Sally Warren

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cell 224-***-**** ad4r79@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

Senior Purchasing Agent with years of experience in a Manufacturing environment. This includes a solid knowledge of machined parts, fabricated components, raw materials, electrical, hydraulics, fittings, capital expenditure, office supplies, outside services, electronics, castings and forgings, plastic injected molded parts and MRO supplies. Experience reading blueprints, and engineering specs. Certificates completed for Lean Six Sigma (White Belt), Purchasing Management, Purchasing, Supply Chain Management and Physical Distribution.

SKILLS:

MS Word, MS Excel, Asset Suites,AS400, Mapics and Bpics, JAI, Oracle, JDE, Tigers Req, Cincom, SAP, Navision. Epicor, Man-made, Glovia,

Comed, OakBrook Terrace, Il

Procurement Specialist contract

Sept 2020 Sept 2022

Supported the T&S department for New Projects Development for projects, including ordering, material, expediting products and resolving

Receiving and Invoice problems

Facebook,, Argonne, Chi01, CSL Behring

Completed major Facebook project 5 weeks earlier

Collaborated with project manager to attain on time delivery of material required for projects and in some cases required substitution of material to meet deadlines.

Held meetings with president and production manager to get long lead time items in on time.

Set up blanket orders for fiber optic material, innerduct and cable for the company

Worked with Shipping and receiving on problems where companies have shipped to the wrong location

Supported accounting on problem invoices by getting pods’ and getting items received in house.

Dexter Magnetics, Elk Grove Village, Il

Contract New Product Development Expeditor/Coordinator

Oct 2019 Mar 2020

Work with Engineers on getting their jobs though the system

Expedited orders that are late on deliveries

Made sure jobs moved from one machine to the next.

Worked with quality to make sure all documentation is received with the shipments

Worked with engineers on quality issues getting resolved

Ran spread sheet to follow jobs from start to finish

Worked with purchasing on hot orders being processed

At times went to suppliers and dropped off or picked up components

Cloud Packaging Solutions, Des Plaines, IL

Contract Buyer

June 2019 to Oct 2019

Placed orders based on SAP demands

Expedited past due orders

Worked with sales on replacement parts

Resolved receiving problems

Sourced new suppliers

Plexus, Buffalo Grove Il,

Contract Buyer

Mar 2016 to Dec 2018

Ran MRP for parts used in a robotic machine used in surgery called Einstein

Place orders based on requirements

Updated orders with new rev’s and informed suppliers of different quality requirements and any changes

Expedited orders based on build requirements

Worked with quality engineers on any problems where the spec’s and the material that

did not meet prints

Worked with suppliers on invoice problems.

Resolved receiving issues

Help to expedite Eco’s and deviations

Worked with getting scars signed off

Grainger, Northbrook, Il

Sourcing Specialist, Contract

Mar 2015 To Feb 28 2016

Sourced items not found in their catalog. Set up year long pricing with suppliers.

Worked with the sales-repts on in-accurate part numbers.

Supplied sales rept’s quotes along with shipping information.

Determined pricing based on customer’s annual spend.

Montana Metal Products, Des Plaines, IL Company sold

April 2013 to April 2014

Buyer

Purchased sheet metal and hardware for the manufacture of mechanical housings used in the aerospace industry

Ran MRP and determined what to purchase. Set up blanket orders, and consignment program

Expedited and reschedule orders.

Sourced hard to find parts, and new products

Resolved invoice problems and receiving issues

Utilize Epicor system (formerly called Navision)

Brought in new source which reduced our sheet metal cost 30%

Qualiseal, Harwood Heights, ILMar 2011 to Mar 2013 Company sold

Buyer/Planner

Purchased aerospace components and raw material for the manufacturer of aerospace mechanical seals. This includes steel, carbide and mechanical components

Ran MRP and determined what and when to purchase raw material.

Rescheduled and expedited orders based on demand

Set up orders for secondary processes, also sourced new suppliers bringing the cost down

Resolved invoice problems and receiving problems

Worked with a made to manage system

Introduced Six sigma program to company

Set up orders with approved International suppliers

Various Contract Positions May 2006 to Jan 2011

Aerotek – Buyer Planner/Production Planner at Gendex, Company closed

Aerotek- Buyer Thermo Fisher Scientific

Aerotek- Production Planner Rexnord

Aircell – Buyer

Invensys Controls-Buyer

Motorola-Buyer

Channer Corporation – Buyer

Vendor Surveillance- Expeditor

EDUCATION:

Wright College, Chicago IL

AA Degree

DePaul University Business School, Oak Brook, IL

CPM certificate 1992

Harper College, Palatine, IL

Supply Chain Management certificate 12/04, Purchasing certificate12/04, and Physical Distribution certificate 12/04

Lean manufacturing certificate 2013

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