JOSE ALFREDO MUÑOZ COVARRUBIAS
Tijuana
Summary
I'm a highly skilled Buyer planner with a proven background, more than 15 yrs of experience , executing purchases, forecasting, planning, managing inventories, maintaining mrp parameters, logistics, customer service oriented focusing on business continuity and supplier development, hi communication skills to achieve and contribute towards the COMPANY GOALS.
Accomplished Buyer Planner specializing in procurement and supply chain management. Expertise in developing master production plans, optimizing inventory, and driving supplier performance, ensuring business continuity and operational efficiency.
Overview
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Certification
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17
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Buyer Planner raw material / Metals / FG
Alliance Air Products
09.2025 - Current
- Elaboration of the Master production plan MPS- to ensure on time delivery of goods, based on the availability and capacity of goods.
- Analyze MRP with SAP system to assure demands forecasting is aligned with projections according to policies and procedures of the company SIOP
- Managed capacity restrictions of goods and resources, proposing solutions to complete production plans on schedule.
- Schedule weekly meetings with production warehouse and engineering teams to commit capacities for adherence to MPS
- Developed supplier forecasts to enhance timely delivery of goods and align with production requirements.
- Apply Procurement skills, planning, logistics and inventory control to meet my KPI goals
- Develop Kaizen events to ensure strategies based related to operational capacities
- Expedite supplier orders/customer orders with highly urgent sense and attention to details.
- Highly analytical skills for capacity, machinery and labor.
- Conducted GEMBA meetings with staff to align operations with customer needs and enhance service delivery.
- Warehouse meetings to solve discrepancies between PO request and actual delivered goods
- Daily coordination with the logistics to ship our customer orders
- Supplier review of performance based on rtv and defects
- Organized incoming meetings to discuss opportunities and ensure accurate material delivery. to align and communicate any opportunity to related parties, to receive the correct material
- Perform audits to the warehouse and chemicals room to confirm all matches with the system
Planner Buyer raw material / Molding / FG
TRUE TEMPER SPORTS
03.2025 - 07.2025
- Coordination and planning of all activities related to the production of a FG
- Running MPR reports to ensure all demands are reflected according to goals
- Meetings with engineering and production teams to commit capacities
- Develop forecast to ensure timely completion of molding pcs
- Monitor procurement, planning, logistics and inventory control to perform my goals
- Responsible for achieving on time delivery targets
- Conversion of customer order to a FG by choosing the best production schedule analyzing capacity
- Tier meetings with staff to communicate current needs of customers, and follow up to complete sales
- Corporate meetings to align requests and to see the forecast future
- Shipment coordination with the warehouse to ship our customer orders every week
- AP calls to communicate needs for on time payments
- Supplier review of performance based on rtv and defects
- Incoming meetings to align and communicate any opportunity to related parties
- Perform audits to the warehouse and chemicals room to confirm all matches with system
- 3 production daily call meetings with supervisors, quality staff and warehouse to ensure results.
Sr. Procurement buyer /Planner
MERIT MEDICAL SYS
09.2022 - 01.2025
- Responsible for identifying and procuring/Planning goods for the production lines as well as identifying external materials needs for the organization, searching for services and providers to deliver just in time, negotiating prices and rtv with suppliers, revise quality with SQE, arrange logistics and schedule importations / exportations.
- Monitor supplier performance, ensure compliance to engineer needs drawings and contract terms, supervise jr buyers in daily activities, evaluate improvements, analyze customer needs (production floor) develop and troubleshoot issues with quality and RMA’s provide support to new business acquisitions and partnerships to ensure a proper engagement and closeout of the procurement activities.
- Run daily MRP reports to ensure the correct messages based on lead times and parameters in system, email oriented to follow up confirmations with suppliers assuring correct ETA
- Warehouse and Production Tiers to provide updates and status for deliveries need it, to ensure OTD
- In charge of 3 different sending sites, USA, Singapore, United Kingdom assuring to ship every week goods need it to continue production flow according to requirements in oracle system via internal orders, and scheduling shipments via Logistics and warehouse.
- Maintaining reschedule dates in the system according to ETA’s provided by the supplier giving the correct delivery date keeping system Health
- Attending meetings in the warehouse to ensure materials are received in time to avoid delays and payment to the suppliers.
- Communication with AP (finance clerks) to assure payments terms and confirmations when prices are changed.
- Maintenance and updates in system for lead times, prices, moq, as well as any related note to ensure correct receipt
- Communication and meetings with the Incoming department to provide all the documentation and certificates, COA, FAI to current revisions, etc
- Weekly creation of the hot pur report with all the potential shortages to come on the next 3 weeks, perform clear to build with Production to assure capacities and completion dates.
- Monthly SOP meeting to ensure all goods need it are in time
- Well engaged in company values plus goals.
Buyer/Planner
SAFARILAND INT.
01.2017 - 01.2022
- Purchasing and Sourcing application to daily tasks that involve TIER1 and TIER2 Communication with vendors in the TEXTIL field, through coordination with all departments.
- Leader in the PROCUREMENT both Foreign & Domestic
- Responsible for purchasing materials, parts and/or components, from local and foreign suppliers, with the best practices and costs.
- Manage TIER 1 & 2 Vendors through internal reports and Monthly KPI.
- Review and Manage Min Max levels of demand for services and products to meet the business needs and keep a constant level of stock.
- Coordinate and follow through ECO both with Engineering and Suppliers.
- Work closely with the compliance group to ensure all Trade Compliance Policies and Procedures are followed when importing/exporting any materials or components; coordinate with them on new part numbers.
- Support coworkers and other duties as required (Team Player)
- Constant participation in the program for improvement and procurement process with adjustments to the process.
- Establish delivery schedules and VMI agreements.
- Recognize demands patterns.
- Complies with Quality and Security training.
- Trained in Manufacturing planning process controls.
- Review of Customer requirements, managing MPS parameters.
- Compliance to Workflow pacing with staff ensuring all tasks get completed.
Materials Planner
EATON AEROSPACE
01.2013 - 01.2016
- Responsible for the preparing and submitting work program to the Production floor.
- Monitoring levels of demand for products to meet business needs and keeping a constant flow monitor day to day progress work, preparing weekly and monthly program demand, conducting research to ascertain the best practice use, to achieve OTD.
- Expedites and coordinates special request scheduling and communicating Information accordingly.
- Resolve scheduling issues by analyzing Information and tools needed.
- Ensure Inventory cost reduction program by implementing best practices and monitoring the initiatives.
- Liaising between buyers, Production, and Warehouse to solve internal issues that affect our customers.
- Negotiating and agreeing contracts and monitoring their progress, checking the quality of service provided.
- Audit Program via ISO 9000 to different departments/ Certificacion six sigma yellow belt.
Materials Repair and Operations MRO/Production Control
DESICCARE MEXICO
01.2010 - 01.2013
- Identify and qualify potential suppliers to ensure the correct delivery to business.
- Execute Work order programs and Supplier evaluations in a timely fashion, negotiate with assigned supplier to ensure lowest cost, evaluate commercial terms.
- Performance metrics, and explore new opportunities.
- Develop and manage functional supplier relationships with assigned key/strategic suppliers to optimize financial and operational performance.
- Identify and execute opportunities for procurement quality and better supplier performance, including indirect agent-based business to factory direct, evaluate sourcing terms & contract, contract renegotiations based on various economic indicators, support implementation of service metrics by driving supplier performance measured in QAR, on-time delivery, paperwork accuracy, etc.
- Conduct market research and trackers to Suppliers and sourcing.
- Expediting urgent orders, follow up to Production Plan.
- Min Max report for High Runners.
- Shipping list elaboration.
- Communication with brokers to assure OTD shipment.
Education
Bachelor's - Foreign trade and Customs
Tecnológico de Baja California
Tijuana, B.C.MRP & APICS Course -
EATON Corp
Skills
- SAP
- ORACLE
- MACOLA
- AX
- EXCEL
- OUTLOOK (Sourcing Related Tools)
- US visa valid
Certification
MRP & APICS Course, EATON Corp, 2014
Timeline
Sr. Buyer Planner raw material / Metals / FG
Alliance Air Products
09.2025 - Current
Planner Buyer raw material / Molding / FG
TRUE TEMPER SPORTS
03.2025 - 07.2025
Sr. Procurement buyer /Planner
MERIT MEDICAL SYS
09.2022 - 01.2025
Buyer/Planner
SAFARILAND INT.
01.2017 - 01.2022
Materials Planner
EATON AEROSPACE
01.2013 - 01.2016
Materials Repair and Operations MRO/Production Control
DESICCARE MEXICO
01.2010 - 01.2013
Bachelor's - Foreign trade and Customs
Tecnológico de Baja California
MRP & APICS Course -
EATON Corp