SUMMARY:

• Over 15 years experience in procurement with a track record of significant accomplishment, to include implementation of best practice, interpersonal abilities and recognized skills to effectively organized and prioritized work.
• Enjoy a sense of Professionalism, customer service, flexibility and competence to follow through with assignments.
• Established achiever with exceptional knowledge of organizational, team - building, and re-engineering of operation processes and elimination of redundancies. Experienced at learning new concepts quickly, working well under pressure, and communicating ideas clearly and effectively

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• UCLA Latino Leadership Institute Program - The UCLA Anderson School of Management
• Procurement and Receiving Modules in SAP and PeopleSoft
• MS Word, Excel, MS Outlook and Lotus Notes, Power Point and Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Coordinator

• Key member of the team managing day-to-day activities in support of our International Solar Panel Installation
• Oversees the processing of all transaction associated with the purchasing, tracking and expediting to meet our international shipping and delivery dates
• Initiated purchase request for various supplies including instruments, labor, parts and equipment
• Meet biweekly with our On-Site team to review issues and coordinate to support their request
• Update plan each week to reflect the current status of each project task. Translated to Spanish and forwarded to our counterpart
• Maintain a high degree of communication, cooperation and coordination with our Teams
• Establish and maintain long-term customer relationships, building trust and respect by consistently meeting and exceeding expectations
• Assist in documenting requirements for the SAP implementation (Manufacturing, Receiving and Purchasing)
• Assist with SAP testing prior to implementation
• Develop documentation describing each step for Requisitions, Projects and Receiving processes
• Purchasing experience, including soliciting, negotiating, drafting, formulating, and administering purchase orders
• Responsible for effectively and professionally conducting the activities associated with purchasing materials and/or equipment as assigned knowledge and understanding of procurement concepts, principles and practices, and the overall techniques of ensuring task completion, project delivery processes, and supplier relationship expectations
• Understands the role of procurement and of project delivery process, accomplishes value-added expectations, and performs assignments in accordance with established policies and procedures
• Work closely with Accounts Payable to resolve and avoid invoice discrepancies
• Exceptional focus on customer service. High Energy and enthusiasm with ability to handle multiple projects

Confidential

Senior Buyer

• Team leader working in a variety of commodities across the organization, including Professional Services, IT, Software, Hardware and Facilities. As the Senior Buyer produced and implemented the lay-out of our Purchase Order which minimized the Audit findings.
• Standardize the weekly pending requisition report used by the buyers for management review. Decreasing chaos with our Business Units when inquiring status of their requisitions and/or purchase orders
• Assists in development of new procedures to increase the effectiveness of procurement functions. Created a naming convention for our documents. Step to upload them into the purchase orders and forward them to upper management for review and approvals
• Interface with Business Units in resolving their concern on requisitions; purchase order, Statement of Work, Contracts and invoice issues. This role reduced errors, improve workflow approval and expedite the purchase order and invoice cycle
• Assisted Accounts Payable Team to resolve vendors and invoice obstacles. Resulted in eliminating duplication of payment and taking advantage of early payment terms
• Set up of new vendor in SAP/PeopleSoft before dispatching purchase orders. Worked closely with vendor to ensure proper documentation was in place and improve the process from 2 weeks to 3 to 5 days.
• Lead in the training of end users to add new requisitions, attached proper documentation, editing of pending requisition, re-route to proper approval workflow and review-approval of their invoices. Results, empowered customers, allowed the buyers to process requisition within 24/48 hours and supported AP to process invoices within their SLA.
• In charge of assigning of new requisitions, work to the buyers. Used this opportunity to trained buyers and develop this option as back up mechanism for the team. This method allowed us to increase productivity and knowledge base within the group. Acted as back up in manager’s absence. This establish trust in upper management and internal customers to expect the same level of expertise and outcome in the workload without interruptions

Confidential

Buyer

• Responsible for the coordination of HHMI procurement functions in support of the new Janelia Farm Research Campus; coordinating the overall procurement process from receipt of requisition to final invoice payment; problem solver of goods and services received

Confidential

Buyer

• Member of the procurement team during restatement timeframe for Confidential . Assisted the Sourcing Team in keeping track of contract status for high-end vendors, contractors documentation and process of pending requisitions and purchase orders
• Worked with high-end vendors to resolve issues, ensuring contracts were fully executed and Purchase Order released
• Interface with several departments in resolving their issues. Able to create a single point of contact for open issues and provide up to date information as necessary

Confidential

Buyer

• Member of the Procurement Team for the Lubes-Additives Division. Created a report to track pending issue and provided status to management in a weekly basis
• Worked closely with suppliers to ensure invoices and packing slips were meeting client guidelines and to avoid discrepancies per plant and location
• Maintain price changes per supplier and location in monthly-quarterly bases. This task ensured our AP Department was able to process invoices without delays
• Interface with our Operations Team to process New or Modifications request to existing vendor to maintain current data in SAP. In charge of soliciting proper documentation of each vendors as required by client

Confidential

Buyer

• Team member of the Procurement Team for the Reach and Development Division for Confidential . Responsible for releasing of new products to market, worked closely with the R&D Group, Engineering, Marketing, Production Manager and Business Lead to ensure a smooth transaction
• Responsibilities included; Releasing new part number sequence to the group as requested by Business Lead, review and release of Engineering Drawings, Buying for Prototype builds, maintain part levels for 1st Article, follow up with schedules and testing both in the USA and Overseas

Confidential

Buyer Planner / MRO Buyer

• Responsibilities included the purchasing-negotiation of all Office Supplies, Capital Equipment, Printers/fax Cartridges, Copiers/fax Machines Maintenance, Computer Peripheral, Software, Hardware, Furniture, Printing Docs, Promotional items, Coffee Service and Manufacturing tools. Worked closely with the Accounting, Receiving and MRB Coordinator, ensuring fast results on any open issues.
• Reference upon request