Jacob Morris

About Jacob Morris

Throughout my career, I have developed a reputation as a visionary professional with excellent multi-tasking skills and the ability to ensure the implementation and maintenance of supply planning processes and initiatives across regions, business units, and product families.I am known to be a collaborative team-player with high emotional intelligence and the capacity to identify the key risks to achieving the plan and communicate effectively with relevant stakeholders; able to plan, prioritize, manage, and provide analysis to ensure capacity is available to fully support new product launches. Loyal, committed, and valued tenured employee with a strong understanding and extensive knowledge of the organization\'s culture, systems, policies and processes offering results in increased productivity.

Experience

1. Staff Buyer

   Personalis, Inc.

   Apr 2021 — Present · Menlo Park, CA, US

   Manage all PO’s and requisitions for equipment, reagents, consumables and lab supplies. Negotiate volume pricing with key suppliers, such as VWR, Illumina, Roche, Qiagen, Agilent and Thermo Fisher for both off the shelf parts and custom reagent kits. Maintain open communication and act as a liaison between internal stakeholders and suppliers. • Maintain optimal inventory levels through the active use of MRP and Safety Stock.• Negotiate terms and conditions with suppliers• Place purchase orders with suppliers for the procurement of reagents and consumables as required by forecast and the production schedule.• Monitor and maintain status of open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery.• Resolve problems related to material shortages, quality issues or other issues that prevent smooth material flow through the labs.• Monitor and report excess and obsolete inventory impact as a result of purchasing activities.• Resolve receiving and Accounts Payable discrepancies.• Maintain purchasing system parameters such as, but not limited to lead time, safety stock, min- max stocking levels.• Assist with vendor review and selection.• Drives purchasing performance metrics such as PPV and OTD.• Manage CAPEX and complex expense purchasing requirements.• Support company goals and objectives, policies and procedures, good manufacturing practices, and FDA and applicable regulatory regulations.

Education

• Piedmont Hills High School

  High School

  1992 — 1996