Billie Ann Wicks Email & Phone Number

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Directly impact the relationship between suppliers and internal production customers. Maintaining competitive sources from which to select suppliers for competitive bidding, direct negotiation, partnering and development of long-term business relationships while planning and placing purchase orders to support cardiac catheter production. - Providing.

· Conducted and collaborated on system, purchasing, forecasting and best practice training in a team environment. · Created, mentored and initiated individual on the job training. System support, investigation and troubleshooting point of contact for Corporate purchasing department, Helpdesk, CA Service Desk tickets related to Manugistics Supply Chain.

• Inventory Task force to implement new Enterprise Resource Planning system at Arrow Electronics called Manugistics.
• Customized implementation of new Enterprise Resource Planning system, Manugistics.
• Developed and delivered training for 130+ senior executives, directors, managers, buyers, andservice specialist in North America.
• Defined purchasing parameters required for Manugistics.

• Buyer for Memory, Embedded Processing and Communication technology.
• Managed $30 million of semiconductor inventory quarterly to maximize working capital and cash flow for America’s Components group
• Systematically managed stock records and other system data for data integrity thereby maximizing inventory and reporting efficacy.
• Mitigated risk for slow-moving, NCNR, and EOL inventory
• Conducted supplier stock rotations quarterly
• Implemented strategic purchases as directed by Management (safety stock, stocking packages, forecast increases)

Responsible for daily purchasing, inventory and financial management duties of over $20 million in inventory. Use discretion and judgment to evaluate requests for allocated products while working to meet established inventory, margin and service levels targets. Supporting sales of assigned Suppliers products through the development of competitive.

Expedite purchase order with franchised vendors, review pipeline on hyper turning products, utilize purchasing system for requisites (buy, push, pull and cancellations), interaction with the sales team to satisfy customer requirements.

Coordinator in Ship and Debit, Supplier Price Protection, Bill Back and Cost Credits. Ensure profitability maximization from vendor rebate programs and accurate valuation of inventories by resolving price discrepancies.