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Professional Summary Strategic thinker and results and costumer oriented professional seeking to contribute in the management of the supply chain of a Company in a regulated environment such as medical devices, pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical. Over 10 years of experience working towards continuous improvement, cost savings and quality prioritizing multiple tasks and supervising projects in challenging environments complying with company goals and objectives. Demonstrated technical expertise managing inventory, production planning and purchasing of OEM, MRO and raw materials. Skills/Competencies * Purchasing * Planning & Scheduling * Organizational & Team Leadership * Inventory * Project Management * Relationship Builder * Financial Reconciliation * Bilingual * ERP/MRP SAP & JDE software * TPM and Lean Manufacturing knowledge Experience Highlights * Planned and implemented processes and procedures for the purchasing area and created the preventive maintenance program for the production equipment * Managed a team of 10 mechanics to coordinate and execute the preventive maintenance to increase equipment efficiencies and achieved company goal of 85% per unit * Developed production schedules for finish goods and sub assy based on equipment, labor and raw materials availability for 3 different manufacturing areas * Assigned weekly production and shipping priorities based on customer delivery dates and expedites * Evaluation of sales order backlog daily and worked closely with production, customer service, purchasing and shipping departments to minimize backlog and past due orders increase * Monitored and managed forecast, sales orders and MTO to level capacity and output for a total of $8MM quarterly * Monthly participation in S&OP and production meetings providing information regarding sales orders forecast trend and accuracy, schedule attainment, new product introductions, metrics and other related supply chain issues * Worked collaboratively in new product introduction projects to ensure all the supply chain areas can comply with project deadlines and initiative * Implemented 9 blocker strategy for four departments to support lead time reduction and on time delivery performance resulting in increasing efficiency and productivity * Established price breakdown, discounts strategy, consignment arrangements, blanket orders, negotiated freight charges, generate purchase orders, follow up with credits and invoices discrepancies resolution * Reviewed suppliers' performance according to price, product quality and delivery date compliance and coordinated audits * In charge of the purchasing of more than 150 chemicals and packaging components, supplied and managed inventory levels for more than 600 raw materials * Identified new suppliers to support the cost saving's strategy and continuity of the operations through alternative suppliers negotiating effective purchasing agreements and strengthen relationships with business partners * Prepared in a monthly basis reports to analyze PPV compliance, inventory transactions accuracy, safety stock levels and adherence to the BVR * Annual budget preparation for raw materials assuring compliance with company financials goal * Support projects for sustaining and new products providing quotes, expenses report, obsolete/low demand control, demand/forecast management, materials depletion, identifying stock levels * Improved supply of finished goods to inter companies and distribution centers maintaining delivery dates alignment with customer requests in the internal customer resolution program
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