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Buyer in Retail Procurement• Planned-for, processed, and managed purchase orders for hundreds of SKUs. Optimized inventory levels through controlled purchasing• Lead strategic sourcing activity for addition and expansion of new product categories• Managed vendor relationships for 50+ different vendors. Perform negotiations to get favorable pricing and terms• Performed cost analyses and presented findings to program managers• Process Improvement: Developed an excel tool and process for the planning of stocking orders. Optimized processingtime by 30-40%

Level 3 Student Worker at Office of Research and Sponsored Project Administrationwith Proposals and Negotiations Team.-Contract Distribution-Contract Task Creation-Contract Archiving-Data-Entry

• Drafted and proposed procedures to convert raw data into Enterprise account-specific supplemental findings to support operations (Profit, Revenue, Top Lanes, Top Carriers, Top Agents)• Identified and analyzed the financial significance of various metrics within daily operations• Proposed and test-ran a draft Google Drive-based account-specific analyses database to support account development

-Shadowed Insurance Underwriters/Brokers-Rated and quoted different classes of insurance/analyzing different types of exposures-Attended Sales Calls and met with various clients-Learned the basics of wholesale insurance-Learned and refined presentation skills

Summers Only*-Marketing document and pamphlet organizing and distributing-Organized and distributed 900+ Company Invitations for The Desert Southwest Fire & EMS Leadership Conference in 2012 and 2013-Data Entry with FileMaker Pro software-Administrative work