Procurement Agent

VONDA L. PRIDGETT-BARNES

**** *. **** ****** *. Telephone: 316-***-**** Cell: 316-***-****

Wichita, KS 67226 E-mail: **********@********.***

CAREER OBJECTIVE & SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Purchasing Agent with 10+ years of experience procuring goods and services. Acts as an authorized agent of the

company with responsibility for managing all supplier related activities and the authority to commit company

resources through contracts and agreements. Specific capabilities include:

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Administers Purchase Orders Good Rapport with Customers

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Maintain Schedules Strong Communication Skills, Written and Oral

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Inventory Management Remains Calm under Stress

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Executes Contracts / Agreements Team Player

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Negotiates Prices Ability to Multi-task

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Approves Invoices & Discrepancies Positive, Self Starter

WORK HISTORY

BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE Learjet Inc, Wichita, KS 2013-2014

Logistics Agent:

• Executed and maintained the Material Master database in SAP for the Learjet 85 Program.

• Tracked the Advanced Material Order (AMO) process, and assigned them to the designated buyer through the

Engineering Document Imaging System (EDIMS).

• Submitted parts to be nomenclature in the Engineering Requirements Documentation (ERD) system.

VOLT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS (Quaker Oats, a division of PepsiCo), Cedar Rapids, IA 2012-2013

Purchasing Assistant:

• Run purchasing reports and reconciling. Place purchase orders. Maintain vendor maintenance.

• Project management. SAP & CHAMPS systems used.

ROCKWELL COLLINS, Cedar Rapids, IA 2011-2012

Inventory Planning Specialist:

• Inventory analysis of inactive inventory, including maintenance of disposal schedules by location, creation of

inventory disposal candidate list, and review planner feedback.

• Monthly excess and obsolete process, including consumption reporting.

• Monthly reporting of production Stock inventory for current fiscal year, including breakdown by profit center.

• Inventory metrics analysis, including variances from key performance indicator goals, inventory forecast and

inventory annual operating plan.

• Standard cost analysis, including quantity on hand and consumption impacts.

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS INC, Wichita, Kansas 2006-2011

Procurement Agent / Materials Management Analyst:

• Conducts and manages the processes for obtaining goods and services for the company.

• Manages inventory levels, simulation, modeling forecasting data and supplier performance.

• Monitors customer inventory demand and material assets to optimize total supply chain planning.

• Incorporates planning decisions from customers and suppliers to reduce material product variability and arrive at

optimal solutions.

• Ability to analyze internal and external systems that create demand for products to validate requirements and to

determine the proper course of action to satisfy requirements.

• Release orders, maintain schedules against existing contracts to internal and external suppliers for procured items.

• Apply knowledge of supplier management and procurement process in development and execution of

contracts/agreements for obtaining goods and services.

• Knowledge of industry standards, supplier capabilities, products configuration, manufacturing processes and

governmental regulations relating to procurement.

WICHITA AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE, Wichita, Kansas 2004-2006

Purchasing Agent:

• Responsible to provide procurement, administrative and business analysis support to management and team.

• Coordinates purchasing software module and helps resolve purchasing system issues among PO users.

• Develops forms and database reports.

• Reconcile supplier payments with accounts payable.

• Analyze impacts of process deviations.

• Take corrective action and represents the group in meetings to resolve problems.

• Acts as a technical resource to train new employees on how to use the purchasing business module.

• Acts as the purchasing liaison to all WATC campuses.

COLEMAN COMPANY, Wichita, Kansas 2002-2004

Planner/Buyer:

• Evaluates forecasting versus actual needs, expedite and delay resources.

• Identify requirements and authorize the procurement of sourced products with purchase orders up to $250K.

• Manage sourced inventory to maximize customer service levels while minimizing inventories.

• Identifies and understands material requirements. Manage incorporation of engineering changes.

• Communicates production materials needs to warehouse personnel.

• Identifies monthly and weekly production plans, adjusting for un-forecasted demand.

• Coordinates material needs, changes and specifications with shipping. Prioritizes shipments and deliveries.

• Prepare and report inventory projections, inventory discrepancies, customer service availability issues.

ADECCO (Cessna Finance), Wichita, Kansas 2001-2002

Receptionist:

• Greets and directs customers. Sorts and distributes mail. Answers medium volume of calls from internal and

external customers, utilizing a multi-line phone. Utilizes secretarial skills that include faxing, coping, filing,

preparing documents and compiling information.

RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Wichita, Kansas 1998-2001

Buyer / Purchasing:

• Procured goods and services, as assigned, in the quantity, time frame and quality level required at fair and

reasonable prices. Monitored supplier progress, visited plant, and prepared status reports.

• Complied with company and governmental policies and regulations.

• Developed supplier quotations, negotiated prices, selected suppliers, administered orders, exploited market

opportunities and performed cost and price analyses.

• Reconciled discrepancies and omissions. Approved invoices and determined acceptability of over shipments.

• Formulated buying strategy by considering factors such as, but not limited to, lower cost substitutions, quantity

discounts, company-wide agreements, reasonableness of delivery dates, purchase requirements, market conditions,

sources, reliability and past supplier performance.

EDUCATION

FRIENDS UNIVERSITY, Wichita, Kansas

Masters – Management Information Systems (1999)

Bachelors of – Business Administration (1994)

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