CHRISTOPHER BARNES ac4evm@r.postjobfree.com

949-***-**** San Clemente, CA

SUMMARY:

Experienced procurement and inventory professional skilled in managing material for over $5 million monthly sales, and managing

over $50 million annual inventory. Proven ability to develop and oversee operating budgets, forecasting and communicate with

various departments, vendors, and executive management to ensure procurement and inventory goals are met. Experienced with

sourcing suppliers for purchased goods with, negotiating contracts including blanket agreements, bulk commodity pricing agreements,

and conducting production planning. Experienced with inventory management, forecasting, expediting sales orders, generating daily,

weekly, monthly reports/audits, and detailed database work.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Epicore Database In-Mass Database Oracle 11.1i MAS 90 Database Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Powerpoint UPS Online Quickbooks

WORK EXPERIENCE:

GAFFOGLIO FAMILY METALCRAFTERS, INC. Fountain Valley, CA

Purchasing Manager June 2015 - July 2016

Managing Buyers, Shipping/Receiving, Driver and Maintenance Departments. Maintains records of goods being ordered and received.

Implement procurement strategy and policies. Monitor trends in suppliers and implement plans to react. Build and develop relationships

with key suppliers and customers. Negotiate with suppliers to secure the most advantageous terms. Track and report key functional

metrics to reduce expense and improve effectiveness. Collaborate with various department managers to ensure clarity of the specifications

and expectations of the various projects. Perform risk management regarding supply contracts and agreements.

SEMI-KINETICS, INC. Lake Forest, CA

Purchasing Apr. 2013 - June 2015

Purchasing of components (i.e. resistors, capacitors, LED's, etc.) for assembly builds, as well as managing excess inventory.

Receive quoting bids from vendors and match customers needs based off of Bill of Materials. Assist Purchasing Manager with reports

of open orders, inventory levels, and shortages generated from MAS 90 database. Support Quality Control and Engineering

Departments with purchasing of Manufacturing, QC and Engineering supplies and equipment, as well as future planning of new

production builds. Receive B.O.M from customer and transfer all required data into a custom quoting spreadsheet using MAS90

and Microsoft Excel.

TRIODENT CORPORATION Los Alamitos, CA

Operations Manager/Purchasing Oct. 2010 - September 2012

Manage/purchase company line of dental products from parent company to achieve company set goals. Maintains receiving,

warehousing and distribution operations by initiating, coordinating and enforcing program, operational and company policies and

procedures. Controls inventory levels by conducting physical counts; reconciling with Epicore Data Base system. Responsible

for Customer RMA/Vendor returns. Prepare shipments for commercial or Postal conveyance with proper bill of lading/invoices.

Receive and unload incoming materials/product as per packing slip/invoices. Managed all building responsibilities as bills, cleaning, etc.

VISUAL IMAGE EVENTS Santa Ana, CA

Logistics/Inventory Control Mar. 2009 - Oct. 2010

Inventory incoming product and supplies from various vendors. Route proper shipments to various clients. Support outside reps with

expediting product, POS and supplies. Responsible for return of overstock and damaged product to vendors. Generate and manipulate

various sales reports to deliver improved sales data to various clients/customers.

INGRAM MICRO, INC. Santa Ana, CA

Buyer 1 Nov. 2006 - Jan. 2009

Manage Vendor Lines including but not limited to managing Inventory Levels, Fill Rates, Turns and monitoring Excess Inventory to

achieve company set goals (Approximately $5 - 6 Million in Sales Monthly). Manage monthly variance reports on various vendor

lines as well as monthly E&O database including weekly vendor payments. Support various vendors and customer with daily and

weekly invoice reporting as well as COGS and POS reports. Manage SCC Communication Tool for various vendor accounts along

with being liaison between customer service, sales and vendor. Work with Marketing Department in planning new product launches,

including product buy-ins for set sales goals, as well as dead stock/discontinued product returns associated with new product launches.

PERFORMANCE CENTER WHOLESALE, INC. Irvine, CA

Product Manager Oct. 2003 – Sept. 2006

Accurately convert various forms of product/vendor information into PCW’s proprietary computer systems in a standardized format

which enables PCW to leverage technology to gain an advantage in the Automotive Aftermarket. Analyze sales and marketing data to

execute tactics to improve data quality and provide solid comparative data that clearly differentiates like products. Assist Marketing

Department with new product launches and develop product planning with new product.

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