Jody Bode
Highlights
Strong Manufacturing Procurement, Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) administration/management experience.
GAAP, SOX accounting concepts- auditing.
Advanced Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Drop Box, Google Docs.
Excellent working knowledge of SAP, SAP by Design, FileMaker, IBM Emptoris Contract Management (ECM), TCN / EBIX, OpenAxes, Cognos, Concur, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Sage ERP MAS 90/200, Oracle, SSCS, Digital Dispatch, ABS, and In-Style operating and reporting systems.
Organic Energy and Juice Manufacturing, IT Hardware/Software, Electronic Engineering: Production/ Manufacturing, R & D purchasing.
OSHA and compliance knowledge
Current Notary Public and CTEC certification. Studying for CSCP exam.
Experience
Purchasing Manager
At Sambazon for ASP- contractor
4/17 to 10/17 (Six-month contract)
Job Description:
Source and procure organic materials and packaging for Organic food and drink commercial production.
Responsibilities:
Create purchase orders and approve invoices in SAP by design.
Forecast material and production costs for month and fiscal year.
Update and maintain the master price list for raw materials and packaging.
Adjust production quantities according to demand using the material planning system; FileMaker.
Manually review and track all materials used for production.
Monitor production dates and report changes to suppliers, internal logistics, and management.
Schedule delivery of all raw materials and packaging materials to co-packers.
Locate missing/damaged materials.
Communicate directly with suppliers to improve production and to resolve issues.
Transfer materials in SAP after production.
Locate and authorize the removal of damaged or expired materials from production inventory.
Maintain Certificates of Analysis and Certificates of Destruction.
Purchasing and Office Manager
Wurzbach Electronics. Inc.
10/16 to 4/17 (Six-month contract)
Job Description:
Transition the company from a Sole Prop. to a Corporation.
Responsibilities:
Negotiate and purchase UAV Materials, Services and IT Hardware/Software contracts with new and current vendors.
General Office Management: Company Bookkeeping, Taxes, Shipping/Receiving, Billing, Purchase Orders, and State Licensing.
Purchasing Manager/Contract Analyst
San Diego Gas and Electric Company
For APEX Systems/Agile1- Contractor
10/15- 10/16 (One year contract)
Job Description:
Agreement related activities associated with the acquisition of services and materials to support the operational needs of the Company while maintaining functional responsibility for ensuring compliance with Company and departmental procedures, ethical/legal business practices, and lowest total overall cost. Procures, plans, negotiates costs, delivery of services and material at the least total cost to the organization while maximizing customer service level
Responsibilities:
Add new suppliers to SAP.
Create and/or edit existing contracts in SAP from Internal departments.
Add funding revisions to contracts.
Review questionable invoices for expired contracts and release invoices for payment.
Assist the compliance department in TCN / EBIX to maintain current Certificates of Insurance for all suppliers.
Pull historical data from IBM Emptoris Contract Management (ECM), Open Axes, and Cognos.
Worked on the accommodation payment reconciliation for those affected by Southern California Gas Company/Porter Ranch gas release.
Manufacturing and General Purchasing Manager, Facilities Manager- Safety Officer
(All concurrently)
3D Robotics- UAV software and hardware
7/14 to 10/15
Job Description: Purchase all R & D materials, services, and wrote manufacturing purchase orders.
Responsibilities:
•High volume research and development, MRO, (SMT) Surface Mount Technology, electronic, general service, IT, and manufacturing purchasing. $86,724,741.00 in purchases since mid-November 2014. Other buyer(s) YTD $953,411.00
•Supporting all departments, including finance, AP. AR. 3 office managers, and Enterprise services, sales/marketing and engineering teams with obtaining supply vendors, tracking purchase orders and creating fixed assets in QuickBooks and later after the NetSuite transition.
•Reviewed and Ordered BoM for R & D. Calculating (PPV) Purchase Price Variances. Found foreign and domestic suppliers for larger discounts.
•Creating shared spreadsheets and procedures for purchase order tracking to be used jointly with the receiving department and accounting staff
•Held meetings with contractors/suppliers/vendors for contract negotiations.
•Developed and created the companies first HSE procedures. Introduced safety procedures and protocols.
•Coordinated and supervised facilities projects in San Diego.
•Tracking down missing part shipments and deliver them to the project managers in a timely manner.
•Assisting with the assembly and testing of cables and autopilot prototypes when needed.
•Researched warehouse configurations and permits for pallet racking systems, logistics and HVAC needs.
•Managing the facilities maintenance staff to improve their productivity and resources.
•Developed plan for the sites IT and Power over Ethernet (PoE) security camera surveillance system installation.
Bode the Notary- Notary Public current commission
2850 College Blvd.
Oceanside, CA 92056
Phone 760-***-****/ fax 760-***-****
Commission: November 30, 2012 to November 29, 2020
Sole Owner/Operator
Responsibilities:
•Verify identity to detour fraud, document all acknowledgments and jurats that are notarized
•Administer Oaths/Affirmations
•Print loan documents and preview for errors, fax back completed documents
•Vendor contract negotiations
•Equipment and supply purchasing. Self-taught printer and copy machine maintenance and repair
•Staying current on training and knowledge of California Notary laws
•General bookkeeping. Accounts Receivables and Payables
•Financial forecasting/ P & L
•Advertising
•Business development
VA, FHA, HELOC, Re-fi, purchase, sales, grant deeds, REO purchase, car title sales, structured settlements.
Maintenance and Purchasing Manager–
American Retail Services Fresno, West, MYOBZ LLC
2204 S. El Camino Real, Suite 314
Oceanside, CA 9205488
11/09 to 5/13
Responsibilities:
•Oversaw the land, building, operating systems, compliance, fuel systems and store maintenance expenses of 120 MSO and Private retail Shell, Tesoro, Texaco, USA and Circle K branded gas stations/convenience stores. This included 40 car washes. With yearly combined sales of $983,250,000
•Implemented and trained 100 Managers and 9 District Managers in 5 different states on state and federal regulatory compliance
•Managed a crew of five maintenance employees in San Diego and Northern Oregon. 100% OSHA compliant and 97% free of work related injuries
•On call 24 hours a day, available to support all employees, customers, and contractors
•Planning the yearly budget for the facilities maintenance department (over $5,000,000), and car wash maintenance department division (over $3,000,000)
•Increased car washes sales 50% in my first year
•Discouraged the company from using brand-degrading promotions like Group-on. Saved the company millions in potential lost profit
•Receiving and reporting Cap-Ex repair quotes. Prioritizing by need, financial return and available financing
•Monitoring and over-seeing contractor accounts: issuing purchase order numbers, tracking job status and completion, invoice approval, Co-op reimbursement, cash flow tracking and charge backs
•Cost analysis for energy Incentive programs
•Adopted Incident and accident report procedures and accountability. Created collection of evidence procedures for slip and fall, car wash damage claims and robberies
•Developed the Fuel Compliance Department. This is critical to all fuel service stations, as they need to be compliant with the state, EPA, and other government agencies
•Advising on the design concepts of future QSR (Quick Service Restaurants). Researching local health department requirements and codes
Accomplishments:
Spending under budget for both divisions every year, receiving promotion from temporary worker, to Maintenance Coordinator and then finally Maintenance Manager after first year. Introduced profit sharing program as an incentive to "up sell" car washes. Increased car wash sales three to four times the very first month. Overall doubled sales over previous years. Created Security program to install and monitor CCTV and remote DVR security systems in all sites. Security program noted with: finding missing children, apprehending criminals, lowering workman compensation cases, fact finding in sexual harassment and wrongful termination claims. Wrote company policy regarding customer and site personnel safety. Held yearly HSE, OSHA and ADA compliance meetings with site managers.
Administrative Assistance –Accounts Receivable / Maintenance Coordinator
Accountants International, Inc.
5901 Priestly Dr.
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Lauren Dobbins, Shea Simpson
3-2009 to 11-2009
Temp to Hire Responsibilities:
•For American Retail Services please see above…was at Dot Hill Systems previously
•Process and post all payments in Oracle, for three different divisions in USA, Europe and China
•Submit chargeback’s for credit
•Worked with different AP departments (China and Europe) to keep payments on schedule. Used language translation programs to communicate with Chinese counter-parts successfully
•My accounts were at 1.5% 90 days
Lead Credit Analyst, Accounts Receivable
Phoenix Footwear Group
5840 El Camino Real, Suite 106
Carlsbad, CA 92008
11/07 to 02/09
Responsibilities:
•Review credit limits and customer trends
•Monitoring of Reimer credit reports. Requesting the raising or lowering of lines of credit per individual accounts
•Managed 450-2000 accounts with multi-million dollar balances
•Specializing in difficult case
•Set up payment plans with customers suffering financial difficulties. Having accounts being satisfied while continuing to ship new product if realistic
•Set Outlook Task Manager and Excel database using pivot tables and VLOOKUP’s, etc. to follow up with payment plans in order to collect in a timely manner for agreed up payment plans
•Knowledgeable regarding most major vendors, terms and web sites. (Tommy Bahama Retail, Zappos, Wal-Mart, Disney, K-mart, Nordstrom, Macys, Tractor Supply)
•Maintain communications with customers AP departments, internal sales executives (AE), brand managers, buyers, EDI specialist, and customer service personnel for fast dispute resolution
•Providing POD tracking to customers
•RA and RTV back up and research
•PO and Vendor Compliance reviews
•Submit AAF’s to customer service for correction of discrepancies with back up, after full research
•Offset all credits to appropriate invoices/charge backs for returned product, damaged product, CO-OP advertising, allowances, vendor compliance, and freight Issues, in addition, price discrepancy issues in order for A/R not to falsely increase
•Prepare and run daily credit card batches
•Report to Credit Manager and Controller bi-monthly on status of all past due accounts and expected payments
Accomplishments: 4-08 to 7-08 aided in audits of all account for bad debt write-offs.
Collected, recovered or credited more than $750,000.00 before year-end 2008.
Set up payment plans for all customers that were past due with financial set backs
January 2008 to December 2008 reduced A/R by over $3 million dollars.
Accounts Receivable Specialist / Account Manager
Eilar Associates- Environmental and Acoustic Engineering Firm
539 Encinitas Blvd. Suite 206,
Encinitas, CA
3/06 to 4/07
Responsibilities:
•Set up and maintain all customer accounts in QuickBooks
•Review and Interpret contract language and documentation. Including the signing of contacts and collections of retainers and deposits
•Set up project and accounting files including; legal documentation, field reports, expenses, court appearances and testimonies, county and city maps, and secured fund agreements
•Use of Excel database to follow up with payment plans in order to collect in a timely manner
•Manage over 200 accounts, including City and County projects
•Work with CEO, project managers, AP departments, and clients to insure the constant flow of all projects
•Reconciliations, billing, and Invoicing for straight and/or time and materials contracts
•Post payments to customer accounts and manage discounts for all customers
•Run daily credit card batches
•Make daily deposit.
•Touched 50 plus accounts daily
•Report directly to CEO and notify him of projected sales and incoming payments
Accomplishments: 99% percent of all accounts were satisfied with payment in full
MiraCosta College- Oceanside, CA Graduation: Dec 2018
A.S. in Business Administration and Accounting
Current Honor Scholar Program member
CA Notary Public 2016 to 2020
CTEC 2017
CSCP- Certified Supply Chain Professional 2017 studying for exam