• Primary buyer supporting a newly expanded product line for U.S. production.• Develop new sources, and vendors, as well as working with existing vendors to grow their business and productivity with us.

• Employ Baan to analyze MRP in order to determine actual demand.• Locate the best source, negotiating price and lead time.• Maintain purchase orders, as well as resolving receiving, non-conforming material and invoicing issues

* Confirming the accuracy of purchase requests, and determining if current inventory levels are sufficient to meet the need.* Developing new vendors, and maintaining a good working relationship with existing vendors.* Coordinating priority changes to the workload in a dynamically fluid environment.* Working with accounts payable group to rectify invoicing disparities.* Expediting purchase orders.* Scheduling, and coordinating shipping, and receiving.* Working with vendors to resolve any non-conforming materials issues

* Just In Time purchasing in excess of $200,000,000 a year.* Coordinated timely delivery from our suppliers.* Reported, managed sub-contractor contracts, and resolved invoicing issues.* Involved in streamlining our existing purchasing process to accommodate the rapid growth of our company without the benefit of additional head count.* Worked with various departments to develop a disaster recovery plan to allow us to do uninterrupted business in the case of a total system failure.* Worked with the team responsible for development of our processes for handling purchase orders to our sub-contractors, and for purchases intended to be assets to the company (In order to maintain our SOX compliance, they had to be separate from our standard purchase order system.).* Responsible for testing system changes that were being implemented to maintain our SOX compliance.

* Employed SAP to work MRP in order to determine actual demand.* Evaluate and adjust forecast, safety stock, and reorder levels.* Responsible for locating the best source with regards to service, and negotiating best price.* Maintained purchase orders, as well as resolved any receiving, non-conforming materials, and invoicing issues.

* Applied skills acquired in recreational skydiving and photography to establish my own business documenting memorable skydives for my clients. Throughout my career, this varied from a weekend pursuit to a full time endeavor.

* Employed Oracle to work MRP in order to determine actual demand.* Locate the best source, negotiating price and lead time.* Maintained purchase orders, as well as resolved receiving, non-conforming material and invoicing issues.* As JIT Analyst I maintained all JIT issues in my group of 11 buyers.* Determined parts, and commodities that would be suitable candidates for JIT.* Established price, lead time, and inventory levels with our suppliers.* Maintained the attributes of all JIT materials for my group.* Expedited any delinquent material from our vendors* This role was previously a separate position in my organization. I streamlined the responsibilities till they were no longer a full time work load, and was promoted to Planner/Buyer.

* Responsible for planning production runs, insuring their throughput and shipment in a timely manner.* Managed the shipping department with two people reporting to me.* Responsible for preparing and presenting quarterly sales forecast.* Responsible for interfacing with customers to report progress and accommodate any changes in their needs.