Buyer, Planner, Inventory Control, Project Manager

Lindy Bezdek

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AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Operational Efficiency Project Management Inventory control

Customer Service Cost-Reduction Tactics Vendor management

Contract Administration Report Writing/ Analysis Purchasing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

B&B ARMR Services Corporation- a premier provider of anti-terrorist and

crash-rated perimeter protection products, B&B ARMR designs, manufactures

and distributes an extensive line of hydraulic gate operators, crash-rated

bollards, barriers, wedges and gates to DOS standards.

Purchasing and Project Manager

2008 - 2014

Responsibilities: purchased parts for shop assembly of custom products,

subcontracted manufacture of units, engineering prototypes and spare parts

sales. Coordinated customer orders through manufacture, shipment and

installation. Contract administration for remote service branch.

Accomplishments

? Improved customer satisfaction rate by providing a fill rate on

spare parts order to 97%.

? Implemented inventory investment reduction program reducing dollar

investment by 20%.

Unarco Material Handling Lewisville, TX - a manufacturing company

specializing in the design and production of custom storage racking and

material handling products.

Assistant Project Manager

2000 - 2008

Responsibilities: efficient organization of schedules for design,

manufacturing, shipment and installation of warehouse racking systems,

negotiation and placement of purchase orders with outside vendors and

subcontractors, order entry, on time production schedule, arranging

shipment of build-able mixes, tracking shipments, support of customers,

material delivery, acquisition of city permits, invoicing.

Accomplishments

? Improved visibility to manufacturing and purchasing resulting in

increased on time delivery by over 10%.

? Cross trained to perform purchasing functions and customer service

positions

Univar Inc., Portland, OR - a subsidiary of Pakhoed Corporation a leader in

distribution services providing a broad range of chemicals and services to

industry.

Buyer/Planner

1993 - 1999

Responsibilities: planning inventory levels and purchasing of packaged

chemicals for seven Midwestern distribution warehouses, negotiation of

pricing with vendors utilizing separate but integrated planning and

distribution systems, scheduling of incoming material deliveries and

arrangement of transportation, negotiated rates and monitored carrier

performance.

Accomplishments

? Implemented centralized purchasing systems increased purchasing

power through volume buys.

? Reduced days of inventory stock by more than 25% in accordance with

established corporate goals

? Increased customer order fill rate from 91% to 96%

? Improved stock turnover rate from .38 to 1.092 per month in a 12

month period

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Arts, University of Texas at Dallas

ADDITIONAL SKILLS/EXPERTISE

. Physical inventories - raw materials, WIP finished goods and spare

parts

. Production and inventory control in a manufacturing and spare parts

environment

. Domestic and international traffic

. Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft

Outlook, Microsoft Project, Sage 50, APICS CPIM

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