MITCHELL J. HAMILTON

**** *. ******* ***** ********, Arizona 85226

480-***-**** (home) 480-***-**** (cell)

E-mail: ace2ql@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

. Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems

. Bachelor of Science, Supply Chain Management

. Minor in Economics

. Certificate in International Business Studies

. Graduated Summa Cum Laude - GPA 4.10

. W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, May 2012

. Accepted to the W. P. Carey School of Business, Masters of Business

Administration program, beginning August 2014

HONORS & AWARDS

. President's Scholar (4-year full academic-based scholarship)

. Member of National Society of Collegiate Scholars

. ASU W. P. Carey School of Business Dean's List, eight consecutive

semesters

. Featured in a front page article of The Arizona Republic (Nov. 2005)

on Mesa Distance Learning

EXPERIENCE

Jul. 2012 - Present Materials Buyer, AmSafe Aviation, Phoenix AZ

. Eliminated from the production backlog over ninety-five percent of all

past due purchase orders for items requiring outside processing

. Reduced purchase costs by 5-15% on a wide array of machined parts

through establishing uniform purchase quantities

. Awarded the responsibility of managing all domestic metal stamping

houses

. Create and monitor a purchasing schedule, expediting purchase orders

as needed, and ensure that a sufficient stock of components is

available for the manufacture of both our standard core product line

and specific unique product lines through the analysis of customer

usage trends

. Manage the development of all new seatbelt buckle cover logo

engravings, collecting customer requirements through the use of

surveys and various follow-up interviews and requirement meetings with

engineering, quality, and sales, as well as following the project

through to completion to ensure that the final product meets all

customer specifications

. Train users, specifically our team of buyers, on how to adjust the

monthly on-time-delivery spreadsheet to account for factors beyond the

control of their suppliers that resulted in late delivery of product

. Create and analyze accounting PPV reports for the Director of

Purchasing

. Identify and assess potential new suppliers

. Monitor the performance of existing suppliers to ensure that they

continue to meet the needs of our customers

. Respond to and review engineering change requests to alter part

numbers produced by the suppliers that I manage

. Ensure ongoing integrity of the SKUs that I purchase by reviewing the

aftereffects of all relevant engineering changes and making

adjustments when necessary

. Identify duplicate part numbers loaded into our BI software, QAD, and

coordinate with document control and engineering to resolve them into

a single part number

. Prepare monthly quality and on-time delivery scorecards for our top

fourteen suppliers through the creation of data charts and graphs

illustrating key performance indicators pulled from simple queries in

both Microsoft Access and QAD

. Validate that parts that have been re-sourced to a new supplier

continue to meet the requirements of our quality department and can be

shipped to our customer base

. Work closely and cooperatively with our team of development engineers

and sales managers to coordinate the creation and review of prototypes

for various new products, encompassing both commercial and military

restraints

. Perform periodic site visits at supplier facilities to either assist

in the relationship-forming process or follow up on high-visibility

projects.

. Develop a thorough understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of

each of my suppliers to better determine which products to source from

which supplier

. Balance supplier workloads and priorities based on competing customer

sales order deadlines

. Work closely and collaboratively with engineering and quality

inspection in both the diagnosis of quality defects in incoming

product and the generation of potential solutions

. Independently compile and submit weekly or bi-weekly open order

reports for supplier review

. Troubleshoot and problem-solve all miscellaneous issues pertaining to

the commodities that I am responsible for, including but not limited

to invoice discrepancies, incorrect shipment quantities, missing

shipments, and product quality issues

. Develop strong relationships with strategic suppliers to improve

overall quality and on-time delivery performance

. Negotiate pricing with suppliers as needed

. Communicate a variety of simple and complex engineering changes to

suppliers

. Act as the central resource for coordination of the rework of

defective product

. Assist coworkers as needed in how to use our business intelligence

software, especially for new employees or coworkers who have recently

been promoted

Aug. 2010 - Jun. 2012 Sales Associate I, Arizona State University

Bookstore, Tempe AZ

. Processed transfers between the Tempe campus bookstore and radial

campus bookstores focusing on accuracy and completeness of information

. Input invoice data to record transfers of inventory to radial stores

. Manage and organize accounting filing system to allow easy access to

records by department managers

. Perform data reconciliations to ensure accuracy of book rental records

in the system

. Match invoices with receiver documents and chargebacks with credit

memos given identifying numbers such as CB and invoice numbers

. Reconcile chargebacks with credit memos to identify inaccuracies in

item count, pricing, and discount

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

. Created practical solution designed to increase AZHiMSS's membership

levels

. Developed a working database and several SQL queries to simulate an

online college enrollment system

. Developed a working e-commerce website allowing dynamic customization

to add new products, control inventory levels, and facilitate

purchases by customers while querying the database to ensure that

product is in stock

. Investigated the Hungarian automotive industry, assuming group

leadership on the project

. Analyzed Chompies' supply chain, culminating in a presentation

. Analyzed and suggested improvements for Target's Easter season supply

chain

. Largely contributed to three papers about product sourcing, receiving

a 100% on the third one

. Managed and heavily contributed to a group analytical paper taking a

historical record of supplier bids and, with the aid of the CPI,

determined which vendors should be selected

. Completed high school project involving price comparisons for various

items across four leading grocery stores

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

. Member of the ASU Department of Information Systems Student Club

. Delivered training sessions for senior citizens at the Tempe Public

Library on how to use a variety of technical applications in MS Office

Suite

SKILLS

. Proficiency with SQL programming in both building and modifying

databases as well as creating queries for the purposes of reporting

and analysis

. Some experience in C#, C++, PHP, CSS, and JavaScript

. Experience creating relational databases, and familiarity with the

structure of multidimensional databases

. Experience using the QAD business intelligence system and keen

familiarity with its functions and features

. Microsoft Visual Studio, Visio, MySQL, and ERwin data modeler

. Distribute analytical reports via SharePoint

. Proven ability to self-educate, as illustrated by earning a near

perfect grade while attending an online high school

. MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

. Yahoo/Google Email

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