Tara Caroselli

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Unit# ***

Coral Springs, Florida, 33071

Cell: 516-***-****

E-Mail: ac5bnm@r.postjobfree.com

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.

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