Experience

BluePrint Automation (BPA)

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Buyer

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  ➤ Negotiating and maintaining relationships with suppliers, purchasing project related components, aftermarket, MRO, and raw materials through managing inventory stock levels for providing innovative packaging automation solutions. ➤ Accurately maintaining ERP parameters related to purchasing within ERP to give customers a clear expected delivery of product while ensuring 98% uninterrupted and timely support of product to Operations and customers served. ➤ Reviewing and generating purchase orders based upon replenishment parameters derived from MRP, min-max parameters, and manual purchase order creation to meet expectations of stock availability and orders shipped on time. ➤ Negotiating with suppliers regarding price, lead time, ordering quantities, shipping terms, and delivery expectations. ➤ Verifying purchase orders and part file pricing or inventory to clearly communicate part availability and costs. ➤ Communicating defective or unacceptable product, services, equipment, and receipts with users, suppliers, or receiving to determine sources of problem, perform root cause analyses, and resolve disputes in an expedited manner. ➤ Resolving compliance or delivery discrepancies by to less than 3% and maintaining clear, timely communication to procurement customers for assembly, fabrication, or aftermarket concerning the progress of product deliveries. ➤ Evaluating and maintaining data accuracy by resolving invoice errors and ensuring accuracy in ERP while working closely with production scheduling and aftermarket to maintain planning parameters to meet inventory expectations. ➤ Finding sources, negotiating pricing for new products, and resourcing existing products when needed as well as reviewing data and history with suppliers, monitoring annual performance metrics, and developing improvement plans. Show less



Consecutive Contract Positions

• Buyer/Planner

  • Jan 2015 - Jan 2017

  ➤ Completed consecutive positions as a contract buyer working in power solutions, manufacturing, and tech solutions. ➤ Sourced and managed inventory for key client account and led merchandising to drive sales for the organization as well as saved more than 20% in inventory costs through relationship building and skillful negotiations. ➤ Sourced suppliers while negotiating optimal pricing or delivery terms, resolved Shipping and Accounts Payable issues, supported R&D department purchasing, and oversaw all aspects of Return Merchandise Authorizations. ➤ Managed supplier relationships to negotiate best products at mutually favorable rates and to ensure on-time delivery as well as streamlined processes to improve operational efficiencies to achieve $150K in annual cost reductions. ➤ Analyzed market trends to optimize product offerings as well as established pricing in conjunction with client guidelines to meet financial goals while overseeing product mix to achieve maximum gross profit dollars and customer satisfaction. ➤ Worked with MRB to RTV all discrepant material and handle payment issues, supported team members for build of a government contract, and scrubbed BOMS for accuracy to purchase materials to the correct revs. Show less



Harvest Automation Inc.

• United States
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Buyer

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

  ➤ Entered forecast to create demand for planning and procurement of all materials to ensure required product on hand. ➤ Led all activities related to late orders, expedited orders with suppliers, created purchase orders, monitored inventory levels, and communicated with or solved problems for suppliers or internal departments for robotic manufacturing. ➤ Represented plant interest or needs with Category Managers and procurement leadership by acting as the company's ambassador to suppliers while working closely with Engineering for quote and purchase of materials for NPI. ➤ Managed day-to-day business relationships with suppliers through supporting activities including ordering, communicating demand/volume/delivery time changes, issue resolution, and following up on backorders. Show less



Thermo Fisher Scientific

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Buyer/Planner II

  • Jan 2011 - Jan 2014

  ➤ Developed and implemented procurement standards at assigned locations as well as worked closely with local and regional finance teams to expedite receiving and AP processes for portable analytical chemical detection devices. ➤ Planned, negotiated, and ordered material requirements to support the manufacturing build plan, created or negotiated Kanban and blanket orders for constant material flow, and participated in MRB to process returns for rework or credit. ➤ Contributed to a cost savings goal of $200M through creating process efficiencies while collaborating effectively across different organizational levels, functions, businesses, and geographies to realize procurement goals and objectives. ➤ Negotiated long- or short-term transactions with vendors including creating and implementing strategic purchasing plans company-wide while collecting and gathering data on potential suppliers and carriers to make savings recommendations. ➤ Ran MRP reports on a weekly basis, monitored inventory levels, created purchase orders, conducted price negotiations with vendors, and planned LTB quantity according to product trend history and production projections. Show less



Various Companies

• United States
• 700 & Above Employee

• Previous Work History

  • 1992 - 2010

  Buyer/Planner II – Candela Laser Corporation, Wyaland, MA – 2006 to 2010 Senior Buyer/Planner – Instrumentation Laboratories, Lexington, MA – 2000 to 2005 Buyer/Planner – Signal Technology Corp., Beverly, MA – 2000 GN Netcom – 1999 to 2000 Strato/Infusaid Horizon Medical Products, Manchester, GA – 1997 to 1999 Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA – 1997 Buyer/Assistant Buyer – Strato Medical Products/Pfizer, Inc., Beverly, MA – 1992 to 1997 Buyer/Planner II – Candela Laser Corporation, Wyaland, MA – 2006 to 2010 Senior Buyer/Planner – Instrumentation Laboratories, Lexington, MA – 2000 to 2005 Buyer/Planner – Signal Technology Corp., Beverly, MA – 2000 GN Netcom – 1999 to 2000 Strato/Infusaid Horizon Medical Products, Manchester, GA – 1997 to 1999 Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA – 1997 Buyer/Assistant Buyer – Strato Medical Products/Pfizer, Inc., Beverly, MA – 1992 to 1997