Purchasing Analyst Resume

SUMMARY:

Confidential, innovative, experienced team - oriented Materials Management Specialist with over 25 years in Materials Management which includes Master Scheduling, Production Planning, Inventory Control, Materials Planning and Supply Chain Management which includes international experience.
Strengths in compliance, time management, decision making and building relationships.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Represented positions with integrity and professionalism. Managed $2M monthly inventory.
Outstanding communications and computer skills utilizing Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint) Additional expertise in:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Purchasing Analyst

Invoice resolution with shared financial services, data entry, data transfer to suppliers.
Supplier interaction both written and verbal
Issuing and processing RFQ, PO maintenance, filing, managing RSO/RSI/MRP messages, expediting, and issuing shippers in accordance with company procedures.

Confidential

Buyer

Align with global sourcing plan
Collect and manage internal customers’ feedback on the sourcing process to identify further TCO reduction opportunities.
Prepare and lead fact based negotiations and select supplier
Lead contract implementation and resolve issues
Evaluate and renew contract
Report savings via VTT Tool
Define and lead cross-functional sourcing teams
Establish relationship with key suppliers
Enforce contract compliance
Process RFQ to purchase orders

Confidential

Materials Planner

Provide material support issuing material to keep operations productive
Lot releasing based on flow line requirements to insure uninterrupted flow of material to work cells utilizing SAP PP
Analyze. Plan and communicate requirements to operations to meet MPS
Maintain MRP integrity, including WIP inventory accuracy
Monitoring of lot deliveries and staging
Material review to support cell planning
Identify and Monitor shortages
Interface closely with Purchasing, Operations, Engineering, and Logistics to support production and business goals.
Develop and publish weekly production schedule to communicate requirements of internal/external customers

Confidential

Materials Planner

Responsible for releasing and maintaining schedule agreements to all direct materials suppliers.
Maintain source list for material
Analyze source list
Monitor inventory to support production and customer requirement
Maintain and monitor Supply Web computer-based internet systems.
Support inventory accuracy goals
SAP Coordinator for plant. Responsible for testing, implementation, and training of all SAP upgrades.
Maintain Sap material master for plant
Monitor and maintain slow moving items
Evaluate all back flush and scrap movement issues
Create and maintain independent demand
Monitor stock requirements list
Co-ordinate annual physical inventory
Create variance reports
Evaluate supplier on-time delivery
Change scheduling agreement valid to date
Monitor and maintain supplier cumulative received quantity and received dates
Evaluate negative inventory
SAP Power User for plant

Confidential

SAP Project Member

Responsible for development, testing, training, and implementation of SAP business process for Confidential RPO with a concentration in Sales Distribution and Master Production Scheduling.
Troubleshoot Sales & Distribution and Master Production Scheduling issues within Confidential RPO division
Evaluate on-time Customer Delivery
Monitor customer return process for Confidential Greenville plant
Analyze customer EDI Advance Ship Notices for Confidential Greenville plant
Analyze incoming EDI customer orders
Provide feedback to Confidential Greenville management team

Confidential

Production Planner

Responsible for master production scheduling, customer liaison, and production planning of shop floor to support customer requirements and plant’s forecast.
Support inventory accuracy goals
Oversee customer delivery goals
Provided monthly and annual sales and hours forecast to management.
Materials management trainer

Confidential

Production Coordinator

Coordinate scheduling of shop orders of 5000 plus SKU’s for Fabrication Department to support assembly department monthly build schedule.
Notify Planning department of scrap issues
Supervised all production control dispatchers
Managed daily shortages and set priority based on build schedule for assembly of forklifts
Monitor shop floor control system