Lead Buyer

• Jun 2021 - Present

- Develop Request for Quotes (RFQ) to suppliers. Review supplier proposals and ensure all terms and conditions are met. - Create purchase orders to maintain stock levels and demand for parts, raw material, outside services, and Engineering Services to support Engineering and Production Programs. - Monitor costs to adhere to program budgets, and produce data in support of program status reports. - Coordinate approval of all suppliers through close coordination with the Quality organization. - Establish and coordinate supplier terms and conditions to meet the company and customer requirements. - Manage suppliers for quality and on time delivery. - Setup of new suppliers, part numbers, and outside services. - Work with suppliers to expedite part deliveries when needed, track part shortages, and provide updates on part status in support of ongoing programs. - Planning and scheduling of parts and installation kits requirements associated with manufacturing jobs and released engineering utilizing an ERP system. - Interpret engineering part lists, drawings, and bill of materials (BOM). - Quality and FAA requirements for part certifications, FAIs, PMA, Conformities, and the paperwork required in support of each. - Assist Receiving, Planning, Quality and Engineering to solve part discrepancies and work with suppliers on Return Material (RMAs), part revisions, and corrective actions. - Provide data to support internal quoting activity with cost and lead times. Show less

Procurement and Product Manager Senior // KAM

• Dec 2016 - Jul 2022

 Support Supply Chain, Distribution, Customer Service and Finance on the life cycle of products, including preparation, shipping and receiving managing a Sales Budget of over 10 million US$.  Maintain a network and cooperate with all involved stakeholders in identified projects, bringing new products, developing around 350 SKU’s  Address inventory and receiving issues as identified inventory value 6MM$ and savings on logistics more than 100K a year.  Implement contractual obligations maintained and compliant  Establish, Track and Tend KPI  Develop season catalogues, product selection and sourcing, 8 seasons catalogues, 20 seasonal flyers and ecommerce webpage.  Manage department budget based on annual forecast. Increased in 4 years in over 120%. Show less

Senior Engineering Project Manager

• Feb 2007 - Aug 2016

© Assumed lead role in resolving various post shipment problems and issues pertaining to defective goods, shortages and/or averages, and returns that resulted to total customer satisfaction; the efforts increased the number of referrals and repeat business © Significantly improved team performance by stablishing and utilizing KPI method in assessing the team’s output; submitted results to shareholders to facilitate high-stake decisions © Successfully built and fostered strong business relationship with new and existing customers/investors through high-level presentation, which brought more than $500K worth of revenue Show less

Purchase Coordinator

• Feb 2003 - Feb 2005

Logistics

• 1996 - 2001

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