Category Manager Procurement & Inventory Mangement

DIANE M. McCLAMMA

***** ***** ****** #**

Torrance, CA 90505

Phone # 310-***-****

Education:

1977California State University: Long Beach

B.A. Home Economics: major emphasis on clothing & textiles; minor in

costume design and chemistry

1972 – 1974 El Camino Junior College

Liberal Arts: emphasis on Home Economics

Experience:

May 2012 Union Supply Company

Oct 2005

Category Manager – Purchasing

Currently working for a small company that services all the correctional facilities in the United States. Involves managing & administrating all facets of the purchasing function. This involves all procurement aspects supporting order fulfillment, inventory management, negotiating contracts, establishing and maintaining order minimums and EOQ's, item master file maintenance, resolving receiving/documentation issues, obtaining supplier rebate dollars, developing new supply chains, communicating product price changes to all appropriate internal personnel, developing process optimization concepts, participation in the presentation of company product catalogs, and coordinating supplier returns for the California and Ohio warehouses.

May 2004 Big Lots (formerly Consolidated Stores / MacFrugal's Bargains* Closeouts,

1998 Inc. / Pic N Save)

Buyers Assistant (Cleaning Supplies / Chemicals / Paper / Neverout Program)

Worked in a buying office for a major discount retailer. Worked together with buyer with

$200 million budget. Liaised between buyer / vendor / 1400 stores / 5 warehouses /

corporate headquarters / West Coast buying office / IT department / Accounts Payable

department. Managed SC Johnson weekly closeouts and auction bidding on unit and case

loads; Clorox month end closeouts; Webster Industries and Penn Champ Neverout program.

Managed / ordered Neverout program of approximately 200 SKUs on a weekly basis for

3 departments / 28 vendors which included household chemicals, cleaning supplies and paper goods. I was able to take on and achieve a greater workload which included sorting through and juggling priorities. Also I learned new ideas and ways of improving business relationships. I also helped to train personnel in the West Coast office on the new computer system (Intrepid – Donald).

1998 Buyers Administrative Assistant (Food Department / Apparel Department)

June 1988 Responsibilities included teamwork; communication with vendors to initiate a “buy”; keeping track of negotiation; writing purchase orders and inputting them on to a LAN mainframe system that serviced 247 stores and two distribution centers; all correspondence between vendor / departmental / warehouse / store level /; breaking out merchandise to said stores; keeping track of when an order was received and the dollar amount spent by vendor / purchase order / by month / by year. Acted as liaison between buyer / vendor / warehouse / store personnel. Liaison for imports / Softgoods / Hardgoods / Accounts Payable / M.I.S. departments. Also, helped Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager with special reports and projects.

May 1988 The Fashion Channel

Aug 1987

Buyer's Specialist

Secretary / Buyer's Assistant in a home shopping fashion channel. Responsibilities included teamwork, good communication with vendors, production team, warehouse and stylists; computer input of all information required for a “live on air” showing (i.e., teleprompting, assigning ID#'s, and actual vendor purchase orders to aid shipping and receiving). Responsible for all damages / claims; assisted in all warehouse troubled; assisted buyer in writing “biz sheets” and teleprompter, purchase orders (and balancing); and in handling miscellaneous reports.

Mar 1987 Sears, Roebuck and Company

Oct 1985

Administrative Office Work

Secretary / Senior Clerk in a regional buying department for a major retailer. Responsibilities included keeping track of a retail “buy” from start to finish; communications with vendors; initiating legal contracts, tracking sales, ordering sales tickets, purchase orders and quantities involved; entering sales history on a CRT; acting as liaison between buyer and vendor.

Oct 1985 Secretary in a group merchandising office

Aug 1981 Responsibilities included keeping communications open between the merchant and 28 retail stores. General secretarial skills involved. Use of IBM 5520 word processor was common practice for use on bulletins / letters / retail plan-to-sell.

Aug 1981 Administrative Cashier

Oct 1977 General banking / bookkeeping involved. Daily balance of R &D including travel for building / check cashing / check writing / accounts payable involved. Ordering of cash for the office safe was done twice weekly; money verified.

Oct 1977 F. W. Woolworth Company

Dec 1976 Worked in one of the finer showcase department stores. Assumed responsibility in sales and customer service relations; responsible for one line of product.

Oct 1974 House of Fabrics

Aug 1973 Worked in a fabric store while attending college; customer service main duty; included responsibility for one line of product; inventory.

Business Skills:

Typing: 45 – 50 wpm

Program / Machine Experience:

Microsoft Office. Microsoft Word, Excel, Microsoft Dynamics, Intrepid, Donald, AS400, Lotus Notes,Access, Micro Strategy, Queries (between AS400 and Excel spreadsheet), Selectric Typewriter, Silver Reed Typerwriter, IBM Memorywriter, IBM 5520 Word Processor, 10 Key, Telex machine, Royal / Xerox copy machines, Main Frame Hewlett Packard, LAN main frame, Personal computer, Miniword, Multimate Advantage ll 4.0, Lotus 2.01 / 2.3, Microfische, CRT, Fax machine and ScanMaster.

Extra Curricular Activities:

Partnership in a comics / collectible shop located in West Los Angeles, CA; Dean's List CSULB; Dean's List El Camino Junior College.

Personal Statement:

Effective communication is vital to any agency or business. Experience as a buyer in a retail corporation has given me an excellent foundation for employment in the public relations, administration and communication fields.

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