Purchasing, Project Management, Invetory Control

JASON LONG

*** ****** ** • Washington, IL, ***** • 309-***-****

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OBJECTIVE Obtain a position offering the opportunity for initiative, growth, and success.

SKILLS Creative, efficient and diligent problem solver who is motivated to exceed position requirements. Areas of skill include:

• Purchasing: Develop outstanding vendor relationships. Excellent negotiator with an antiquity of attaining best price and best delivery. Extensive experience purchasing industrial fluid handing materials.

• Project Management: Professional experience in principles of project management.

• Communication: Well developed interpersonal, leadership, oral and written skills. Experienced working with all levels of organization (Head Engineers, Managers, Supervisors, Corporate Customers, Shop Employees)

• Inventory Control: Forecasting and planning, inventory/warehouse management.

• Computers: Windows XP, MS Office (Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), SureTrak (Scheduling, Estimating of labor, material, and equipment costs), AutoCad

EXPERIENCE

Buyer, Natures Terrain Landscaping, Morton, IL 61550 6/07-6/11

• Purchased equipment and materials.

• Managed all aspects of the competitive bidding process and the negotiation and award of projects.

• Managed and supervised landscaping teams.

Inside Sales Purchasing, Dove Equipment, East Peoria, IL 61611

6/05-4/09

• Updated and maintained pricing tables for product supply inventory material (paper, data form)

• Purchased full range of industrial paint equipment and ensured precise planning for optimal product turnaround time for customers.

• Identified new opportunities and negotiated timescales with suppliers. Meeting strict deadlines.

• Worked directly with vendors & suppliers for product availability and cost reduction of industrials & residential fluid handling equipment.

• Coordinated with program and project teams to identify cost impacts of proposed changes as well as monitor management of change process.

• Provided detailed information to supplier for facility layouts.

• Experience with data, order, inventory, part entry into databases.

Project Management & Planning Coordinator, Dove Equipment

6/05-4/09

• Provided extensive documentation, on-going customer communication through all phases of sale, installation, and follow up.

• Developed & updated daily goals and activities for customers and shop employees.

• Developed and analysed project information to determine shop employee duties and responsibilities, relocated equipment to improve working conditions.

• Developed purchasing, scheduling, production and shipping detailed information for customers.

• Maintained & analysed project cash flow.

• Developed process flow charts to determine problem areas, improvement areas.

• Taken part in much meetings, and training sessions for factual decision making.

• 30 Hour OSHA certified

• Familiar with Quality Management System, Customer focus, Leadership skills, Continuous improvement, People involvement.

• Experience with manufacturing, industrial work environments.

EDUCATION

REFERENCES

B.S., Industrial Technology/Construction Management, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

A.S., Applied Science/Architecture Construction Technology, Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL

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