NANCY V. ALVAREZ

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Kew Gardens, NY 11415

646-***-****

aceksl@r.postjobfree.com

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Supported the Senior Director of Purchasing and handled all aspects of Contract Administration. Worked

with department managers to educate, support and process their procurement needs and provided

recommendations on purchasing processes for their consideration applying the corporate’s initiative

Approved Vendor Compliance Program.

EXPERIENCE

Business Analyst Procurement 1998 2013

Scholastic, Inc.

Supported the Senior Director of Corporate Purchasing

Analyzed monthly Accounts Payable reports for vendor compliance

Provided monthly compliance reports to Vice President of Corporate Purchasing

Notified business managers of Non Compliant vendor use

Managed Scholastic’s Small Business Administration database and prepared yearly audit

Managed corporate contracts/agreements and track the process to completion

Analyzed and provided monthly early payment discounts and rebate reports

Supported requests for preparing presentations for yearly budget and other internal meetings and

related conferences

Managed the RFP process and facilitated reports to Senior Management for vendor consideration

Paper Purchasing Assistant Manager 1995 1998

HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Key player in the development, testing and implementation of paper inventory management systems

Trained paper inventory management end users in the US as well as abroad

Handled all aspects of paper purchasing procedures

Coordinated paper grade substitution

Worked directly with Paper Purchasing Manager in maintaining proper inventory levels

Helped reduced inventory level by $3MM in less than one year

Daily interaction with Cost Accounting staff to ensure accurate appropriation of paper cost

Prepared yearly physical inventory reconciliation

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word), Oracle's JD Edwards World

Accounts Payable, Bilingual: Spanish/English

EDUCATION

Baruch College – New York, NY

Bachelor of Business Administration

Monroe College – New York, NY

Associate in Management Accounting

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