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VALERIE A. KAY501 Fleming St., Wylie, TX 75098*214-957-7745 * vk138242c@westpost.net

PROFILE

Result-driven Manager who excels in Supply Chain, Inventory Control and CustomerService working with both domestic and international entities. Dynamic, successful team leader who leads by example. Highly effective communicator with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.

CAPABILITIES

Sr. Material Analyst/Contract Negotiator * Material Management * Product/ProjectManager * Master Planner/Scheduler * Supplier Management/Quality Assurance * Supply Chain Analyst * Cross Functional Team Leadership * Procurement/Purchasing *Procedure/Process Development * Commodity Strategy and Management * Production

Management * Shipping/ Receiving Management

SKILLS

Impromptu * MRP * ERP * SAP SCM/SRM * BAAN * AGILE * Quotewin/Supplywin * Oracle

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Secretary. Wylie Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association (WCPAAA) * Asst. Volunteer Coordinator, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) * Logistics Managerof Wylie's POD for the MRC of Collin County (Medical Reserve Corp)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FLEXTRONICS: June, 2003-Current

NEGOTIATION TOOLS & PRICING PROCESS MANAGER

Leading development and preparation for key metric reports, process documentations, manage the external supplier portal for quarterly pricing submissions, facilitate eAuction/eSourcing for Bottom 20% of supplier spend for America and Europe, maintaining internal dashboards and central database site attributes and generate quarterly negotiation calendar for Global Commodity and Business Segments commodity teams.

* Developed and managed metric reports for Supplier Deployment for new SAP Request for Quote system, which resulted in 98% supplier participation into the new system.* Customized and maintained internal dashboards to ensure Global Commodity Managers and Business Segment Managers have necessary tools to assist in their pricing negotiation. Also created external supplier portals which provided all training documentation for use of the new SAP RFx (Request for Quote) system.* Created process documentation for training the Global Commodity Managers and Business Segments Managers on the usage of several reports and in turn how to submit requested data.

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SR MATERIAL QUOTATION SPECIALIST/LEAD

Managed a regional team for all Request for Quotations for new business requestinvolving internal and/or external customers focusing on the on-time delivery and cost competitiveness of the projects such as PCBA, Cable Assemblies, Enclosures, and System Integrations. Managed existing supply base and evaluated new supply chain, domestically and internationally, categorizing them as strategic, tactical mfg or distributors. Supply Chain Management ensured best practices, negotiated best prices and lead-time evaluations.

SR MATERIAL QUOTATION SPECIALIST/LEAD (con't)

* Exceptional Supply Chain Management skills to leverage pricing and negotiate contract of materials with proven results.* Evaluated new customer opportunities, data packages: review drawing package, specification, bill of materials providing feedback as to the completeness of thedata and what additional information is required.* Authorized to work on International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) quotes.Working with Cage Code to ensure the appropriate supplier is being engaged.

* Interfaced with internal/external customer to determine the strategy. Evaluating the customer bill of materials by commodity assessment and preparing a make/buy analysis. The items chosen as "MAKE" are then coordinated with the proposed

site to determine if cost efficient. "BUY" parts are sent to external supplierfor quoting. .* Participated in LEAN and Kaizen events which resulted in a significant cost saving for the company.* Developed and implemented more efficient processes and procedures that assisted the quoting process.

SITE QUOTE ANALYST

Managed all Requests for Quotation from potential Customers and Supply Chain ensuring price competitiveness and on-time delivery.

* Prepare all quotation packages for the site. Review and evaluate customer draw

ing and specification for cost effectiveness, should product be manufactured onsite or by external suppliers.* Engaged and evaluated Supply Chain to ensure appropriate match for the products being quoted.* Obtain and negotiated all pricing information from current internal database or RFQ response from supplier chain.* Calculated financial roll-up of each and reviewed that proper PPV, overhead and any additional VAM is in place.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

APW ENCLOSURES, (Division closed) May 2002 - Feb 2003CUSTOMER SERVICE REP * PRODUCTION PLANNER

LASERCOMM, INC., (Company Closed) March 2001 - April 2002PRODUCTION CONTROL COORDINATOR * PLANNER

OVERLAND BOLLING, INC., (Company Closed) May 1999 - March 2001CUSTOMER SERVICE REP * PLANNER

VERO ELECTRONICS, INC., (US Division bought/closed) Jan 1993 - Dec 1998PRODUCTION MANAGER*ELECTRONICS ENCLOSURE PRODUCT SPECIALIST*/CUSTOMER SERVICE REP

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* Transformed a $50,000 per year Enclosure product line into a $15 million dollar account in 5 years.* Assisted development of a Product Configurator to aid customer in determiningthe appropriate product for their need.* Accomplished Product Manager resulting in efficient productivity, product quality and cost saving.* Transitioned major Customer accounts efficiently and effectively making the transition seamless.* Continually ensure 100% On-time-delivery to the Customers.

Work experience/Job descriptions prior to 2003 available upon request.

EDUCATION

Associates Degree, Computer Sciences, 1981-1984 Waterbury State Technical College, Waterbury, CT Marketing/Advertising, 1984-1985 Central ConnecticutState University, New Britain, CT

References upon request