Experience

Transaxle Manufacturing of America Corporation

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• International Buyer

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  International buyer of all OEM steel shafts and gears for the assembly of transmissions for our customer John Deere. I purchase these gears and shafts from Indian companies (Bharat Gears, Sanjeev Automotive, Involute) and Korean companies (Prosol, USJ Ningbo, Seil) and a Japanese company (Kanzaki) International buyer of all OEM steel shafts and gears for the assembly of transmissions for our customer John Deere. I purchase these gears and shafts from Indian companies (Bharat Gears, Sanjeev Automotive, Involute) and Korean companies (Prosol, USJ Ningbo, Seil) and a Japanese company (Kanzaki)



Bürkert Fluid Control Systems

• Measuring and Control Instrument Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Buyer/Planner

  • Dec 2015 - Jan 2017

  •MRP controller for Burkert’s Micro-fluidics segment (2.5 million dollars of the company’s profits) where I purchase material for the manufacturing and assembly of products for the food and beverage, medical, gas, and energy industries. List of customers include: Fresenius, Ventenna, Hypertherm, and Pepsi. •MRP controller for Burkert’s Micro-fluidics segment (2.5 million dollars of the company’s profits) where I purchase material for the manufacturing and assembly of products for the food and beverage, medical, gas, and energy industries. List of customers include: Fresenius, Ventenna, Hypertherm, and Pepsi.



Vallen - Formerly Industrial Distribution Group (IDG)

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Procurement Specialist

  • Mar 2012 - Dec 2015

  •Purchasing specialist with 5 years’ experience buying industrial products, cutting tools, abrasives, paint/tape, chemicals, hand tools, power tools, PIP/safety items, and electrical material for various manufacturing customers nationwide. •Successfully manage million dollars’ worth of inventory for domestic and international accounts including manufacturing giants: Honeywell Aerospace, Ingersoll Rand, Goodyear, Caterpillar, Ford, Case New Holland, Kennametal, and Apex Tool Group.•Proven ability to increase service level, turns, and cost savings resulting in decreased inventory costs on average of $30,000 per plant, average inventory turns of 10, and average service level of 99.74%•Work with customs and freight forwarders to ensure cost effective and timely ordering of domestic and overseas products. •Analyze sales trends at customer sites to project high season usage and adjust ordering methods to maintain optimal service level and turns.•Hold weekly team leader’s meetings and monthly area manager’s meetings to discuss goals, daily challenges, and department productivity using various metrics that are provided by the system in the form of excel spreadsheets, pivot tables, and the access database. •Aim to get the best possible rates and contracts with vendors by using my sourcing and negotiating skills to optimize client procurement product savings.•Currently working with an internal ERP system called SX.e asset management software by Infor Global Solutions. This system has allows IDG to successfully convert our customers’ existing asset software solutions to SX.e so that we can manage all inventory effectively and securely using one database.•Selected for implementation team to assist with the conversions and set up of new sites where we convert SAP, Maximo, and various customer ERP systems into our current ERP system by setting up product lines, convert unit of measures

• Procurement Specialist

  • Mar 2012 - Dec 2015

  •Purchased industrial products, cutting tools, abrasives, paint/tape, chemicals, hand tools, power tools, PIP/safety items, and electrical material for various manufacturing customers nationwide. •Successfully managed million dollars’ worth of inventory for domestic and international accounts including manufacturing giants: Honeywell Aerospace, Ingersoll Rand, Goodyear, Caterpillar, Ford, Case New Holland, Kennametal, and Apex Tool Group.