Senior Procurement Coordinator Resume
Naperville, IL
SUMMARY:
- Accomplished professional with experience in:
- Supply chain management
- Transportation management
- Procurement and material planning
- Maintenance management
- Purchasing and inventory control
- Operations management
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
SAP, AS - 400, MS Access, Excel, Word, and database applications
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Naperville, IL
Senior Procurement Coordinator
Responsibilities:
- Manage and execute daily procurement transaction activities
- Create and issue purchase orders utilizing two SAP modules (PR4 and PRC) and a manual purchase order process
- Prepare and manage RFI’s and RFP’s
- Responsible for vendor contract negotiations and contract execution
- Drive performance of key suppliers to meet sourcing/business goals on productivity, working capital, cycle time reductions, delivery and quality.
- Responsible to train SAP end users in requisition creation, requisition approval, goods receipts, invoice receipts and a variety of SAP transactions.
Confidential, Chicago, IL
Procurement Specialist / Material Planner
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the processing of direct material replenishment activities and transactions
- Schedule production orders to maintain established inventory levels
- Analyzed the output from various material management information systems to initiate/maintain purchase orders and production orders for assigned products
- Maintain supplier data, commodity pricing and other purchasing related information in the SAP system and the mainframe based system
- Resolve invoice and payable settlement problems
- Manage open purchase orders to bring assurance of material delivery
Confidential, Schaumburg, IL
Senior Production & Inventory Planner
Responsibilities:
- Managed the production planning process for all appliance product categories to achieve sales and inventory goals
- Managed one million dollars of inventory at an the Puerto Rico third party logistics warehouse to maintain established inventory levels
- Scheduled the deployment of product from U.S. distribution centers and coordinated the transportation to the Puerto Rico warehouse. Conducted the annual physical inventory
- Reduced inventories 25% by establishing inventory targets in line with customer needs
- Reduced transportation costs 15% by utilizing warehouses in proximity of product demand
- Proven ability to utilize SAP software system in a Supply Chain Planning Process. Areas of expertise include MRP(material requirement process), warehouse management, and material master control
Confidential
International Traffic Coordinator
Responsibilities:
- Managed the international transportation of product for the Confidential subsidiaries and regions throughout the world
- Negotiated ocean carrier service contracts and freight rates.
- Prepared container/trailer load configurations. Coordinated warehouse transfers.
- Reduced transportation costs 15% by negotiating reduced trade lane rates.
- Implemented MaxLoad Pro software program for container/trailer load configurations and conducted the employee training for this program. This resulted in a reduction of order processing time
Confidential, Chicago, IL
Distribution Specialist
Responsibilities:
- Held full responsibility for maintenance and repair of the rail car, tank truck, and ISO tank fleet deployed throughout the United States
- Recommended equipment specification and modifications
- Increased equipment availability 10% by developing leased equipment specifications
Confidential, Chicago, IL
Regional Sales Manager
Responsibilities:
- Managed the Westbound Quote department and supervised one sales coordinator
- Increased westbound sales 15% by implementing a sales quote software system
Confidential
Terminal Supervisor
Responsibilities:
- Scheduled and supervised 8 terminal and inbound/outbound gate personnel
- Implemented round table discussions to develop employee relations that resulted in heightened safety awareness
Confidential
Maintenance and Repair Rail Supervisor
Responsibilities:
- Expedited repair of damaged equipment.
- Coordinated inter - site cargo transfers
- Reduced equipment down time by prioritizing equipment repair consistent with customer demand. An analysis of customer requirements was developed to achieve these results
Confidential
Maintenance and Repair Facility Supervisor
Responsibilities:
- Supervised 18 union mechanics
- Directed preventative maintenance
- Directed repair for ocean containers, chassis, and power support equipment
- Decreased equipment down time 15% by adhering to preventative maintenance scheduled
Confidential, Chicago, IL
Assistant General Superintendent
Responsibilities:
- Directed maintenance and repair for intermodal operations servicing 26 Eastern and Midwestern states
- Supervised 50 union mechanics. Directed preventative maintenance for over-the-road trailers, ocean containers, chassis and power support equipment
- Performed purchasing and inventory control
