Frankie Cao: Buyer / Supply Chain Coordinator in Portland, OR

? Monitoring inventory levels and placing POs based on ROP, communicating with vendors to ensure commitment of promise dates in the MRP system, and reaching out to carriers when a shipment is late. ? Communicating raw material backorders with production and providing affected sales orders. ? Finding secondary suppliers for high usage material in case the primary supplier runs into supply chain issues and to look for cost saving opportunites. ? Working on project orders/R&D orders with sales team on new line extensions.

? Created and updating packaging specifications for Subaru auto parts on Coregistic's database ? Prepared reports and created visual instructions for inbound and outbound shipments for warehouse workers to pack and pull ? Communicated with off-site managers to coordinate custom packaging specifications through email and phone calls Projects: ? Implementing Kanban restock system for non-inventory items such as production supplies, labels, and publications ? Worked with vendors and internal team to design standard processes for transferring/consuming outsource material