Senior Administrative, Purchasing & Logistics Specialist

Cynthia Schmidt

Mobile: 305-***-**** Email: *******.********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Over 25 years of purchasing and procurement experience and a solid background in manufacturing and production environments. Comprehensive knowledge of large-scale purchasing methods procedures, contracts research methods and techniques. Strongly organized, self-motivated and goal oriented. refined ability to successfully communicate with the public, other employees, and vendors. Excellent ability to maintain an active awareness of best practices within the disciplines of procurement and sourcing.

SKILLS HIGHLIGHTED

Procurement and Sourcing Microsoft Application Accounts Payable

Records management

Negotiation. AMOS and Cruise Control Systems

Contracts Orders

Bilingual English/Spanish Large-scale purchasing. methods Customer Services Sales

EDUCATION

High School Degree GED

Bachelor of Arts General Studies Logistics

Foreign Exchange (4 years) IMPORT/EXPORT

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Carnival Cruise line Corporation

Procurement Specialist Supply Chain

7/1/2022 to Present

Holland America / Princces Cruise

Vessels Oosterdam/Westerdam /Sky/Discovery

Position Summary / Job Purpose:

responsible for sourcing, analyzing, and negotiating goods and services for an area in which they specialize such as such as food, beverage, technical, IT, Technical Purchasing etc. comprehensive knowledge of specialized commodities to influence customers and suppliers in procurement decision of complex/critical goods and services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Research suppliers from a variety of usual and unusual sources.

• Develops a procurement and negotiation strategy based on few variables.

• Performs moderately complex price analysis based on few variables and confers with suppliers to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule.

• Negotiates price, availability, and works with Logistics to define transportation and delivery schedule. (i.e., ordering and storing schedule)

• Manages supplier performance to ensure consistent service, high quality, and low costs of goods/services.

• Works independently with minimum supervision and freedom of decision within guidelines. Seeks guidance from management on unusual situations.

• May provide guidance to Buyer I/II

• May travel to attend trade shows, audit suppliers, visit ships for loadings, repositioning etc. SHIPS SUPPLY INTERNATIONAL

Purchasing Agent

December 2018 to March 2020 (Covid)

Purchasing /Procurement /Agent Administrative Assistant March 2016 to July 2018

Communicate with vendors daily with to obtain prices national and international. Work with internal departments sales/accounting

complete Logistics duties

Issue Purchase orders for approved requisitions

Source items from suppliers by researching and identifying supply options. Provide follow up and expediting as needed.

Complete Administrative duties for VP and Director of Purchasing BALTEC MARINE

Purchasing Agent/Administrative Assistant

June 2015 – May 2016

Key Responsibilities

- Assist Senior Vice-President (SVP) with all administrative duties including travel arrangements, presentations, meetings, calendar, and events.

- Coordinate all webinars and conference calls for company’s presentations.

- Maintain data base of customers, suppliers, contracts, and important legal documents.

- Create PowerPoint presentations for internal and external presentations.

- Complete projects as required by the SVP.

- Worked with minimal supervision and guidance.

NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINES, Miami, FL

Purchasing & Logistics Coordinator

Jan 2000 – April 2015

Technical / Food & Beverage / Consumables

Key Responsibilities

Process and monitor all purchase orders, confirmations and changes from the suppliers and vessels. Schedule the delivery of goods and materials for assigned vessels. Make sure that the right goods, commodities and materials arrive on time at the Warehouse Facility or Ships to meet delivery schedules. PURCHASING AND LOGISTICS DUTIES PERFORM

BASIC PURPOSE:

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

Review and process purchasing orders submitted by vessels in a timely and accurate manner. Make sure. suppliers confirm receipt of PO s within the service agreement period. Receive and review supplier. confirmation documents making sure they will meet quantities, product specifications and required. delivery date. Proactively follow up with ships, suppliers, and buyers as needed. Monitor and ensure that requisitions are submitted by vessels according to a storing schedule by ship. and port to ensure vessels receive all the goods and items needed for their calls, on required storing. dates, ensuring order fulfillment, and quality requirements. Address issues of late submittals with proper

management staff.

Communicate on a daily basis with international and domestic suppliers to obtain price, availability and delivery schedules on order confirmations. Maintain in system status on orders and adjust. when required and approved.

Work with internal departments and management to coordinate activities involved with procuring goods.

and materials as well with vessels, suppliers, logistics and consolidators in relation to meeting cut off. dates on the provisioning/container schedules, fulfillment of add-on orders, emergencies, ports and other order changes.

Maintain constant communication and good flow of information with vessels, buyers, and logistics. Advise problem-items or supplier constraints on requisitions to Commodity Buyer to meeting delivery. needs. Follow up on status of orders, back orders and give ships an update on delivery status. Escalate critical shortages and supply issues to management. Arrange short/urgent shipment, when necessary, in collaboration with internal and external logistics Group. Review and analyze information and take necessary actions. Notify and alert Commodity Buyers, management, and accounts payable of any orders being held by suppliers due to past-due invoices and late-payment issues. Maintain the integrity of the procurement system and financial controls employed by the company. through the timely updating of information pertaining to status on orders and supplier information. Follow the storing folder as outlined in the purchasing policy per logistics. Ensure that purchase orders, approvals, confirmations, variances, and all related information are filed appropriately in accordance with

the department and company’s record-retention policy. Monitor supplier's performance in the areas of product quality, price, service, and delivery and inform. Buyers and Management about unreasonable number of back orders from suppliers, or quality issues. Assist buyer to resolve issues of prices on purchase orders that differ from prices confirmed by suppliers. Reference contracts and make necessary changes to purchase order if prices match. Refer non- matching.

items to buy for approval prior to updating the purchase order. Assist with special projects based on department structure, urgency, or business demands. Captain Secretary

Ivaran Line Norwegian Company

(Onboard 1992-1999)

Willing to provide certificates and references upon request. Large experience in Dry Docks

SALES/ACCOUNTING EXPERIENCE

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