Supply Chain Sales
Resume:
RENEE BERENT
Clearwater, FL 33764
248-***-****, Email: *****.**@*******.***
•To secure a purchasing position with a well-established organization, that allows me to use past
and present experience to benefit the company, whille allowing me to grow professionally.
EXPERIENCE
3/2012 – present
CertainTeed Gypsum, Tampa, FL
Sr. Buyer
• Manage annual spend of $30 MM worth of raw materials
• Manage relationships with suppliers, as well as with 14 manufacturing locations
throughout North America.
• Manage inventory/variances/monthly reporting for respective products
• Assist in preparation of annual budget.
• Approve invoices for discrepancies and variances.
• Achieved savings in 2012 of $750,000 within 9 month period.
• Savings YTD 2013: at 73% of goal
• New product sourcing/New Vendor Development
• Work effectively with cross-functional teams. High collaboration with Technical Group.
• Contractual agreements
10/2010 – 12/2011
Unilever Ice Cream, Clearwater, FL
Supply Chain Analyst
• Scheduled Labor both for FT and PT labor on 6 lines.
• Collaborated monthly reports
• Participated in various TPM Teams.
• Upkeep of daily punches for 65+ employees
• Data entry of downtime for various machines in the facility.
• Interdepartmental collaboration for proactive approaches to fluctuating demand
• Daily interaction with QC to identify product deficiencies.
• Used SPC for process improvements
• Handled all quality issues with cookie suppliers
3/2008 – 07/2008
The Nailco Group, Farmington Hills, MI
Buyer
• Stock replenishment of 3,000 SKU’s of wholesale products for distribution sales.
• Creation of Purchase Orders.
• Bi-monthly deals.
• Work with Warehouse on miss shipments and damaged products.
• Attained 20% in cost savings on private label products within first 2 mos.
• Successful in maintaining freight terms, including reduction in minimums for California location.
• Initiated necessary changes with regard to internal Mis-Ship process
• Identified major error: wrongful payment of company due to miss management of predecessors; as well as initiated
changes on Sales side of business with regard to terms for a primary customer.
• Re-evaluated all inventory levels to better manage inventory flow.
• Streamlined Supplier Base where applicable for FPO Product Line
06/2006 – 11/2007
3Point Machine/Hayes Lemmerz, Southfield, MI
Material/Inventory Analyst
• Monitor and tracking of customer (Ford, Bosch, Chrysler Service) order releases for finished castings and foundry
castings. MRP/ERP.
• Evaluation of components used in processing of raw steel and aluminum castings.
• Planning of various Production Lines with accordance to customer releases
• Creation of Purchase Orders.
• Created/Maintained Production Master Schedule.
• Kept BOM up to date with all (ECR) modifications.
• Monitor receipts of raw material for production (including consignment material).
• Work with Accounting for Customer payment, in addition to Supplier remittance.
• Annual negotiations. VAVE ongoing commitment
• Headed up bi-annual physical inventories
• Cycle counts
• Inventory discrepancy resolution (delegated cycle counts whenever necessary)
06/2005 – 12/2005
Hino Motors Manufacturing, Farmington Hills, MI
Buyer (contract)
• Supply Chain Liaison for 2 production programs for axle manufacturing to a leading automotive customer, as well as
production of low and medium duty industrial trucks.
• Responsible for sourcing all future programs for various automotive fasteners, bearings, hoses and tubing.
• Approximate annual purchased commodity value: $6 million.
• Heavy focus on localization of the supply base for production of Hino trucks.
• Developed sourcing matrixes to determine low cost suppliers and in turn made sourcing decisions based on supplier
capabilities, past experience, quality of product, as well as cost.
• Organized internal drawings and specifications for purchased components into complete RFQ’s for suppliers.
• Handled semi-annual APR negotiations, production trial for new manufacturing facility and worked closely with
Product Development on VAVE suggestions.
02/2001 – 04/2003
Enco Systems, Inc. Southfield, Michigan
Purchasing Manager
• Solely responsible for all purchasing and inventory management functions, in MTO environment. Reduced inventory
by 50% within the first 3 months. Worked with suppliers and prospective suppliers to ensure all internal and/or
customer specifications are understood to ensure accurate quotes.
• Developed sourcing matrixes to determine low cost suppliers and in turn made sourcing recommendations based on
supplier expertise, quality, as well as cost.
• Responsible for all negotiations with suppliers to include cost, lead-time and LTA’s.
• Organized internal drawings and specifications for purchased components into complete RFQ’s for suppliers.
• Participated on VAVE teams with production, engineering and supplier personnel to reduce product cost through
engineering changes and or deletion of unnecessary components, etc.
• Planned production of MTO job shop, expediting orders as necessary.
• Supervised shipping and receiving.
06/1999 – 01/2001
Anicom Troy, Michigan
Buyer
• Purchasing responsibility included stock replenishment of various product lines for telecommunications and data
markets. Specific product types included fiber optic and copper connectivity, test equipment, cabinets and enclosures,
as well as other miscellaneous material; organized internal drawings and specifications for purchased components into
complete RFQ’s for suppliers.
• Handled semi-annual APR negotiations, production trial for new manufacturing facility and worked closely with
Product Development.
• Worked with sales management and primary clients on forecasting to ensure product availability and JIT delivery,
while best managing the company assets.
• Reviewed contracts with suppliers and negotiated extended terms as needed. Evaluated supplier performance in
accordance with ISO requirements.
• Due to a large number of small business acquisitions over years, scrap and obsolescence was a major focus of
concentration.
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07/1997 – 05/1999
3M Corporation, Abrasives Div. Detroit, Michigan
Supply Chain Analyst
• Solely responsible for purchasing all raw materials for abrasive manufacturing: included JIT deliveries, lean inventory,
close communications with vendors, forecasting. Developed and implemented progressive inventory methodologies,
which generated $1.3 million in cost savings within a 6-month period. Worked closely with engineering group to clean
up product structures in addition to new product development to successfully achieve cost saving where applicable.
• Planning/scheduling the production of semi-finished goods. Demand management role included timely cycles, heavy
focus on keeping backorders to a minimum and close interaction with shipping to ensure timely logistics of the product
to various areas of the supply chain. Assumed primary role in new product launch, which heavily encompassed both
production and procurement planning areas.
SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE
Trans4M, SAP, Trend, Mas90, JDE, Peachtree Accounting, Quick Books as well as other
various other MRP and Procurement Based Systems; Proficient in Microsoft Office, including
PowerPoint, Visio and Access.
EDUCATION
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI - June 1997
Bachelor of Arts, Materials and Logistics Management
Major: Purchasing and Operations Management
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
ISM, Gulf Coast Chapter
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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