Procurement Specialist Customer Service
Resume:
Kathy O’Brien
Wilmington, DE 19802
Cell Phone 610-***-****
********@*****.***
Education West Chester University
Bachelor of Arts in Social Work May 2000
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
October 2021 - present Pharmaron Exton Lab Services, LLC Position: Procurement Specialist Exton, Pennsylvania
Use NetSuite to process order requisitions into POs and place orders, either online or send PO via email. Order requisitions come from lab personnel or anyone else in the company. I am the sole procurement person in the Exton location which is the headquarters in the US.
I order office supplies, cleaning supplies, IT Equipment and licenses, as well as service contracts for lab equipment, as well as the equipment and all lab supplies. Basically, anything that gets purchased for Pharmaron Exton Lab Services is ordered by me. I sometimes order for the San Diego or Boston locations when needed. I purchase the fixed assets as well as the consumables and I classify everything by commodities and business units.
I keep a spreadsheet to track all orders and work with vendors to expedite when needed. Follow POs from creation to close.
Assist Accounts Payable (A/P) and receiving personnel to resolve problems when there are inconsistencies in invoices or receipts/orders. Quickly handling any return requests. I am the backup person for A/P when they are out of office/vacation.
Save all quotes, and/or contracts (IT, Equipment and Services) in specific Accounting Drive locations.
Every December work with lab personnel to come up with standing order items and amounts to ship monthly for stock for the different labs, this way I am able to leverage pricing by having several suppliers quote on larger quantities and ensure critical and commonly needed chemicals/items are available. September 2019-October 2021 The Legacy Companies
Position: Purchasing Agent Avondale, Pennsylvania
Use MRP schedule to procure assigned commodities including motors, cords, switches, fans. Packaging materials include photo boxes, corrugated master pack boxes, clamshells, blisters, clamshell and blister cards, manuals/instruction booklets, displays, all material for internal print shop, all shipping material, as well as other small parts and miscellaneous items.
Regularly work closely with China vendors and our team members to get orders placed, prioritizing material to ship and ensure we have sufficient containers shipped to meet our production dates.
Use Webdocs to approve invoices and resolve any discrepancies with vendors and accounts payable team.
Primary contact with VMI suppliers and coordinate inventory availability for two additional production facilities, ensuring they have the parts to meet production schedules.
Surpassed the 2020 savings goal of $50K by having savings of $55K (the highest on the procurement team). O’Brien Resume
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September 2018 – September 2019 CALECO Coin Automatic Laundry EquipCO Position: Procurement Specialist West Chester, Pennsylvania
Sole procurement specialist responsible for procuring all products from, washer and dryers, parts, tooling, and office products.
Requested quotes and negotiated best possible pricing.
Use MRP schedule to procure assigned commodities including motors, cords, switches, fans. Packaging materials include photo boxes, corrugated master pack boxes, clamshells, blisters, clamshell and blister cards, manuals/instruction booklets, displays, all material for internal print shop, all shipping material, as well as other small parts and miscellaneous items.
Regularly work closely with China vendors and our team members to get orders placed, prioritizing material to ship and ensure we have sufficient containers shipped to meet our production dates.
Use Webdocs to approve invoices and resolve any discrepancies with vendors and accounts payable team.
Primary contact with VMI suppliers and coordinate inventory availability for two additional production facilities, ensuring they have the parts to meet production schedules.
Surpassed the 2020 savings goal of $50K by having savings of $55K (the highest on the procurement team). July 2015 – September 2018 Wesco Aircraft DBA Haas Group Int’l Position: Chemical Buyer 2 West Chester, Pennsylvania
Create over 600 purchase orders per month for 5 inventory groups that I manage in support of site managers or for the customer.
Track all open orders and expedite as needed. Transfer between inventory groups or find another size of product available to prevent a line down situation.
Push back on price increases and quote out to obtain savings. Last year, I was able to capture nearly $90K in savings.
Find new sources for products and collect necessary paperwork and follow it through the system to completion.
Monitor and ensure that drop shipped material gets received into TcmIS making sure to obtain POD’s and all paperwork necessary to receive aerospace material.
Investigate customer Invoices that the A/P system is not able to auto voucher and contact suppliers in order correct errors in pricing or receiving.
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