VICKI HUNTER

602-***-**** • Glendale, Arizona

acz7wa@r.postjobfree.com • www.linkedin.com/pub/vicki-hunter/4b/aa3/67a

Purchasing • Equipment Buyer

Purchasing • Coordinator II

Contracting Specialist

Energetic and resourceful purchasing and administrative professional with more than 11 years of progressively responsible experience in reducing costs while complying with company standards. Highly regarded for communication, organizational, and analytical qualities that enhance the capacity to lead teams and collaborate cross-functionally to achieve corporate objectives. Possess comprehensive insight into purchasing processes and procedures that translate into transferrable skills across diverse industries.

Purchasing • Vendor Relationships • Equipment • Retail • Customer Satisfaction Bookkeeping Cost Reduction • Staff Management • Project Management .. Reporting Leadership • MRP Training • Administrative Operations • Cross-functional • Payroll • Quality Engineering

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TELGIAN INC., PHOENIX AZ. OCTOBER 2013- APRIL 2016

Telgian Inc. develops the best fire protection life safety, and security programs worldwide.

Contracting Specialist

• Daily follow up of all work orders.

• Daily dispatch of all work orders in Eastern region states.

• Resolve or escalate work order processing issues.

• Coordinate changes of not to exceed limit with account managers.

• Compile vendor invoices, provide feedback on vendor performance and follow-up with vendors to correct

incomplete invoices

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MERITAGE HOMES, CORP., SCOTTSDALE, AZ. AUGUST 2012- AUGUST 2013

Meritage Homes is the 9th largest homebuilder in the nation.

Purchasing Coordinator II

Set up new vendors for divisions in a timely manner.

Manage legal contracts, and status of insurance compliance documents.

Work direct with division personnel to prepare new community set ups for divisions.

Hyphen/Build Pro software systems.

Facilitate weekly status reports & conference calls to divisions.

Acts as liaison between Legal Dept, and vendors working on vendor specific addendums.

Additional projects and special assignments including audits for 5 states.

Create Lot starts and issue Purchase orders.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SAFEWAY, CORP., PHOENIX DIVISION-TEMPE, AZ MARCH 2001-APRIL 2012

Safeway is North America's second largest supermarket chain.

Equipment Buyer

Purchased all equipment & fixtures for Const., Design, & Real Estate depts. Collaborated with vendors,

maintenance, project mgrs., GC's., equipment specialists, designers, accounting & planning in ordering &

expediting purchases for 116 store division, Served as the buyer for both remodeled and new construction.

Ensured superior customer service to both internal and external customers.

Trained newly hired personnel on software & departmental procedures.

Reduced costs $519K by instituting a process to purchase high quality, refurbished equipment for

one store build alone.

Completed all projects within the strict time and budget constraints. Additional duties as assigned.

Executive Assistant I Coordinator (May 2003- Oct. 2005)

Performed administrative tasks in support of the Security department. Assisted the Legal department in gaining restitutions and resolving lawsuits; recorded restitutions. Collaborated with security investigators, auditors, cash and check specialists, and card-access support personnel. Served as the customer service representative.

Generated revenue through establishing a restitution process for internal and external shoplifters.

OTHER SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL AEROSPACE AND SPACE DIVISIONS-PHOENIX, AZ MAY 1985- OCT. 2001

Associate Tech I, Manufacturing Process Engineering

Supervisor & Trainer, Operations

Quality Engineer

Planning & Purchasing Agent Associate, Manufacturing Engineering Assembler

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Business Basics • Dealing with Difficult People • Project Management • Frontline Leadership

Problem Solving • Lean Manufacturing

TECHNICAL SKILLS

MS Office Suite • Oracle • Designer 8.0 • People Soft • Cimbridge 5.0 • Lawson Time Management • JIT

JD Edwards Hyphen/BuildPro • SAP • Sharepoint Solomon

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