Manager Management

Rebecca Sharon Neuman-Hartley

*S*** Wilbur Avenue - Warrenville, IL 60555

**************@*******.*** - 630-***-****

Summary

Purchasing manager with years of experience in roles of increasing responsibility across several industries completes a

Bachelors Arts degree in Creative Entrepreneurship, June 2014 with excellence award.

I am considering new career opportunities that would appreciate a solid background in procurement and project

management. My skillset will fine-tune operations, generate revenue, and enhance relationships.

Key Competencies

-Supply Chain Management -Supervision, Training, & Development -Procurement Strategies

-Strategic Sourcing Supply -Bidding/Negotiation/Contract Administration -Process Improvement

-SAP/ERP/MRP/Oracle -Creative Negotiation Solutions -Inventory Management

-MS-Word/Excel/PowerPoint -Financial & Market trend Analysis -ISO with flawless audits

SR Hartley Purchasing Consulting:

Purchasing Manager-Consultant, CoffeeCon- Chicago, IL April 2011- present

-Provide purchasing management for Food and Beverage services

-Optimize purchasing system and process for efficiency.

-Arrange venues for events, travel arrangements, and media equipment

-Procure specialized coffee machines and coffee globally

-Maintain critical inventory, new products, seasonal phasing

-Invoice approval and price variance solutions

Purchasing Manager, JCC of Chicago - Chicago, IL August 2006 to July 2008

-Directed purchasing policy and procedure for entire agency and several facilities

-Managed Procurement Card program and Purchasing System Administrator

-Reduced supply cost resulting in cost savings of $500,000

-Reduced energy costs by competitive bidding and obtained energy rebates ( ComEd PR available)

-Reduced service and supplier contracts cost by 10%

-Food and Beverage management for daily food service

Purchasing Manager Contractor, HAVI / Starbucks - Bloomingdale, IL May 2005 to February 2006

-Food and Beverage management for daily food service to 500 stores Northwest region

-Implemented PM Oracle/JD Edwards/SAP procurement modules to standardize products across all

markets with inventory reordering points for automation.

-Reduced inventories by 50%, improved cycle time, storage space, and shelf-life

Buyer Contractor, GVW Parts - West Chicago, IL (start-up company) June 2002 to June 2003

-Managed remote distribution center, procurement/supply of automotive commodities (savings of $.5M)

-Established warranty program for engines and transmissions, part f ailures/corrective action to suppliers

-Analyzed and identify trends to reduce supply base for price, quality, and service level improvement

Purchasing Manager Consultant, M AAC Machinery - Carol Stream, IL January 2000 to January 2001

-Developed and implemented vendor managed inventory programs (Spend $20M, savings $200,000)

-Implemented Internet commerce for MRO products to improve operations and contract supply

-Pioneered Vendor Managed Inventory program cost recovery ($50,000) for inactive/obsolete materials

MRO Buyer, System Sensor, Inc., St. Charles, IL April 1999 – January 2000

-MRO strategy: supplier consolidation, single source, and commodity standardization projec ts

-Developed and implemented of electronic commerce for consumables (MRO value $1M)

-Establish partnerships and contracts ($1M) with suppliers

-Promoted to Production Buyer for Water Safety / Pumping Systems

-Working knowledge of MRPII System (Bpics/AS400), Lean Manufacturing, and MS Office

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Purchasing Agent for the environmental engineering industry

-Read blue prints and develop Bills of Material

-Competitive bidding (RFI, RFQ, SOW)

-Procure parts, materials, components

-Outsource fabrication and assembly

-Operate and maintain database for supplier sourcing

-Visit suppliers for sourcing and status, report progress for completion

-Test new product development with early scientific quarantine quality standards

-Used reverse engineering techniques to discover significant cost savings $.5

-Manage multiple projects domestically and international

-Export and import materials and finished products

Early work summary:

Before my ten year purchasing management consulting career, I studied CIS management and

obtained an associate degree to become a programmer. My internship as teacher aid the College of

DuPage helped train women to return to the workforce by learning new skills and several software and

computer programs. My earlier work started at a family owned/IRS tax payer agency representative.

I began my career in purchasing management as a Buyer and quickly promoted to Purchasing Agent in

the environmental engineering industry. I worked for ground breaking pollution control companies.

Patented combustion/computer aided technology (PLC) with pulse hearth conveyor and ash silo

systems. Specialized temperate control systems for hazardous waste control, and later work with clear

air / clear diesel chemical pumping systems that removed toxic air particles with patented chem ical

injection into boiler systems to allow a clean burn instituted by improved EPA clean air law standards.

These complex designs required customized engineering with knowledge of blueprint readin g and bill of

materials systems.

As the sole Purchasing Agent entrusted with heavy responsibility as the single point of contact

organized multiple project management working with teams of engineering staff and field construction

engineering for cradle-to-grave supply chain involvement due to hazardous nature of waste and

chemicals exported via containerized ocean vessel and air freight transit to international locations. Strict

international customs laws management knowledge and flawless ISO9000 standard documentation.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Creative Entrepreneurship, DePaul University June, 2014

Purchasing and Supply Management Certification, DePaul University November, 1998

Certified Purchasing Manager, Institute for Supply Management (renewing 201*-****-****

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