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PURCHASING MANAGER
Professional Summary

Performance-driven Purchasing Manager with knowledge in the formal bid process and contract management. Recognized as a forward thinking leader with the ability to manage multiple projects under strict deadlines. I have extensive experience with creating, approving and issuing procurement contracts, conducting company self-audits, and maintaining positive vendor and customer relations. Results-oriented with the ability to find the "best value" when making organizational purchases and constantly working to save an organization the most money possible.

Skills
  • Oracle (PeopleSoft)
  • Distribution and warehousing
  • Continuous improvement
  • Budget planning
  • Warehouse and manufacturing operations
  • Customer service
  • Accounts payable
  • Inventory control
  • Negotiation
  • BillQuick
  • IQMS
  • ARIBA
  • Proficient in MS Office
  • Procurement best practices
  • Logistics management
  • Forecasting
Work History
Purchasing Manager, 10/2016 to Current
Company Name – City, State
  • Directly manage up to 8 employees within the purchasing and inventory/shipping departments
  • Manage procurement of parts, raw material and software for all departments within the company
  • Developed standard operating procedures and document workflows for current and future process steps for both purchasing and shipping department
  • Manage and improve relationships and strategies with local, national and international suppliers
  • Assisted in leading in-house development of inventory software tailored to company's specific needs known as APL
  • Delivered substantial cost savings by negotiating free incoming shipping on orders from all major suppliers. Resulted in a 37% cost savings in 2019
  • NGSS Project Manager. Procure all parts, oversee inventory production,and schedule shipments to site. Monitor inventory levels and production line while forecasting future customer orders and specific site needs
  • Provide customer service and site support for NGSS, SSLAW, Indusoft, Ariba and spare parts inquiries, orders, and RMA's
  • Negotiated policies and contracts with vendors to achieve optimal pricing and consistent availability
  • Computed and created purchase orders in BillQuick and APL Software to monitor stock levels, verify purchase requisitions and expedite inside and outside customer orders
Purchasing Analyst, Purchasing Card Administrator Nucor Fastener, 10/2015 to 10/2016
Company Name – City, State
  • Responsible for creating all purchase orders for outside processing
  • Serve as a backup to Purchasing Supervisor to approve and convert all company requisitions as needed
  • Receive in all outside processing orders, ensure all orders are complete
  • Monitor and track all outside processing orders to ensure on-time delivery to customer
  • Assisted in contract negotiation with company's packaging vendor. Resulted in an annual savings of $55,413
  • Analyzed soon to be expired contracts in the 1st quarter of 2016
  • Negotiated with specific vendors a renewal contract totaling a savings of $18,000 in the first quarter of 2016
  • Monitor P-Card accounts and daily activity
  • Run all necessary reports at the end of each P-card cycle period for management, accounts payable, and law firm
  • Reconciling all P-card transactions at the end of billing cycle to ensure on time payment to JP Morgan
  • Complete Use Tax analysis on all company P-Card purchases
  • Complete and send out all contractor 1099's at year end
  • Maintain all vendor insurance certificates and contractor agreements are valid and up-to-date
  • Lead of the Health and Wellness Team
  • Created monthly wellness newsletters for teammates, organized quarterly Lunch N' Learns, and promoted physical, nutritional, financial, and emotional wellness company wide
Procurement Operations Specialist, 07/2012 to 08/2015
Company Name – City, State
  • Assist in the formal bid process
  • Prepare initial RFP or RFQ bid documents, organizing mandatory pre-bid meetings, results analysis, and negotiation of contract
  • Developed and presented an annual rules and regulations guide for all purchasing card holders and approvers
  • Monitored all P-card employee transactions
  • Reconciled all monthly transactions
  • Created and approved vendor purchase orders in order to begin work for the company
  • Worked hand and hand with accounts payable to process all company invoices and receiving reports in a timely manner
  • Created the business services budget implementation plan with the CFO each fiscal year change
  • Assisted with a high dollar project to replace all LED lighting in company's main studio
  • Helped to save approximately $31,000 through the bid process versus purchasing from price quotes received from various lighting companies
  • Helped to initiate new vendor search for building maintenance services. Gathered quotes, interviewed vendors, and conducted in depth analysis on each proposal. Resulted in a contract with an annual 8% decrease in cost from previous contractor
  • Worked alongside a cross functional team to create an inventory control tracking system for all assets in the building
  • Volunteered during campaign season to take incoming calls for donations to the organization
Education
CPIM- Inventory & Production Management , Expected in 12/2020
APICS
Georgia Certified Purchasing Associate , 2014
Department of Administrative Services - City
Associate of Arts: Business Foundations, 05/2007
University of Phoenix
Completed Courses

• Legal Issues- Contracts, Open Records, Conflict of Interest and Protests
• Strategic Sourcing
• How to Conduct a Self- Audit
• Supplier Contracts Management
• Purchasing Card Principles
• Evaluating P-Card Program Management
• Basics of Writing Specifications
• RFP/RFQC Development Process
• RFP Award Process
• Advanced Excel
• NuPerformance (Leadership Development)

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Resume Overview

School Attended

  • APICS
  • Department of Administrative Services
  • University of Phoenix

Job Titles Held:

  • Purchasing Manager
  • Purchasing Analyst, Purchasing Card Administrator Nucor Fastener
  • Procurement Operations Specialist

Degrees

  • CPIM- Inventory & Production Management , Expected in 12/2020
    Georgia Certified Purchasing Associate , 2014
    Associate of Arts : Business Foundations , 05/2007

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