate root causes and decide corrective actions. • Coordinate cross-functionally to requests such as credit, debit and payments. Recommend improvement opportunities to current processes and procedures. Show less



Uniworld Logistics

• India
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Inventory Manager

  • Feb 2012 - Dec 2015

  • Managing the inventory of the auto-vertical sector part of the warehouse. • Supplying JIT materials to Hyundai and provide support for changes to their production plans. • Monitor and maintain inventory data integrity by executing the cycle counts and annual inventory counts. • Manage vendor returns, arrange for quality inspection and process them. • Monitoring shipments, transfers, returns and deliveries of products to/from branches. • Research root cause of inventory discrepancies and coordinate implementation of corrective actions. • Challenge the status quo by developing and recommending modification to existing processes and methodologies with a constant focus on continuous improvement and financial integrity. • Calculate, prepare and issue documents related to accounts such as invoices, inventory reports and other documents. • Succeeded in achieving 100% Inbound and Outbound KPI by managing inventory and having in-depth product knowledge. Special Project Executed • Managed the Supply Chain for Uniworld Logistics E-Commerce division. • Implemented business modules along with Agile-Labs as they developed Axpert ERP to ensure smooth operations between Sourcing, Warehousing and Sales/RMA Management. • Produced SOP for Warehousing and Supply Chain operations. • Coordinated with Warehouse Branches for initial setup and execution. Show less



Visiongain

• United Kingdom
• Market Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Digital Marketing Manager

  • Feb 2011 - Feb 2012

  • Designed training programme for new members of the sales team. • Promoting senior level conferences and industry reports to global industries by distributing the report samples/data and providing insights of the upcoming conference events. • Contributing to the business development projects on how to increase the efficiency and productivity of the sales department. • Providing ad-hoc support to management team by researching and implementing effective marketing techniques. • Managed E-Marketing campaigns and also assessed successes/failures by evaluating best business practices. Show less