Purchasing Agent

Carrie Azevedo Williams

**** *. ******* *****, ******, CA 93720 559-***-**** *************@*****.*** S U M M A R Y

Purchasing / Managerial Skills - over 20 years of experience Purchasing / Material Planning / Employee Supervision & Training / Customer Service / Order Entry / Problem Solver / Team Player/ Scheduling / Inventory Control / Human Resources / Team Building Computer Software / Applications Skills - Vantage, pcMRP, AS400, MAS200, Navision, KEAMS, Fusion/Oracle, Advantage, Great Plains, Microsoft Office W O R K H I S T O R Y

8/2023 - Present – Purchasing Specialist – Valley Health Team, Inc., Fresno, CA

• Purchasing of all medical supplies, medications and consumables for thirteen medical facility sites.

• Vendor relationships, cost reduction.

• Invoice reconciliation.

• Preparation and forwarding of all purchase orders.

• Booking of travel request, per diem.

• Training purchasing assistant.

5/2021 - 3/2022 – Project Coordinator/Purchasing Agent – ASSC, Concord, CA

• Purchasing of equipment, tooling, materials and consumables for projects.

• Provide project close out submittal coordination.

• Job/Project set up, estimation entry, and project invoicing.

• Preparation and forwarding of Preliminary Notices.

• PlanGrid project file set up and maintenance.

• Project submittal preparation.

• Project operation and maintenance manual preparation.

• Subcontract preparation.

• Other duties as requested by Project Managers, Branch Manager and Sales. 2

1/2019 - 5/2021 – Sr. Project Coordinator/Buyer – (IES) SitelogIQ West, Pleasanton, CA

• Oversee all warehouse operations, including but not limited to, employee supervision/direction.

• Purchasing of equipment, tooling, materials and consumables for projects.

• Provide project close out submittal coordination.

• Job/Project set up, estimation entry, and project invoicing.

• Preparation and forwarding of Preliminary Notices.

• PlanGrid project file set up and maintenance.

• Project submittal preparation.

• Project operation and maintenance manual preparation.

• Subcontract preparation.

• Weekly labor report posting in PlanGrid.

• Other duties as requested by Project Managers, Branch Manager and Sales. 4/2016 - 10/2018 - Procurement Specialist II – County of Tulare, Visalia, CA

• Purchasing agreement, contracts creation and management for all County employees/departments.

• Provide customer service to both internal and external customers.

• Purchase order approvals, entry and distribution.

• Front office duties, including but not limited to, answering phones, filing, etc.

• Worked with the Purchasing Director on process and procedure improvements, desk manuals, insurance documentation management system.

• Responsible for all County annual agreements for all departments. Fiscal year agreement management, from cradle to grave.

• Employee of the Year after only 6 months of employment. 9/2012 - 3/2016 Senior Purchasing Agent – Bay Ship & Yacht Co., Alameda, CA

• Coordinated with vendors to maintain relationships and reconcile any issues that may arise.

• Purchased, rented, or leased an assortment of supplies and equipment for a variety of projects.

• Tracked availability of services and goods. Insured stock levels/customer needs were met.

• Regular adjusted pricing as needed and verified purchase orders with vendors to ensure accuracy.

• Routinely resolved product and accounts payable issues within 24 to 48 hours of identification.

• Created purchase orders, gathered all pertinent information, pricing, lead-time and stock levels without supervision.

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9/2012 - 3/2016 Senior Purchasing Agent – Bay Ship & Yacht Co., Alameda, CA (continued)

• Determine, purchase validity, cheapest source and most cost-effective method of procurement.

• Directly controlled/regulated issue, maintenance and inventory of all supplies and equipment.

• Adept at last minute or emergency requests due to the ever-changing nature of repair projects.

• Super user in implementation of new Fusion (Oracle) software system. 10/2011 - 9/2012 Supply Chain Specialist – Kwajalein Range Services, San Leandro, CA

• Procurement of Marine, Medical, HVAC, Education commodities in support of Ronald Reagan Missile Defense Site on Kwajalein Atoll.

• Source, order, track, quality control and maintenance of all purchase orders.

• Effectively provided justifications for all orders over $10,000.00 per government standards.

• Mastered software and KRS practices in record time.

• In 11 months, accurately created more than 1,200 purchase orders covering over 3,500 line items with over $3.5 million spent.

2/2009 - 9/2011 Senior Purchasing Agent – Bay Ship & Yacht Co., Alameda, CA

• Coordinated with vendors to maintain relationships and reconcile any issues that may arise.

• Purchased, rented, or leased an assortment of materials, supplies and equipment for all projects.

• Tracked availability of services and goods. Insured stock levels/customer needs were met.

• Regular adjusted pricing as needed and verified purchase orders with vendors to ensure accuracy.

• Routinely resolved product and accounts payable issues within 24 to 48 hours of identification.

• Created purchase orders, gathered all pertinent information, pricing, lead-time and stock levels without supervision.

• Determine purchase validity, source and most cost-effective method of procurement.

• Directly controlled/regulated issue, maintenance and inventory of all supplies and equipment.

• Adept at last minute or emergency requests due to the ever-changing nature of repair/maintenance projects.

9/2003 - 10/2008 Senior Buyer – Advanced Integration Technologies, Fremont, CA

• Procurement of various commodities using MRP reports.

• Review/analyze MRP exception reports.

• Managed Open Order Report.

• Tracked and maintained on-time delivery performance.

• Maintained proper inventory levels.

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9/2003 - 10/2008 Senior Buyer – Advanced Integration Technologies, Fremont, CA (continued)

• Vendor negotiation; cost reduction.

• Handled and resolved quality issues with vendors.

• Implementation of (ECN’s) Engineering Change Notice.

• Expedited part shortages to meet production schedule requirements.

• Processed (RFQ’s) Request for Quote.

• Developed supplier relationships to ensure on-time delivery of quality parts and the best competitive price.

• Processed PR’s for expense, capital and subcontract purchases. 2001-2003 Material Coordinator – Stryker Endoscopy, San Jose, CA

• Procurement of material using MRP reports.

• Vendor negotiation, cost reduction.

• Handled and resolved quality issues with vendors.

• Implementation of (ECN’s) Engineering Change Notice.

• Expedite part shortages.

• Procured tooling and supplies for the production floor.

• Rescheduled purchase orders & work orders per production schedule. 2000-2001 Document Control Clerk/Jr. Buyer – On Point Personnel, San Jose, CA

• Process purchase requests for turnkey manufacturing of the weldment product line.

• Processed work orders to satisfy production schedule of weldment product line.

• Front-end documentation (prints/BOM’s/P.O. Requests).

• Engineering Department for turnkey process.

• Edit prints, Bills of Material as required.

• Performed maintenance in Item Master Module, Purchasing

• Module and Work Order Modules.

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