Kimberly A. Mitchell
Hazel Park, MI 48030
*************@*****.***
Objective: A purchasing position in a growth oriented company in which I
can use and enhance my skills as a purchasing agent to move the company and
myself forward.
Employment History:
ALPHA STAMPING 11/29/2011 TO PRESENT
Customer Service
Process customer orders, enter orders into AS400 system, process invoicing
for all orders shipped to customers, and maintain current pricing for all
parts shipped to customers. Process all credits and invoice for tooling to
manufacture parts for all customers, monitor shipping windows for Ford and
Chrysler on their supplier systems.
Cold Heading Co. 6/23/2008 to 10/14/2011
Administrative Assistant to President of Ajax Division of Cold Heading.
Weekly and Monthly reports, all clerical support functions, purchasing,
Human resource activities, and various special projects.
Cold Heading Co. 10/2006 to 6/23/2008 Shipping Analyst
Compile and print ship tickets to the shipping department daily for the
Chrysler Account. Use the SMART system and Symix as well as Icaras systems
to perform the shipping functions.
VNA of SE MI 7/2003 to 5/2006 Program Assistant
Data Acquisition, Data Entry, Payroll, Document control into patient
charts.
Energy Steel 11/2001 to 9/2002 Expeditor
Tracked orders from supplier to our plant, Expedited shipments from
suppliers to our plant and secondary operations as well as to the customer,
Entered purchase orders into computer system, Followed orders from
beginning to delivery to customer.
Roush Technologies 5/2000 to 6/2001 Purchasing Agent
Purchased Tooling, Steel, Auto Parts, MRO Machining Services, Castings,
Screw Machine Parts, and Negotiated with vendors, Achieved Substantial cost
savings.
Purchased engine parts for the NASCAR race team. Also purchased Intake
Manifold castings (male and female) and all of the components that went
into the after market kit. Such as springs, fasteners and gaskets.
Purchased the packaging for this aftermarket program. This project was a
contract from Ford Motor; I achieved a $400,000.00 cost savings by
consolidating the two casting suppliers to one supplier for both male and
female castings.
DSSI 5/1998 to 5/2000 Purchasing Agent
Production Buyer on site a Ford Motor Co. Livonia Transmission Plant, Screw
Machine and Bar turned commodity. MRO purchasing for Ford Motor Co. (North
American Plants), Tooling, Steel, Fasteners, Negotiated with vendors,
Achieved considerable cost savings.
Worked with minority suppliers on the bar turned and screw machine
commodity. Achieved $500,000.00 to $1,000,000.00 cost savings by working
with supplier to get there production streamlined and eliminating so much
machine down time, which in turn boosted there production and eliminated
late shipments, line shut downs and a vast improvement in part rejection.
Alpha Bolt 2/1996 to 5/1998 Purchasing Agent
MRO purchasing, Tooling, Steel, Negotiated with vendors, Expedited orders,
Inventory Control, Read Blue Prints.
Helped develop an improved maintenance system to cut down time on machines
which improved production. Also acquired new steel suppliers that had
better quality products and improved delivery time. This also improved our
raw material waste and gave our cutting dies a longer life span.
United Automotive 5/1993 to 2/1996 Purchasing Agent
Purchased special order auto parts, Ran the MIN - MAX report, Expedited
orders, Customer service. Inventory Control. Took care of defective part
returns to manufacturers.
Motor City Fastener 4/1989 to 5/4993 Inside Sales
Took customer orders over phone and fax, verified certs and specs for the
customer orders, Read blue prints, expedited orders, inventory control, and
purchased spot buys.
Skills: PROFS, CPARS, WIPS, DDL (Ford Motor Co. computer systems) Windows,
Excel, Access, Word, Power Point, AS400 system, People soft, Lean
Manufacturing. Chrysler SMART system, Symix and Icaras systems, PLEX
Education: Have 115.72 credits towards my bachelor and currently in
process of finishing at Davenport University.