Procurment, Purchasing, Materials, Logistics, Planning

Beverly Robbins

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Arroyo Grande, CA 93420

Phone: 805-***-****

Email: ***********@***.***

CAREER OBJECTIVE

Obtain an Inventory management position with a company to best utilize my extensive Purchasing, Inventory Control, Management skills, and Marketing expertise for mutual growth.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dioptics Medical Products – San Luis Obispo, CA 2005 – Present

Procurement Manager

Reporting to Vice President of Supply Chain, provide single point of contact for all Sunglasses, Clipon, Graphics, and displays procurement for 4th largest sunglass manufacturer in United States

• Assign responsibilities for and manage 1 Senior Buyer, 2 Buyers, and 1 Junior Buyer

• Travel to Asia to negotiate 2007 and 2008 contract pricing with 16 suppliers

• Developed “report card” for all suppliers to be reviewed quarterly for both parties performance regarding orders, lead-times, on time deliveries, problem solving capabilities, accounting issues

• Convinced all suppliers to give average pricing for all product categories (over 2000 SKU’s)

• Reduced COGS 5.2% 2007, and 6.4% 2008 despite increase oil prices

• Maintained 95+% on time deliveries, while experiencing 20% company growth

• Developed and administered new departmental procedures for order placement, logistics, RFQ’s, Supplier Component purchases, forecasting

• Dual sourced all products in order to get better competitive pricing (reductions)

• Work closely with Product Marketing in development of new products regarding sourcing

• Achieved 97% fill rates in support of replenishment objectives for customers such as Wal-Mart, Walgreens, QVC

Sierra Aluminum Extrusion – Riverside, CA 2001 – 2004

Purchasing Manager

An employee owned company with 60 million a year in revenue with 5 locations in Southern California

• Worked with Accounting and senior management to decide on Great Plains software package for accounting and purchasing departments

• Reduced Vendor from 16 to 7 and negotiated substantial better pricing by 600k my 1st year, and better customer service from suppliers

• Centralized purchasing responsibilities, and eliminated 8 different departmental purchasing privileges

• Supported 5 different locations, 3 press operations, packaging, architecture, foundry, and all MRO procurement needs

• Negotiated 5 new tractor trailer purchases for local and 2 day deliveries

• Reduced Maintenance department personnel by 40% and saved cost of repairs by leasing forklift pool

• Worked with 4 suppliers to come up with better packaging methods for shipping while reducing COG’s

• Responsible for all gases contracts

AmeriQuest Technologies – Santa Ana, 1994 – 2000

Product Manager

• Managed Mass Storage lines including HP/Colorado, Quantum, Micropolis & Teac

• Coordinated marketing campaigns, promotions, sales training, floor days and new product launches

• Secured back-end funds in the form of volume incentive rebates, free freight, free products, and extended terms

• Maintained inventory levels for 6 physical warehouse locations and 18 logical locations

Risk Inventory Liquidator

• Liquidated $10.3M software inventory to $1.1M within a five-month period

• Negotiated payables against inventory to reduce accounts receivable exposure

• Liaison to publishers, liquidators and the legal department for inventory and A/R negotiations

APS Technologies – Independence, MO 1992 – 1994

Purchasing Manager

• Established a Purchasing Department for a $50M mail order catalog company

• Negotiated large buy-ins and extended terms on storage products

• Supervised operations staff of twelve for inventories, receiving and warehousing of products

Maintech – Orange, CA 1990 – 1992

Senior Buyer

• Managed $6M in inventory for a third party maintenance company

• Coordinated the repair, inventory and account activities for sixty vendors

• Maintained inventories reporting with corporate offices in Chicago

• Supervised shipping and warehouse operations staff

Compac Microelectronics – Fremont, CA 1988 – 1990

Buyer

• Managed inventory in three warehouse locations for forty lines of computer products

• Developed monthly POS and vendor activity reports

• Interfaced with vendors on a daily basis for price, promotion and VAR negotiations

Baxter Pharmaceuticals – Bridgeport, NJ 1986 – 1988

Buyer

• Bought Chemotherapy drugs in raw form for compounding and shipping to Kaiser Hospitals all over the United States

• Worked closely with the FDA for documentation and inventories of drugs

• Hit 100% on regular basis for weekly inventories of drugs

Brockway Glass – Ada, OK 1979 - 1986

Journeyman Machinist

• Served 4 year apprenticeship to become journeyman machinist

• Job responsibilities included spray welding, Tig welding brass and aluminum, mold repair

• Learned to operate engine lathes, milling machines, scribing molds

EDUCATION

East Central State University – Ada, OK – Associates Degree in Industrial Education

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Dale Carnegie Courses – Ada, OK – Public Speaking and Interpersonal Skills Course

Chester Karrass Seminar – Kansas City, MO – Effective Negotiations Course

International Procurement – San Luis Obispo

Leadership Edge Training – 11 week course at Dioptics

Supervision & Management Academy – Cuesta College

CPM – Registered to do all testing in 2009 for certification

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