SUMMARY:

To secure a stable professional position with your company where I can continue to increase my knowledge, experience, and enhancing my hands - on skills while making a significant contribution towards the ongoing success of your company.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Skilled in Windows & Microsoft software for: Excel, Word, Power Point, Project, Access. Skilled in SAP, ERP, MRP systems software for Plex Systems, Oracle, AS400-JD Edwards, Infor Solutions, Sage, SYSPRO and other applicable systems software including government not listed. (Proficient in blue print and layout applications)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Upper Sandusky, OH

Purchasing Agent

Responsibilities:

• Reducing, controlling, analyzing, & negotiating quoted pricing including material purchases of globally sourced component parts.
• Improving supplier performance through corrective or preventative actions measured by cost, quality, & delivery of supplied commodities.
• Negotiating pricing for material, outsourced supplied parts, supply agreements, blanket orders, contracted services, & various vendor managed programs. Resolving invoice discrepancies including negotiated settlements.
• Assisting with the development of effective procurement processes, procedures, policies, & controls. Implementing procurement strategies for aligned commodities.
• Analyzing statistical data to determine feasibility of buying products & established price objectives for contracted services.
• Recommending use of alternate parts, materials, or manufacturing methods to reduce overall costs.
• Leveraging strategic supplier partnerships that produce results in improved efficiencies, access to new resources, & increased sales.
• Using quality system procedures to manage suppliers & support production processes.
• Ensuring quality services are contracted at competitive costs including managing supplier relationship (SRM) strategy in a growing environment.
• Dispersing purchasing information to production and sales teams for completion of planned weekly production schedules.
• Maintaining knowledge of market conditions, trends, & product development. Interfacing with various departments for assessing the company’s sourcing & procurement strategies.
• Continuous development of effective purchasing processes, procedures, policies, & controls.
• Identifying International (offshore) & Domestic suppliers aligned to the company’s needs for continued growth.
• Achieved annual cost savings of $200K+ through resourcing, negotiated pricing, material or part optimization, selection of approved suppliers & process improvement.

Confidential, Marion, OH

Senior Buyer

Responsibilities:

• Maintained program of policies, systems, methods & procedures for the effective management & control of the purchasing function to reduce costs & produce additional income assigned commodities.
• Compiled & analyzed statistical data determining feasibility of buying products & established price objectives for contract transactions.
• Completed cost analysis of manufacturing costs within divisions of company.
• Recommended use of alternative parts, materials, or manufacturing methods to reduce costs.
• Processed requisitions, researched products, clarified specifications, typed purchase orders, followed up back orders, selected suppliers, & maintained up-to-date product information files. Evaluated vendor performance, utilized different vendor sources to fill as directed.
• Continuous development of effective purchasing processes, procedures, policies, & controls. Identifying International (offshore) & Domestic suppliers aligned to the company’s needs for continued growth. Searched out alternate suppliers or supplies during periods of shortages, stock outs, & persuaded potential suppliers to undertake manufacturing custom-designed items according to complex & rigid specifications.
• Purchased high volume parts & materials covered under extended contract periods.
• Negotiated requirements for prototype samples, spare parts, & customized technical literature.
• Achieved annual cost savings of $325K by negotiated pricing, outsourcing parts, & part optimization.
• Achieved cost reduction efforts by improving quality, process efficiency, & increased productivity.

Confidential, Mansfield, OH

Purchasing Agent & Asst. Sales / Customer Service Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead all purchasing, sales, & inventory control processes.
• Ensured production & material control were forecasted & planned effectively & efficiently while meeting cost reduction goals.
• Ensured forecasts were accurate supporting planned production schedules for Confidential PO’s & SO’s.
• Used lean manufacturing principles & concepts for raw materials purchases & supplies. Sourced vendors based on price, quality, service, & delivery. Improved customer relations & managed supplier development through partnership concepts.
• Planned, forecasted, & scheduled the allocation of raw materials & movement of inventory in accordance with day to day production.
• Evaluated process costing, inventory control, & resolved inventory shortages while ensuring adequate inventory of raw materials, parts, & finished goods in accord with Bill of Materials & production cycles.
• Resolved administrative matters pertaining to customer sale orders, in-house inventory, production schedules, & corrected all incorrect invoicing.
• Prepared quotations, estimates, & analyzed pricing for new bid opportunities & quotes to new & current customers.
• Secured sale leads while achieving profit from closed sales.
• Prepared forecasts & projected sales over a six month period.
• Reduced Mfg. costs by $15K through lean inventory methods & improved production processes.
• Increased annual profit by $30K through sale expansion of customized products to new customers.
• Implemented ERP software & utilized MRP strategies throughout all Mfg. Depts.

Confidential, Kinston, NC

Advanced Purchasing Agent & Supply Chain

Responsibilities:

• Strategically utilized supply chain principles in the global procurement of products & services.
• Managed & continually created cost reduction projects, negotiation of competitive supplier pricing, supply agreements/contracts, & request for quotation proposals.
• Managed the procurement of carbon & stainless steel metals & outsourced production parts.
• Maintained changes to Bill of Materials throughout production of new & existing models.
• Effectively managed supply chain through use of MRP, ERP, & SAP software increasing sustained partnerships.
• Used SAP throughout the planning of demand, parts, sourcing, and global procurement.
• Used SAP for optimizing forecasts & delivery schedules provided to domestic & international suppliers, & to effectively plan & schedule production based off supplier deliveries as well as linking internal & external processes with suppliers through SAP to maintain successful distribution to current customers.
• Achieved cost savings of $275K through material or part optimization & improved raw material pricing.
• Achieved cost reduction efforts by outsourcing parts with increased capacity providing increased profit.