Laura C Gardner
address: *** **********, ******, ** *****
telephone (home): 432-***-****
cell: 432-***-****
email: ************@*****.***
Professional Profile
A highly responsible, organized and dedicated professional with extensive experience in Buying, Material Planning and Inventory Management. Extremely commercially astute, adept at providing comprehensive reports and analyses, managing vendors, overseeing purchase procedure development, investigating issues and inconsistencies to identify effective solutions, and conducting highly productive negotiations. Outstanding communication, management, and interpersonal skills, experienced in developing and maintaining highly valuable relations. Resourcefulness combined with the ability to adapt under pressure to meet deadlines and exceed company objectives. Passionate about ensuring highly efficient organization, performance and operations. Career Summary
2001–October 2017
CAMERON MEASUREMENT, MIDLAND/ODESSA, TX/CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA Buyer II/Operations Admin
• Ensured accurate execution of MRP report analysis, and direct/indirect material, supplier and service sourci
• Create quotes, sales orders, field service orders using SAP processes
• SAP Invoicing
• Maintain revenue logs and margin reports
• Payroll approvals
• Data entry and maintain information for field service orders and shop repair orders
• Efficiently sourced raw material, castings/forgings, machined/stamped parts, valves, instrumentation, electricals, turnkey processing, consignment, and blanket/delivery negotiations
• Provided exceptional analysis of planned orders, requisitions, specifications, pricing, delivery and quality reports
• Diligently ensured vendors adhered to delivery deadlines, oversaw quality evaluations and scorecards
• Ensured efficient development purchasing procedures and best practices for ISO certification
• Applied strong investigative skills to provide effective solutions for a variety of inventory inconsistencies
• Adeptly coordinated and submitted vendor invoices to ensure punctual processing of payments
• Prioritized careful management of facility procurement cards, receipts and expense reports
• Actively contributed to physical inventory/cycle counts and reconciliation, ensured attention to detail
• Drove the development and disposition of Non-Conformance Reports, and Corrective and Prevention Reports
• Consistently demonstrated outstanding research and development skills in regards to new supply sources
• Conducted correct and productive price negotiations
• Utilized SAP and MS Office Suite correctly to provide comprehensive documentation and reports
• Collaborated excellently with suppliers to enhance performance and highlight alternative supplier to ensure requirements were continuously fulfilled
• Worked with the Accounts Payable Dept. to effectively resolve a broad array of issues
• Correctly organized bid documents and contracts, conducted positive price negotiations
• Resourcefully created and preserved extremely beneficial professional relations with all material suppliers
• Accurately assessed the performance of vendors, ensured the provision of necessary project documentation
• Supervised metrics carefully, executed root cause analysis to solve complex issues
• Coordinated accurate stock level forecasts, assessed inventory reports for velocity, slow moving and lot sizing
• Delivered insightful and vital training to procurement, shipping, receiving dept. staff
• Collaborated well with vendors to effectively accelerate delivery and resolve key product issues
• Successfully assessed and supervised purchase price variance reports
• Accurately identified country of origin obligations of manufactured items via in depth, skilled analysis https://doc-04-54-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/secur…201084/1MxyqAp2O7IbB0tIfmas8xdeejmP_8xbk?e=download 11/12/17, 12O43 PM Page 1 of 2
1996 – 2001 LAURA C GARDNER, MONTICELLO, ODESSA, TX Professional Concepts
• Dedicatedly fulfilled numerous roles including Accounting Clerk, and Accounts Receivables/Payable
• Correctly managed medical billing for services and durable medical equipment
• Responsibly handed credit card reconciliations, ensured accuracy and attention to detail
• Coordinated highly efficient inventory reports, conducted general clerical/administrative responsibilities
• Correctly ensured payments to accounts payables was organized and instituted
• Organized bank deposits, delivered valuable office support to department leaders
• Dynamically managed all inbound phone calls
• Successfully executed general secretarial duties to a very high standard including meeting scheduling, appointment coordination, faxing and mailing
• Ensured exceptional basic customer service functions, exhibited strong interpersonal and problem solving skills Laura C Gardner
Education and Qualifications
HS Diploma: (1986)
Odessa High School, TX
Professional Skills
SAP Knowledge Buying, Material Planning & Inventory Management
Supplier Relationship Development Negotiation Skills
Communication & Collaboration Time & Deadline Management
Motivated & Responsible Adaptable & Resourceful
Problem Solving Attention To Detail
High Pressure Work Environments Interpersonal Skill
Customer Service Administrative Services
Further Skills
I.T. Proficiency: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), SAP Supply Chain SuperUser (BI Reporting)
Other: Driver; full clean license
REFERENCES ARE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
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