ISMAEL IRIZARRY

***** ***** ***** *****

Houston, Texas 77084

cell: 917-***-**** email: adm68g@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

●Bilingual: fluent in Spanish

●15+ years experience in purchasing field including project management and planning

●High level of confidentiality. Independent self-starter individual. Strong detail oriented. Ability to work on own initiative and exhibit good judgment. Multi-task, prioritize and manage multiple projects producing high quality work and meet required deadlines in a fast-paced environment

●Enjoy challenges, have creative, excellent organizational and communication skills

●Passionate, creative thinker, problem-solver with solid execution ability

●Exercise prudent judgment to handle and resolve all customer/employee issues

●Strong MSOffice skills along with experience utilizing purchasing tracking software systems

●Professional approach with the ability to work with all levels of employees, management, customers and distributors on a daily basis. Ability to encourage others to react to and accept changes and to move in new direction as needed to resolve issues

WORK HISTORY

08/06 – 02/20 VALVTECHNOLOGIES, Houston, Texas

Sr Project / Buyer Coordinator

●Managed all aspects of large company’s orders to ensure on time targets were met

●Project managed all assigned sales orders from beginning to end: sourcing suppliers, requesting bids, placing orders with vendors, tracking acknowledgement of the same, ensuring deliveries were met by vendors, coordinated off site inspections, and working closely with internal departments on communicating project goals and targets. Also assisted with vendor audits, expedited parts when necessary and responsible for the on time delivery of each sales order file

●Coordinated project kick off meetings. Coordinated visits with vendors as necessary

●Ensured compliance with customer requirements

●Tracked budget (estimate vs actual)

●Supported procurement and manufacturing department

●Planed and tracked delivery of items contained in sales order as well as the on going forecasting of milestones within the entire process

●Produced reports forecasting delivery and identifying areas of concern

●Coordinated with company’s departments and industry managers

●Developed and maintained planning tools (schedules, etc)

●Provided the client with on time detail reports, reflecting all changes and updates accomplished towards the project deadline

Project Buyer

●Responsible for purchasing all required items for completion of sales orders

●Coordinated and scheduled off-site inspection/work/services via third party and contract service providers

●Tracked sales orders during production process to ensure all items and services were delivered and utilized in such a manner for production completion while ensuring compliance with all QA, ISO and product/service requirements

●Assisted with vendor audits, expediting parts when necessary and responsible for the on time delivery of each sales order file

Expeditor

●Conducted detailed review of purchase orders, anticipating revisions and informing the buyer and client of any changes, giving special attention to the drawings and documents requested before and after manufacturing

●Contacted suppliers to obtain their acknowledgement, manufacturing schedules

●Obtained vendor’s manufacturing schedules, sequence of events or fabrication milestone chart to track progress and better determine material completion

●Reviewed all documents and information received from suppliers to update the expediting section in M2M (Made2Manage) and distributed copies to all departments involved

●Ensured all discrepancies were resolved in a timely manner to avoid shipment delays

●Expedited suppliers to obtain regular submittal of updated progress reports

●Consistently maintained detailed status/record of events on all purchase orders, to better determine if vendors delivery commitment will be fulfilled

●Documented, tracked and followed-up on all issues providing reports as needed/requested by management on a monthly basis

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11/04 – 07/06 NATIONAL LENDING CORPORATION, Houston, Texas

Office Manager / Compliance

●Managed, oversaw and ensured efficient day-to-day running of all business operations

●Supervised acquisition and maintenance of office equipment including supplies inventory and distribution

●Ensured all broker licenses were up-to-date. Compiled, reviewed and processed loan officers applications ensuring they met all state regulations

●Set up fast-start classes for continuing education for all loan officers as well as for all branch managers. Scheduled branch managers trainings

●Liaison between company and over 150 banks ensuring all broker packages are completed

●Acted as a translator for non-speaking English customers

05/02 – 09/2004 ABER FENCE & SUPPLIES, Houston, Texas

Purchasing/Scheduling Supervisor

●Purchased computer equipment and all construction/installation materials: wood, chain link, pickets, post, 2x4, 2x12 and others

●Scheduled job installation orders. Followed through on all orders ensuring all materials were taken properly. Advised and/or made appropriate adjustments

●Handled teams’ payroll. Managed six teams (3-4 employees per crew)

●Responsible for office equipment maintenance including software installation and upgrades

●Reviewed sales orders for validity and accuracy per quote and customer contract

●Prepared costing information and assisted with quotation pricing. Prepared and notified delivery estimates at quotation stage

●Generated shop and purchase orders, and/or requisitions as dictated by inventory availability

●Monitored order progress in engineering, purchasing and manufacturing, reported progress to sales coordinator for submittal to customer

Billing Collection:

●Collected over $1,000.000 in outstanding balances. Contacted customers to work out payment schedules

●Acted as a liaison between company, outside vendors and customers

SKILLS

Hardware: Compaq, IBM, Toshiba, Apple, NEC and compatible

Software: Windows 2000: Office 2000 Word and Excel, Lotus Notes, WordPerfect, Novell, MAS90, Peachtree, Norton Utilities, SBT, Navision, Quicken. E-mail. Internet. M2M (Made 2 Manage)

Vendors: Mobile, Dow, Noble, Madewell, Alloy Carbite, Carbite Tech, Supreme, Flow Serve, US Alloys, Monet Metals, Ballco, Houston Plating, Haygood, ACC Valves, Specialty Heating, Leech, CDJ, etc. Cisco, Microsoft, RSA, 3Com, Nokia, Checkpoint, Bay Networks, Netscreen, Citrix, Packette, Compaq, IBM, Apple, HP, APC

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Certified Novell Engineer

3COM Certification

Certified Hewlett Packard Technician

NYC Technology - New York BA - Computer Science

Thomas Jefferson High School (Diploma)

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