Marcos Montes

Marcos Montes

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Sourcing Manager, Purchasing Manager, Supply Chain Manager at fortune 500 company marcos.a.montes.v@gmail.com
California, United States

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  • Medtronic
    Strategic Purchasing Manager
    Medtronic
    Jan 2016 - Current (10 years 10 months)
    • Identified over $5 Million dollars in savings for FY18 and won corporate sourcing award for team creativity.
    • Supervised team with cost savings of $1.8 million dollars for FY17. Personally responsible for $1.3 million.
    • Awarded top employee recognition (Star of Nellcor, Company’s Highest Award) for entire supply chain department for negotiation, cost saving excellence, and meeting budget goals.
    • Oversaw 100% retention of high performing team with customer service orientation & regulation compliance.
    • Led project management for 30 million dollar transfer projects into the facility in Mexico.
  • Rain Bird
    NPD Buyer (New Product Development) (Contract Position)
    Rain Bird
    • Responsible for the planning, procurement, and negotiation of NPD projects and Purchase Orders
    • Sourced from Asia and North America vendors. Involved from engineering stages to production release.
    • Negotiated pricing for Rain Bird as well as for our subcontractors to meet company’s metrics.
    • Directed a multifunctional project to standardize policies for the flow of NPD materials within all departments
  • SONY ELECTRONICS
    Materials Supervisor
    SONY ELECTRONICS
    • Responsible for the materials side transfer of production lines from the Pittsburg to facility in Mexico.
    • Controlled inventory of finish goods as well as raw materials.
    • Accomplished a15% price reduction of $40 thousand dollar annual savings for corrugated material.
    • Led project to make Styrofoam packaging in plant to reduce inventory space by 75%.
  • Medtronic
    Commodity Leader
    Medtronic
    • Saved $600,000 dollars through Vinyl validation project.
    • Achieved $400 thousand dollar cost reduction through negotiation with suppliers: Direct savings, freight, stocking/VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory), payment terms, etc.
    • Identified alternative material that led to $200 thousand dollar savings in resin.
    • Managed Supplier to resolve service issues to avoid back order situations for sole and multiple plants.
  • Medtronic
    Sr. Supply Chain Manager
    Medtronic
    • Meet back order targets and exceeded inventory reduction targets by $8.5M for FY26
    • $170K freight reduction
    • Negotiated stocking agreement with local packaging supplier
    • Highered, trained and transferred purchasing responsibilities to the site.
    • Implemented a new forward looking MRP system in the site instead of using historical data.
  • Plantronics
    NPD Buyer (New Product Development)
    Plantronics
    • Worked on the first NPD project developed entirely in Plantronics Mexico. Its incredible success in schedule, cost, and quality opened the door for other projects to be developed in Mexico.
    • Negotiated with vendors, introduced new suppliers to reach cost targets for projects.
    • Led first self-directed NPD purchasing team with, Inventory, freight, cost savings, material transfer projects and Continuous Improvement.
    • Fixed goals and objectives for NPD buyers and benchmarked with other teams.
  • Whoop
    Global Supply Manager
    Whoop
    • Over $3 million dollars in savings through alternate suppliers and negotiations.
    • Successfully implemented Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) from China to Mexico facility.
    • Worked on new generation products for successful engineering and production runs.
  • Rain Bird
    Buyer/Planer/Sourcing
    Rain Bird
    • Led the Corporate Sourcing Committee with the Consulting Services commodity.
    • Received award for highest cost savings as a percentage of spend by data analysis and other measures.
    • In charge of $100 thousand dollars Reverse Auction for metal springs with a 24% overall cost reduction
    • Oversaw project management of transferring 8 molding machines from California to a facility in Mexico.
    • Negotiated Stocking and VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) agreements with 16% inventory reduction.
    • Indirect packaging cost reduction for 3 plants; RFQ (Request For Quotation) of 27% reduction of total spend.
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  • San Diego State UniversityCalifornia State University
    BA, International Business
    San Diego State UniversityCalifornia State University
  • MiraCosta College
    MiraCosta College
    MiraCosta College