Procurement & Purchasing Specialist

Deborah Mathias-Cook **** Crooked Arrow San Antonio, TX 78258 210-***-**** ********@*******.***

Procurement & Purchasing Specialist

Over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications field with an expansive background in procurement, purchasing and inventory management. Proven success in managing, updating and maintaining inventory and equipment across multiple sites and locations to ensure accurate tracking and deployment. Expertise in generating and reviewing purchase orders and working with vendors on coordinating inventory delivery and receipt. Skilled in tracking and processing project requests, determining material requirements and completing the necessary work orders for maintenance and repairs.

Core Competencies Include:

Procurement Purchasing Inventory Management Purchase Orders Materials Tracking Materials Requirements Service Coordination Database Maintenance Clerical Support Reporting PeopleSoft Microsoft Office Suite

Professional Experience

LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS / TW TELECOM, (1995-2015)

Central Office Engineer

Tracked and processed incoming project requests through Swift and developed and issued project work packages for field-services implementation. Maintained data integrity in the internal network databases.

Updated inventory system (RSI); ensured the accurate tracking of materials within the system and at physical material locations.

Created Low Level Design work packages to support the hardware installations by Global Field Services using internal systems.

Processed capital projects and requisitions using PeopleSoft along with equipment orders in MDSi.

Managed all necessary telecommunication related equipment including customer orders; delivered the accurate and timely deployment of equipment.

Developed and maintained site budgets and determined material requirements from engineering/production schedules.

Coordinated security access, including ID Access Badges for Level 3, Time Warner Cable and external customers.

Operations Coordinator

Supported TWTC operations by providing clerical support including reporting, procurement and inventory management. Complete the necessary work orders for all of TWTC’s maintenance and repair activity.

Conducted all physical coordination for the TWTC transport business; coordinated video feed and turn up which included assisting with identifying issues and dispatching technical support.

Managed the procurement of inventory which included generating and reviewing purchase orders and coordinating the receipt of ordered inventory with vendors.

Completed monthly inventory control reporting and developed, updated and distributed on-net building database lists/reports.

Produced required installation packages to conduct TWTC field activity and generated Design Layout Records, Firm Order Confirmations and Access Service Requests for all transport, switch, Type II and Internet services.

TOWER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (1979-1995)

Data Control Supervisor

Managed the file server, archived systems and database maintenance. Developed and maintained the Disaster Recovery procedures and manuals for Tower Life’s network and telephone system.

Assisted with office automation and application support; set up new users for Novell Network and supported specialized custom applications, PC configurations and network/phone connections.

Administrator for AT&T System & AUDIX (Voice Mail System). Troubleshot system issues. Updated call accounting system, produced call accounting reports and verified monthly phone bills.

Managed all production jobs, including setup, submission, distribution and scheduling. Created and updated online data entry screens.

Education

Completed College Coursework in Computer Programming Fayetteville State University (1974-1975)

Career Program Diploma in Computer Programming; Computer Operations Minor Computer Learning Center (1973-1974)

Graduated High School – Gov. Thomas Johnson High School – Frederick, MD (1973)

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