Lina Colligan: Senior Buyer in Fullerton, CA

? Purchase all new products for Military, RX, and Women’s divisions. ($10 million dollar spend and oversee over 1,000 parts). ? Demonstrate effective resource, project planning, decision making all while being efficient and delivering results. ? Proven experience managing multiple projects simultaneously measured by KPI’s. ? Review status to mitigate risks and opportunities before placing buys for NPI. (Color Samples, Trial Samples and Sales Sample Buys). ? Daily communication with suppliers to ensure on time delivery and resolving of issues. ? Responsible for scheduling, expediting, and revising purchase orders and shipments by the use of MRP system through SAP. ? Subcontract Military RX injection molding parts and reconcile components. ? Evaluate, negotiate, establish, and maintain pricing with suppliers for a current date savings of 15% within the military platform with a $5 million dollar spend. ? Establish component levels (safety stock, min/max quantities, lead times) by successfully implementing SMI program with 30% of my supply base count of 50 vendors. ? Measure supplier performance against lead times, delivery, fulfillment, and cost by updating vendor scorecards quarterly. ? Thorough knowledge of purchasing policies and procedures. ? Understand and analyze supplier and internal capacity and capabilities to allow for better alignment and higher fulfillment. ? Communicate ECO’s, ECR’s, and Stop/Resume Work orders to suppliers and internal team. ? Increased beginning lenses fulfillment by 40% ending at 99%. ? Reduced days of supply from 60 to 9 days and Supplier lead time reduction from 120 to 75 days. ? Supplier lead time reduction from 120 days to 75 days. ? Achieved 95% on time delivery for New Release Launches