Tara Caroselli
Unit# ***
Coral Springs, Florida, 33071
Cell: 516-***-****
E-Mail: ************@*********.***
OBJECTIVE: a position in one of the following job categories or classifications either as
Director of Purchasing / Procurement Manager / Purchasing Agent / Production Planner
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
18+ years Vast experience with OEM Manufacturers and Distributers
4+ years in Management in my respective fields
18+ years in Procurement of several commodities including steel, injection molding, and corrugated packaging
Lead Liaison between Product, Manufacturing, and Tooling Engineering
18+ years in ERP, MRP, FASTPAC, VISUAL, UNIX, AS400, TGI E21 Enterprise, and Microsoft Office
Competent in all aspects of Structural Company Operations
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Check-Mate Industries / West Babylon, NY
Director of Purchasing / Assistant Production Manager / Material Planner (October 2012 – August - 2017)
Developed SOPs for the manufacture of new products to meet evolving customer specifications and on time delivery
Define company procedures and policies to comply with specifications of NAFTA, and DFAS
Direct, coordinate & assist all levels of inventory procurement company wide
Provide service and support documentation and all relating tasks for product realization
Responsible for measuring and monitoring costs, cash displacement, and inventory levels as well as real estate demand based on smart buys and customer trends
Develop relationships and strategic purchase planning to insure speed to market requirements minimizing exposure and risks of substandard quality and delivery delays
Identify new trends, stabilize inventory, insuring replenishment to support customer's changing needs
Forecast production schedules for the procurement of materials and supplies needed for all aspects of timely production
Resolve scheduling dilemmas monitoring engineering drawings to insure the implementation of new products including new tooling sources by qualifying vendors for cost reductions and JIT delivery
Interface with planning administration, production, finance, and engineering departments to meet projected goals and requirements
Responsible for scheduling and expediting outsourced services for heat treating and finishing processes
ISO 9001 Internal Quality Auditor
Project Leader for the Implementation of the new MRP software E21
Tara Caroselli 2
Misonix Inc / Farmingdale, NY
Purchasing Agent (2009 - 2012)
Responsible for all inventory transactions including ordering, receiving, warehousing, cycle counts, and product reconciliation
Liaison between vendors and customers to resolved all accounting and application issues
Collate purchase requisitions based on customer trend requirements
Coordinated the outsourcing of Manufacturing and Engineering projects
Manage costs, and allocate invoices to appropriate accounts
Monitor in house inventory movement and complete inventory transfers
Parkell Inc / Edgewood, NY
Purchasing Agent (2006 - 2008)
Centralized purchasing, maintained item master database, ECN implementation and costing of new product introduction
Responsible for all material transactions
Interfaced with planning administration, finance, and engineering departments to meet projected goals and requirements creating a positive work atmosphere
Structural Industries / Hicksville, NY
Purchasing Manager (2000 - 2006)
Assisted with scheduling inventory turns
Responsible for routine reports, maintenance of master filing database, purchase orders and accounting paperwork for reconciliation
Maintained contact with suppliers for negotiations, expediting and any other matters to insure our partnership continued growth
Analyzed production specifications and plant capacity data to determine manufacturing process, tools and human resource requirements needed
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
Business Management - Katherine Gibbs School (Briarcliff College school of records), NY, 1990-1992
Graduated Farmingdale High School, Farmingdale, NY, 1990
LIFE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
As a single mother, I have raised my only daughter who is currently in her final year at Binghamton University graduating in May with a Bachelor Degree in Financial Economics.
FUTURE PLANS:
I would love the opportunity to be a part of a company with a vision to grow in business and allow me to contribute all I have acquired in my experiences to assist in that goal.