Paula Drake
- Role
- Senior Buyer at MACOM
- Location
- Chelmsford, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Paula Drake
Professional Profile • Outstanding sense of urgency for critical…
Experience
Senior Buyer
Feb 2021 — Present
Achieved over $100K cost savings annually, with a $20M spend. • Conducted training in SAP pertaining to purchasing and supply chain functions for internal users. • Sourced electronic components for New Product Introductions. • Identified processes to produce automated reports. • Negotiated contracts with suppliers providing services to Macom locations domestically. • Reduced blocked invoices from $297K to $112K, resulting in $185K less blockage. • In 12 months, open po’s were reduced from $8M to $3M, resulting in less liability. • Using SAP MRP, purchased inventory parts for build to print customers and contracted customers, reducing lead time from several weeks to several days. • Evaluated and onboarded many new suppliers due to their unique capabilities.
Education
Lesley University
B.S., Organizational Behavior
Skills
- Kanban
- Fda
- Iso 13485
- Material Requirements Planning (Mrp)
- Quality System
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Supply Chain
- Product Development
- Gmp
- Medical Devices
- Materials Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Continuous Improvement
- Supply Chain Management
- Process Improvement
- Purchasing
- R&D
- Six Sigma
- Technical Support
- Electronics
- Product Management
- Value Stream Mapping
- Iso
- Procurement
- Lean Manufacturing
- Mrp
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