Purchasing Agent / Buyer

John Plewa

**** *. *********, *******, ******** *0659

773-***-****, *******@*****.***

Job Objective Secure a position that enables me to use my many years of experience in

Operations, Purchasing and Inventory Control and to grow both professionally

and personally within a successful company

Professional Experience Packaging Corporation of America, Chicago, Illinois (10/13 to Present)

Quality Facilitator / Safety Manager

Carry out and manage the company safety program by completing daily, weekly, monthly and yearly safety action items

Procure cutting dies to specification for all new orders

Inventory all existing cutting dies

Communicate to Production customer requirements as dictated by Customer Service

Participate in the monthly warehouse physical inventory

Customer Service Representative

Entered incoming customer order

Purchased supplies needed for those new orders

Followed up with Production to ensure customer needs are met and provide on time delivery

Gold Coast Tickets, Chicago, Illinois (03/09 to 10/13)

Purchasing Agent/Customer Service Coordinator

Coordinated the buying in and selling out of sporting, musical and theatrical event tickets

Scanned and entered all incoming tickets into the active Ticket Technology Inventory

Performed daily and weekly physical inventories of all tickets prior to the scheduled events

Elegant Packaging, Cicero, Illinois (04/06 to 10/08)

Purchasing Agent

Purchased all chipboard for the company’s corrugated box department

Decreased the overall percentage of purchases in comparison to total company sales

Implemented a re-stocking system of the most commonly used boards that increased

Inventory control of material on hand to meet customer needs

Sourced and negotiated pricing with vendors for blanket orders on these items to increase

cost savings and guarantee on time delivery

Energon, Incorporated, Chicago, Illinois (05/99 to 04/06) & (10/08 to 03/09)

Programs Manager

Procured and allocated natural gas supplies to customers

Monitored customer deliveries, usage and storage levels

Generated quarterly and yearly budget projections complete with cost savings analysis

Negotiated pricing and delivery for new accounts by performing rate analysis

Grayhill, Incorporated, LaGrange, Illinois (05/96 to 05/99)

Planner / Buyer

Purchased all components for the department’s five mechanical switch lines

Scheduled the daily workload for these assembly lines

Performed monthly work in process inventories for all department product lines

Education DePaul University, Chicago Illinois

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration

Skills Proficient in Microsoft Office – Especially Word and Excel

Worked with QuickBooks Purchasing and Invoicing Software

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