Bruce Barlowe

Purchasing Specialist @ Parker Hannifin

About

Experienced Purchasing Manager in Defense, Aerospace, Telecommunications and Medical industries with a passion for meeting customer needs and exceeding customer expectations. Partnered and second sourced vendors. Drove cost reduction and cost avoidance to save over $100K in 2010. Using Social Media I expedited down a 3 month leadtime to 2 weeks on Cisco wired boards. My last 2 employers remarked that I keep my cool under pressure. Reported to CTO, Vice President and Directors. Specialties: Strategic sourcing, negotiation, expediting, cost cutting, knowledge of electronics, MRP, quoting, quote analysis, order management, suppliers development, selection of bidders, vendor partnering, vendor evaluation, materials management, purchasing, reading schematics, reading blueprints, make or buy decisions, new product rollouts, production planning

Country

United States

City

New York City Metropolitan Area

Industry

Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing

Skill

Negotiation, Cost Savings, Sourcing, Purchasing, Cost Reduction, Strategic Sourcing, MRP, Vendor Relations, Electronics, Materials Management, Spend Management, Inventory Management, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing, Global Sourcing, Continuous Improvement, Aerospace, Contract Negotiation, Inventory Control

Experience

Purchasing Specialist

Parker Hannifin

2018-8 - Present · 8 yrs 2 mos

Greater New York City Area

Senior Buyer

Parker Aerospace

2012-1 - Present · 14 yrs 9 mos

Hauppaugue, NY

Buyer of electronics components, outsource board assemblies.

Vice President

science-workshop.com

1989-1 - Present · 37 yrs 9 mos

Electronic mail order business making "The Poor Mans Spectrum Analyzer". This device, designed by my father Murray Barlowe, WA2PZO, turns any oscilloscope into a Spectrum Analyzer because the output is audio. Responsibilities: Sales, Soldering, Testing, Purchasing, Assembly, Customer Service, Repair...I do it all! Good part time business run out of basement office.

Purchasing Manager

Tactronics

2005-5 - 2011-6 · 6 yrs 2 mos

Oversaw 3 person department of buyers in a 12 million+ military manufacturer of C4ISR solutions. Member of Production Planning staff and ISO implementation group. Interface with Engineeering, Finance, Planning, AP and Stockroom. Tactronics, a premier provider of tactical integrated electronic systems and intelligent armor solutions, provides leading–edge technologies to worldwide military, government agency, homeland security and system integration markets.

Purchasing

BE Aerospace

2004 - 2005 · 1 yr

Sent materials out for plating, powdercoat, anodize and other finishes. Kept a tight rein on material flow, costs, and handled returns. I also suggested and helped implement HOT ORDER system that flags and speeds the movement of urgent parts from department to department. An excellent company! We were the most profitable division.

Purchasing

Darby Corporate Solutions

2000 - 2004 · 4 yrs

One person purchasing department. Darby manufactured the black boxes that track speed and location of commercial vehicles via GPS. Responsibilities included purchasing all raw materials, sourcing fabricators, overseeing powdercoating of enclosures, pushing deliveries "to the left" and cutting costs. Also Technical Writing and Web Content. Start up company that switched over to software solution for cellphones and discontinued the boxes.

STUDENT

APICS

2000 - 2000

Purchasing

Ellman Surgitron

1998 - 2000 · 2 yrs

Ellman manufactures radiosurgical devices. One person purchasing department. Purchased all materials, components and oversaw outside fabrication of enclosures (powdercoat, silkscreen). Member of new product committee and worked closely with all divisions. Was responsible for helping to launch new products. Drove cost reductions. Oversaw 3 person Receiving Department as well.