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Roni Fayad

Roni Fayad

Cementon

Summary

Results-driven procurement and supply chain professional with experience managing direct commodities in a manufacturing environment. Skilled in purchasing, supplier negotiations, inventory management, and supplier relationship management. Proven ability to ensure material availability, optimize inventory levels, and collaborate cross-functionally to support operational and business objectives.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Buyer I -

B.Braun Medical
Allentown
12.2024 - Current
  • Manage a commodity portfolio valued at over $8 million annually, ensuring alignment with inventory targets and production requirements.
  • Procure and manage more than 200 raw material and component commodities through timely purchase order placement, delivery tracking, and supplier coordination.
  • Maintain continuous material availability to support uninterrupted manufacturing operations and production schedules.
  • Monitor supplier performance and proactively expedite, pull in, or push out deliveries to meet operational demands and inventory objectives.
  • Develop and maintain strong supplier relationships while negotiating pricing, lead times, and product quality to achieve cost-effective procurement solutions.
  • Lead supplier escalation calls to resolve material shortages, delivery delays, and supply chain disruptions.
  • Coordinate material change control activities, including last-time buys, sample submissions, and required supplier documentation to support engineering and quality requirements.
  • Partner closely with Engineering and Quality teams to ensure timely material validation, qualification, and closure of change control processes.
  • Conduct supplier business reviews and prepare quarterly supplier scorecards to evaluate performance metrics, quality, delivery, and responsiveness.
  • Generate and communicate weekly and monthly forecasts to suppliers to support demand planning and production continuity.
  • Manage consignment inventory programs, ensuring inventory accuracy, invoice reconciliation, and compliance with supplier agreements.
  • Collaborate with Accounts Payable to resolve invoicing discrepancies and payment-related issues in a timely manner.
  • Work cross-functionally with Warehouse, Quality, and Operations teams to resolve receiving, delivery, and material quality concerns.
  • Monitor year-end inventory levels and strategically adjust supplier deliveries to ensure corporate inventory targets are achieved.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives within procurement and supply chain operations to enhance supplier performance, inventory control, and operational efficiency.

Supply Chain Specialist -

Piramal Critical Care
Bethlehem
10.2022 - 12.2024
  • Approve purchase orders and collaborate with internal teams to resolve any discrepancies
  • Conduct strategic sourcing and vendor selection activities to achieve top quality and maximize cost savings
  • Leading various packaging initiatives to achieve cost savings goal of $300,000 for critical packaging components
  • Manage the vendor onboarding and modification process
  • Led and implemented a vendor managed inventory program for janitorial andpackaging supplies at two company locations
  • Lead negotiations of contracts and agreements with vendors effectively and efficiently for multiple departments
  • Led multiple projects to achieve $75,000 cost savings on recurring services through new vendor selection and negotiating current pricing
  • Build and maintain professional business relationships with suppliers
  • Implemented a new system to automate and streamline the vendor onboarding-modification process through a secure platform
  • Lead a duty drawback program every year and retrieve close to $750,000 each
  • Work closely with finance to resolve invoicing and payment issues
  • Manage the foreign trade zone operations for raw material imports and exports of finished goods, leading to tariff and duty avoidance of around $2 million a year
  • Work closely with customs brokers to file and clear imports and export shipments year on tariffs paid on imports

Supply Chain Associate -

Fastenal
Allentown
11.2021 - 10.2022
  • Managing the inventory, placing, and fulfilling orders for five large accounts
  • Administering procurement functions, including estimating/quoting prices andsourcing products
  • Coordinating resources to respond to customer supply chain needs
  • Sourcing items and products for customers from other Fastenal branches inventory
  • Supporting business-to-business sales and customer service activities

Education

Bachelor of Science - Supply Chain Management

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Kutztown, PA
05-2026

Associate of Arts - Business Administration

Lehigh Carbon Community College
Schnecksville, PA
06-2023

Skills

  • Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
  • Strong SAP knowledge
  • Strong negotiation and analytical skills
  • Bilingual (English, Arabic)
  • Windows, macOS

Certification

  • Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills - University of Michigan

Timeline

Buyer I -

B.Braun Medical
12.2024 - Current

Supply Chain Specialist -

Piramal Critical Care
10.2022 - 12.2024

Supply Chain Associate -

Fastenal
11.2021 - 10.2022

Bachelor of Science - Supply Chain Management

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Associate of Arts - Business Administration

Lehigh Carbon Community College
Roni Fayad