Purchase / Buyer

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

**+ years of working experience in Plastic Industry, Packaging, Doors & Hardware Industry and condominiums performing the following roles:

1.Purchaser/Buyer

2.Chief of Logistics

3.Operations Supervisor

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

UNIFIED DOOR & HARDWARE GROUP -Purchaser/Buyer - Jan. 2018. – Presently working

Door Manufacturing & Hardware Company.

Create and track purchase orders, sourcing new products, maintain stock, update purchase orders, update & coordinate Work Schedule Log for Modification Materials, report to the purchase manager, attend departmental meetings, develop new vendors, request quotes and samples, negotiate pricing, quality, and lead time. Follow up with project managers and vendors. Work with warehouse and inventory control. Coordinate Shipments. Review invoices from vendors and send to accounting for payment. Knowledge on Excel, Word, Outlook, Quickbooks and Quickbase programs.

TOWERS OF OCEANVIEW Office/Property Coordinator - March 2016 – Jan. 2018

Supporting the administration department and Customer Service (Spanish and Italian). Purchase all supplies for the building and office and services for the building maint. dept., doing Sales Orders, manage and reconciliation of petty cash. Review Purchases and Lease Applications. Reviewing Accounts history, Billing, Account Payable and Account Receivable. Handling bank deposits and mail. Keeping updated forms, data entry in company system and matrix. Conducting interviews. Reported to Property Manager.

POLIVENSA Chief of Logistics - Aug. 2010 – Dec. 2015

Plastic Manufacturing Company.

Operations: managed purchases dept., international and domestics vendors, freight forwarding (cargo/containers) via air, sea and ground. Responsible for Import, Exports tracking and dealing with custom authorities, shipping lines, insurances companies and local transportation. Supervising a 12-15 staff team. Domestic and international customers. Negotiated pricing and developed new business suppliers and merchandise. Travelled to Trade Fairs to seek new vendors, machinery, raw materials and finished products. Developed manual procedures. Authorized to purchase up to 200k. Reported directly to Corp. Directors. Elaborated Operations Procedures.

Warehouse/Stock Inventory: managing Inventory Control, raw materials, spare parts-hardware, supplies, semi-finished and finished product. Coordinated the Distribution and Transportation: of finished products to customers, also raw materials from different suppliers. Reduced the cost of transportation by 30% for the finished products by analyzing the GPS information and in obtaining better prices and terms, which in turn reduced quantity prices, delivery and custom time.

Finance; Letters of credit, requesting lines of credit and petty cash up to 1k for emergencies.

POLIFILM - Operations Supervisor - April 1997 – Aug. 2010

Plastic Manufacturing Company.

Managed purchase dept., international, local suppliers and customer service. Coordinated shipping and handling of cargo/containers via Freight Forwarding Air, Sea and Ground. Imports & Exports. Handled Port Authorities, Customs Agents, shipping lines, including the different types of insurances necessary to complete the process. Supervised a staff of 5; and was responsible for their evaluations. Domestic & International Traveling to cultivate new suppliers, business, and merchandisers. Authorized incoming and outgoing purchases orders ranging from 50 to 100k. Negotiate best deals on: prices, delivery time, quality, payment terms on machinery, raw materials and finished products. Developed manual procedures. Reported to General Manager. Elaborated Operations Procedures. Letters of Credit.

Warehouse/Stock; inventory control of raw materials, spare parts, supplies, semi-finished and finished product.

STEM VICTORIA - Purchasing Analyst -Jan. 1992 - June 1996

Heavy Duty Machinery Company. Create and track all purchase orders. Managing and reconciliation of petty cash and administrative issues, pay suppliers and payroll execution.

EDUCATION:

1.University Antonio Jose de Sucre: Custom Administration Bachelors Degree awarded in 2000

2.University Jose Antonio Paez : Operations & Business Management 2012 (Masters Degree)

3.University Jose Antonio Paez : Customs Administration & Foreign Commerce 2009 (Masters Degree)

4.Gold Coast Professional Schools, Inc.- Miami: CAM 2017 –Community Association Manager Course

LICENSE: NOTARY PUBLIC- STATE OF FLORIDA

COMMISSION # GG108843

Additional Courses were taken to advance my education:

Quickbooks, Exporting process, Effective Management, Automated Custom's system, International Insurance & Freight Transportation, Purchase Systems, Customs and Integrated Logistics, Logistics Systems, Quality Systems Management, Introduction to ISO 9001-2000, Achievement Motivation and Communication, Windows, Word, Excel, Power Point, Personal Management I & II.

LANGUAGES:

Fluent in English, Spanish and Italian.

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