Antonio Barba

•Vendor Management: Negotiates complex contracts and monitors supplier compliance regarding quality, cost, and capacity. • Commodity Strategies: Develops and executes global sourcing strategies and vets alternate suppliers to mitigate risk and ensure continuity. • Value Engineering: Drives continuous improvement with suppliers to reduce material and manufacturing costs • Freight Optimization: Manages inbound freight and outbound distribution to balance speed and delivery reliability against transport costs. • Reverse Logistics: Develops and refines processes for product returns, repairs, and after-sales support • Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP): Partners with commercial teams to forecast demand and align production capabilities. • Inventory Optimization: Monitors inventory levels to maximize turnover • Performance Metrics (KPIs): Monitors real-time dashboards to analyze metrics like order cycle time, delivery reliability, and cost-per-unit. • Project Management: Oversees cross-functional network capacity initiatives to eliminate manual efforts and streamline operations • Disaster Recovery: Identifies network vulnerabilities and develops contingency plans to reconfigure logistics streams during sudden disruptions. • Regulatory Compliance: Ensures all logistics operations and vendor practices abide by local and international trade laws, customs procedures, and environmental standards.

•Material Readiness: Owns end-to-end material supply plans for New Product Introductions (NPI) and mass production. • Risk Mitigation: Identifies capacity constraints, lead time issues, and allocation risks before they impact the budget or schedule. • Cross-Functional Leadership: Coordinates with Sourcing, Quality, Finance, and Planning departments to align strategies. • Performance Tracking: Develops KPIs to track supplier and internal performance to enact continuous improvement plans • Initiative Implementation: Oversee the end-to-end execution of supply chain projects, such as launching new facilities, transitioning suppliers, or adopting new inventory systems • Timeline Management: Develop work breakdown structures, define project scope, and establish milestones to keep cross-functional teams (Engineering, Finance, Operations) on schedule • Supplier Selection: Evaluate supplier capabilities, negotiate contracts, and source quality materials to meet the business’s financial and technical objectives. • Cost Optimization: Conduct cost breakdown analyses and define target pricing for raw materials and components • KPI Development: Design Key Performance Indicators to monitor and evaluate both supplier and internal supply chain performance.

•Adheres to company Values and all safety, environmental, security and quality requirements including, but not limited to: Quality Management Systems (QMS), Safety, Environmental and Security Management Systems, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, company policies and operating procedures, and other regulatory requirements. • Participates in obtaining new account information and providing quotations where appropriate. • Facilitates customer set up documentation for new customers and helping establish available credit limits • Enters and manages all Quotation Requests for assigned customer base. • Coordinates and manages Change Notifications (Late Notification, Change Order, Parts Change, etc.) to Enterprise customers (Pull Ins, Push Outs, etc.). • Manages customer orders by interacting with site-based scheduling team. • Works with manufacturing sites that orders are on-time and that the promised ship date is acceptable to the customer prior to confirming order. Drives resolutions if conflicts exist. • Facilitates customer calls related to order process (first article, new product development, quick turns, etc.). • Coordinates new item process on new products (verifying proper part #, drawings, and revision). • Ensures Enterprise customer orders meet long term agreement requirements (pricing, demand, etc.). • Manages Vendor Managed Inventory for assigned Enterprise customers including customer inventory analysis, replenishment, invoicing, and reconciliation (as required). • Participates in Sales/Operations meeting to reconcile inventory forecast with manufacturing capability (as required). • Liaisons for retrieving and assisting with Customer Forecast demand analysis and coordinating communication with assigned customer base as required clarifying any discrepancies. • Ensures customer demand meets customer agreement through order management and analysis as required.

• Analysis and resolution of billing discrepancies. • Coordinated with clients to determine budgetary specifications. • Provided assistance in report development to senior management. • Served as the lead point of contact for all customer account management matters • Built and maintained strong, long-lasting client relationships • Negotiated contracts and close agreements to maximize profits • Devise effective territory sales and marketing strategies • Analyze data to find the most efficient sales methods • Meet with customers to address concerns and provide solutions • Discover sales opportunities through consumer research • Present products and services to prospective customers • Participate in industry or promotional events (e.g. trade shows) to cultivate customer relationships • Conduct training in sales techniques and company product attributes • Assess sales performance according to KPIs • Monitor competition within assigned region