Professional Experience Sales

Bonnie K. Palm

*** *. ******* **** **. Scottsdale, AZ 85257 Phone 480-***-**** ac0kcw@r.postjobfree.com

Profile Summary:

•Professional Buyer, offering 10 years of extensive experience in purchasing and sourcing wide variety of products, and sub- vendors.

•Coordinate with Manufactures, Vendors and Suppliers.

•Strongly organized, self-motivated and successfully communicate with the pubic, other employees and vendors.

•Maintained a close working relationship with Vendors to problem solve and improve service.

Key Skills:

•Excellent negotiator and communicator.

•Decision maker.

•Good analytical skills.

•Excellent Business planning.

•Confident and self-assured.

Employment History:

•Held discussion with Top level management to analyze requirements of the firm.

•Selected products and researched market regarding suppliers.

•Obtained best prices and good negotiated on behalf of the firm.

•Presented the reports of products with the best prices, delivery date and quantity available.

•Enforced purchasing policies and finalized the buying deal in coordination with top Management.

•Held responsible for storage of product purchases.

Professional Experience

•PV ROADRUNNER- Phoenix AZ September 2010- present

•Buyer

•Purchase products for the company. Obtained best prices and good negotiated on behalf of the company. Presented reports of product with the best prices, delivery date quantity available. Resolve PO issues and maintain vendor quotes. Manage PO and invoice Varian. Setup new vendors and items numbers. Handled non-stock product and returns from customers. Handle 97%-100% physical inventory accuracy in shipping orders. Assisted customers with special orders and sales representatives with product shipping. Analyzed customer data to determine which vendors should be contacted to maintain desired inventory levels. Developed new inventory procedures, adjusted products as necessary to save time and increase accuracy and efficiency in inventory. Consult, confer and meet with suppliers to obtain product information. Provided purchasing planning and control information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends. Reduced freight costs find early pay discounts 15% in period. Identified and recommended substitute products for salesman and customers.

•APD/FINEST KIND- Tempe, AZ June 2006 – November 2009

•Buyer

•Purchase all products for the Company. Directly responsible for the complete product line and availability of it. Monitored inbound merchandise. Assisted customers and sales representatives with product shipping. Analyzed customer data to determine which vendors should be contacted to maintain desired inventory levels.

•ARIZONA LEGEND APPAREL -- Phoenix, AZ June 2004 – June 2006

•Purchasing Agent

•Purchase all products for the Company. Directly responsible for the complete product line and availability of it. Monitored inbound merchandise. Planned, coordinated and presented workshop activity. Analyzed customer data to determine which vendors should be contacted to maintain desired inventory levels.

Education

University of Roosevelt, Illinois

References- Available upon request.

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