Tamara Dixon
Darlington, South Carolina 29532
Phone: 843-***-**** Email; ********@***.***
Experience
Dealer Services Coordinator
Manhiem Auction – Darlington South Carolina
January 2022 to July 2023
Greet customers
Take payments
Print gate passes
List cars on OVE website
Maintain spreadsheets for all OVE deals
Customer service call center
Manage account relationships
Purchasing
CBRE Florence, South Carolina
May 2016 – March 2020
Purchased MRO items for Clarios Toolroom
Managed over 6000 inventory items, 16 million dollars in inventory
Sourced items for best overall pricing, quality, and availability
Created new items for inventory setting min/max levels
Added new inventory items to asset spare parts list
Daily checking ETAs and PODs
Provided administrative support to accounts payable as needed
Worked with Vendors on vendor managed items such as PPE
Purchasing Manager
S&W Manufacturing, A Smead Company Florence. South Carolina
February 2000 – July 2014
Elevated and maintained on-time delivery to 98% for 10 consecutive years
Established and effected plant-wide vendor evaluation adherence procedures
Improved inventory turns by 31% over a 2 year period
Lowered overhead by negotiating high cost materials purchased to consignment contracts
Directed plant-wide relocation, coordinated & supervised fleet vehicles,& freight deliveries
Performed price analysis and aggregated cost savings maps
Managed incoming and outgoing freight; negotiating rates and tracking management policies
Provided administrative support to accounts payable as needed
Purchasing of manufacturing and non-manufacturing supplies for all departments in the plant
Purchasing
Carolina Hospital Systems Florence, South Carolina
January 1990 – February 2000
Responsible for purchasing medical supplies for various department to insure that critical care needs were met
Collaborated with administration to develop and launch state of the art Catheter Lab
Planned, booked and scheduled seminars, flights and hotel reservations for doctors and staff
Partnered with H.R. to recruit and relocate employees; managed all necessary requirements
including animal transportation, private jet reservations and real estate closures
Education
High School Diploma 1982
St. Johns High School, Darlington South Carolina
APICS\CPIM 2010
Florence-Darlington Tech College