Production Coordinator Purchasing Manager

Joel Allen

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

312-***-**** Chicago, IL

Professorial Summary

Highly experienced Purchasing Manager specializing in Construction, Remodeling, Cabinetry and Furniture Manufacturing. Certified in Salesforce i360, Buildertrend, and LeadPerfection CRM Software.

Skills

• Inventory Management / CRM Systems

• Vendor sourcing

• Strategic planning

• Operations management

• Project management

• Sales management

• Interior, Cabinetry, and Furniture Design.

Experience

HomeWerks – Purchasing Manager / Production Coordinator Naperville, IL 5/2021 - 4/2023

• Source, order and track all project materials for all remodeling projects.

• Organized new warehouse: Received and unloaded shipments, recorded and labeled tens of thousands of items. Staged projects for delivery or pick up by Subcontractors.

• Created and maintained Excel Report & Gantt Chart to track life cycle of all projects - showed all Vendors and due dates. These documents proved to be critical when two separate CRM Systems failed to deliver as promised and were discarded.

• After being tasked with project scheduling, I increased projects in the field five-fold.

• Proofread all Contracts, Drawings, and Designs, for accuracy and completeness before placing Purchase Orders.

• Responsible for obtaining all permits: subcontractors' documents, and insurance forms.

• Gained additional expertise in plumbing, electrical, lighting, tile, etc., by reviewing all project drawings and project materials.

Lyft – Independent Contractor

Chicago, IL 2/2018- 5/2021

• Top Rated Driver 5.0 of 5.0. Transported over 6000 passengers before and during Covid Pandemic.

German Kitchen Center- Project Manager / Design & Sales Chicago, IL 10/2017 – 6/2019

• Oversaw daily operations and project management for multiple, complex installations from inception to completion.

• Served as point of contact with clients from site measure, design proposals, contacts, closing, order processing, project status, delivery and installation. Berkeley Mills- Sales & Project Manager / Designer Berkeley, CA 10/2006 – 10/2017

• Managed all aspects of vertically integrated cabinetry department: measure, proposal, design, sales, engineering, manufacturing, delivery, and installation.

• Key contact for clients, architects, designers, contractors, delivery and installation crews. Revamped kitchen department from design through project completion. Implemented new standard operating procedure for all client interactions.

• Grew kitchen sales by 520% during my first year. Maintained new sales standard in subsequent years during the 2007 – 2008 financial crisis, and beyond.

• Rewrote quotations and contracts into user-friendly and comprehensible language.

• Implemented standardized kitchen modules and pricing for all product lines.

• Created a design guide and price list for internal use, established and maintained a catalog of project images as sales tool.

• Unified appearance of sales and shop drawings.

• Designed, edited, and coordinated new showroom displays 2007-2017. Education

University of Wisconsin, Madison

• Coursework completed towards degree in communication and interior design.

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