Experience

Troy Innovative Instruments

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Representative

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  Troy Innovative provides complex and high precision contract manufacturing solutions for a variety of industries: medical implants, medical devices & instruments, dental implants, military, defense, firearms, and industrial components. We want to make it easy to do business with us through great communication and really understanding the needs of our customers. We share our expertise in engineering and manufacturing processes to ensure a smooth start-up from prototyping through production. Show less



Synrg Corp.

• PRESIDENT/FOUNDER

  • Jun 2007 - Present

  Championed the building and development of new retail, wholesale and online business from the ground up. Manage all aspects of operations to include sales, negotiations, business development, contracts, financial management, marketing, and administrative management. • Successfully created and implemented a strategic plan to support wholesale and retail customers in the PEX plumbing and propane markets. • Formulate operating budgets and budget forecasting; track budget expenditures. • Develop and maintain human resource systems, policies, procedures, and goals that aligned employee performance with the organization's mission, strategy, and business objectives. • Create and implement strategic business plans that meet organizational goals and objectives. • Track sales results versus individual objectives; initiate annual and monthly revenue tracking and reporting, and handle contract processing. • Create, implement and ensure compliance to all operational policies and procedures. • Oversee all aspects of marketing and brand identity to achieve the greatest number of sales in the marketplace; develop advertising campaigns, marketing materials and literature. • Lead proactively in identifying trends, potential areas of growth and weaknesses; address areas in order to positively position service offerings within the geographic market. • Deliver status reports in quarterly meetings and communicate sales progress to management. • Recommend and implement improvements to the internal sales process to improve communications. • Assist in the development and launch of new product and service lines. Show less



Wright Medical

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Buyer

  • Jun 2015 - Mar 2019

  Manage the coordination of direct material purchase orders (POs) from creation to delivery at destination, while partnering with the Global Supply Chain Planning team, and assisting in implementing the production plan. Coordinate purchase orders from creation to delivery, ensuring delivered cost and service levels are achieved, while maintaining sufficient inventory levels. • Develop reports and analyses that provide insight to PO status and improvement opportunities. • Work with supply partners to collaborate on production schedules when necessary as PO priorities shift, issues develop, or risks need to be managed. • Monitor PO status to achieved targeted delivery dates; communicate delays and risks with supply partners to trigger informed resolution. • Manage relationships with suppliers to drive more efficient production, shorten lead-times and reduce total delivered costs. • Complete monthly forecasting cycle; optimize inventory levels and turnover, and incorporate aged inventory analysis into the sales and operations meeting. • Manage forecast and capacity plans for new product introductions, and coordinate introduction and removal of inventory items necessary to support sales. • Manage product revisions requiring the recall of products in the field; plan the exchange of modified materials. Show less



Uponor Wirsbo

• COMMODITY PURCHASING MANAGER

  • May 2001 - Jun 2007

  Managed and oversaw the sourcing, purchasing, and procurement of critical plastic injection, screw machined and forged brass components, and stampings. • Managed negotiation of complex contract terms, pricing and conditions; requested bids and proposals to source the most competitive vendors. • Assisted in defining a grading system to identify performing and non-performing suppliers, to include total costs. • Recommended appropriate metrics for assigned commodities to drive supplier and commodity performance goals. • Analyzed and recommended revisions to the statement of work or specification, and assisted in the development and constant revision of the procurement plan as part of a cross-functional design team. • Strategically reviewed and improved processes to reduce costs and implement best practices; measured performance. • Implemented a strategic supplier program that resulted in improved delivery performance and quality. • Identified and resolved MRP related issues that resulted in efficiencies, better planning and inventory turns. • Recommended and implemented improvements to the ECO process to improve communications. • Led multiple departments including Suppler Quality and Marketing in the tackling of new projects. • Served on the ISO 14000 implementation team. Show less



Visual Circuits

• Guatemala
• Design

• SENIOR BUYER

  • Aug 1999 - Apr 2001

  Managed total responsibility for global sourcing, negotiation and procurement of goods and services. • Successfully improved company-wide budgeting process by leading a cross-functional team in the development of strategic requisition procedures and guidelines. • Established revision control through partnering with internal team members in the ECO development process. • Cultivated key relationships with critical domestic and international suppliers for continuous support of long-term growth. • Greatly reduced operating expenses by instituting and managing a transition from consignment to turn-key. • Led the negotiation of cost reductions totaling approximately $800k in 2000. • Participated in the development of a cycle count procedure and reporting system to maintain accurate inventory. • Defined purchasing requirements for the successful implementation of new business software to support expanding business. Show less



Fieldworks Computing

• SENIOR BUYER

  • Aug 1997 - Aug 1999

  Led all aspects of the sourcing and purchasing of PCBs and electrical components. • Participated on a team tasked with reducing the supplier base through the development and cultivation of select key suppliers. • Reduced operating expenses by $200k by managing the entire transition from consignment to turn-key. • Partnered in the development of internal and external work order processes to ensure accuracy. • Developed and initiated strict supplier quality standards in conjunction with engineering and quality departments. • Utilized MRP to acquire goods for planning and production. Show less



FSI International

• United States
• Semiconductors

• BUYER

  • Jan 1993 - Aug 1997

  Sourced and purchased various commodities and services, to include sheet metal, metal and plastic machined components, electronic components and complete assemblies. • Increased on-time delivery by 30% in first twelve months by partnering with suppliers • Represented purchasing department on Oracle-based manufacturing system implementation team; drove improvements to company-wide business processes. • Defined requirements, trained staff, accomplished transition and facilitated the resolution of any issues. Show less