PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Procurement and Materials Management Professional, with over 18 years of extensive strategic sourcing, supply - chain, and purchasing experience including capital asset appropriation, RFQ/RFP process control, bid-level setting, operational expenditures, contract management and negotiation, logistics, budget & resource planning, vendor management, and project management expertise.
• Proven success managing various direct and indirect procurement activities in multi-faceted manufacturing, healthcare, automotive, aerospace, construction, transportation, facilities, and MRO purchasing environments while continually exceeding service level expectations and delivering measurable cost savings initiatives.
• Contract, Asset, Software License Management Inventory Control, Analysis, Forecasting & Trends
• Relationship Management & Conflict Resolution Risk Management
• Technical Writing, Proposals, Manuals Supplier Audit, Compliance, KPI Reporting
• New Staff Development,, Mentoring Quality ControlIndustry Standard System Skill & Knowledge:

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Microsoft Office Tools: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, Access

Email Platforms: Novell, GroupWise, Ms-Outlook, Lotus Notes

Industry ERP Applications: EPICOR eProcurement, SAP, Great Plains, Oracle PeopleSoft, AccPac, Altiris, Salesforce, Deltek Costpoint, Glovia Plus

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential - Sanborn, New York

Corporate Purchasing Agent

Responsibilities:

• Initiate and maintain all purchase orders, blankets, contracts and other related purchasing documents including the maintenance of the ERP vendor database.
• Ownership of vendor management, quality concerns, and corrective actions with all suppliers to provide the best service, cost and quality to Bridgestone APM.
• Work closely with product launch teams (Engineering, Quality, Sales, Production Control), leading collaborative team effort while providing procurement support and leadership to get projects completed on schedule, while enforcing strict cost control measures.
• Maintain monthly and quarterly cost savings metrics and presenting with emphasis on budget impact, vendor performance, and global component supply forecasting.
• Perform required vendor audits for compliance, supply chain risk mitigation, and quality.

Confidential - Buffalo, New York

Corporate Purchasing Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Develop enterprise RFQ / RFP documentation and process for all capital improvement projects ensuring proper level-setting and eliminate ambiguity of vendor bids.
• Provide accurate and on-demand spending metrics including: cost savings reports, vendor score cards, KPI’s, and product fulfillment/inventory analysis from all lines of business including travel expenses.
• Responsible for ERP system security and vendor order portal administration for approved purchaser user accounts on multiple servers and platforms to maintain the integrity of cost center security.
• Initiated cost reductions through efficient and economic supplier base, negotiation, standardization of materials, and value analysis.
• Provide financial support, reporting, and analysis by maintaining process and procedure documentation for the Purchasing Department. Make recommendations for continuous process improvement for the supply chain and internal purchase requisition approval process.
• RFP bid level setting and detailed scope-of-work review and comparison, contract negotiation, and recommended sourcing selection for continual service vendors such as security, custodial, shredding, building/grounds maintenance, capital improvement projects, and infrastructure.
• Provide strict vendor management protocol in support of all internal customers to protect the quality, value, and integrity for all procurement activity. Also, process new vendor credit applications, negotiate credit limits & payment terms in advance of PO processing, and setup new vendors in ERP.

Confidential - Getzville, New York

Purchasing Support Analyst / Production Support Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Develop model audit rule initiative: Lead strategic review of inventory control, receiving, and asset tracking procedures to identify gaps and risks to ensure orders are delivered in compliance with PO specifications prior to invoice approval.
• Authored policies and procedures to document SOP’s for all product deliveries, tracking back-orders, and implementing a seamless corporate return policy for defects, including credit memo posting.
• Product fulfillment / supply chain management activity including updating internal product catalogs for accurate product re-order points based on usage, storage costs, and spoilage.
• Technical sourcing, evaluation, negotiating, procurement, and support of proprietary Fidelis equipment hardware, software, and data/asset protection services. Engaged cross-functional teams as subject matter expert and procurement technical liaison for internal business units involved in the design, testing, deployment, and on-going technical, application, and functional support to project field users.

Confidential - Amherst, New York

Purchasing Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed detailed monthly spend KPI metrics supporting $10 million technology budget for review by the executive level and senior management budget owners.
• Implemented process improvement initiatives to streamline centralized ERP purchase request process and requisition approval tools, including user for over 30 locations.
• Authored Policy & Procedures Documentation for adopted product request, mobile-device usage, and contract renewal bidding and procurement. These SOP’s greatly reduced the lead-times for product delivery.
• Reduced IT contract spending by over $300K by consolidating and co-terminating over 130 system contracts to eliminate overlap generated by rapid growth.
• Streamlined invoice reconciliation and approval process by focusing on removing barriers within the Accounts Payable workflow. This allowed for more timely payments of IT invoices and allowed for greater volume purchases to maximize even further savings.
• Staff Development responsibilities included interviewing,, and on-boarding new hires, as well as continuous skills enhancement and performance fundamentals for existing staff.
• Provided ERP system functional and technical support to second level support staff and end-users.