( distributor of chemicals for manufacturing technologies including electronic and pharmaceutical industries in a cGMP environment ) MRP/ERP software: tecsys
2005 to present Purchasing Manager/Planner/Inventory
Control/Sourcing * Hired to work with management and sales to help with the transition from Wang MRP/ERP software to tecsys MRP/ERP software which includes approximately 50,000 sku's. * Work with sales to forecast and plan chemicals to be procured based on incoming sales orders, sales history and sales projections. * Responsible for setting ordering levels for Procurement. * Daily processing of purchase orders to vendors via telephone,fax or e-mail and follow-up by matching confirmations to P.O.'s. * Track backorders and update customer service. * Negotiating terms of sale with emphasis on quality, service and total cost. * Responsible for entering new sku's and deleting de-listed sku's. * Reconciliation of all receiving slips to invoices for accounts payable. * Coordinate with suppliers to resolve quality issues and when necessary submit request for credit, returns and follow-up. * Sourcing, evaluation, providing quotes and selection of products to be ordered based on request by outside sales reps or customer service. * Tracking and measuring vendor performances based on ISO-9001-2008 requirements. * Work with outside reps to request and monitor incoming samples for customers. * Created and maintain electronic databases for all MSDS's, certificate of analysis',product spec sheets,alcohol permits and vendor rebates. * Providing customer service and customers with MSDS and certificate of analysis on request from the company folder database. * Wrote all S.O.P's ( standard operating procedures ) related to Procurement. * Request Export Administration Regulation forms to be filled out by customers when needed. ( EAR intended use ). * When necessary negotiate inbound freight cost through preferred carriers. * Perform customer services duties when needed. * Plant lockup when needed.
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Sensitech,Inc. Beverly, MA. And Redmond,WA.
( producer of temperature monitors for the food and pharmaceutical industries) MRP software: Epicor
1998-2005 Purchasing Manager/Planner
* Established Purchasing Department of 3 people while sales increased from $ 10 million to $ 30 million per year. * Established cost reduction program with the Operations Manager and Design Engineers that took cost out of Sensitech product saving between $ 45,000 and $ 95,000 per year. * Variations of products purchased include MRO supplies, bill of material components ( electronic and mechanical ), capital equipment, chemicals, hardware and software from domestic and international suppliers. * Part of a team that set up an off shore major supplier contract manufacturer in China saving approximately $ 200,000 over 3 years. * Implemented a Kanban ordering system for labels and fasteners. * Responsible for supervising a shipping receiving department of 2 people. * Wrote all S.O.P.'s related to Procurement.
Eagle Can Co. Peabody, MA. ( Division of Milton Can Company,Inc.
Elizabeth, N.J. ) ( manufacturer of tin and plastic containers ) MRP software: Great Plains
1984-1998 Purchasing Manager/Planner/Inventory Control
* Created a Purchasing Department from what was once departmental. * Managed inventory levels and minimized carrying cost resulting in increased inventory turns from 4 to 10 per annually. * Negotiated with vendors terms of sale with emphasis on quality, service and cost and when practical and cost effective placed long term blanket orders. * Liaison between customers and lithographers for changing can artwork
label and print designs.
* Negotiated multi-year contracts for materials and services and when necessary created rebate programs with tier one vendors. * Responsible for approximately $1,000,000 in raw material purchasing per month.
Education: Providence College , BS Business Administration
Certificate Course for Microsoft Word and Excel for Windows Wentworth Institute of Technology ( 2 courses ) Current Member of Purchasing Management Association of Boston APICS training in process