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Marcolfo Maldonado

Tijuana, Baja California,BCN

Summary

Veteran Purchasing Manager bringing 24 years of experience focused on actualizing high-quality, cost-effective procurement solutions. Talented in leading projects, directing logistics and managing inventory needs. Dedicated to maintaining schedules and budgets while enhancing operational performance.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Purchasing Manager

Clearfield Inc.
08.2019
  • Manage a purchasing team of 6, overseeing the procurement of raw materials and MRO to meet the plant requirements and needs
  • Meet and negotiate with major vendors to stablish the best possible outcome of a partnership for the company
  • Create and develop procurement strategies to meet the needs of the plant, including negotiation of VMI, and other tools to help the best possible delivery always aligned with the company’s policies and procedures
  • Monitor and guide the purchasing team to meet their goals as well as set up yearly objectives for their growth in the company
  • Approve purchases in my designated authorization level, and provide guidance to follow the company’s proper procedures in different type of acquisitions.

Inventory Analyst Sr

Avery Products
07.2016 - 02.2019
  • Analyze Inventory Status of Finished goods, Raw material and Displays for the whole company
  • Provide weekly information tracking about Inventory Levels, Inventory turns, Excess, Discontinued product, No movement material at all levels
  • Coordinate Inventory reduction programs with the plants and monitor advances and challenges
  • Initiate liquidation and/or disposition and donation of Discontinued product in direct communication with Sales, Demand planning and Distribution center personnel
  • Coordinate and merge (conciliate) the SPI projections with the Forecast and Financial projections each quarter
  • Monitor, track and report any significant variation/s on the plant to Demand planning, Sales and Supply Chain.

Supply Chain Planner

Avery Products
05.2015 - 07.2016
  • Coordinate planning, scheduling and the development of the proper tools to support operations for two product categories, in two different manufacturing plants
  • Coordination between production, logistics and sales to ensure the plans are aligned between demand and supply
  • Coordinate priorities between Sales and production to ensure product availability and fill rate
  • Monitor production output, material shortages, customer order fill rate
  • Setup new products dependencies and coordinate supersession for different versions of the products
  • Monitor end of life cycles for the different versions, coordinate deliveries of finished goods to the customer's DCs and shipments among our own DCs
  • Supervised Buyers and Planners procedures and processes
  • Provided guidance to Buyers and Planners to achieve metrics goals
  • Mentored Procurement and Planning teams on forecast sources and forecasting procedure to identify patterns and possible changes.

Global Demand Planner

Monster Cable Products
03.2010 - 05.2015
  • Demand planning for Canada Region, New Product introduction coordination, Forecast analysis and maintenance, Logistics coordination, direct contact with Sales reps and Account management department
  • Inventory analysis, Excess inventory calculation and reduction plan coordination with sales
  • Approval of purchasing messages in the system for order release, Customer service regarding product description and information and order status
  • Sales and operations meeting presenter for Canada region, Metrics reporting and analysis for on-time delivery, ATP, warranty claims, POP, Product allocation, etc
  • Contributed to decrease total inventory by 40% from 2010 to 2014
  • Coordinated CPFR meetings with the mayor customers
  • Contributed to be named Vendor partner of the Year by our Main Customer twice (2011 & 2012)

Materials Buyer/Planner

Frazier Industrial Company
07.2005 - 02.2009

Planner/Buyer

Molex S.A. de C.V.
06.2004 - 07.2005

Planner/Buyer

GE Security
01.2004 - 06.2004

Material Analyst Sr.

Exemplar Manufacturing/ Delphi Auto
07.2002 - 05.2003

Buyer

Panasonic
04.1999 - 06.2002

Education

Bachelor of Arts - International Trade

Universidad Del Valle De Atemajac
Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
12.1997

Skills

  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) written and spoken 100%
  • Self-starter with strong planning, organization skills
  • Analytical / Able to process large amounts of data to determine trends
  • Excellent communicator, and coordinator
  • Excellent negotiating and people skills
  • Detail Oriented / Time and project management
  • Computer Literate (Excel, Word, Power Point, Business Objects)
  • Vendor Relationship Management
  • Bid process management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Procurement expertise
  • Reporting knowledge
  • Demand forecasting
  • Price Negotiation

Timeline

Purchasing Manager

Clearfield Inc.
08.2019

Inventory Analyst Sr

Avery Products
07.2016 - 02.2019

Supply Chain Planner

Avery Products
05.2015 - 07.2016

Global Demand Planner

Monster Cable Products
03.2010 - 05.2015

Materials Buyer/Planner

Frazier Industrial Company
07.2005 - 02.2009

Planner/Buyer

Molex S.A. de C.V.
06.2004 - 07.2005

Planner/Buyer

GE Security
01.2004 - 06.2004

Material Analyst Sr.

Exemplar Manufacturing/ Delphi Auto
07.2002 - 05.2003

Buyer

Panasonic
04.1999 - 06.2002

Bachelor of Arts - International Trade

Universidad Del Valle De Atemajac
Marcolfo Maldonado