Sales Supply Chain

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OBJECTIVE: Seeking a position as a procurement/buyer specialist that

utilizes my experience and qualifications.

EXPERIENCE:

Independent Contractor/Total Merchant Services San Jose, CA

04/2012 - Present

Merchant Services Consultant

. Selling merchant services products and services to business owners in

a competitive market.

. Finding new opportunities and building relationships.

. Possess excellent closing skills and an entrepreneurial spirit.

. Install terminal and provide customer support to merchants.

Pacific Gross Incorporated San Jose, CA

10/2011-03/2012

Candies and Snacks Buyer

. Procured for the Candies and Snacks department

. In charged of buying for 13000 skus, and deal with major retail

vendors

. Responsible for setup of all new items and or deleting of discontinued

items into the database on daily basis.

. Utilized and ran daily CPS software: Daily Service Exceptions to check

for shortages; Outstanding Pos to monitor late arrivals of orders; Hot

Reports - check for shortages

. Collaborated with Category Managers to mark down prices on

discontinued items and created firm orders to sell through, therefore

prevented the loss of sales and prevented the reduction in revenues.

Safeway, Inc. Pleasanton, CA

09/2006 - 03/2010

Procurement Specialist

. Procured packaging and label products for the Deli and Bakery

Department that oversee 1600-plus stores-nationwide.

. Procured products, which included weekly shipment of over $1.5M of

inventories from warehouse to stores for high moving items (Company

Brands: O-Organic pastas, olive oil, tomatoes, cereals, peanut butter,

rice, spices, and soymilk).

. Utilized and ran daily QMF reports: Daily Service Exceptions to check

for shortages; Outstanding Pos to monitor late arrivals of orders; Hot

Reports - check for shortages.

. Helped save the company $10K on each PO through detailed analysis and

negotiating pricing, delivery and terms with vendors. Worked closely

with vendors' correct cost discrepancies.

. Collaborated closely with vendors and multiple units within Safeway

(Supply Chains and Consumer Demands, Logistics and Warehouse) to

identify cost saving opportunities to analyze, plan and execute

promotional opportunities and deals

. Maintained weekly-targeted service and inventory levels of 97.5%,

surpassing the targeted goal of 95.7%, through monitoring forecast

accuracy and comparing actual sales & movement against the forecast

model for all store-item combinations.

. Worked closely with Promotional Distribution Coordinators on release

of Supply Chain initiatives.

. Responsible for daily monitoring of release dates of each firm orders

to ensure on time delivery of POs and to push back release dates if

vendors have issues.

. Responsible for setup of all new items and or deleting of discontinued

items into the database on daily basis.

. Collaborated with Category Managers to mark down prices on

discontinued items and created firm orders to sell through, therefore

prevented the loss of sales and prevented the reduction in revenues.

. Supported conversion of acquired firms to Safeway's marketing and

procurement business processes and systems on a project basis

National Promotion Specialist, Consumer Demand

06/2005 - 09/2006

. Trained team in RTPP, Micro-Strategy, SSIMS, PACS, and E-Deals.

. Analyzed and reported negative AGP and Markdown's forecast to Category

Director.

. Prepared financial reports including RTPP, PFR Reports and Micro-

Strategy Financial reports on a weekly basis.

. Maintained accuracy and integrity of all on-going promotions and

future promotions.

. Communicated any NOPAS/E-Deal discrepancies to vendors and entered

allowances assuring accuracy and integrity of all data entered into

the system.

Xambala Inc. San Jose, CA

04/2004-01/2005

Intern - Accounting and Finance

. Assisted in processing payroll on a bi-monthly using PAYCHEX online.

. Assisted in processing all AP/AR invoices weekly using QuickBooks.

. Assisted in preparing the Balance Sheet/Profit & Loss reports for

monthly Board Meeting.

. Assisted in preparing weekly cash flow forecast to determine budget

for each department.

. Assisted with the forecast, budget, variance analysis and operation

reporting.

. Prepared presentations for Sales/Marketing VP and Director for

customers meetings.

. Processed all leads and sales contacts in Salesforce database daily.

. Prepared & processed expense reports weekly.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

. Experienced in MS Excel, Access, PowerPoint, SQL, QMF, ESSBASE, SSIMS,

Micro-Strategy, RTPP, Great Plains Dynamic, Quick Books, Acrobat

Adobe, WinZip, and MS Word.

. High degree of initiative with strong planning skills -able to work

independently as well as in a team environment.

. Excellent analytical skills and the ability to minimize inventories

and meeting targeted service levels.

. Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle and prioritize

multiple tasks simultaneously.

. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

. Results-oriented individual with strong problem solving, negotiating

and decision making skills.

. Highly motivated individual with an aptitude for learning new tasks

quickly.

EDUCATION: San Jose State University San Jose, CA June

2012

. Bachelor of Science-Business Administration: Concentration in Finance

San Jose, CA 95131 ( 408-***-**** ( ************@*****.***

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