Customer Service Senior Buyer
Resume:
JONATHAN MARTIN
Fridley, MN
**********@*******.***
Purchasing Specialist
CAREER PROFILE
Accomplished, technically-oriented Senior Buyer with over 20 years purchasing and procurement experience. Throughout career, recognized for cutting and controlling cost, minimizing inventory levels, providing outstanding customer service, and improving revenue in short periods of time. Skills
• Supplier management and development
• RFP’s – bids for proposals
• Contract and pricing negotiation
• Inventory management
• Product and supply cost reduction
• Purchasing and procurement
• Delivery improvement
• Excellent customer service
• Problem solving and troubleshooting
• Critical decision making
• Persuasive communication
• Interpersonal communications
Software
• SAP, Sage, Microsoft Office Suite, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SWIFT inventory software WORK EXPERIENCE
The Minneapolis Public School Systems – Minneapolis, MN 10/23 – 10/24 Senior Buyer – District 1 - Downtown Minneapolis
• Purchase products and supplies for 68 Minneapolis Districts including books, building services, food and beverage, and furniture.
• Manage and maintain inventory levels.
• Identify qualified suppliers / vendors, prepare and post RFP’s, and review bids and proposals.
• Negotiate with hundreds of nationwide vendors regarding prices, contracts, terms, quality and delivery commitments for varied supplies and products.
• Develop and build long-term vendor relationships.
• Follow established purchasing policies and procedures.
• Drive continuous improvement to maintain and improve material quality and delivery. Results
• Cut expenses and cost by negotiating prices successfully with numerous vendors.
• Improved product delivery times.
Sherman Associates – Minneapolis, MN 9/22 – 10/23
Real estate developer with over 70 residential and commercial properties throughout 5 states. Procurement Specialist
• Recruited into this position to select minority and women-owned building service businesses, including facilities management, plumbing, and HVAC.
• Worked off City of Minneapolis and City of St. Paul vendor lists of WBE (Women Business Enterprises) and MBE (Minority Business Enterprises).
• Verified, researched, and interviewed prospective vendors.
• Sourced vendors for material parts (plumbing, HVAC, electrical). Results
• Increased WBE and MBE businesses from 5 to 50 in 14 months.
• Grew sourced material parts vendors from 2 to 10 in 14 months.
• Cut cost 20% in 13 months.
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Hoya Vision Care – Ramsey, MN 4/22 – 09/22
Buyer – Experimental Lab
• Processed requisitions and researched product sources including cured dyes, tints, colors, coatings, and scratch resistant coatings from 20 overseas Chinese manufacturers.
• In charge of preparing import / export shipping documents including manifest log and COI
(Certificate or Origin). Followed established rules and regulations of import procedures.
• Ensured correct vendor set up in database including W9 forms and ACH banking. Xcel Energy / The Ash Group. – Minneapolis, MN 9/19 – 2/21 Buyer / Planner – Construction Division
• Purchased supplies needed for creating new residential and commercial electrical services. These included hydro-vacuuming, boring, drilling, and scoping.
• Used SAP to create purchase orders, Scopes of Work, and viewed Outline Agreements.
• Followed up with vendors to verify receipt of Xcel’s Purchase Order and any revisions made to original PO.
• Scheduled services for appropriate times.
Results
• Administered $25M in annual purchasing.
• Saved 10% on POS by ensuring software authorized funds availability for payment of invoices in a timely manner. Caught overpaid invoice which saved significant cost. MN DOT (Department of Transportation) – Maple Grove, MN 3/04 – 2/18 Transportation Materials Technician
• Oversaw purchasing of goods and services for 9 MN DOT West Metro Truck Stations and 20 additional buildings (salt sheds, garages, etc.)..
• Conducted procurement of road, bridge, and building maintenance, heavy truck and automotive parts, and other items including furniture and oils.
• Determined product specifications, solicited, analyzed, selected, and contacted vendors for product information, pricing, and availability.
• Ordered tools (lots), plumbing supplies, HVAC supplies, and miscellaneous activity through several hundred vendors.
• Purchased significant products, goods and services from women-owned, minority-owned, and veteran-owned suppliers.
• Bought specialty items including sign shop supplies and special coatings.
• Ensured compliance with State Contracts when ordering inventory and reviewing availability.
• Performed regular inventory cycle counts and requested stock adjustments as needed. Results
• Cut cost 10% through pricing negotiations and vendor relationship building.
• Slashed expenses by 50% conducting intensive search for new cement mixer. Located items in Texas and persuaded State Contract vendor to supply them.
• Reduced vendor contract prices by 10-25% off posted price through effective negotiations. Automotive Parts Technician (6 years)
• Ordered automotive and heavy truck parts for snowplow drivers and trucks. Results
• Reduced cost through improving delivery times.
• Cut down inventory levels and saved cost by switching to a new filter and vendor. EDUCATION
Business Management and Marketing, Pine Technical College – Pine City, MN General coursework completed, Independence Senior High School – Independence, IA
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