BUYER

Ronnie Foster

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

Pearl, MS ****8

769-***-**** CELL

**************@*****.***

Objective: I want to obtain a position in which I can contribute to the growth of a company, and continue to grow as an individual.

Experience:

Vertex Aerospace Procurement Specialist II July 2019 to current

●Purchase aircraft parts in SAP for the US Navy T45 program..

●Follow government regulations in the purchasing process.

●Assist accounting with invoice issues.

●Monitor inventory issues and forecasting

●Focus on cost saving and cost reduction

●Expedite open orders.

●8 to 12 million annual spend.

Trilogy Communications Buyer January 2019 - May 2019 (laid off)

●Purchase commodities to manufacture

coaxial cable (Ex. Copper, Aluminum, Adhesives, extrusion material)

●Process EOM transactions

●Source new suppliers

●Work with accounting to maintain payments and correct pricing

●Arrange shipping

Leonard Metal Inventory/Shipping/Receiving Clerk & Delivery Driver November 2017 - January 2019

●Organize the warehouse / cycle counts of inventory

●Process shipping through CMMS (PM2)

●Delivery of goods to customers (obtain Class D license).

Steel Service Tool Room/Buyer February 2015 - November 2017

●Order all materials and spare parts using a custom Excel spreadsheet.

●Work with accounting to resolve accounting issues, setup a storeroom

Wiseman Consultants (Contract for Cameron ) Buyer July 2014 – February 2015

●Order & expedite materials using SAP to build cranes for oil rigs.

●Work with accounting to resolve accounting issues, and engineers to maintain drawings

Transformer Gasket & Components (TG&C) Purchasing/Inventory Manager April 2013 - May 2014

●Order & expedite materials and spare parts using Quickbooks to supply our customers in the transformer industry.

●Work with accounting to resolve accounting issues, maintain a warehouse, and receive parts.

Scotts Miracle-Gro MRO Buyer April 2012 – April 2013

●Order & expedite MRO items and production supplies using SAP, American Express and Visa P-cards up to 30 K.

●Set Up a warehouse for the MRO parts, receive parts into the system, maintain a warehouse

Headway Corp (Contract for ABB) Buyer August 2011 – April 2012

●Order & expedite various materials and supplies using SAP to manufacture transformers. Ex.Stainless Steel, Electrical Steel, hot rolled, cold rolled, aluminum, control cabinets, radiators, and fans.

●Work with accounting to resolve accounting issues

SpinalUSA Purchasing Agent March 2009 - August 2011

●Order & expedite all materials and supplies to manufacture interbody spine implants using SAP. Ex: Peek (plastic) material, titanium, and stainless steel.

●Setup & Maintain purchasing agreements and resolving accounting issues.

●Follow FDA guidelines for purchasing, lot trace & serial trace documents.

●Work with engineering on updating drawings for parts.

Rockett Inc. Buyer September 2006 - March 2009

●Order & expedite all materials and supplies using Visual to manufacture control cabinets and kiln cars ex. structural steel, coils, sheet steel, and MRO items

●Setup and maintain purchasing agreements and contracts

●Obtain data from Visual using Excel to analyze spending and savings

Clorox Products Mfg Co. Maintenance Resource March 1995 – September 2006

●Order & expedite MRO items and production supplies using various software (Hemisphere,Maximo, and SAP)

●Maintain an American Express purchasing card up to 50K

●Combined 5 satellite storerooms into one central storeroom, set up a KanBan inventory system for consumables

●Setup a risk assessment to add parts to storeroom, and a return system for unused parts

Education: 1986 - 1988 Hinds Community College Pearl, MS Courses Studied: General and Computer Science

Skills: Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, & Access, SAP, Maximo, Visual, QuickBooks Enterprise, WCM, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Autonomous Maintenance, Supply chain, cost saving,cost reduction, and continuous improvement.

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