Quality Assurance Maintenance

STEVEN CAMMARATA

*** **** **** • Cary, Illinois 60013 • 847-***-**** • **************@*****.***

Diverse experience as a purchasing agent within a manufacturing and distribution

environment including negotiating best price, delivery, strategic planning, prioritizing,

and ensuring materials availability.

Self-motivated professional with strong leadership, communication and organizational

capabilities.

EXPERIENCE

Modern Track Machinery, April 2007 – January, 2013

Buyer:

Sole purchasing agent for distributor of railroad maintenance equipment

Review current inventory for accuracy and reorder as needed

Create spreadsheets to monitor and maintain inventory levels

Place orders with factory in France / Italy along with local suppliers

Locate local sources for items currently purchased in Europe

Resolve invoice discrepancies and shipping errors

Work closely with Freight Forwarder to assure delivery of overseas purchases

Source freight carriers to insure best cost and delivery of incoming material

Weber Stephen Products, November 2004 – October 2006

Buyer:

Responsible for purchasing gas components for barbeque grills and ensuring just in

time delivery

Total purchase responsibility in excess of 29 million dollars annually

Responsible for managing and coordinating international purchases

Ensure integrity of gas components to conform with regulatory bodies, i.e. UL, CSA

Resolve invoice discrepancies and shipping errors

Coordinate returns of defective material

Proficient with MAPICS program

Triangle Package Machinery, October 1997 – November 2004

Purchasing Agent:

• Responsible for purchasing, vendor relations, and cost containment for this manufacturer

which supplies packaging machinery to the food industry.

• Purchased a variety of products including stainless steel, cold drawn steel, aluminum, plastic,

MRO supplies, raw castings, bearings, pneumatics, electronic components, and standard

machine tooling.

Achievements:

• Successfully negotiate product cost, quality assurance, delivery and product availability to the

mutual profit of Triangle Packaging Machinery and its vendors.

• Consistently achieve goals and deadlines by prioritizing according to immediate and special

orders.

• Recognized for ability to coordinate purchasing timelines while ensuring material readiness

for production.

Graymills Corporation, 1985 - October 1997

Buyer:

• Purchased piping, pipe fittings, valves, bearings, pneumatics, electronic components,

electric/air motors, paints (liquid and powder), corrugated materials, custom printing, printing

dies.

• Worked with Marketing Department for purchase of printed cartons.

• Established solid working rapport with vendors, manufacturing, planning and production staff

in order to expedite purchasing orders and ensure raw materials availability.

Assistant Buyer:

• Reported directly to President for this company which manufactures and supplies pumps for

the industrial machine tool industry, the printing industry, and parts washers for the

automotive industry.

• Promoted to Buyer in 7/96; responsible for purchasing raw materials such as steels, plastics,

petroleum products, private label items, cleaning solvents and other materials.

Material Planning:

• Directly involved in planning, prioritizing and scheduling of raw materials.

• Identified, coordinated and consistently achieved material flow requirements.

• Responsible for cycle counting, including monitoring inventory and performing inventory

adjustments.

• Supervised returns of overages and/or defective materials to suppliers.

Achievements:

• Worked closely with Engineering Department to standardize components resulting in greater

efficiency.

• Sourced, qualified and selected reputable vendors resulting in increased efficiency and cost

savings.

• Awarded responsibility for forecasting and placing orders in Taiwan while overseeing timely

delivery.

• Supervisor of bin maintenance program for fasteners, pipefittings, abrasives, and supplies for

fabrication.

EDUCATION

• Two years of business and accounting, Wright College, Chicago, Illinois

• Certificate of Purchasing Management, NAPM, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois

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