April Meyer Email & Phone Number

Various Senior Buyer and Strategic Buyer agency positions

South Beloit, Illinois

Represent company in negotiating contracts and formulating policies and terms with suppliers.• Approve purchase orders, bid proposals, and all MRO requisitions for goods and services.• Research and evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities• Confer with Business Unit managers, Quality and vendors to discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services and determine and follow vendor CAPA responses.• Complete supplier performance reviews and provide supplier annual scorecard reviews.• Hire, train, and supervise purchasing assistants and temporary staff, with responsibility for 5 direct reports.• Established procurement procedures and SOP's within the Beloit facility, to drive 99.7% Delivery Service against a KPI of 98.5%.• Established Purchasing Assistants key metrics to ensure order execution and delivery of on time inventory.• Created ERP system Macros to streamline field associate drop ship order process for non stock orders, which eliminated a full time purchasing assistant position. • Established and lead the team for an internal POU/Kanban system, which manages over 20% of the current procurement spend • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

Rockford Area, Illinois

• Responsible for managing and coordinating major program budget, schedules, contract performance and deliverables• Managed negotiation of contracts, coordination and preparations of proposals, plans and specifications• Ensured strict adherence to every aspect of the program plan and developed solutions to program obstacles.• Interface with all internal functional groups (engineering, design, quality assurance) to ensure that required objectives were met.• Was the team leader in creating a new interface for material pricing requests within JDE Edwards ERP System.

Rolling Meadows, Illinois

Developed and maintained relationships with key vendors• Negotiated and placed orders based on need analysis and MRP requirements• Determined safety stock levels for standard products• Worked directly with engineering in developing new products• Maintained over twenty-five million in company owned production tools• Managed the planning and purchasing of national chain roll-outs successfully with over forty million dollars in sales