Manager Store

Purchasing Professional

Strategic Sourcing – Effective Communicator – Relationship Management

Polished purchasing professional with 19 years of strategic sourcing, relationship building and communication skills

Objective:

Seeking a challenging career opportunity that will enable me to utilize my experience in Strategic Sourcing, Communications, Organization, Education and my ability to establish creditability through relationship management.

Key Strengths Include:

•20 Years of Strategic Sourcing experience in Software, Hardware, Maintenance, and Indirect Spend Commodities, as well as a thorough knowledge of inventory management, quality control, and receiving processes.

•Strong Sourcing and Negotiating background, with solid ability to understand and interpret broad multidisciplinary perspectives.

Summary

Organizational Development & Technical Skills

•Recognized as a high performance individual that consistently exceeds annual expectations.

•Organized, take charge professional with exceptional follow-through abilities and eye for detail.

•Proven ability to plan and manage the Strategic Sourcing Process for a full range of events and activities from concept to successful conclusion, with a demonstrated capacity to anticipate and resolve problems swiftly and independently.

•Recognized ability to prioritize a broad range of responsibilities efficiently in order to meet deadlines consistently.

•Possesses strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and maintain sound business relationships.

•A dedicated highly articulate performer with a solid reputation for excellence, effective communication and commitment.

Career Highlights / Key Accomplishments

Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina

Senior Buyer

6/2001 - Current

•Manage the Strategic Sourcing Process for all Software expenditures, allowing only a 1% distributor mark up.

•Perform purchasing activities for cell phone, desktop telephones, hardware and software from approved vendors.

•Responsible for purchasing administrative functions, including routine correspondence, vendor bid list preparations, vendor applications and updates, bid and specification preparation, compilation of surplus equipment, contracts and maintenance.

•Interact with all departments within a matrix organization, covering multiple business units, to provide assistance through fact based analysis, utilizing such analytics as S.W.O.T., Volume Based, ABC, Year-Over-Year, etc.

•Maintain a 92% on time delivery for all hardware and software, ensuring all replacement devices are disposed according to Department of Defense and state regulations.

•Responsible for processing purchase order requisitions for software and Hardware; scan, index & retrieve documents, populate inventory database; receive all packing slips into IAMS; verify and enter all work orders.

•Championed cross-functional groups to develop Statement of Works for projects over $250K, average of 31 ann.

•Perform value added cost analysis in accordance with existing FAR regulations, and policies and procedures.

•Directly contribute to team performance by offering expertise, reliability and continuity to implement policies and procedures, ensuring the highest standards of customer care and support.

•Perform a variety of clerical duties such as responding to email queries, request, purchase orders, faxing to vendors and gathering required information for customers daily.

Modine Manufacturing Company, Blythewood, SC

Purchasing/Production

9/1996 – 6/2001

•Lead and conducted RFP and Rfx bid proposals, contract negotiations, and administration of major contracts.

•Implemented specific measurables and monitored performance for conformance to original proposal.

•Serves as point of contact for customers.

•Acts as advisor regarding contractual requirements, risk mitigation, customer specifications and government regulations.

•Advised management of contractual rights and obligations and provides interpretation of terms and conditions.

•Worked with Planning and Materials Managers to ensure accurate MRP results, and provide guidance to other purchasing agents to execute appropriate PRs, POs and delivery schedules to appropriately manage cash flow, and materials excess and obsolescence

•Facilitated production manager and facilities manager with vital information on project status, vendor performance against contract, as well as reporting on cost reduction measures.

•Worked closes with finance to ensure PO’s, Receipts and Invoices were accurate to ensure timely payment.

•Possessed knowledge of quality assurance and inventory control. Assembled, loaded and tested PF oil coolers for selected vendors.

Vista Bakery, Columbia, SC

Production Operator

7/1993 - 2/1996

•Ran various assembly packaging machines on production line, ensuring that the packaged goods were staged and ready for shipping.

•Performed quality audits and recorded information on QC report.

•Inspected final product to ensure it is in compliant with company policies.

•Carried out tasks in accordance to safety policies.

•Trained employees on company policies and responsibilities. Maintained a clean work area.

Commissary, Ft. Lewis, WA

Store Sales Associate

10/1991 - 6/1992

•Provided excellent customer service to military personnel, their families and vendors.

•Ensured that customers had appropriate identification in order to use the facility.

•Managed cashiering activities in areas such as purchasing, returns, and exchange, and enforced store policies. Handled customer’s complaints and resolved problems.

•Aided customers in locating items, participated in year- end inventory and cycle count.

•Ensured shelves were stocked at the end of day from returns.

•Performed all responsibilities assigned by the store manager. Maintained a clean work area at all times.

Credentials

University of Phoenix

Master of Business Administration (Graduate 2012)

Limestone College, Columbia, SC

Bachelors of Science in Business Administration (Graduated 2004)

Midlands Technical College, Columbia, SC

Associates of Business Administration (Graduated 2000)

Professional Training

Organizational Systems Improvement Management Essentials Project Planning

Human Resource Development Human Resource Management Basics of Accounting and Finance

Business Fundamentals Project Management Database Management MS Windows 2000, XP MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access & Visio

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