Yury Moises Ferris
Senior Buyer - Team Lead at MSHS- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Job Skills: Supply Chain and Operations
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Business Acumen for Project Managers
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Implementing Supply Chain Management
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Leading Remote Projects and Virtual Teams
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Lean Foundations
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Learning SAP MM (Materials Management)
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Managing Logistics
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Operational Excellence Foundations
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Six Sigma Foundations
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Careers in Supply Chain and Operations
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Ken Blanchard on Servant Leadership
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Learning SAP SD (Sales and Distribution)
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Learning Word 2019
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Project Management Foundations: Procurement
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SAP ERP Essential Training
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Supply Chain Foundations
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Supply Chain and Operations Careers: Certification Tips and Tricks
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Understanding Logistics
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Purchasing Foundations
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Experience
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MSHS
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United States
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Engines and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Buyer - Team Lead
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Oct 2022 - Present
Assist the Supply Chain Manager to develop strategies and procedures to improve performance and efficiency within the Purchasing Department. Coach and lead the team of coordinators and buyers to continuously encourage a sense of ownership for new responsibilities while tracking their productivity. Work closely with Human Resources on tasks like recruitment of new talent, interviews, selection, and onboarding process. Nurture and maintain close relationships with vendors and suppliers. Prepare and assign ERP reports to members of the department for ensuring on-time deliveries and timely payments to our vendors. Collaborate in the development, rollout, and evaluation of Standard Operation Procedures and workflows for several departments. Complete performance evaluations for the purchasing team. 🔗 Continuous oversight over the purchasing coordinators' team and buyer. 🔗 Delegation and assignment of new responsibilities/projects to the purchasing team.🔗 Guided the collaboration effort alongside the purchasing team to decrease the number of overdue purchase orders by 87% during the first 120 days after the implementation of the new ERP.🔗 Cooperated effectively in bridging disagreements impacting core business functions by fomenting a sense of cross-collaboration with critical internal customers.🔗 Assisted in developing cross-training sessions between the Parts Order Fulfilment team and the Purchasing Department.🔗 Closely collaborated in mapping processes that are inherent to Supply Chain activities. Show less
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Senior Buyer
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Apr 2022 - Present
Control and manage the proper issuance of purchase orders coming from different streams via approved requisitions for internal customers. Coordinate in conjunction with expediters the timely flow of materials and products through the supply chain by communicating with other departments within the organization. Closely collaborate with the Planner’s team to improve and streamline the process for inventory purchases. Analyze and customize weekly pending orders reports for prioritizing the follow-up task.🔗 Spearheaded the implementation and transition of the new ERP system within the Purchasing Department.🔗 Collaborated in streamlining the processes for purchase order issuance.🔗 Oversaw and collaborated in the development and improvement of SOPs for the department.🔗 Improved the conversion rate for Requisitions into Purchase Orders by an average of 40%.🔗 Executed alternate reporting initiatives within the new ERP system for tracking meaningful KPIs. Show less
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Sumtec International Corp.
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Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
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Senior Purchasing Agent
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Jul 2003 - Mar 2021
Presided over the purchasing budget for procurement of materials, supplies, equipment, and services for a distributor for North and South America of industrial tools and supplies of top brands such as Ingersoll Rand, Graco, 3M, Apex Tools, Snap-On, Unified Industries, ZSI-Foster, Harrington Hoists, among others. Liaised between domestic suppliers to analyze sales forecasts vs. historical sales, ensuring supplier performance, lead-times accuracy, and upcoming levels of demand to develop a purchase plan. Created inventory spreadsheets on functional metrics, and reported cost and scenario analysis to the general manager. 🔗 Secured relationships with suppliers to ensure continuous improvement in the delivery of goods and services. 🔗 Established a brand-new branch in Miami that served as the international operations center for the company. 🔗 Streamlined end-to-end process of purchasing, increasing efficiency by 30%. 🔗 Negotiated special representation terms for brands to be distributed outside the natural market. 🔗 Established a strategy of kitting which improved reliability in inventories stock levels and delivery of service parts for customers in the assembly and manufacturing business. 🔗 Reduced the purchasing budget costs by 9%. 🔗 Saved the company 6% in total inventory costs by eliminating underperforming products. Show less
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Las Vegas Sound, C.A.
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Caracas, Federal District, Venezuela
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Senior Buyer
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Apr 2000 - Jan 2003
Oversaw a $1.2 M budget at the international purchase department for entertainment products (CDs, D.V.D.s', cassettes, consumer electronics, etc.). Holder of the following subsidiaries: Town Records Group, Anes Records, Top Records, MAI Records, (Bogotá – Colombia). Negotiated favorable terms, volume discounts, and long-term contracts with domestic and foreign suppliers; determined quarterly and annual purchasing budgets. Attended annual shows along with the marketing team to submit suggestions for commercializing new lines of products. Held regular meetings with suppliers, supervisors, and store managers to assess potential delays and customer dissatisfaction. 🔗 Developed training clinics for supervisors, store managers, and salespersons for new product releases. 🔗 Spearheaded and launched an international purchase department where CDs, DVDs, other blank media, accessories, and consumer electronics constituted approximately 17% of the total purchasing budget. 🔗 Rolled out a system and flow process to improve lead times by 20% for foreign and domestic purchases. 🔗 Designed stocks analysis procedures and step-by-step import and export processes key to decision-making during planning stages, the introduction of new products, and seasonal periods. 🔗 Advised on coordination and procedures in international commerce to a sister company, MAI Records, Ltd. 🔗 Organized an alternate on-time delivery methodology developed in its entirety by the newly established department to reduce domestic transportation costs, freight forwarders, and storage fees by approx. 11% for the first two years. 🔗 Negotiated and collaborated with domestic suppliers to reduce the time of restocking from 21 to 14 days. Show less
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JOMA Distributors, C.A.
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Caracas, Federal District, Venezuela
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Buyer
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Jan 1995 - Mar 2000
Directed shipping and receiving of imported and domestic products and facilitated business developments including receiving, storing, and shipping inventory and freight negotiation. Oversaw a $1M purchasing budget for the following product lines: home appliances, consumer electronics, blank media, and audio/video accessories. Collaborated with the Purchasing Department to analyze monthly or quarterly budgets, inventory levels, and document timetables/delivery schedules to submit statistics reports to the General Manager. Diagnosed escalated cases and determined solutions and processes to mitigate future customer dissatisfaction. 🔗 Advised the purchasing, marketing, and sales teams on new commercialization strategies to enhance workflow. 🔗 Partnered with the General Manager to restructure the Purchasing Department and create the Operations Department based around standard operating procedures. Purchasing Department experienced a 70% increase in monthly handling capabilities of total import processes in under two years. 🔗 Built strategic, long-lasting commercial relationships with domestic and international freight forwarders. 🔗 Negotiated effectively with the Purchasing Department resulting in a 6% decrease in products and service costs. 🔗 Improved the transit period of products by more than 26% resulting in standard maritime operations’ shipping times dropping from 4 to 3 weeks and aerial shipments dropping from 8 to 6 days. 🔗 Oversaw incorporation of standard operating procedures at a new office location in Miami, FL. 🔗 Established a network of new service centers to care for all warranty claims, comprised of 31 locations distributed nationwide. Approved candidates as future authorized service providers. Show less
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Education
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2022 - 2024
Institute for Supply Management
Certified Professional in Supply Management, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management -
1996 - 2001
Universidad José María Vargas
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management, General -
1993 - 1996
Instituto Universitario de Nuevas Profesiones
T.S.U. (Associate's degree), Advertising & Marketing
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