Sourcing Specialist NPR

KATIE BORTH

Home: **** **** ******; Port Byron, IL 61275 - Cellular: 309-***-**** - E-mail: *********@*****.***

Work: 1 KONE Court; Moline, IL 61265 - Office: 309-***-**** - E-mail: *****.******@****.***

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

KONE, Inc. • Moline, IL - February 2006 - present

Sourcing Specialist NPR - June 2009 - present

• Organize pricing contracts, establish relationships and manage programs for the non-product sourcing areas that include but are not limited to corporate travel, office supplies, regulated waste, service uniforms and safety equipment

• Organize and build requests for pricing for potential suppliers in key business areas and negotiate the pricing with our potential suppliers to then determine they key supplier for areas including but not limited to regulated waste, office supplies, cleaning services, and travel services

• Implement the complete program of usage once a new supplier has been chosen for the business

• Currently still continuing all of my same responsibilities from my transportation role.

• Manage the Sourcing Team Building that includes group activities to strengthen our core team as well as community service projects

• Serve as a member of the Safety team as a first aid responder and fire Marshall

Transportation Specialist - May 2006 - May 2009

• Participated in contract negotiations and decision making for all freight, logistics, and warehousing agreements

• Work directly with sales teams for each of the logistics service providers in creating a successful sales relationship between KONE and the service provider

• Established a savings totaling $130K by seeking volume quotes and consolidating shipments to KONE job sites

• Assisted in finding a savings of 7% from the previous year pricing for international air and sea freight

• Executed an EDI compliance for contracted carriers resulting in greater than 80% compliance of all submitted bills for an annualized savings of over $100K

• Implemented a project that transferred the freight bills management for a facility to a 3PL solution and trained employees on the new system of bill payment

Purchasing Associate - February 2006 - May 2006

• Created purchase orders using an SAP system to send to suppliers as well as tracked orders through an online system

• Logged and tracked anything related to orders and updated reports based on order entry information

• Created a new script system and contact sheets to make training of new associates more seamless

Program Officer • Young Americas Business Trust, Washington D.C. - September to December 2004

(Internship program in a non-profit organization headed by the General Secretariat of the Organization of the American States (OAS))

• Created programs to promote young entrepreneurs in the 34 member states and also to work with the 59 permanent observer countries

• Wrote proposals and letters of inquiry for grants and researched foundations and corporate grants and funding

Administrative Assistant • Architectural Security Group, Yale Security Group dealer, Carrollton, TX - Summer 2003

•Created quotes using SAP, sent out purchase orders, filed invoices, and organized all information received from wholesalers and dealers, ordered and kept inventory count of all marketing literature in a library to be sent to customers

Server, Bartender, Tour Guide (Seasonal Staff) • Southfork Ranch, Parker, TX - December 1996 - December 2005

•Served, bartended and set up buffet and sit down dinners for parties that ranged in size from 12 person groups to 100K+ attendees

•Drove a tram, sold tickets and gave half hour tours of Southfork Ranch and the mansion, home to the TV show, Dallas.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

The Network Young Professionals - November 2008 - present - affiliate member for your young leaders to the Illinois Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce and a member of the FIRST recruitment and retention team from May 2009 to present.

WIU Alumni Council - July 2008 - present - Organization comprised of 25 distinguished alumni chosen to make work to build the alumni involvement with the university as well as support quality programs on the Western Illinois University campuses and personally participate as the acting liaison between International Studies and the Alumni.

Junior Achievement Volunteer - January 2008 - present

Institute for Supply Management - May 2006 - present

PROFESSTIONAL TRAINING

• Karass Negotiation Training - August 2009 - sixteen hour training on the fundamentals and techniques of sales and buying negotiations.

EDUCATION

Trilateral Masters in Business Administration

Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL - December 2004

Other University Affiliates:

Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, México

Emphasis in NAFTA and International Business

Bachelor of Business in Marketing Management

Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL - May 2003

Minor: Economics

GRADUATE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

• International Trade Research Project of Produce for Alimentos Hidropónicos del Bajío in Mexico for export to Canada

• Parque Industrial Querétaro Marketing Research Study, Hines Real Estate, Querétaro, Qro, Mexico - Summer 2004

• Met with member s of EDC Canada and discussed trade laws between Canada and the United States

• Hands on tour of the Internal Customs Office, Querétaro, México

CAMPUS ACTIVITIES

University Union Board • Western Illinois University • 2001 - 2003

(A campus programming board comprised of student leaders who take pride in bringing entertainment to the university)

Homecoming Chair: November 2001 - November 2002

• Organized a committee of fourteen delegates and prepared contracts for talent for the event planning of a ten day citywide event

Vice President: Spring 2003: Facilitated recruitment and transitioning programs, facilitated executive board meetings, liaison to council members for upcoming events

Delta Zeta Sorority • Western Illinois University • 1998 - 2002

Other Campus Affiliations: Council on Student Activity Funds, Up 'til Dawn, Sigma Iota Epsilon

SKILLS

• Program Knowledge: Advanced Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, and Publisher), SAP, FrontPage, Adobe Acrobat, Pascal, PhotoShop 8.0, SPSS, Internet Explorer, basic knowledge of SQL

• Languages: Conversational Spanish

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