purchasing specialist ii supply chain specialist resume example with 20+ years of experience
Jessica
Claire
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Professional Summary
Seeking to obtain a challenging and rewarding position that will utilize my purchasing and material management skills and allow me to facilitate strong customer and supplier relationships to help drive success both personally and for the advancement of the company.
Results-oriented, dependable, and professional, with more than 20+ years in purchasing and materials management Excellent customer service skills and understand the value of establishing concrete customer and vendor relationships. Excels in a fast-past environment, with a focus on increasing productivity and eliminating risk.
Skills
Researching Goods
Financial Strategy Management
Strategic Negotiations
Creative Solutions
Education
Aims Community CollegeFort Lupton, CO, Expected in ā āGED: - GPA:
Certifications
Management Training (To learn management by objective, motivational techniques and safety)
Excel (Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced )
SAP BW
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Microsoft office (including Word, PowerPoint and Access)
Avnet Materials Certification
Work History
Symmetry Medical - Purchasing Specialist II-Supply Chain Specialist Claypool, IN, 01/2007 - Current
Worked in multiple positions across the company managing vendors such as Cisco, Oracle, Veeam and HP
Orders include HW, Renewals, Federal, Licensing, Saas and Service
During this time, I worked with internal teams such as AP, Credit and Finance to ensure discrepant invoices are cleared and customers are invoiced in a timely manner
Manage and provide Sales support including reserving inventory, expirations, extensions, customer specific inventory, sales orders, PO issues, expedites, and monthly and daily reports, while also eliminating excess overtime by coordinating a cross-departmental review of late night/weekend support
One of the main contributors in reducing inventory and aging from $150M to $40M while still maintaining and increasing fill rate by improving planning and driving on time delivery with the Supplier, and managing product lifecycle
Work with Accounting, Logistics, and Receiving departments on lost shipments, PO discrepant, and invoice problems to ensure reported inventory levels are accurate
Worked to close $3.1M in unpaid invoices due to discrepancies, and kept them at zero for the following six months, by managing the purchase order backlog, and initiating Supplier meetings to close freight issues and lost shipments
Ran weekly and monthly reports for Management and customers that were both systematic and manual reports to provide the necessary data needed to get support
Managed backlog request, expedites, reports and terminations
Reduced reserved inventory from $45M to $17M in a year by adding legal documents, improving processes and making better stocking decisions minimize gaps and leakage
Streamlined daily reports and processes by working closely with IT to create a database to maximize time management and reduce labor intensive manual reports
Managed bi-weekly backlog meetings with Oracle management to ensure the customers, Oracle and Tech Data were supported to the fullest
Streamlined and created processes and procedures to reduce excess workload
Managed vendor purchase order dispatch, delivery and invoicing to set contractual guidelines and maintain budgetary regulations.
Implemented policies to reduce cost and eliminate waste.
Adjusted procedures to maximize department effectiveness.
Communicated with vendors regarding inventory needs and negotiated prices to maintain profit margins.
Maintained focus and organization to regularly complete tasks with precision, timeliness and flexibility to accommodate fluctuating assignments and emerging business trends.
Solved diverse supply chain problems involving numerous sources, logistics and scheduling factors.
Tracked inventory shipments and prepared spreadsheets detailing item information.
Computed and created purchase orders in [System] to monitor stock levels, verify purchase requisitions and expedite customer orders.
Maximus, Inc. - Buyer/Planner Ruskin, FL, 01/2002 - 01/2007
Manage purchasing and sales for a custom kitting company
Create MRP used to plan, forecast, purchase materials and overseen scheduled purchase orders to requirements
Responsible for price negotiation, cost savings, and re-price material to maintain pricing standards
Work with accounting, customers, and vendors to authorize payments, returns, and resolve issues to ensure payment in a timely manner
Manage inventory, record maintenance, production scheduling, including work orders, delivery dates and production meetings
Coordinate the activities of several departments to create bill of materials, set up new vendor information, maintain and create new part numbers
Expedite supplier material and work with customers on delivery dates, RMA product and rework costs
Manage New Product Introduction (NPI), including reading drawings and specs to purchase new material, work with engineers to resolve issues or suggest changes, and work with customers and suppliers on implementation dates and pricing
Overseen shipping, logistics, and compliance documentation ensuring that product is expedited through customs
Create new systems and procedures, document and supervise said procedures
Work MRB and receiving quality issues, to document, fill out and close corrective action forms to ISO standards...
Quality Reliable Staffing - Market Research Assistant, ā¢Assistant City, STATE, 01/2001 - 01/2002
At top nationwide petroleum firm
Key member of a market research team, conducting surveys at the corporate, market, site and customer level.
Burger King - Operations Manager City, STATE, 01/1998 - 01/2001
Managed a fast-food business, supervised staff of up to 20 people, with full responsibility for staffing decisions, training, scheduling, and payroll
Utilized supply chain management to ensure the right inventory at the right time.
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