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Purchasing Agent

Location:
West Chicago, IL
Posted:
June 20, 2014

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DONNA L. SOREGHEN

**** ***** ******, ** ** D

SAINT CHARLES, I L 60174

P HONE: 630-***-****

acenkh@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Contract Contract Negotiation Purchasing Bids

M anagement Contract Agreements Best Practices

• Contract

Compliance Purchasing Strategies Lawson System

Price Negotiation McKesson

• Purchasing

Contracts Market Trends HBO Star

• Capital Purchases Supplier

Relationships

• Accounts Payables

• Customer

Relations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AMERICAN INCOME L IFE 3/2014

to Present

T ER R I TORY ACCOUN T MA NAGER

Manage and maintain sales for specific terri tory.

Educate and sell life insurance to existing Union member.

Responsible for inputting client information/data in to company system

Build client relationships.

FTD.COM

11/2013 to 1/2014

CUSTO MER SERV ICE/ORDER EN TRY

(Seasonal)

Answered incoming calls and placed orders.

Data Ent ry.

Customer service and sales.

P roblem solving.

CENTRAL DUPAGE HOSPITAL

12/2004 to 5/2009

PU RC HASING AGENT

Lead Agent for the procurement of all supplies, capital equipment and

service contracts responsible for approximately $12 million budget.

Guaranteed exceptional customer service through consistent follow-up

w ith purchasing and inventory control issues by coaching, mentoring

and t roubleshooting problems.

Managed the inventory; ensure availability and completeness of medical

supplies for Medical/Surgery, Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Radiology

and Rehabilitation.

Appropriately mapped i tems to Lawson’ master database using product

k nowledge, packaging strings and manufacturer number recognition

patterns.

Monitored requisitions th rough the EDI system to cover on time delivery,

accurate pricing, back logs of supplies and order expedition.

Identified potential efficiencies, savings and standardization.

Implemented conversion of paper requisitions into electronics process

resulting in 90% timesaving.

Conducted competitive bids on purchases outside the preferred program

for best pricing/value.

Conferred with vendors: obtained product and service information,

p ricing, availability, and delivery schedule.

RESURECTION HEALTHCARE

6/1989 to 12/2004

P U RC HASING AGENT

Purchasing responsibility for approximately $5 million budget.

Negotiated product and service contracts for 5 warehouses.

Implemented inventory t racking and monitoring system to catalog over

5000 i tems.

Reduced year to year cost th rough negotiation with a savings result of 10%

or more.

Executed purchasing strategy and processes to ensure purchasing policy

compliance.

Identified areas of consolidation to achieve savings goals.

Managed accounts payable, cost variances, receiving of product, quanti ties

and pricing discrepancies.

EDUCATION

Northwestern Business College – Chicago, I L



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