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Skills

  • Commodity price forecasting
  • Team management
  • Requests for information
  • Business operations
  • Team building
  • Cost reduction strategies
  • Project management
  • Negotiation and persuasion
  • Market trend monitoring
  • Process development

Work Experiences

  • Adapted to unpredictable market shifts.
  • Built an automated purchase order approval process.
  • Achieved 82% participation.
  • Tweaked procedures as needed to improve the department's efficiency.
  • Achieved recognition under PMP.
  • Achieved 55% reduction in supplier lead times by diversifying supply base and onboarding new vendors for ServiceNow.
  • Coordinated the air and ocean importation of program and procedure items.
  • Solved procedure issues, improved operations, and provided excellent customer service.
  • Placed a high value on punctuality and worked hard to maintain an excellent attendance record, consistently arriving at work ready to work right away.
  • Looked for industry trends on social media and through online sources.

Summaries

  • Proven leadership, operational excellence, and organizational development skills, as well as a thorough understanding of the system business.
  • Purchasing Team Leader with 4 years of successful team leadership and process improvement experience.
  • Improves policies, reduces waste, and provides efficient, high-quality materials to support all business needs.
  • Excellent track record of resolving issues, increasing customer satisfaction, and driving overall operational improvements.
  • Aligned procurement activities with financial targets.
  • Achieved savings over 13 months.
  • Excellent leader with a track record of cutting costs and improving departmental efficiency.
  • Balanced cost reduction with supply chain reliability.
  • Achieved 47% operational gains.
  • Achieved a 61% decrease in procurement costs.

Accomplishments

  • Initiated audits on vendor contracts, reviewing compliance, and identified opportunities for renegotiation, saving $11 per contract cycle.
  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
  • Partnered with production and engineering teams to adjust purchasing schedules, reducing expedited manufacturing costs by $11 annually.
  • Collaborated with team of 7 in the development of procedure.
  • Led the implementation of a Workday system overhaul, integrating supply chain management and streamlining procurement operations.
  • Trained and mentored a team of 13 junior buyers, improving purchasing performance and reducing procurement cycle times by 84%.
  • Led an initiative to consolidate suppliers, reducing the vendor base by 61% while maintaining quality standards and securing cost savings of $18.
  • Introduced automation via SAP to streamline purchase order tracking, reducing errors by 77% and cutting processing time by 15 hours weekly.
  • Negotiated long-term volume discounts with key suppliers, resulting in $3 annual savings for SAP purchases.
  • Optimized inventory turnover for Power BI, reducing obsolescence and cutting holding costs by 34%.

Affiliations

  • Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) - Completed lean procurement training in 2020, focusing on waste reduction
  • International Federation of Purchasing and Supply Management (IFPSM) - Attended global procurement trends conference, 2015
  • National Association of Social Workers
  • Association for Supply Chain Management (APICS)
  • Society of Women Engineers
  • Institute for Supply Management (ISM) - Completed certification in Supply Chain Management, 2021
  • Rotary International
  • North American Association of Purchasing Educators (NAAPE) - Member involved in educational programs for operational efficiencies
  • Project Management Institute
  • National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) - Participated in professional development programs, 2016

Certifications

  • Certified in Business Analysis (CBA) for Procurement – Ironclad Systems
  • Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) - Cedar Works
  • Advanced Purchasing Analytics – program
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
  • Procurement Fraud Prevention Certification - Lakeside Partners
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
  • SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP)
  • Supplier Risk Management Certification – Meridian
  • Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE) - Summit Group
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Brightline

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