Mike Kachatourian
Sourcing Category Manager
- Role
- Sourcing Catagory Manager at Pharmavite
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mike Kachatourian
Over 25 years of experience in purchasing profession. Have been able to work in many different industries successfully. During the past 25 years have worked with many groups on negotiations of contracts and procurement of various products and services. Holding an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering. In completed MBA program at the University of Dallas.Specialties: I was part of SAP implementation team for the SRM module, I was working on testing, implementing, creating training documents, and also teaching classes for the SRM module.
Experience
Sourcing Catagory Manager
May 2016 — Present · Northridge, CA, US
Managing all IT purchasing, including hardware, software, annual maintenance and consulting services.* Issuing RFP to suppliers, collaborated with the internal teams, and negotiated with suppliers to finalize the RFP and set agreements.* Negotiated and collaborated with legal team and end user group on various types of agreements.* Worked closely with IT team to establish stronger relationship, and participated as active team member.* Supported and negotiated all facilities related agreements, including furniture, coffee services and UPS generators.* Worked closely with e-Commerce team for issuing RFP\'s for the required services. Negotiated and established agreements for e-Commerce.* Managing the capital procurement; equipment, construction through general contractors. Supplier selections through RFP process and negotiating the contracts.
Education
The University of Dallas
MBA, Operations Management
1997 — 1999
California State University, Long Beach
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
1981 — 1983
Skills
- Contract Negotiation
- Six Sigma
- Manufacturing
- Material Requirements Planning (Mrp)
- Supply Chain
- Supplier Development
- Semiconductors
- Leadership
- Supply Management
- Management
- Negotiation
- Keynote
- Product Development
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Project Management
- Engineering
- Purchasing
- Vendor Management
- Information Graphics
- Procurement
- Mrp
- Sourcing
- Decision-Making
- Supply Chain Management
- Sap
- Strategic Sourcing
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Materials Management
- Training
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