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Purchasing Coordinator Resume
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| Desired Industry: Manufacturing |
SpiderID: 28739 |
| Desired Job Location: Hartsdale, New York |
Date Posted: 9/17/2009 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: 09/17/2009 |
| Desired Wage: 40000 |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience |
Willing to Travel: Yes, Less Than 25% |
| Highest Degree Attained: Masters |
Willing to Relocate: No |
Objective:
* Offering 12+ years purchasing experience and strong negotiating
skills along with a proven ability to master purchase order systems
and actively participate on cross-functional project teams.
* Industry knowledge includes category management and supplier
relationship management processes, ISO 9001, quality assurance and
quality control standards.
* Collect, analyze, and monitor category specific information on
spend, supplier performance, user adoption and compliance, standards
and specifications, and industry benchmarks.
* Develop supplier relationship management programs that focus on
quality, productivity, and innovation.
* Proficiently employ creative methods to manage inventories and
supply agreements.
* Maintain effective presentation and communication skills as well
as strong finance, quantitative, and analytical skills. Solid
background in computer based analytic tools.
* Technically astute, can easily learn new product lines, highly
technical data, and design specifications.
Experience:
Purchasing Coordinator 4/2007 - 8/2009
Timco, Inc. * Buchanan, NY
Manufacturer of plastic parts for construction industry and fire
truck manufacturers
* Handled all company purchasing, serving as the primary contact
with vendors for bearings and other hardware, office, shipping,
warehouse, and janitorial supplies, including parts made overseas.
* Cultivated and strengthened relationships with existing vendors,
often obtaining more favorable pricing and improved shipping rates.
* Expedited all purchase orders on a daily basis, and resolved any
other problems such as returns.
* Provided assistance to supervisor in the preparation of ISO 9001-
mandated quarterly vendor performance assessments.
* Played a leadership role during the annual physical inventory and
subsequent reconciliation.
* Strictly followed all ISO 9001 mandated purchasing and vendor
procedures, which helped ensure keeping the ISO 9001 certification,
required to retain several large customers.
* Established reorder points for items purchased from international
vendors, ensuring that sufficient stock was always on hand.
Notable Accomplishments:
* Decreased costs by $100K from previous year through aggressively
negotiating with vendors and introducing competition between vendors.
* Negotiated free freight for orders over $300 and next day
delivery with one vendor.
* Reduced inventory costs $700K (of a $2.5M inventory) by
implementing numerous processes that ensured on hand inventory was
utilized before requisitioning additional materials.
* Constantly sourced new vendors, in one case resulting in 20%
savings on shipping costs, as well as warehouse, and janitorial
supplies.
* Followed up daily on the status of all open purchase orders,
improving on-time shipments from all vendors by approximately 15 -
20%.
* Achieved a 24-hour turnaround time for processing all requests
for quotations and receiving responses back from vendors.
Purchasing Agent 4/2000 - 11/2006
Fire-End & Croker Corporation ² Elmsford, NY
Suppliers of fire fighting equipment and fire department supplies
* Designated as the primary contact with all vendors. Expedited
orders when required, and handled all other order-related issues.
Partnered with multiple vendors located in Germany and Belgium.
* Supported company-wide inventory management initiatives through
periodic cycle counts to ensure particular items were reordered in
time to avoid shortages. Maintained and distributed a weekly out-of
stock list to inside sales, customer service, and management.
* Built relationships with internal customer to develop supplier
approval procedures, resulting in timely and accurate information
regarding specifications and eliminating previous delays and
complications.
* Developed processes for recording and reporting all major
purchasing activities providing easy access to key data and buying
patterns.
Notable Accomplishments:
* Processed all requests for quotations and ensured responses were
received within 24 hours.
* Coordinated inventory cycle counts twice monthly that reduced
inventory discrepancies 10%.
Purchasing Agent 5/1993 - 2/1999
Century Communications Corporation ² New Canaan, CT
Regional cable television operator and administrator of 72 local
cable systems
* Sourced and negotiated with various vendors to obtain the best,
most competitive pricing.
* Entered and expedited all purchase orders originating from the 72
local cable systems, and maintained purchase order database.
* Closely monitored $187M capital budget daily to ensure sufficient
funds were available for capital improvement purchase orders.
Notable Accomplishment:
* Selected as a Super User and key member of the team charged with
the implementation of the Lawson Procurement Suite.
Education:
Fordham University, New York, NY
~ MBA in Finance ~
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
~ BBA in Finance ~Fordham University, New York, NY
~ MBA in Finance ~
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
~ BBA in Finance ~
Skills:
* Negotiating Skills
* Collaborative Teamwork
* Vendor Management
* Time & Resource Management
* Customer Service
* Team Building & Leadership
* Quality Assurance & Product Compliance
* Relationship Management
* Process Improvement & Efficiency
* Sourcing: Pricing & Availability
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