PEGGY LONDON BAGGETT

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Tuscaloosa, AL 35405

205-***-****

acb6ds@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: Looking for a position in the Sevier County area where my diversified work

experience can be utilized to contribute to an organization and where I can continue to learn.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

08/11 – present Sourcing Manager, BBVA Compass, Birmingham, AL

• Place purchase orders for business supplies and services using Ariba

• Sourcing new suppliers for professional services or software and/or

programming

• Work closely with Supplier Registration ensuing that suppliers are

being compliant in submitting their financials, W-9, and Certificate of

Insurance before being set up in the Ariba system

• Send out RFQ’s and negotiate purchase orders and contracts

11/10 – 08/11

08/09 - 5/10 Buyer, Mercedes Benz, Vance, AL

• Determined pre-qualifications by coordinating and summarizing

survey results

• Developed annual supplier expectations, monitor performance, and

complete rating reviews

• Developed and maintained accurate cost and supplier records.

• Created and awarded purchase orders / contracts to suppliers using

SAP and GLOBUS

• Prepared RFQ packages, conduct pre-bid meetings, and negotiated

final pricing with potential suppliers

10/09 – 10/10 Accounts Receivable, Motion Industries, Tuscaloosa, AL

• Answer phones

• Bill customers using Aviva software program

• Process credit applications

6/04 – 12/07 Warranty Claims Rep, Elk Corporation, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Answered phones and assisted homeowners with filing warranty

claims using People Soft software

• Opened and distributed mail

• Entered warranty cards from various states and printed warranty

registration letters for homeowners using a mail merge done in Excel

• Wrote claim denial letters, offers, release agreements, and other such

correspondence to homeowners regarding their warranty claim

• Sent out warranty claims packet via an online UPS system on a daily

basis

• Ran reports from People Soft and did a monthly departmental report

using Word & Power Point

2/01 – 08/08 REALTOR®, Patton Realty, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

7/99 – 2/01 Buyer, Northport Health Services, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Reported to Director of Purchasing

• Purchased Linens, Mattresses, Arts & Crafts items, Office Supplies,

Computer Hardware, Software, & Accessories, and Detergents for the

Corporate offices and thirty-five nursing home facilities located in

Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, and Missouri

2/91 – 2/99 Buyer/Expediter, Chiyoda International Corporation, Houston, Texas

• Purchased all items (from Valves to Computer Software) required to

engineer and construct refineries, petrochemical facilities, and car

plants.

• From the placement of the purchase order until the time the materials

were loaded aboard ship or plane, I expedited the vendors’

submissions of required drawings and documentation and the

approval return of these items, from our corporate offices in

Yokohama, Japan

• Followed the progress of the vendors’ fabrication according to their

submitted Manufacturing Schedules and the job site's requirements

by telephone and shop visits

• Used Double Helix for purchase orders and expediting reports

7/85 – 1/91 Purchasing Agent, Commonwealth Financial Group, Houston, Texas

• After two years as Purchasing Secretary for this savings and loan and

international mortgage company, I was promoted to Purchasing

Agent.

• Instituted and maintained the filing system for the department.

• Assisted in implementing the automated purchase order system for

the company.

• Purchased Office Supplies, Furniture, Printing and Computer

Supplies for the corporate offices, thirty-three savings branches, and

over seventy mortgage offices nationwide.

• Successfully negotiated national contracts for all the above items,

along with maintenance contracts for all office equipment.

EDUCATION

2013 Kaplan University – Information Technology, Chicago, Illinois

1991 – 1993 University of Houston – Purchasing & Materials Management –

Downtown, Houston, Texas

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