BILINGUAL SENIOR BUYER over 15 year with supplier negotiating experience, purchasing strategies, inventory and cost optimize analysis expert, knowledge in Medical, eléctric, automotive, MRO area.
Genuine ability solving AP issues
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Global Buyer
Global Buyer Celestica
07.2021 - 12.2022
Solving $350k USD invoices( in first month)with discrepancies price/ receipt with15th months old
Renegotiating. $150k price increase order with savings $25%
Schedule agreement orders management, around 100 per quarter (SMI program) leading forecast management for vendor in charge
Tracked supplier performance, quality and delivery
Leading KPIs (past due, unconfirmed, referral, MRB, discrepancies)
Working with local and international vendors to secure raw materials and provide the Purchasing Department with quantities and pricing
Evaluate, purchase and expedite goods and services at a competitive cost for assigned facilities and/or spend category
Receive and review requisitions and approve orders from approved suppliers
Analyze available supply sources and place orders on the basis of total cost, quality and delivery
Manage the materials process for varied medical device projects
Negotiating and reporting cost savings opportunities (about $150k in 2022)
Responding to ad-hoc procurement queries and manages internal clients’ issues in a customer oriented manner
Initiating meetings with key customers and controllers and individual stakeholders to understand needs
$370k MRB solution from by portfolio
leadering my team and training them in Kinaxis
Purchasing Supervisor
INTRADE CORPORATION
03.2019 - 01.2020
Purchasing and warehouse supervisor (savings 10% over 26kUSD by two monthly of purchases, developing 10 new suppliers with extra 15% of
Savings over 6k purchases by month, supervising warehouse, in-outs materials) - Inventory reduction 5% over 5.9k USD (by identifying obsolete part for the business and re-sale them to distributors
Overseas labor purchasing processes, purchase order initiations, invoice approvals, invoice receipts, invoice related reporting, expediting
Manages vendor escalations & research
Proactively analyzes all internal processes for optimization and improvement Administration and implementation of min/max (5000 items)
JR Program Manager
Sanmina SCI
05.2016 - 11.2017
1.2K USD cost reduction per month on material logistics (over 13k USD) - Reducing 10% time for delivery time and inventory for production materials (from a month to 15
Days)
Lead engineering part changes projects from start to finish - Review and follow up non pending quotes for our customer
Prepare reports and analysis of clients (deliveries, production amount, obsolete parts, shortages, shipments)
Develop and search for new suppliers and experts
Purchasing Supervisor
Wesco Distribution de Mexico
10.2012 - 11.2015
Purchasing Coordinator (.8 persons in charge) handling the MRO purchases of 8 customers manufacturing plants, where I managed all MRO purchases through my purchasing team
(over a 11000 part numbers)
Saving projects implementation of price to price & productivity about $ usd in 2014 (electrical materials) over a 184k USD in purchases
Reduction of the portfolio of suppliers transferring business
From distributors to manufacturer to get better prices
Negotiation of commercial terms and prices
Preparing reports, metrics of the team in charge to make sure orders are placing correctly and on time
(past dues, PO placed (1500 PO per week approximately) sales, savings, info records)
Implementation the operation of new customers (developing all suppliers to purchase all MRO of our customers
Project Buyer
Schneider Electric
04.2011 - 06.2012
Responsible for rebalancing execution of projects:
Project packaging with new supplier
17 parts with a spend of $340k getting a saving of $65k
Localization of labels, estimation of volumes and price negotiation to achieve savings of $220k in a package of 226 labels
Developing packaging project providing annual savings of $20k (localization) Localization of all materials of a transferred line production
Activities in the rebalancing team:
Lead PPEP meetings to confirm validation approval plan for each transferred part in the projects
Price re negotiation
Negotiation of bailment agreements
SR Buyer
Motorola Solutions
04.2008 - 06.2011
Lead of G&PS LTB components.(
Over 300 parts)
Acting Commodity management and Lead buyer of several electronic components (estimated 1,000) such as: PCB’s, Electrical, Mechanical, and Passive among others
MRP (SAP) management based on Production schedule changes to define, procure and expedite materials according to Customer demand/requirements
Coordinate to set up new parts(1500) in the SAP system, working closely with Corporate Commodity Management & Sourcing teams to define the best option on Price, Quality & lead times.(MOQ, lead time, contact, company name, manufacturer and commercial number, unit of measure)
Negotiation with Local & Worldwide Suppliers to get price reductions, improve Terms & Conditions and expedite deliveries
Responsible of solving invoice (over of 250k USD) payment issues with Finance to avoid any Supply Chain disruption by Vendors
Main Responsible of Purchase Orders generation, release & expedite processes for materials inventory transfer from major Celestica & Flextronics projects
Major Accomplishments:
Recognized consistently by Local and Corporate Materials/Purchasing
Management on weekly -Key Performance Indicators (KPI)- reviews based on excellent Metrics achievements & pro activeness on components availability to avoid any production line down situation
Successfully managed more than 5,000 components Transference, Inventory management, Procurement and Cost/System implementation in SAP system from major two transfers -Celestica & Flextronics- into Reynosa site
Generated and Negotiated Materials Cost reductions with Local & Worldwide suppliers
Successful accountability for processing and managing of invoices (300K) per month
Buyer
Panasonic Devices
01.2006 - 04.2008
Materials Coordination and Lead for Supplier selection and Evaluation of a group of 35 vendors
Main responsible of purchasing activities for over 1,000 Active Part Numbers
Placing over
500 order per week.(expediting, updating MOQ, negotiating new prices according demand, updating vendors
Data)
Develop and maintain planning data in MRP system such as: Safety Stocks, Lead Times, Lot Sizes, MOQ’s, etc
Identify, Negotiate and bring to resolution any demand/supply imbalances in both volume and mix production lines, invoices
Experience in Logistics area inclusive of Shipping, Receiving, and Calculation of Ocean freights to reduce Costs and Material Sales
Proactive Buyer who Work closely with other areas, Negotiate, follow up and ensure other departments (Quality, SQE’s, Value Streams, Ware House, Inventory Control & Finance) review and dispose of non-conforming materials
Education
BBA - Accounting
Universidad Autonoma De Nuevo Leon
Nuevo. Leon
Skills
Project leadership
Effective team participation
Effective stress management
Strong verbal skills
Capable of rapidly mastering new skills
Service-oriented communication
Strong negotiation skills
Effective conflict resolution
High-speed data entry
Proficient in data reporting
Proficient in Microsoft Office
SAP
AGILE
ETQ
Interactive live collaboration
KINAXIS
Microsoft Office Excel
LENGUAGES
ENGLISH B2
SPANISH
Certification
Licensed [Job Title] - [Timeframe]
[Area of certification], [Company Name] - [Timeframe]