Sheila Phillips

**** ***** ***. ** ****, Michigan 49302

616-***-****

acyxeq@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

An engaged and committed professional whose goal is to meet and exceed customer satisfaction by utilizing my

purchasing experience in the avionics, wholesale retail and automotive industries.

SKILLS

- Sourcing and negotiations - Inventory management (LEAN)

- Daily reprioritizing of critical actions - Quality assurance follow-up

- Daily review/reacting to MRP demands - New and comparative price reviews

- Strong supplier relationships - End to end Importing process

WORK EXPERIENCE

March 2014 December 2016 Xerox Business Services

Sourcing Specialist at GE Aviation, Grand Rapids MI

Purchase active electronic components and hardware for assemblies used in commercial and government

military aviation.

Review and react daily to purchase requisitions generated by the MRP system by sourcing, placing or

cancelling orders as needed.

Provide support to Program Managers, Engineering and Contracts to provide a thorough response to

customers requests for availability, lead-time and pricing.

Working with fulfillment, arrange for expediting to meet the deadlines of special programs.

Communicate as needed with suppliers to assure mutual understanding of GEs expectations.

Efficient in multi-tasking with projects, urgent requests, urgent orders etc. Professional supply chain

problem solver.

Provides guidance using personal experience to resolve supply chain issues.

Daily achieves all expectations as outlined for the roles and responsibilities of the assignment.

2003 2013 Great Lakes Wholesale & Marketing, Grand Rapids MI

General Merchandise & Seasonal Buyer

General merchandise and seasonal continuity Buyer with an emphasis on closeout product from

manufacturers and importers to resell through a $20M wholesale distribution channel.

Sourced and negotiated with vendors to supply both hardline and softline general merchandise product.

Implemented a competitive bidding process for sourcing seasonal product.

Established monthly sales, inventory, COGs, profit margin % and profit dollar goals for the general

merchandise categories.

Championed a preorder buying system for 4 seasonal programs allowing our customers to lock-in items

and pricing ahead of the season and increasing annual sales by $340K and profit dollars by $85K.

Developed strong vendor relationships while managing 90+ suppliers, 1,200 items, $1.2M in inventory

and maintaining a +92% or better in stock level. Achieved ROI goals.

Consistently reviewed inventory needs and reacted accordingly by placing, revising or cancelling

purchase orders.

Worked with our Traffic department and our suppliers to assure on-time delivery to our warehouse.

Helped to establish Just In Time deliveries.

Worked closely with the Marketing team to add, remove, and manage pricing and to promote items for

Hot Buy notifications that were sent out every 6 weeks to the customers.

Handled daily quality issues and score carded supplier performances.

Spear headed introductions of new items which in turn had customers returning for new and exciting

opportunities. A strong seasonal trend forecaster.

Direct importing from Asia. Worked directly with factories and trading companies to create synergy for

both parties.

Continued to leverage the market by attending numerous trade shows as well as ECRM (Efficient

Collaborative Retail Marketing) helping to create a solid base for networking and gaining pre-season

information on new products.

1998 2002 Newell Manufacturing Company, Lowell MI

Purchasing Manager

Purchased cold-rolled, hot-rolled, galvanized and stainless coil steel and various components necessary to

stamp and assemble automotive parts as well as for prototype tooling and parts.

Worked closely with the Production department to meet Just In Time requirements put in place by General

Motors.

Worked with Engineering, Quality Assurance and the Production teams on new projects from the bidding

of a job to the end product.

Managed all aspects of the RFQ process for steel, from initiating the competitive bidding process, to the

negotiation and awarding of contracts working only with QS9000 approved vendors.

Worked with Quality Assurance on product quality issues, corrective action and delivery performance.

Reviewed and maintained records of all material specs for use by all departments as needed.

Reviewed and reacted daily to the material needs based on MRP requirements.

Input of the daily in-bound inventory receipts.

Released weekly forecasts to our steel suppliers.

Did on-sight vendor visits when considering a new supplier or reviewing a current supplier.

Supervised the MRO Buyer and Receiving department while reporting to the President.

1983 1998 Newell Manufacturing Company, Lowell MI

Accounts Payable

Worked in the Accounting department as the Accounts Payable Administrator. Served as backup for the

Payroll Administrator and General Ledger Supervisor while reporting to the Controller.

KNOWLEDGE

Oracle MRP / Supply Chain Software

Manugestics MTO Software

Great Plains Software

Microsoft Dynamics GP Software

Fourth Shift MRP Software

Microsoft Office including excel, word and outlook

EDUCATION

Key 5 Institute, Grand Rapids, MI

Lowell High School, Lowell, MI

Various practice workshops

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