Project Manager, Purchasing Manager

LINDA MURPHY

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT/PURCHASING

Highly motivated Project Management professional with excellent planning and organizational skills. Solid teamwork and

interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate and work with customers, teams, and management at all levels in a cross-

functional environment.

P ROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CORE EDUCATION AND CONSULTING SOLUTIONS – Ball Ground, GA 8/13-Present

Project Manager

• Plan, execute and manage multiple small to mid-sized projects simultaneously from beginning to end with limited supervision

and strict deadlines.

• Define the projects’ objectives and oversee quality control throughout the duration of the project.

• Coordinate the efforts of team members, third party contractors or consultants and resources needed to achieve project goals

within budget while maintaining high customer satisfaction.

• Monitor progress, identify issues, develop solutions, facilitate cross team coordination, and determine work prioritization.

• Implement and manage changes in project scope, interventions, and devise potential contingency plans to achieve desired

project output.

• Support the sales process for add-on work by drafting Change Orders and involving the sales teams in new opportunities.

• Manage customer and partner invoicing and payment.

• Build, develop and grow business relationships vital to the success of the project as well as the company.

FLIGHT DISPLAY SYSTEMS – Alpharetta, GA 11/10-9/12

Purchasing Manager

Promoted to Purchasing Manager, Feb 2012

• Responsible for efficient purchasing of inventory, supplies and capital equipment for the company. Receive purchase

requisitions and verify for accuracy and authorization(s). Source new vendors when necessary.

• Prepare and issue purchase orders; determine and negotiate prices, delivery and credit terms; buy according to established

company policies and procedures; maintain accurate purchasing records.

• Responsible for evaluating, assessing and selecting vendors based on capabilities, performance and consistent quality

assurance. Maintain rapport and good working relationships with vendors; keep accurate vendor records.

• Evaluate inventory reorder levels and quantity price breaks to determine most economical purchasing of inventory and supplies.

Maintain desired inventory levels determined by Production Schedule, forecasting, reorder quantities, safety stock and lead-

times. Prepared monthly reports and review forecast of purchasing commitments with Plant Manager.

• Perform other purchasing or inventory control duties as necessary or as requested.

Engineering Project Manager

• Responsible for purchasing and receiving of all R&D prototype parts and supplies for engineering facility.

• Create and update project task schedules/priorities for Mechanical, Electrical, and Project Engineers to ensure project deadlines

are met.

• Communicate with executive management and internal departments to improve communication and planning between

Engineering and Production facilities and ensure orders are shipped according to schedule.

• Request and follow up on open work orders to ensure customer product needs are fulfilled and orders are closed in a timely

manner.

• Oversee materials inventory management for engineering facility.

LINDA MURPHY (CONTINUED)

• Responsible for compiling Engineering Monthly Report (including status of projects, purchase orders, work orders and

inventory summary).

• Collect and report all time sheets and time off forms to accounting for each payroll period.

• Maintain company calendar of events, employee time off and travel.

REMINGTON MEDICAL, INC - Alpharetta, GA 3/09-5/10

Project Coordinator - NuVasive

• Planned production schedule and inventory requirements needed to fulfill customer orders as requested by PO guidelines.

• Coordinated product manufacturing, assembly, packaging, sterilization and shipping to ensure customer delivery schedule was

met as requested.

• Completed Document Change Notices and submitted to Quality Control to ensure accuracy of documentation and processes to

develop, implement, and sustain continuous improvement plans

Managing Multiple Priorities (Fred Pryor Seminars), 12/09

AMERISERVE - Dallas, TX 1998-2000

Project Manager

• Responsible for ordering, tracking and expediting restaurant equipment from multiple vendors to project sites

• Acted as a liaison between vendor and customer to ensure correct equipment was ordered, shipped and delivered according to

specific project schedules

AmeriServe AmeriStar Award (Excellent Job Performance Recognition), 3/99

COMPUCOM - Pittsburgh, PA 1996-1998

Inside Sales Supervisor

Inside Sales Representative

Inside Sales Representative of the Month (PNC Bank Team), 11/97

Inside Sales Representative of the Month, 6/97

KRAFT/ALLIANT FOODSERVICE - Pittsburgh, PA 1995-1996

Territory Manager

Kraft Foodservice Pro-Customer Skills Selling Workshop, 10/95

EDUCATION

Penn State University-State College, PA Bachelor of Science Business Logistics, May 1991

References furnished upon request

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