Lucia Victoria White

***** ***** ****** ***** ******* TX 77375 832-***-**** ad3du2@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

Eleven years of experience in MRO and MRP planning. Strategic sourcing professional with a proven record of accomplishment of lowering costs, improving on-time delivery, and expediting crucial materials in the most effective manner.

Skills

JDE/Oracle SAP (Version 7)

Collaborator Microsoft Office

Process driven Multi-task Oriented

Organized QuickBooks

Work History

Sourcing Specialist, January 2023 – Present

Baker Hughes (Cynet Systems)

Procuring and negotiating quotes from approved suppliers and following through to a purchase order with quoted lead-times and best pricing.

Maintain system by using SAP reports to manage schedule changes, shortages.

Follow-up with the suppliers one on one to establish the issue and initiate a clear-cut process to resolve.

Communicate with suppliers and customers to provide the best service.

Buyer, September 2022 to December 2022

Kelly Engineering - Houston, Texas

•Receiving In and confirming material which directly shipped from the supplier to the customer. Flotek serves downstream, midstream, and upstream customers.

•Invoiced forty-three million, in one quarter (2022) and 2021, they invoiced forty-three million for the year.

•Experience with JDE/Oracle.

•Prioritized a wide variety of projects to manage AR/AP needs. Reduce inventory by seventeen million in 30 days.

Inside Sales, November 2021 to August 2022

PSS Industrial Group – Houston, Texas

•Developed meaningful relationships with customers to encourage trust and their loyalty. Provide adequate pricing which would compete or match with other competitors.

•Understand and comprehend the products and services to the customer.

•Follow up on cold and warm leads to potential customers.

•Improve sales skills to increase success rates.

•Selling single and plural units as well as a full line of additional finishing and powder coating products.

Senior Buyer, December 2008 to October 2021

Emerson – Houston, Texas

•Review open buy requirements, issue purchase orders (with accurate pricing and need by dates) and expedite delivery of the material or services.

•Purchase of raw materials, machine parts, electrical parts, piston rods, tie bars, whole actuators (from China).

•Issue purchase orders of $50,000 or more without additional approvals.

•Creation of business platform submitted to internal stakeholder for all indirect projects.

•Establish strong supplier and business relationships to ensure supply chain support and maintenance.

•Collaborate with stakeholders, management teams and to implement agreed strategies and provide performance oversights.

•Daily management of vendor Open Order Report to ensure on-time delivery or services as appropriate.

•Purchase of raw material, stainless steel components, outside processing, machined parts, and whole actuators.

•Led effort that reduced manufactured inventory by 66% within a six-month time-period by updating and verifying lead times as well as worked with manufacturing to update the safety stock levels.

•Communicated project delivery and cost requirements to the key support functions.

•Assist accounting with invoicing issues related to PO receipts and part returns and debits.

•Establish payment terms of not less than 60 days.

•Successfully maintained ethical business relationships with all suppliers. Also, an advocate of lean principle and continuous improvement concepts.

Southern Region Buyer, December 2018 to June 2020

Marco Group International - Deer Park, Texas

•Purchase of abrasives, nozzles, hoses, and other materials used in our manufacturing process, also our manufactured goods used for distribution.

•Coordinate with Branch Managers to ensure on-time and cost-effective delivery of finished goods.

•Ensure timely replenishment of all branch locations to ensure the fill rate goal.

•Evaluate alternative sources of supply for cost saving opportunities.

•Internal and external customers to maintain and promote good relationships.

•Conduct special projects and perform other related duties as assigned by management or to fulfill the “primary function” of the job.

Production Buyer III, April 2018 to November 2018

Toshiba International Corporation - Houston, Texas

•Purchase of raw material, electrical parts, fasteners, VMI (vendor-managed inventory), bearings, sleeve bearings, and MRO material.

•Assist in special WMATA Project (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority) – Production of medium voltage motors.

•Purchase of materials from overseas and coordinate with planners to ensure timely production for monthly PSI.

•Oversees all occurrences related to the procurement of materials, components, tools, and services.

Investigator, July 2005 to November 2008

Texas Department of Family & Protective Services – Houston, Texas

•Ability to access the home environment and gather pertinent information from the child and other sources.

•Determine if procedures need to continue to remove or reduce an immediate threat to the safety of a child.

•Follow up visits to ensure compliance.

Education

Master’s Business Administration: Project Management, Current

Walden University - Minneapolis, MN

Bachelor's Degree: Criminology & Corrections, 1992

Sam Houston State University - Huntsville, Texas

APICS Training Modules

Basics of Supply Chain, Master Planning of Resources, Detailed Scheduling & Planning

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