Procurement Logistics Supply Chain

Oneida Williams

Inventory Analyst CSR Buyer Planning & Procurement Logistics & Supply Chain

Houston, TX 77042 713-***-**** (c) ********@*****.***

Professional Summary

Skilled professional with 6 years of experience in procuring material and equipment needs for various business entities in such as oil and gas, HVAC, and pharmaceutical industries. Possess knowledge and experience with multi-million-dollar projects, budgets, forecasting, purchasing, and inventory control. Has over 10 years of progressive experience from customer service, through logistic management. Proven ability to communicate with connecting departments, vendors, and executive management to ensure project targets are met. Responsible for negotiating freight costs, bulk commodity pricing agreements with vendors, and managing multi-million-dollar project budgets. Always ensuring accurate production planning all while being cost efficient. Possess knowledge of typical day to day manufacturing operations in areas of HVAC, mechanical, and pharmaceutical fields. Areas of Expertise: Procurement, Purchasing, Inventory Control, Replenishment, Logistics Management, Cost Management, and Customer Service.

Professional Experience

Castle Brands Inc. – Houston TX. 02/2017-10/2020

Inventory Analyst/ CSR/ Purchasing

Castle Brands Inc. is a producer, importer, and marketer of alcoholic beverages as well as ginger beer. Was responsible for everyday domestic sales inquiries and inventory updates. Main duties and responsibilities consisted of working directly with inventory suppliers, inventory warehouse managers, salesmen, marketing department, and 3rd party logistics agents in every step of the logistics cycle.

• Process purchases orders for domestic sales and transfers to warehouses for all bailment states

• Works directly daily with sales team and suppliers on order revisions, shipping times, pricing and invoicing issues

• Attend demand plan meetings with the sales & production team providing UpToDate information on territories product availability, shortages, delays, or outages

• Negotiated and maintained secondary warehouse for bailment replenishment orders going to special states

• Prepared weekly shipment and vendor reports for VP’s, management and sales team

• Assisted with quarterly audits and quarterly book closing. Managed supplier invoicing for my territories

• Responsible for timely reporting state filings and any pricing discrepancies for closed states to compliance team

PLS Logistics Services - Houston, TX.

08/2015-01/2017 Account Executive

PLS is one of the country’s leading third-party logistics providers to the metals, lumber, and building industries. Developed and maintained logistic relationships with customers and carriers. Focused on account development, building rapport, and managing freight delivery execution. Demonstrated clear communication capabilities with troubled drivers. Responsible for freight cost negotiations and discrepancies for both client & carriers for accuracy. Conducted rate negotiations for FTL’s, LTL’s, Refrigerated Trucks & Vans, Hot Shots, as well as daily customer service.

• Constantly prospecting new clients making a combined 80-100 cold/follow up calls per day to develop leads

● Providing logistic coordination services for fellow seasoned agents with larger books of business

• Develop a series of action plans to acquire new customers by building a relationship with each individual prospect, systematically closing 5 new customers my 1st month on the floor after training

• Software knowledge about freight load boards such as DAT.com and Truckstop.com to meet profit margin goals averaging 10% to 15%

PCCA - (Professional Compounding Centers of America) - Houston, TX. 01/2015-08/2015

Buyer 1

PCCA is a leading provider of the best chemicals and compounding devices on the market. It is also at the forefront of accredited training and continuing education for pharmacists and technicians. During daily demand plan meetings with the logistics team, I provided uptodate information on procurement projects, inventory levels, current open orders, and hot orders. The team included buyers, directors, forecasting, quality control, on-site production, and eternal key client representatives. Carefully and accurately processed assigned purchase order requests from the POR/ERP system. Responsible for project budgets valued upwards of $50M. Ensured that lead times, costs, order multiples, and safety stock minimums were accurate. Communicated any sourcing or back order issues that affected our forecast and onsite production department warehouse staff.

• Extracted data and coordinated costs and budget reports on all open projects and purchase order data to a prevent the possibility of a forecasting or set safety stock quantity, error in the system

• Utilized filters and key functions in QAD to discover system errors saving the company $1.9M in expenses

• Diligently source alternate chemicals & pharmaceutical equipment that met or exceeded the required standards

• Immediately provided creative sourcing techniques that resulted in an 18% cost reduction, increasing the overall profit margin

Champion Hi-Tech Manufacturing – Mechanical Seals Manufacturing – Houston, TX. 09/2012 – 01/2015

Purchasing Agent

Champion provides reliable mechanical seals to customers in the following businesses: pump manufacturing, pipeline transportation, chemical, petroleum, and water processing plants. Conducted day to day purchasing requirements approved by operations manager within a machine shop manufacturing environment. Initiated, developed, and grew supplier relationships resulting in a 15% cost reduction in material costs during the first quarter.

• Worked closely with operations manager to warrant day to day purchasing needs including building maintenance, hazardous waste, and scrap metal disposal. Approved special materials and tools needed by the foreman during the 2nd and 3rd shift when the operations manager was unavailable

• Responsible for office supplies and office equipment servicing. Saved over $300 per month by resourcing and switching office supply providers

• Cautiously sourced alternate machine servicing services that provided competitive prices that yielded reduced service call expenses between $500-$1,300

Custom Air Products & Services (C.A.P.S.) - Houston, TX. 09/2011 – 09/2012

Purchasing Agent

Became the first purchasing agent for CAPS, a full-service HVAC company specializing in the design, construction, installation, modification, and servicing of industrial and commercial air conditioning equipment.

• Coordinated weekly costs and budget reports directly to a team of 6 project managers. Would review with the project manager the complete bill of materials for confirmation, before processing purchase orders. Contributed to improved communication between departments with weekly meetings with all managers and parties involved

• Reduced shipping, billing, and invoicing discrepancies by 55% by the 3rd month

• Helped manage and monitor budgets between $1M-3M for lead project manager’s special custom projects

Technical Skills: Microsoft Office including: Microsoft Dynamics (formerly Great Planes), Excel, DAT.com, Truckstop.com Sales Force, ERP & Manufacturing systems for inventory Control and replenishment, (MISYS & QAD)

Education: Bachelor of Business - Supply Chain Management: May 2018 University of Houston Downtown

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