REGGIE NAMBIAR
Phone: (647) 268-2802
Email: nreggie@rogers.com
PROFILE:
Utilize my benchmarking Strategic Sourcing, Negotiating, Administration, Purchasing, Cost Reduction and overall Supply Chain
Management skills to benefit an organization that is stable, future-centric and will allow me to grow professionally and academically.
SUMMARY OF SKILLS
• Across the board Strategic Global Sourcing/ Purchasing of Raw Materials/Finished goods for Manufacturing/Distribution
Packaging/Services and MRO-Category Management
• Vendor Relations, Top Notch Negotiating
• Result Driven-Cost Reduction Expert
• Administration of databases and record maintenance, Software Transition
• Outside Of The Box Solutions
• Forecasting/Inventory Management
• Cost / Benefit /Spend/Replenishment Analysis
• Analytical, Interpersonal and Implementation Ability
• Leadership, People Management, Cross Functional
CAREER EXPERIENCE
Loxcreen Canada
2014
Procurement Specialist
Sourcing, Negotiating and procuring metals from offshore and local suppliers, Aluminum, Resins for Vinyl/Pvc Production/Finished
Goods, and, sourcing, negotiating, procuring MDF/Wood, 50 SKU’s of packaging/ display for production/ big box retail stores
nuts/screws core/labels/ tubes for finished goods. Solely in charge of deciding INCOTERMS/ finalizing freight forwarders and carriers
both off shore and local, solely responsible for all custom (CBSA) requirements, managing Purchases worth 20 million, cost reductions
Inventory management and SKU rationalization. Actively involved as the sole procurement person in new product launches, product
discontinuation with Engineering/Marketing/ Sales. Preparing, presenting Cost Analysis, documents for payments to vendors. Entering
Purchase Orders, Expediting. Forecasting/ Planning.
Develop opportunities for vendor managed inventory processes.
Seek out and qualify new, alternative and innovative suppliers who can reduce costs, improve service, or enhance
product quality.
Cement partnership relationships with key suppliers, integrate the suppliers into the company’s supply chain to
achieve goals of service, quality and cost minimization. Monitor, review and manage the performance of the agreed
suppliers to ensure they meet quality, service and pricing expectations.
ACHIEVEMENTS
In only 4 months of work at this company have been able to bring in new, established suppliers and have documented savings of nearly
$ 200,000 and have presented another proposal that will save an additional $280,000.
Honeywell AerospaceLead Procurement Specialist- Tier 3
NOV.2011- Jan.2014
Responsibilities :
Global Sourcing, Negotiating, Expediting, placing orders for Multiple Categories- Production-EPDS/ECU APU/SENSORS/MRO, R&D
parts for Military and Commercial aircraft- ( Boeing/F-35/Bombardier/Augusta/A-380/Predator Drone/Apache Longbow)
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Project Sourcing, analyzing shortage and Open Order Reports Corporate, Transactional Purchasing, Packaging, Tools,
shipping Requirements.
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Identifying and mitigating part shortages. Develop and update sourcing strategies that increase leverage, improve quality,
and reduce total cost.
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Administration of databases and Records maintenance, Created and implemented plans for local sourcing to achieve
business targets
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Liaising with Production, Engineering (Drawings), QA, Finance, within a Kan Ban/ Kaizen 5S Continuous Improvement Six
Sigma, JIT culture.
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Involved in project to unearth counterfeit parts suppliers. Change Management
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Coordinate with offshore Buyers and Instruct / Coach, help them with their daily and complex NEGOTIATION issues. Initiate
/resolve Non-conformance/ warranty issues.
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Resolve accounts payable issues with vendors
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Initiate and develop RFI/RFP/RFQ.
ACHIEVEMENTS: Considered the “GO TO” person for Sourcing/Negotiating/Expediting critical, long lead time parts / Components
ACCO BRANDS - Senior Buyer (Acco bought GBC-worlds#1 office products company)
1999- 2011
Responsibilities:
• Forecasting for 3000+ Finished Goods SKU’s, Primarily derived from Sales History and Sales projections and Safety Stock.
Administration of database and record maintenance
. Maintaining MIN/MAX Inventory Levels- at multiple locations- in conjunction with Distribution
• Global Sourcing, Purchasing lower TCO Alternatives. Leverage buys across the organization
. Analyzing Open Order Report / Inventory/Spend
• Sourced, Negotiated and Contracted for Cross Border and Inter Modal Transportation that included dealing with Custom Brokers,
Freight Forwarders, Excise Duty, NAFTA, INCOTERMS
. Interacting and Coordinating with 3 PL
• Entering Purchase Orders- additionally had to place orders for Service Parts.
• Sourcing, Negotiating Raw Materials- Packaging for Production/ Co-Manufacturer& MRO
• Vendor Performance Evaluation - KPI’s
• Providing Customer Service/Sales with ETA’s-Expediting
. Providing Marketing with Landed Costs.
. Attend and represent Purchasing at S&OP meetings.
• Managed 2 Direct Reports and Spend of $12 million
• Set-Up Vendor Details in ORACLE and reconciled Invoices for A/P
ACHIEVEMENTS
Had to create Min/Max inventory levels from scratch, for 3000+ SKU’s, put in place a forecast, and bring in sufficient inventory levels
that helped ward off substantial LOST SALES
Managed transition of software from AS 400 to ORACLE
Sourced, Negotiated a vendor for Laminating film whose costs were lower than that of suppliers sourced by Global Buyers - This supplier
subsequently became our worldwide supplier - as a result was invited to join the Global Sourcing/Negotiating Team
GBC CANADA (AN ACCO BRANDS COMPANY) – Senior Buyer
Responsibilities:
• Sourcing/Negotiating/Purchasing, Raw Materials- for Production Custom
Products, in a JIT Environment
• Sourcing, Negotiating, Purchasing for Graphics, Printing, IT, Marketing Promotions
• Sourcing, Negotiating, Purchasing for Manufacturing – Processing Machinery, MRO,
For Distribution-Finished Goods – Plastics,laminating film/binders from China/acetate sheets different sizes of presentation
papers/Shipping and Packaging materials, Office Equipment/Supplies across Canada
• Vendor selection, Evaluation, issues resolution, non-conformance.
. Material inventory management.
. RFQ/RFP, contract negotiations.
. Visited Suppliers facilities, Domestic and International, for Negotiations and Evaluation of Capabilities. Negotiated vinyl/chipboard
for the lowest cost ever.
• Hired/Trained 2 Direct reports
• Set Up/Reconciled Vendor invoices for A/P
• Contracted for a wide variety of Goods and Services- Indirect Procurement
• Lead cross-functional teams (ie. Marketing, Business Image Solutions, Production, QC)
GBC CANADA - Purchasing-Estimating Coordinator
1999
Responsibilities:
• Received RFQ for custom products from Sales and worked out company’s cost with margins on Excel and relayed the same back to
Sales
• Sourced, Negotiated, Purchased Raw materials for Custom/Stock Production, MRO, Capital Equipment - Packaging/all Indirect
procurement
ACHIEVEMENTS
Successfully Lead and Managed major RFI/RFP/RFQ/SLA’s project to source Co-Manufacturer.
Managed complex Vendor Relations.
Identified, Created/Implemented and drove new policies, procedures and processes for Supply Chain, including supplier selection &
evaluation metrics and tools, and supplier KPI’s, resulting in high level of service, quality and consistency, reduction in Lead Times.
Drew upon my experience and assisted ISO 9001 coordinator in achieving certification for GBC.
All my Raw Material* and Packaging Costs were the Lowest in the industry, for 10 years in a row. On certain products, negotiated no
price increases for 3 years consecutively, also negotiated prices for all products Annually, with no compromise on Quality. Devised and
implemented a centralized Office Supplies Purchasing Policy that resulted in cost savings of 22%.
Leveraged and created synergies by aligning universal product lines and suppliers. Set up a Reverse Logistics Process
As a result of my trip to China, sourced and negotiated various raw materials ( VINYL/CHIPBOARD) that increased Company’s profits
by 40 %. Introduced Strategic Sourcing and VMI. Standardized SKU’s and Suppliers. Built and maintained solid Internal/ Vendor
Relations
EDUCATION
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Certified Professional Purchaser (P.M.A.C.) Principles of Buying/Quality ( TQM)
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CSCP - working towards accreditation (Completion Dec.2014)
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Bachelor of Science
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
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Lean Manufacturing
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ISO 9001
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W.H.M.I.S/Occupational Health and Safety
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SAP, ORACLE, MS OFFICE-Excel, Word, AS400 (BPCS- IBM)