Manager Customer

Linda D. Sudduth

Manchester, PA *****

717-***-****(Cell)

Email: ********@*******.***

OBJECTIVE: A purchasing professional with experience in planning and transportation seeking a position to utilize the skills and knowledge to benefit your company's goals.

EDUCATION: A.A. Business Management - Harrisburg Area Community College GPA: 3.84

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Reduced overall material costs with vendors and negotiate for pricing agreements for best pricing.

Review and reschedule purchase orders to minimize past dues and effect timely delivery based on new weekly customer forecasts and new customer purchase orders.

Effectively work with electronic distributors to maintain vendor managed material to increase percentages of on time delivery.

Managed up to $1.3 million dollars of inventory based on sales demands.

Key player in 3 ERP software implementations for purchasing department and assisted with overall company strategy for all Functions. (Manex, JDEdwards, DMACS)

WORK EXPERIENCE

MATERIALS MANAGER

Genie Electronics

1087 Valley View Road

York, PA 17406

Manage day to day operations of purchasing and quoting process in electronics environment.

Manage warehouse operations including shipping, receiving and kitting with employees on a daily basis.

Create crystal reports to extract data from MRP to utilize it in managing purchase orders, reviewing materials per customer, and other information as required.

Reviewing BOMS with quotes to look for differences from quote to finalization of product to customer purchase order.

Loading quote information into MRP for new product when new purchase orders are received from customers by looking for better pricing to increase profitability on projects.

Member of ISO Management team and implementation team.

(Manager’s Name: Brian McMullin)

BUYER/PLANNER

Bulova Technologies, LLC

101 N Queen Street

Lancaster, PA 17604-4787

Manage inventory for electronic circuit board production; reduced inventory from $6 million dollars at program inception to the $1.1 million.

Analyze and create purchase requisitions to insure just in time delivery.

Purchase experience buying circuit boards, passive components, and working with overseas vendors.

Request quotations, negotiate pricing and terms and implement orders to meet company goals.

Team member for implementation of JD Edwards ERP software; adapted software package to company requirements, trained department members and wrote scripts and training manuals.

Member of ISO team for continual review and improvement of department processes.

(Supervisor's Name: Dan Atkinson)

ADDITIONAL JOB EXPERIENCE

Developed and executed schedules for production of 40 printed circuit board assemblies for the VLS (Vertical Launch System) program for Martin Marietta Corporation.

Created purchase requisitions for the procurement of all materials for the program. Managed listing of obsolete parts and requested customer to provide updated information for new component.

Created work orders for production and managed them from material issues to completion of product.

Interpreted government/customer documents and specifications to assure all requirements were met.

Scheduled work load for inspection and production lines in fuze product environment; involved creating and releasing work orders for production lines, scheduled product for receiving and final inspection, and coordinated material movement to prevent line shutdowns.

Planned materials for M577 fuze product line. Worked with physical inventories for production lines and departments.

JOB-RELATED SKILLS: Proficient user of Excel, PowerPoint, and Crystal Reports writing.

Trained in Microsoft Access and Word.

JOB-RELATED HONORS, AWARDS, MEMBERSHIPS, ETC.:

Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

ASSOCIATIONS: Previous APICS member

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES: Available upon request

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