Penelope Watts

***** ******** ****** *********, ** 44135

216-***-**** advole@r.postjobfree.com

BUYER WITH FOCUS ON INVENTORY CONTROL AND COST-SAVING PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES Career Summary

Experienced buyer and operations/administrative support for nearly 20 years working for a leading distributor. Through a self-directed, organized approach, maintain rigorous pace to ensure deadlines are met. Implement negotiated contracts between six vendors as administrator. Readily assume new responsibilities with a work ethic marked by ambition for professional growth. Purchasing/Procurement Fleet Management Project Management SAP MS Office Excel Communication Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Billing PowerPoint MS Teams Organization Time Management Analysis Contract Negotiations Account Management Inventory Control Request for Quotes (RFQ) Vendor Relationships Problem Solving Quality Control HIGHLIGHTS

Support close to 6,000 internal/external customers on equipment and supply needs.

Oversee up to $1.83M in monthly EDI invoices and $10K in manual payables. Experience

Applied Industrial Technologies Cleveland, OH January 2004 – Present Leading distributor of bearings, power transmissions components, fluid power products, and other industrial products with $3.2B in annual sales.

Buyer

Manage six national accounts, acting as site administrator, for orders including office supplies, trash, uniforms, business cards, envelopes/letterhead, printing, and warehouse supplies.

Provide operations support, including processing up to $1.83M in monthly EDI invoices and roughly $10K in manual accounts payable (A/P); scan documents into SAP.

Assure all billing (EDI and manual) is completed to meet month-end requirements.

Procure corporate furniture for headquarters and schedule repairs as necessary.

Issue purchase orders (from $5K up to $85K) for any capital equipment upon request.

Assist in developing and organizing roughly four procurement contracts when due for renewal.

Create journal entries to be entered in database to correct miscoding and/or split charges for trash and copiers.

Monitor financial side of lease management to ensure billing matches Lease Accelerator.

Communicate with associates across 500 U.S. service centers; additionally, assist 3,000 field staff to resolve purchasing and fleet-related issues.

Assign and monitor 600 associates that have access to the national office equipment/supply site (program is set up with best value pricing).

Oversee $25K in building supply inventory for 150,000-square-foot corporate headquarters.

Reduce waste through careful inventory control, ordering only what is needed.

Assist Tax department in obtaining invoices for tax audits, completing task often within 3-4 days.

Contact supervisor when additional cleaning support needed and to avoid additional costs. Penelope Watts

12407 Sprecher Avenue Cleveland, OH 44135

216-***-**** advole@r.postjobfree.com

Fleet Vehicle Specialist

Coordinate with third-party company (Element) to manage $1.6M monthly billing for fleet of 2,000 company vehicles (audit, review, and processing of Lease and Auto Services invoicing).

Prepare monthly journal entries to correct any previous invalid charges.

Calculate Commuting Use for 40 associates, as directed by IRS; calculate Personal Use Income for 1,500 associates in both U.S. and Canada.

Reconcile reported information into Income per IRS regulations, to be reported on W2.

Created list of bi-weekly payroll deductions, per information received from field or corporate associates, and supplied to Payroll department before cutoff date.

Prepare monthly journal entries and ensure accuracy of payroll deductions by setting up and monitoring records, in collaboration with Payroll department.

Increased efficiency 75% by collaborating with IT to transition manual Canada billing process to electronic, including reviewing raw data in test environment to ensure correct mapping. Education

Associate of Arts (A.A.) Liberal Arts Cuyahoga Community College Cleveland, OH Professional Development

Quality Program Courses, including (but not limited to): o Internet and Data Security/Acceptable Use Policy 2022 o Iron Mountain, ESG and Sustainability Webinars 2022 o SAP QE Training 2022

o Cyber Security: Credential Harvesting 2022

o Microsoft 365 One Drive 2022

o Slip, Trip, and Fall Prevention 2021

o Business Ethics: Sustaining a Responsible Organization 2021 o Building Relationships: Effective Strategies for How to Work with People 2021 o Element: Canadian billing 2021

Honors and Awards

Tenure Service Award