Experience

Aisin World Corp. of America
• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee
• MRO INDIRECT BUYER

  • May 2023 - Present


AW North Carolina

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care

• INDIRECT MATERIAL PLANNER

  • Jul 2018 - Present

• MRO BUYER - INDIRECT MATERIAL

  • May 2016 - Present

  Purchasing of Cutting Tools used in the manufacturing of automotive transmissions. Closely work with suppliers, domestic and overseas to insure on time deliveries. Management of expedite requests and new tooling registrations. Other responsibilities include data entry and tracking of Scrap, Tooling Cost Savings, including Kaizen, and generation of Sub Contract purchase orders.Cross Training in Chemical purchasing for manufacturing and waste water treatment.



Micro Measurements a VPG Brand

• Senior Buyer - Instruments Operations

  • Aug 2013 - May 2016

  Purchasing of electronic components, hardware, metals and pcb's to support the manufacture of Data Acquisition Devices. Support Engineering in material changes and Quality in resolving supplier related issues. Purchasing of electronic components, hardware, metals and pcb's to support the manufacture of Data Acquisition Devices. Support Engineering in material changes and Quality in resolving supplier related issues.



Jackson Gardens

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

• Owner

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2013

  2013 will be the last year for my biz! I tentatively plan to continue with the Wake Forest Market, but I will be scaling back most all products except Blueberries! We have 100 bushes so we plan to continue selling these healthful and tasty berries! I am back in the market for a full time position in the electronic/technology field, with a focus on Purchasing or Engineering Support. Contact info: Email - jacksongardens.creedmoor@gmail.com Cell - 919-880-1607 2013 will be the last year for my biz! I tentatively plan to continue with the Wake Forest Market, but I will be scaling back most all products except Blueberries! We have 100 bushes so we plan to continue selling these healthful and tasty berries! I am back in the market for a full time position in the electronic/technology field, with a focus on Purchasing or Engineering Support. Contact info: Email - jacksongardens.creedmoor@gmail.com Cell - 919-880-1607



Catalyst Manufacturing Services

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

• Senior Buyer

  • May 2002 - Jun 2009

  Knowledgeable with sourcing and buying RoHS Compliant and Lead-Free Products. Responsible for reviewing material requirements and issuing purchase orders as required. Management of purchase orders to ensure material is delivered on time. Assist customer in researching alternates for obsolete or unavailable material. Compile customer bills of material for quoting by approved suppliers. Analyze data received for customer quotes and provide finalized pricing and availability to Program Management, in a timely fashion. Assist Engineering in resovling component issues. Proficient use of MAPICS MRP system. Proficient with Microsoft Excel and Word. Show less



MCMS

• Insurance
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Tech

  • 1998 - 2002

  Coordination of all functional groups involved in the introduction of new product or product upgrades. Responsible for reviewing, assigning and tracking applicable action items, via meetings and the Engineering Impact Statement (EIS) database. Maintain prototype build schedule, along with tracking critical dates. Assist in resolving issues that could potentially impact build starts or scheduling. Conduct pre-production meetings with engineering and program management to ensure successful transition from prototype builds to high volume manufacturing. Responsible for management of specific product lines, including implementation of customer engineering and process related changes. Coordinate implementation of changes with various groups, including Materials, Purchasing, Test Engineering, Process Engineering, Program Managers, and Documentation. Responsible for the updating of manufacturing documents, along with the coordination of process deviations. Identify and resolve issues with customer engineering changes, during preliminary prototyping and manufacturing stages. Creation and maintenance of customer BOM via Baan. Creation and printing of custom labels, per customer specifications. Assist in and coordinate prototype builds for new product lines and vendor qualifications. Interface with onsite vendors to procure new programmed devices, resulting from firmware updates. On time completion of special projects. Create and update product routings and operations via the SFDM tracking system for manufacturing and field return packs and systems. Show less



Nortel

• Norway
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Admin Specialist

  • 1994 - 1998

  Coordinated design and process changes for Product, Test, Process, and Industrial Engineering. Created revision controls and documentation lineups for approximately 500 new product releases, annually. Coordinated team of approximately 20 Engineers from Test, Manufacturing, Industrial, and Material groups, to document and released approximately 1100 Engineering and Process related changes per year, into manufacturing. Prepared controlled documentation lineups for Prototyping activities during New Product introduction programs. Represented Product and Process engineering on the Change Implementation Board. Ownership of ISO procedure for MCIL process. Identified and resolved issues with design documentation during initial manufacturing preparation stages. Assisted in streamlining the manufacturing change order process. Provided front line user support for the electronic quality tracking system (QTS). Aided in the development and delivery of the QTS training module. Maintained and updated user accounts for QTS. Maintained and updated product release and product structures in QTS. Troubleshot and resolved most issues involving data integrity in QTS. Inspected circuit packs, built using though-hole and surface mount technologies, to Nortel Quality Corporate Standards. Tested Base Transceiver Stations for resistance and voltage readings. Tested circuit pack assemblies utilizing Teradyne test equipment. Manually assembled circuit packs. Show less



Nortel Networks

• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • 1985 - 1993

  Modified and repaired field return circuit packs. Inspected completed circuit pack assemblies for visual defects. Insured product was to Bell Core specifications. Cross-trained on test equipment: Genrad, Faultfinder, and System test equipment. Provided on the job training for circuit pack assembly, tool applications, and ESD procedures. Provided front line user support for electronic quality tracking system (Boardwatch). Wired and cabled DMS 100 digital switching equipment per customer specifications. Assembled cables using assembly drawings. Wired shelf assemblies using assembly drawings. Gained knowledge of Rework/Repair area through cross training. Show less