Purchasing Professional

Amy L. Ledford

*************@*****.*** · **** Massillon Rd. North Canton

OH 44720 · 330-***-****

SUMMARY

Purchasing professional with over 15 years of experience in domestic and international supplier contract negotiations, project buying, customer forecasts, planning, and continuous improvement initiatives. A motivated, dependable, results driven team player that excels under pressure. Excellent communicator with extensive focus on quality, cost savings, on time deliveries (OTD), and supplier accountability. IATF 16949 and ISO 9001. SKILLS

IATF 16949 • ISO9001• Management • ERP • Oracle • AS400 • Wes-net • Profit 21• MicrosoftOffice • Excel • Lean Manufacturing • 5-S • Quality Control • WIS • Invoicing • Contract Negotiations • VMI • Inventory Management • Blueprint reading • Accounting • Expediting • Engineering • Forecasting • Requisitions • Purchase orders • Time studies • Expense Reports • PPAP • Sourcing Specialist

EXPERIENCE

Robert Half- Ferry Industries

Stow, Ohio

Purchasing Specialist September 2021-present

● Create, process, and manage all requisitions, purchase orders, expedites, supplier returns, and invoice discrepancies.

● Prepare, coordinate and communicate price quotes, terms of sale, delivery dates and service obligations with suppliers/contractors.

● Support maintenance and production with service contracts, PM’s, outside service, and lease agreements.

● Source, research, and negotiate price, contracts, terms and purchase all material both domestically as well as internationally and maintain records to achieve the best price, best quality, and 95% or better on time delivery of goods.

● Communicate daily with all departments.

Cable Manufacturing & Assembly Co. Inc.

Bolivar Ohio

Senior Buyer September 2017 – June 2021.

● Created, managed, and recorded in ERP system, all purchase orders, requisitions, contracts, and expedites with extreme focus on supplier relations, supplier negotiations, logistics, planning, outside services, expedites, and inventory control.

● Identified material requirements, appropriately prepared documentation, sourced, developed, and maintained a network of quality suppliers domestic and internationally.

● Implemented a supplier scorecard that resulted in annual cost savings over $100,000, improving OTD’s by 30% and reducing vendor defects significantly. Amy L. Ledford

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● Supported maintenance and production with service contracts, PM’s, outside service, and lease agreements. Collaborated with the management team any last minute customer requests, order cancellations, and brainstormed engineering changes, and PPAP’s, that resulted in 100% customer satisfaction while positively affecting continuous improvement processes.

● Conducted cycle counts, and physical inventories, and created an Ebay business account for sale of excess inventory. Analyzed market trends and customer forecasted orders to proactively address and tackle potential lead time issues.

● Trained as Internal Auditor IATF 16949 and ISO quality standards. Developed and Initiated daily Layered Process Audit checklists with team and implemented Non-conformance and Corrective Action Registers resulting in modernized and streamlined manufacturing processes.

Accountemps—Powell Electrical Systems Inc.

North Canton, Ohio

Purchasing Specialist April 2016-Aug 2017

● Created and managed requisitions, purchase orders, expedites, supplier returns, and invoice discrepancies in ERP system.

● Domestic and International supplier contract/negotiations.

● Developed and implemented a supplier scorecard that resulted in 30% increase in OTD's, and 40% decrease in supplier returns.

● Prepared, coordinated and communicated price quotes, terms of sale, delivery dates and service obligations with suppliers/contractors.

● Awarded employee of the month for demonstrated creative thinking and great utilization of resources for customer orders.

Calvert Wire & Cable Co.

North Canton, Ohio

Purchasing Manager June 2005-March 2016

● Prepared and processed all requisitions and purchase orders for supplies, equipment, services, components, wire and cable, and raw materials within the branch.

● Sourced, researched, negotiated price, contracts, terms and purchased all material both domestically as well as internationally and maintained records to achieve the best price, best quality, and 95% or better on time delivery of goods.

● Developed a supplier scorecard that improved performance and reduced the rejection rate for incoming materials from 8% to 1% by implementing a corrective action plan.

● Managed/trained all receiving and inventory personnel, conducted daily cycle counts and supervised year end physical inventory.

● Aggressive reviews of components and wire and cable demands identifying cost saving opportunities, with notable results of over $200,000 annual savings.

● Researched market trends and utilized local competitors as well as suppliers which resulted in very successful procurement tactics.

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Education

Southern Ohio Business College Mogadore

Associates Degree in Accounting and Business Management 3

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