Mary K. Putnam

***** *** ***** ***. ** 951-***-****

box #3

Romoland CA 92585 Email:

abhmkw@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

To secure a challenging position where my experience, proven

capabilities and skills can be effectively utilized.

Experience

Star Trac Strength, Murrieta CA

2/2008-7/2009

MRO Buyer

Processed purchase requisitions, generated purchase orders for all MRO

materials and services, followed up with suppliers to ensure on time

deliveries, planned and monitored inventory levels based on requirements

and lead times, continually worked with existing suppliers to negotiate

reduction of material costs, sourced new suppliers for competitive

pricing and reduction of material costs, prioritized and managed multiple

tasks simultaneously, reviewed and resolved invoice discrepancies with

accounts payable, excellent communication skills with all depts. and team

members, daily data entry of completed work orders, compiled and prepared

bi-weekly shortage report and distributed to various depts.

McCrometer, Inc, Hemet CA/TriStaff Group, Temecula CA

6/2007-7/2007

Purchasing Assistant - temporary position

Responsible for follow-up on past due orders. Created daily

spreadsheet, contacted vendors/suppliers by phone, email and fax to

inquire regarding shipping status, shipping information and the

expediting of product for delivery.

Dot Hill Systems, Inc, Carlsbad CA/Employment Strategies, Mira Mesa CA

9/2005-11/2006

Purchasing Asst/Admin Asst to Purchasing Dept

Initiated requisitions, created purchase orders, placed orders with

suppliers/vendors, acquired delivery and tracking information from

supplier/vendor, communicated with engineers, project managers and

others, created daily open requisition spreadsheet for all buyers, ran

open purchase order reports for buyers, kept inventory of office supplies

at main headquarters, placed office supply orders for all three company

office locations, handled supply returns and special orders, worked with

Staples Acct Rep on supply pricing, distributed supply orders to

employees, assisted accounts payable with researching open purchase

orders, frequently assisted Supervisor and others in my dept with

clerical duties.

Dutek, Inc., Vista CA

2/2005-8/2005

Purchasing Assistant/Office Assistant

Main responsibilities: assisted Purchasing Manager with data entry,

created purchase orders, order follow-up with suppliers, determined need

and ordered material product parts for future customer orders, ordered

office and production floor supplies and materials. Also, assisted

Warehouse Receiving Dept. with processing receiving shipment deliveries,

and back-up for Office Receptionist.

Palomar Community College, San Marcos CA

7/2004-10/2004

Interim Administrative Assistant to the VP of Human Resource Services

Responsible for assisting the HRS Vice President with administrative

duties including correspondence, emails, typing agendas and minutes of

meetings, managed calendar, scheduled appointments, set-up council and

committee meetings, screened phone calls, filed, assembled handouts,

incoming and outgoing mail, organized filing system, interacted with

school administrators, faculty and other school staff, preserved

confidential material and information, secretary to the Professional

Growth Program, liaison between Professional Growth committee members and

faculty/staff enrolled in the program.

Rubbermaid, Vista CA/Westaff, Inc., Carlsbad CA

7/2003-2/2004

Administrative Assistant

Responsibilities included assisting Human Resources Manager, processed

weekly warehouse labor payroll assisted Master Scheduler, data entry of

all purchase orders, created Excel spreadsheets, Word documents and kept

various

logs updated and current. Also performed front office duties which

included greeting visitors, answering phones,

sorting and distributing mail, filing, maintaining office supplies, and

various other general office duties.

Vista Community Clinic, Vista, CA

12/2002-5/2003

Administrative Assistant Float

Performed administrative duties for five Clinic/Dept. Managers at three

Clinic sites.

Duties included: created forms, spreadsheets, charts, typed

correspondence, meeting minutes, manuals, memos, handouts, monthly

employee work schedule calendars, patient contact, organized filing

system, interacted with physicians, faxed, processed Dept./Clinic

productivity and staff timesheets, reorganized Manger's work space to be

more efficient and less stressful.

Cal Fed Bank Loan Dept., Solana Beach, CA/Adecco Services, Carlsbad, CA

3/2001-12/2002

Administrative Assistant

Duties included: answered/assisted approx. 150 customer phone calls per

day, assisted Rgn'l Loan Mgr., his two LSA's, and twenty loan officers,

researched/retrieved computer data, assembled client loan pkgs.,

managed/ordered office supplies, copied/assembled handouts, faxed,

processed/distributed mail, and greeted clients.

Mitsui-Soko (USA) Inc., Carson, CA

8/1987-11/2000

Customer Service/Account Rep - JVC Electronics, National Accounts

Division

Organized and set up receiving files for air and ocean inbound shipments,

prepare summary worksheet of

incoming product and distribute copies to warehouse staff, processed

daily orders to distribute to warehouse shipping

dept, printed packing/shipping labels, processed proof of deliveries and

authorize dispositions, input daily shipping

orders into AS400 system, then organize and transfer them to JVC Nat'l

Acct Hdqtrs, direct daily contact with JVC

representatives at New Jersey Headquarters, communicated account

requests/information to office/warehouse staff,

bi-annually: organized/processed/data entry of inventory information into

JVC's database.

Customer Service - Sony Electronics Account

Kept inventory records of shipping and receiving, selected, processed and

printed shipping orders, processed proof of

deliveries, dispositions and claims, daily contact with Sony personnel at

various Sony locations, daily contact with

trucking companies regarding pick-ups and deliveries, online tracking of

UPS shipments, daily data entry of shipping

orders, filing of all account paperwork.

Warehouse Manager's Assistant

Compiled/produced various logs, graphs and spreadsheets pertaining to

warehouse production, organized/created

consolidation loading worksheets for warehouse staff, coordinated with

various trucking carriers for weekly truckload

pickups, released documentation to carriers for weekly consolidation load

trailer pickups, assisted Sony Dept. with data

entry of shipping orders.

Education Foundation College, Oceanside, CA

University of California, Long Beach, CA

Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA

Skills Windows 95, 98, XP, 7, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Oracle, Syspro

6.0, AS400, Typing 55wpm

Other '04-'07 Foothill Oak Elementary Parent Representative to the Vista

Unified School District Parent Advisory Committee

'04-'06 Foothill Oak Elementary School Site Council Parent Member

'09-'10, '10-'11 Bell Mtn Middle School PTA Member

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