• Researching and comparing suppliers, goods, and services.• Selecting the most suitable suppliers in terms of reliability, product quality, and cost-efficiency.• Monitoring inventory levels and determining purchase needs.• Requesting cost proposals and negotiating contracts and prices.• Preparing and processing purchase orders.• Maintaining records of all transactions, purchase orders, receipts, and payments.• Scheduling and verifying purchase deliveries.• Building and maintaining positive, long-term supplier relations.• Directly communicates with overseas factories/vendors via email or telephone to place purchase orders, obtain current lead times, and shipment reschedules• Maintains all factory pricing, ensuring that all current standard part numbers, costs and pricing are updated in the system

• Obtained supplier quotes to ensure accurate pricing and availability.• Researched new suppliers to obtain price quotes and lead times, confirming best price and availability.• Researched new parts to replace obsolete or backordered parts to ensure uninterrupted production.• New part setup in File Maker, ensuring accuracy in Purchase Orders.• New manufacturer setup in File Maker, ensuring accuracy in Purchase Orders.• Created Purchase Orders in Oracle and followed up with suppliers, facilitating quicker deliveries. • Verified order confirmations matched exactly to purchase orders to ensure order accuracy.• Contacted suppliers for order status and to confirm delivery schedule.• Tracked purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery and smooth transition to production line.• Provided order status and tracking information, keeping requesters informed.• Expedited orders by working with suppliers to improve delivery dates to ensure adequate supply.• Worked with suppliers on pricing, product lead times, order confirmations, tracking, and alternate products to ensure on-time delivery and product availability. • Worked with Receiving and suppliers to resolve order discrepancies or damaged shipments to ensure accuracy. • Worked with Accounts Payable and suppliers on invoicing discrepancies to ensure timely payment of invoices.• Coordinated purchasing details with supplier, including pricing revisions, order cancelations, discontinued items, acceptable substitutes and delivery date revisions. • Very organized with good accuracy and strong attention to detail ensuring quick and accurately placed orders.• Interacts with Engineering, Planning, Receiving, Accounts Payable and Suppliers to facilitate the P2P Lifecycle. • Documented department processes and procedures, enabling new team mates to learn quickly.• Rectified P-Card (Purchasing Credit Card), providing PO #, Invoice and Packing Slip, verifying PO cost matches P-Card charge, giving approval to pay.

• Obtained supplier quotes to ensure accurate pricing and availability.• Researched new suppliers to obtain price quotes and lead times, confirming best price and availability.• Researched new parts to replace obsolete or backordered parts to ensure uninterrupted production.• New part setup in File Maker, ensuring accuracy in Purchase Orders.• New manufacturer setup in File Maker, ensuring accuracy in Purchase Orders.• Created Purchase Orders in Oracle and followed up with suppliers, facilitating quicker deliveries. • Verified order confirmations matched exactly to purchase orders to ensure order accuracy.• Contacted suppliers for order status and to confirm delivery schedule.• Tracked purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery and smooth transition to production line.• Provided order status and tracking information, keeping requesters informed.• Expedited orders by working with suppliers to improve delivery dates to ensure adequate supply.• Worked with suppliers on pricing, product lead times, order confirmations, tracking, and alternate products to ensure on-time delivery and product availability. • Worked with Receiving and suppliers to resolve order discrepancies or damaged shipments to ensure accuracy. • Worked with Accounts Payable and suppliers on invoicing discrepancies to ensure timely payment of invoices.• Coordinated purchasing details with supplier, including pricing revisions, order cancelations, discontinued items, acceptable substitutes and delivery date revisions. • Very organized with good accuracy and strong attention to detail ensuring quick and accurately placed orders.• Interacts with Engineering, Planning, Receiving, Accounts Payable and Suppliers to facilitate the P2P Lifecycle.

Production, MRO & New Product Introduction (NPI)• Obtained supplier quotes to insure accurate pricing and availability.• New part setup (supplier, sourcing rules, costing) in Oracle, insuring accuracy in Purchase Orders.• Maintained the Supply of Raw Material to ensure uninterrupted production.• Reviewed system generated Requisitions to ensure accuracy based on usage and lead-time.• Managed Min/Max levels, ensuring appropriate inventory levels are maintained. • Monitored parts usage, stock on hand, open orders, and lead times to insure adequate supply.• Followed up with Requesters to ensure suppliers had approved art work to avoid any delays.• Created Requisitions in Oracle and followed up with approvers, ensuring timely approvals.• Created Purchase Orders in Oracle and followed up with suppliers, facilitating quicker deliveries. • Verifies order confirmations match exactly to purchase orders to ensure order accuracy.• Contacts suppliers to find out status of orders and to confirm delivery schedule to ensure on-time deliveries.• Updated order status daily in the Tracking system Kinaxis Rapid Response to allow other departments view status.• Provided order status, keeping requesters informed.• Worked with Accounts Payable and suppliers on invoicing issues to insure timely payment of invoice.• Worked with Logistics and suppliers to resolve issues with incorrect or damaged shipments to ensure accuracy. • Used written and oral communication skills to document processes and procedures.• Reviewed slow moving or obsolete inventory of Raw Materials to minimize costs.• Very organized with good accuracy and a strong attention to detail to ensure orders are placed quickly and accurately.• Worked within a fast-paced environment, prioritizing work and focusing to ensure timely order placement.• Worked independently to meet goals with limited supervision.

• Processed incoming orders for hardware (mainframe, server, desktop, laptop, peripherals) software and services with high-degree of accuracy, eliminating rework, and facilitating quicker deliveries.• Obtained capital approval, ensuring orders flowed properly to completion.• Provided order status, keeping end users informed.• Sought out new assignments or projects, helping team and building skills.• Documented department processes and procedures, enabling new team mates to learn quickly.• Created Business Continuity Plan, making it possible for operations to continue in event of disasters. • Processed RMAs, and return of end-of-lease equipment, ensuring timely return of not needed or damaged goods, and ceasing lease charges. • Led global teams in special projects, facilitating smooth workflow, and completing projects on time. • Conducted product research, and worked with customers in defining requirements, making sure products purchased aligned with individual needs. • Processed requests for quotation (RFQ), securing best product at best price.• Vendor selection, ensuring vendors are dependable and cost effective. • Prepares reports for weekly external customer meetings, keeping customer informed and satisfied.• Managed open tickets in queue resulting quick response time and high customer satisfaction. • Hardware and software order review and dispatch, ensuring accuracy and timely order placement. • Used IBM Control Desk (SCCD) Ticketing Tool to process assigned tasks for procurement of personal computers, peripherals and software for the Avis account. • Used Maximo Ticketing Tool to process assigned tasks for procurement of personal computers, peripherals and software for the BNSF Railroad account. • Used Ariba Ticketing Tool to process assigned tasks for procurement of personal computers, peripherals and software for the BNSF Railroad account.

eProcurement Specialist 2000 - 2003• Processed hardware and software orders in timely manner, keeping projects on schedule. • Analyzed orders, ensuring configurations were accurate, eliminating rework, and increasing process efficiencies. • Advised users when configurations were inaccurate, providing correct configurations, and enabling smooth work flow, and driving process efficiency. • Determined new hardware standards, ensuring compatibility with existing equipment.• Researched products for customers, gathering information needed to make appropriate recommendations. • Developed and maintained relationships with various vendors, enabling open communication, and ensuring dependability. • Received orders and verified purchase order against packing slip to ensure order accuracy. • Delivered orders to customer in a timely manner to ensure customer satisfaction.• SAP, Data entry to ensure asset records are kept secure and organized. • Maintained inventory stock levels to ensure adequate supply and customer satisfaction.Knowledge Coordinator / Scorecard (Health Indicator) 1999 – 2000 • Developed knowledge coordination procedures, empowering new employees with knowledge and expertise to be successful in respective positions. • Maintained deliverable records, ensuring easy retrieval, and therefore reducing task time. • Tracked deliverables and due dates, facilitating on-time delivery, and maintaining customer satisfaction. • Followed up on overdue deliverables, speeding up process, and reducing down time. • Monitored LAN, ensuring appropriate procedures were being followed.• Ran mainframe jobs, producing department reports, creating project progress transparency. • Downloaded mainframe data into spreadsheet, producing daily scorecards, enabling tracking health of projects. • Monitored the health of EasyPay, maintaining high-levels of performance.