Management Sales

Sarah Alvarado

Email: *********@********.***

Address: *** ****** ****

City: Los Angeles

State: CA

Zip: 90036

Country: USA

Phone: 562-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: 70

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

Purchasing professional with 12 years` procurement expertise in:

Strategic Sourcing

Financial Analysis

Project Management

Strategic Planning

Leadership

Process Improvement

Core Strengths

Account Management

C- Level Reporting

Client Services

Project Development

Project Planning

Personnel Management

Multi Site Operations

Contract Negotiations

Vendor Management

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

Strategic Source, Los Angeles

Regional Manager of Client Services

8/2006-Current

Strategic Planning- Developed best practices to improve and establish purchasing polices & procedures. Identified purchasing goals and developed strategy for reducing cost and enhanced processes to optimize operational efficiencies. Consistently delivered a 2:1 Return on Investment to my clients.

Budgeting- Developed analysis reflecting cost savings, alternate endors, products or service which resulted in improved quality, efficiency and cost. Procured my clients savings up to 25%. On track to deliver my clients more than $1 million in savings.

Negotiations- Conducted effective and efficient competitive bidding and re-negotiations with my client suppliers and qualified vendors. Received vendor rebates, rescinded price increase, extended annual and multi annual contract terms for cost containment. On track to source and negotiate pricing for several expense commodities with a combined annual purchase value of over $10 million.

Auditor - Performed several product audits for various expense categories and tracked vendor compliance against the contract, purchasing agreement, product specifications. Average vendor price compliance was 97% and recovered more than $100, 000 plus credits to my clients.

Project Management- Responsible and accountable for all effective implementation and management of all accepted recommendations both process and efficiency and compliance.

Downtown Button, Santa Fe Spring

Purchasing/ New Product Development

6/2002-8/2006

Managed the purchasing department with total responsibility for overseeing all order processing, scheduling and inventory control functions with overseas offices, factories, customers, and internal teams. Maintained a 10-12 day delivery lead-time for all productions orders.

Full responsibility for Program Management functions from start-up through full production and ensured product design, function and value is consistent with brand image.

Maintained a thorough understanding of competition and marketing trend through competitive shopping, attending trade shows, and vendor analysis. Developed exclusive product book for sales force which resulted in an increase in Sales in 2003 and by 2005 over 50%. Generated $1 million in annual sales.

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Excel

Word

Outlook

PowerPoint

SAP Business One

BuroWare Version 3.1

QuickBooks

Intuit Quick Base

EDUCATION

University of La Verne, Ca

Pursuing Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration

Bryman College, Whittier, Ca

Business Management Diploma, 3.2 GPA

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