Jon Peters

*** **** **, **

Atlanta, GA *****

acvg3k@r.postjobfree.com

202-***-****

Education:

Michigan State University- BA-Marketing/Supply Chain Management

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Buyer II 02/2015 to 06/ 2016

American Cancer Society.

Atlanta, GA

• Supports day-to-day order fulfillment for specific regions consistent with nationwide policy and performance standards. This role regularly works with stakeholders such as Division based Event Managers, Corporate Center Business Units, and other members of the Supply Chain team to acquire goods and services and ensure they are delivered to the right place at the right time. Responsible for profiling categories, analyzing total cost and spend, demand analysis, negotiating lower costs, soliciting quotes from suppliers, dispatching purchase orders and tracking delivery of goods and services. Responsible for utilizing approved P2P tools for submitting and tracking all orders submitted. Responsible for managing local and regional bids, and supporting nationwide bids

• Competitively identify appropriate local or regional suppliers when an established nationwide supplier solution does not exist

• Responsible for selecting and negotiating with approved suppliers and placing orders in response to product or service requirements established by various departments.

• Create contracts as required for local or regional suppliers and issue purchase order to selected supplier.

• Coordinate the purchase and delivery of goods, material, services, supplies and track orders and take appropriate corrective action where necessary to assure on time delivery.

• Provide product, spend, and supplier information to category managers as requested; assist with category management as assigned and works closely with other Supply Chain team members to provide and analyze purchasing data around products, trends, seasonal spend.

Procurement Analyst 07/2012- 02/2015

Dominion Dimensions International, Inc

Atlanta, GA

-Reviewed proposals, negotiated prices, selected and recommended suppliers, analyzed trends and followed up orders and delivery

Maintains plan budgets through the contract change process.

-Contacts, Interviews and negotiates with suppliers to conduct research, resolve contract related discrepancies and resolves delivery and billing disputes.

-Handled cradle to grave contract negotiations from solicitation to monitoring compliance with terms and conditions of the contract and evaluating overall progress to resolving issues with performance

-Manage supplier compliance against company’s policies while integrating strategic sourcing and procurement projects.

-Resolves issues between what is on the purchase order (PO) and vendor invoices and resolves in a timely manner or escalates when necessary for resolution. Input Purchase orders into system

-Cultivate and maintain strong, mutually beneficial relationships with suppliers.

-Prepared complex offers and statement of work (SOW) and monitored compliance with different vendors.

-Performed budget cost adjustment, run and release budgets of different contracts along with analyzing bids and negotiating contracts

-Maintained company standards and procedures in relation to sourcing and procurement of goods and proper use of repetitive buying orders or one off standardized orders

-Frequently multi-task to support a variety of ongoing projects while maintaining a smooth and efficient office environment.

-Monitored contract performance through telephone, correspondence, site visits, inspections, progress reports, and analysis of contractor metrics for compliance with performance standards, applicable laws, delivery schedules, inspections, progress reports, and other requirements stated in the contract.

Procurement Specialist / Buyer 05/ 2007 - 07/2012

K Hovnanian Company

Chantilly, VA

• Streamlined procurement process complete the order forms, and confirms orders with suppliers, evaluate responses from solicitations for aligning to procurement requirements as defined.

• Establish and maintain mutually beneficial working relationships with contractors from initial contract negotiations to monitoring compliance with terms and conditions of the contract and evaluating overall progress to resolving issues with performance.

• Compiled product and source of supply search through information from periodicals, research techniques to stay informed on prices trends and processes and analyze data.

• Scheduled product deliveries using procurement report, Visual Cut and Primavera systems for tracking delivery dates and information, rescheduling deliveries when necessary and confirming that postponement.

• Reviewed and analyzed cost and pricing information from procurement records using factors to determine best cost and value. Locate sources for needed products and sourced for new vendors based on quality and price reasonableness.

• Monitor the automatic purchase order distribution process and reprint any unsuccessful transmissions.

• Prepare documents required for export and Coordinated logistics activities, monitoring contractor’s performance, make changes when necessary and close out.

• Handle budget cost adjustments, run and release budgets of different contracts along with analyzing bids for compliance with specifications and negotiating, reviewing contract terms and conditions.

• Generate invoice to be paid and handled problems, addressing shipping and receiving concerns and responding to Customs issues and documents. Also processed Return to vendor (RTV) requests for overstock items.

• Prepare contracts and Request for Quotation (RFQ) and product specifications and commodities procurement and prepared invoices for payment.

Purchasing Specialist /Inventory Manager 01/ 2001 to 04/ 2007

Hunter Engineering

Crofton, MD

• Compiled bidders list from qualified vendors and also performed detailed analysis of bids or proposals received

• Develop procurement reports by reviewing market conditions, previous history, technical data and cost pricing strategies

• Collaborated with all departments in coordinating schedules, determining capacity and routing options, verifying receipts and inspections, and updating pricing

• Used Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) to make repetitive buying needs for services and products while also working with Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity contracts and GSA schedules

• Used Scheduling to offer customers direct delivery of many different commercial services and products at discounted prices

• Monitored performance of contractors and negotiated contract modifications to ensure satisfactory progress and timely completion

• Purchased machinery, equipment, tools, raw materials, parts and supplies necessary for operation of an organization while handling cost analyses

• Reviewed proposals, negotiated prices, selected and recommended suppliers, analyzed trends and followed up orders and verified delivery of goods and services

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite, Lotus Notes, Primavera, Visual Cut, i4 Builder, Mark Systems

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