Maria Cecilia Rueda

As a Sr. Purchasing Officer, lead the Purchasing Team in ensuring the fulfillment of the company’s objective for the following: A. No production downtime due to unavailability of materials/parts. B. No quality issue that may arise due to wrong material procurement. C. Contribute to the company’s objective of providing/supplying products at a competitive price. - Handles new product material sourcing and procurement, from the development stage until prototype runs. - In charge of creation, maintenance/update, and control of the company’s new and running product BOMs. - Take the lead on price, lead time, shipping inco-terms, and payment terms negotiation with critical material suppliers of the company’s running products - Check and review POs generated and released by Purchasers.

As a Purchasing Officer, I am responsible for the following: Sourcing - Coordinate with R&D, Engineering, and Production for the needed parts/materials, tools, or equipment for sourcing. - Communicate with prospective suppliers to discuss price, payment terms, MOQ, delivery Inco-terms, and other matters which can be used as a gauge whether the potential supplier possesses an advantage that can be benefited by the company. - Coordinate with Engineering and QC/QA for the qualification of the prospective supplier and its product/s. - Continuously source alternative suppliers or alternative materials/brands to reduce material cost without compromising quality and to keep the company’s product pricing competitive. Procurement - Generate Purchase Orders (PO) in accordance with the company Logistics Team requirement as well as other Dept needs. - Coordinate with the suppliers on various issues related to the PO generated, such as PO update, delivery confirmation, and quality or technical issues in coordination with the company QC/QA team and the Engineering team. - Update and release of the PO tracking list for the Logistics team. - Assess suppliers’ performance through the generation of the Supplier Performance Report quarterly. Purchasing Database Creation - Created the company Purchasing Database and maintain it by keeping it up to date to ensure the availability and completeness of information. Importation - Process Importation Permits or Documentation for the incoming ordered materials being handled. - Source, qualify, nominate, and coordinate with company Forwarders and Brokers. - Create a recommendation report on a cost-effective method of importation for both AIR and SEA.

As a production operator, I was given the following task. - Cable Assy Operator: Perform cable harnessing, which is a process of attaching the electronic assembly to the plastic parts and power cords - MI Operator: Perform manual insertion of electronic components into the PCB - Assist the company’s Assistant Operations Manager in China in setting up production in China for a mechanical controller product. I was sent to China for 1 year and was given below tasks: a. Acted as the team’s DCC Clerk b. Trained to produce the mechanical product from start to end process, and with the assistance of a Chinese translator, trained the Chinese operators. c. Produced and tested initial samples of the product. d. Started sourcing for some material needs of the company in the Philippines.

Work as the IC Department PIC Clerk from which my responsibilities include the following: A. Responsible for receiving customer documents, interpreting them with the assistance of Engineering Staff, and converting them into an assembly process flow sheet (or run card) which is used by the production as a guide for the assembly of a particular product and for product tracking. B. Responsible for keeping the records or files, both hard copy and soft copy, on a per customer and per device or product basis.

Hired as an encoder, from which my computer typing skills have been developed, and hands-on knowledge of different window application has been gained.

I was assigned at Enterprise Operation And Monitoring Department and was given training in the process and procedures for the issuance of an order of payment for the application of the Bring-In and Bring-out permit for materials entering and exiting the Clark PEZA compound.

Major in Computer Education