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SENIOR BUYER
Summary
To work for a mission driven company while putting to use an unsurpassed record of purchasing experience, networking abilities, and negotiation skills all to ensure the most beneficial purchasing agreements.
Experience
08/2012 to Current
Senior BuyerBergaila - Wellington , CO
  • Manage a team of three, and report directly to the VP of Operations.
  • Oversee purchasing of commodities that include pet supplies, supplements and medication at a discounted price within a budget of $500,000/day.
  • Ensure product volume and order flow are optimized to achieve target sales objective of $12 million.
  • Responsible for maintaining proper inventory mix based levels on forecast, and facilitated in the disposal of excess and distressed inventories.
  • Generate required inventory to purchase for using forecasts, order base and open to buy.
  • Maintain SKU inventory levels by understanding "open to buy", provided by implanting a forecast plan.
  • Negotiate vendor contracts based on one year basis.
  • Identify new vendor contracts and negotiate time scales with supplies.
  • Support vendor sourcing, material acquisitions, and price negotiations for product development.
  • Negotiate capacities and provide future needs on stock buys on a regular basis.
  • Liaison with marketing and sales management to ensure effectiveness of sale campaigns and promotions.
  • Maintain system dates to provide accurate availability to Customer Service and Sales.
  • Provide information through Excel on overstocked inventory to Customer Service and Sales and other internal departments on a monthly basis (or as needed).
  • Handle increasing complexities and develop track record of all backorders.
  • Responsible for maintaining system information regarding status of inventory and SKU set up.
  • Execute purchases by processing and placing POs to vendors on a global basis, according to the lead-time calendars.
  • Ensuring calendar compliance to all deliveries, provide information on a timely basis, including POs, schedules, etc., by communicating with appropriate departments.
04/2001 to 10/2010
Business Operations ManagerVerizon Communications - Muscatine , IA
  • Lead, directed, and managed inbound and/or outbound site operations to ensure that the operations staff executed all agreements at, or above the customer's standards.
  • Trained and certified new employees on all performance standards.
  • Planned and monitored daily staffing schedules and adjusted accordingly to ensure adequate staffing levels supported business objectives and operational demands.
  • Interviewed candidates for open job positions, and determined if they were a suitable fit.
  • Worked closely with Executives on various projects.
  • Purchasing.
  • Assisted Lead Buyer with identifying new vendor contracts and negotiated time scales with supplies.
  • Generated required inventory to purchase for using forecasts, order base and open to buy.
  • Maintained system updates to provide accurate availability to Customer Service and Sales.
Business Operations Lead
  • Ensured timely delivery of merchandise through consistent communication and follow-up with suppliers and warehouse team.
  • Coordinated effectively with the Purchasing Manager.
  • Worked with the store, office and warehouse teams and HR to ensure that staff plans operate in accordance to the business needs, based on peak sales times.
  • Ensured that annual inventory, customer demands, product replenishment, and the general store functions were running smoothly at all times.
  • Oversaw the flow of products between delivery trucks, the stockroom, and the sales floor.
  • Monitored and followed up on delivery schedules with the Warehouse Manager.
  • Created sustainable and ongoing cost reductions while maintaining exceptional service levels (includes delivery or pick up of goods from suppliers or customers).
  • Assisted in creating annual sales budgets and quarterly sales plans utilizing historical data and known events.
  • Sales budgets and plans are created with the partnership of the store management team.
  • Sales.
  • Handled territory sales throughout Canada to daycares, schools, teachers and parents.
  • Promoted and marketed a wide variety of products by utilizing a consultative sales approach.
  • Managed trade shows and industry events to promote company products to potential customers.
  • Built a strong rapport with potential customers, learned about their particular needs, and worked to successfully fulfill it with specific products.
Education and Training
October 2003
Bachelor of Science: Business Information SystemsDeVry Institute of Technology - City, StateBusiness Information Systems Recipient of President's Choice Award
2000
Business Skills: Business Communication, Managerial Accounting, Management Studies, Economics, Networking, Total Quality Management, Operations Analysis and Project Management Languages: VB.NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, C, C++, VB, ADO, JSP, Java, Databases: Oracle 8i/9i, SQL
and Microsoft Access Applications: MS Office, Front Page and Corel Draw Hardware: Troubleshoot, repair, upgrade, install and configure PC. Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows 7, OSX Self-study: Crystal Reports, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, Word Perfect, Paint Shop Pro, Java Scripts
Skills
.NET, VB.NET, ASP.NET, acquisitions, ADO, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, approach, budgets, budget, Business Communication, C, C++, commodities, Hardware, contracts, Corel Draw, Crystal Reports, Customer Service, Databases, delivery, Economics, Flash, Front Page, HR, inventory levels, inventory, Java, JSP, Java Scripts, Managerial Accounting, marketing and sales, Microsoft Access, Excel, MS Office, office, Windows 7, negotiations, Networking, Operating Systems, Operations Analysis, Oracle 8i, Paint Shop Pro, peak, pick, POs, product development, Project Management, Purchasing, rapport, Sales, sales plans, SQL, staffing, store management, Total Quality Management, trade shows, Troubleshoot, upgrade, VB, Word Perfect
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School Attended

  • DeVry Institute of Technology

Job Titles Held:

  • Senior Buyer
  • Business Operations Manager
  • Business Operations Lead

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Science : Business Information Systems
    Business Skills: Business Communication, Managerial Accounting, Management Studies, Economics, Networking, Total Quality Management, Operations Analysis and Project Management Languages: VB.NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, C, C++, VB, ADO, JSP, Java, Databases: Oracle 8i/9i, SQL
    and Microsoft Access Applications: MS Office, Front Page and Corel Draw Hardware: Troubleshoot, repair, upgrade, install and configure PC. Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows 7, OSX Self-study: Crystal Reports, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, Word Perfect, Paint Shop Pro, Java Scripts

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