Cheryl Lewis

Procurement Specialist

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http://www.linkedin.com/in/cheryl-lewis-3b324841

Bolton, ON, L7E1XZ1

Summary

Demonstrated integrity, dedicated, and professional leadership in performing functions central to supply chain operations. Commands good judgement and aptitude in prioritizing and solving problems associated with managing materials, tooling, and inventory. Attention to detail in spotting and resolving discrepancies; penchant for improving processes and controlling costs and cost savings.

Areas of Expertise

Materials Management

Project Management

Budgeting/Cost Control

Purchasing Operations

Inventory Management

JIT and Kanban Methods

Cost Savings/Avoidance

Strong Sense of Autonomy

Inventory Valuation Methods

Vendor Relationships

Team Development/Training

Supply Chain Logistics Management

Computer System Competency

Production Controls

Cradle to Grave Purchasing

Highly Organized

Customs Compliance

Import/Export/NAFTA

ISO9001 Certification

Process Re-structuring

Cost Accounting

Shipping/Receiving

ERP Computer Systems

Customer Service

Career Experience

Steelcon Fabrication Group of Companies, Brampton, ON (Manufacturing) 3/2023 – 9/2023

Buyer

Provided strong operational and support processes for purchasing, sourcing, expediting, and receiving of raw materials for 5 manufacturing offices and 1 Erector (one in the US and 4 in CA). Purchased steel profiles for the building industry, capital expenditures, erector services, material releases for fasteners and other materials required for the installation of new projects and updated building construction. Hands-on support for all Warehouse and Project managers, design team, erectors team and other internal/external departments including maintenance, rental products and other services. Created strong relationships with vendors in North America and across Europe and other manufacturers to meet delivery schedules for stock at best price and delivery. Maintained purchasing data in an ERP system for inventories, service stocks and other products. Supported accounting department by matching packing slips to orders received and put forward for payment once any discrepancies are resolved.

Worked closely with a team of professionals executing purchase orders for the purchasing of products and services needed for the design, fabricate and building of industrial, commercial, institutional, and multi-residential steel structures.

Managing the relationships with vendors to ensure future cost savings and sufficient inventories to support the business needs.

High trained in inventory management including landed costs and bill of material maintenance and any costs associated with brokerage and logistics.

Stealth Monitoring, Mississauga, ON (Manufacturing) 9/2017 – 1/2022

Purchasing Specialist

Administrated operational and support processes for purchasing, sourcing, expediting, and receiving of raw materials for eight US based satellite offices and two warehouses (one in the US and one in CA). Oversaw inventory management and supervised a direct report handling shipping/receiving functions instrumental to an original equipment design (OEM) manufacturing company. Cultivated strong relationships with vendors and other manufacturers and leveraged to meet delivery schedules for stock at best price and special pricing for priority orders. Due to increased demand for security systems spanning COVID timeline, and meet growth expansion plans for additional sites, contracted with additional vendors to secure steady supply of stock. Preserved computer data for materials, costs, and vendor master files. Supported accounting department by matching packing slips to orders received and approving invoices for payment once any discrepancies are resolved.

COVID-19 situation caused a major internal upheaval and drastic transitional changes in purchasing for the different divisions in the US and CA. Many managers and long-time directors were dismissed and as a result, changed operational focus to performing functions for US division, restructuring functions for several other positions, retraining staff members, and correcting master data files to reflect different inventory information.

Challenged inventory stock levels until audits verified correct figures; teamed with members of Sales Team to verify capture of orders and acceptable delivery timetables in the computer necessary for production leaders.

Calculated and added a safety stock level to inventory; reduced obsolete inventory by selling surplus material online. Over a six- month period, worked closely with an array of vendors to rectify differences in accounts payable and restore positive business activities.

Frequently conversed with broker to ensure compliance with federal rules and regulations for customs paperwork and mitigate timely and costly errors.

Trained and coached office staff on using NetSuite applications and more advanced features of Excel and other Microsoft software.

CNS Fabrication Ltd, Bolton, ON (Manufacturing) 2/2017 – 6/2017

Purchaser

Accurately composed detailed and complete purchase orders for materials used in producing custom metal fabrication orders. Frequently conversed with vendors located in India to follow-up on status of shipments, and attend to customs regulations and brokerage fees in connection with shipments. Checked-in all materials before being distributed to inventory or shop floor. Documented any discrepancies between items ordered and items received, communicated to shop supervisors, and addressed with vendor.

Prepared detailed reports and forecasts to keep executive leaders and supervision informed.

Brought company records up to date and audit ready. Organized filing structure for paperwork storage and convenient access.

Expertech Network Installations Inc, Etobicoke, ON (Construction) 9/2015 – 10/2016

Purchasing Manager

Supervised and mentored six unionized staff members performing tasks in purchasing and office administration including report generation, scheduling and updating meeting calendars. Listed, labelled and organized storage boxes of documents accumulated over an eight year period that were returned to the warehouse from offsite facility to be stored until destruction date. Approved time worked for payroll. Conceived and implemented more manageable storage solutions for items stored in the warehouse. Re-assigned space in consideration of size, weight, and inventory age and turns aiding inventory auditing. Governed control of material, tools, and expensive equipment used by 900 technicians. Secured prompt and complete return of tools and capital from technicians ending assignments and/or terminating for subsequent reissue.

Closely monitored data for tool room inventory, equipment, and material data in SAP. Conducted coordinated physical semi-annual audits of tool room inventory and material capital and reconciled data SAP. Established min/max levels and qualified excess inventory sales to subcontractors. Accurate data improved planning for installations, enabled a ‘Just-in-time’ production method, better control of material costs, and increased customer satisfaction by enabling on-time delivery of services.

Kingspan Insulated Panels Ltd, Bolton, ON (Distribution) 2/2007 – 10/2012

Purchasing and Inventory Manager

Coordinated materials inventory needs with shop leaders and scheduled out timetables for submitting purchase orders to replenish and maintain appropriate stock levels for material inventory for items including steel coil, and aluminum extrusions. Conducted regular audits of inventory worth $15M, addressed and resolved any discrepancies caused from back orders, damage, late delivery, etc. Oversaw stock logistics and availability for inventory held at subcontracted warehouses. Cultivated relationships with vendors and negotiated cost effective pricing contracts. Executed all aspects of logistics in relation to furnishing documents meeting Customs’ regulations for goods being imported/exported. Collected and filed updated NAFTA certificates.

Instrumental involvement in establishing standard operating procedures for administrative processes for this new facility.

Interacted with a group of SAP professional programmers to address and remedy serious operational software system issues and customize processes to align with actual need. For example, to enable SAP to produce an invoice statement, it was necessary to trouble shoot, identify, and correct, all issues in all components such as general ledger and pricing files that interfaced to generate statements. Another issued involved troubleshooting reasons why master data was incorrectly stating material weights for wrong size of gauge of material in stock.

Teamed with SAP architect to author a company training manual and retrained staff on SAP processes and how data entry errors impacted data integrity throughout the system. Monitored performance over six months.

Assumed functions for maintaining SAP files for bill of materials, routings, materials master, and costing functions; performed monthly inventory reconciliations with the Controller.

Additional Experience

Business Consultant, Lewis Consulting, Bradford, ON

Purchasing Coordinator, D&V Electronics Ltd, Woodbridge, ON

Purchasing/Logistics Coordinator, VPK Metal Inc., Concord, ON

Education

Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management Graduate Program

Seneca College, Toronto ON

Classes in Purchasing Management

Humber College, Toronto, ON and Georgian College, Toronto, ON

Certifications

SAP ERP Certified Application Consultant, ID: 001*******, 2014

Affiliations

Purchasing Management Association of Canada, Member, 2000-2004

Technical Competencies

MS Office Suite, Outlook, Stelplan (for Metal Industry), Kewill/Great Plains Dynamics, Sage Acc Pac, Quick Books, SAP ERP, Business Vision, FabSuite, NetSuite, Tekla and Spectrum.

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