Supply Chain Inventory Control / Buyer

Career Objective

A position that will utilize my diverse leadership and operations knowledge within manufacturing/supply chain.

Areas of Experience

Buyer

Vendor Management

Inventory Control

Material Procurement

5S Plant Areas – FIFO

Logistics Management

Production Planning

Process Improvement

Inbound / Outbound Scheduler

Root Cause Analysis

Work in SAP/ MIsys MRP Systems / QB / Ross

Invoicing & Receiving

Material Cost Optimization

Professional Experience

BUYER

Sterling Foods May 2024 - Current

Accountable for the procurement of supplies and goods for the company for our multiple production plants.

Building successful vendor relationships, conducting analysis on material usage, and collaborating with the research & development, sales & marketing, maintenance, and production teams to deliver optimum results in both cost of goods and inventory management.

Create action plans to mitigate impacts on production due to material shortages or supply constraints - Alert management of shortages and follow up on late deliveries.

Coordinate film artwork approval process from start to finish.

STORE DIRECTOR

UpMarket, LLC December 2022 – February 2024

Managed the logistics, buying and operations of a store with 2 employees with a volume of $1M in sales.

Responsible for managing the P/L initiatives, sales forecasting, store inventory management.

Manage vendor relationships and financial processing.

Manage store marketing through websites, social media campaigns and hard copy media.

BUYER

Labatt Food Service August 2021– December 2022

Managed a total of 76 venders and maintained a 95.1% buyer service rate which included $10.9M of inventory.

Made 1,826 buying decisions per week from the Labatt performance metric.

Coordinated inventory within 5 warehouses in Texas and 1 in New Mexico.

Optimized inventory levels to minimize stock outs, reduce carrying costs and prevent shelf-life expiration.

SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE CEO (PROGRAM/PROCESS MANAGER)

Electrolab & e9 Treatments November 2018 – August 2021

Assisted with the start-up for a new company within Electrolab called e9 Treatments. Managed the inventory control process by vetting vendors, buying, creating and updating BOM’s and materials and performing physical inventories.

Developed and maintained daily and weekly performance dashboards and reports.

Led the procurement process for all product components.

MEMBER RELATIONS DIRECTOR & KID’S CLUB DIRECTOR

Fair Oaks Ranch Golf & Country Club April 2015 – November 2018

PLANT PRODUCTION SCHEDULER/PKG MATERIAL COORDINATOR/OPERATIONS ASSET EFFECTIVENESS ANALYST

Kellogg’s – Memphis Plant June 2003 – March 2015

Scheduled over a million pounds of product a day through numerous processes, 11 packing lines, 5 processing lines and multiple shifts. Ensuring the volume/SKU mixes are scheduled to meet and or exceed plant budgeted pounds.

Cross-function responsibilities included transportation process through SAP, traceability exercise, quality returns of packaging materials to vendors, new SKU’s and promotional copy setups.

Managed the Raw Material coordinator and coordinated inbound deliveries of materials between the carriers and the plant.

Managed inventory through SAP for various packing and raw materials needed for production.

Maintained service level objective (98%) for both monthly and weekly levels to support the business.

Education

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY – Lansing, MI GPA: 3.28/4.0

Bachelor of Science in Packaging

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