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Hicksville, New York, United States

Oversee all vendor communications, including RFP/RFI, pricing terms negotiations, and contracting. Directly responsible for monitoring purchase requisitions from facility, warehouses, and corporate office on ERP system and to turn those requisitions into purchase orders.• Manage supplier communications, including sourcing, issue resolution, pricing terms negotiations, contracting, and reverse logistics for 35 suppliers and amongst 18 different laboratory categories/verticals• Oversee the purchase order process, including monitoring end user requests and ordering habits, guiding vendor selection process, creating orders in Quartzy and monitoring vendor performance• Receive, analyze, and resolve supplier inquiries, disputes, and payment discrepancies• Perform one-off exception purchases, negotiate final pricing terms, and select suppliers based on singular demand• Perform data analytics, forecast demand, and identify baselines for purchasing that meet prioritized business requirements• Work alongside various departments to support their procurement requirements and assist in sourcing projects• Created an Inventory system within Quartzy (ERP system) to monitor inventory levels, forecast demand and captures backorders.• Lead business meetings to gather information and report to end users • Work alongside Accounts Payable to rectify invoice issues and release invoices for payment

Melville, New York, United States

Working closely alongside Information Technology and General Affairs teams to source and negotiate thepurchase of IT hardware, software and services in various spend categories. Create sourcing strategies andidentify cost saving opportunities, as well as initiate and drive the opportunities to realize cost savings withoutjeopardizing quality and level of service. Process purchase requisitions to purchase orders for authorized commitments in Oracle Receives, researches and resolves a variety of routine internal and external inquiries concerning invoicestatus, including communicating the resolution of discrepancies to appropriate persons Tracks deliverables and follows up with vendors on delinquent deliveries Sourced, negotiated, and purchased services, equipment and supplies to meet company requirements Lead and assisted with the implementation of ContractWorks within IT and various departments withinCanon to house and streamline contract process. Filed, tagged and created alerts for over 1000 contracts (MSA, SOW, NDA, and other contract relateddocuments) with over 200 suppliers. Participated as well as lead Zoom and Teams meetings to keep internal stakeholders abreast of thecurrent status of projects Review and reconcile monthly Procurement credit card purchases. Verify that products and services were delivered before releasing them from the Hold Report forpayment. Extend the lease or reclassify IT hardware products (such as laptops ) for Canon employees.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Managed the Comme De Garcon (CDG) Brands warehousing – Organize and monitor inventory levels to maximize efficiency and Logistics - Manage all incoming and outgoing shipments to ensure timely delivery to direct stores and to wholesale accounts.Duties and Responsibilities:• Oversaw company-wide and non-inventory items housed at our offsite warehouse.• Coordinate with Paris and Tokyo team on all future collections and shipments to plan accordingly with rest of the CDG team and both warehouses Oversee all imports and work with warehouse to ensure timely customs clearance and delivery.• Oversee seasonal allocation for wholesale vendors through 3PL warehouse. Spearheading weekly meetings with warehouse management, wholesale team and executive management to recap previous weeks warehouse strengths and challenges.• Investigate and reconcile inventory discrepancies• Provide delivery report to VP and CFO for CDG CORE products on a weekly basis• Track outgoing shipments make certain that merchandise is delivered to direct stores and wholesale clients in a timely manner.• Worked with luxury and streetwear accounts accounts such as Dover Street Market, Nordstrom, Bergdorf Goodman, Holt Renfrew, KITH, Extra Butter NY and Bloomingdales

Greater New York City Area

Executes on the Order to Delivery process and order management for Oakley Key Accounts such as Amazon, Scheels, The Buckle, Nordstrom, Von Maur and Backcountry.• Ensure prompt order allocations, removal of delivery blocks, creation of deliveries and Issue return authorizations• Manages external communication with clients and internal communications with internal parties namely Customer Service, Logistics, Planning, Credit, IT, Marketing and Product• Supports the 4 Account Managers in the achievement of annual invoiced sales goals• Monitors the status of order portfolio, ensuring orders are meeting customer fill-rate and shipping requirements. Acts as liaison with Credit/Pricing department to address all credit-related customer issues• Tracks past and future orders, updating all the Account Managers, Customers and Business Planners.• Monitors, identifies and coordinates other internal inventory locations to improve supply efficiency and order fill rate.• Create ad hoc reports and presentations to share with internal stakeholders (Supply Chain, Business Planning, Finance, Distribution centers)• Accompany Account Managers to sales meetings, market and conferences.• Assist in the training of new hires and current employees on the operations process• Directly responsible for increasing overall key account sales by at least 5% through stock and order management revisions. • Directly responsible for transitioning accounts such as Nordstrom, Bealls and Von Maur to EDI, which led to increased fill rates, and productivity.• Primary point of contact for all 32 NFL teams regarding Oakley and NFL’s partnership of football shields and personal orders. (Product inquiries, Distribution, Inventory, and Logistics) • Oversees 15,000 SKU’s amongst numerous verticals such as Sport, Golf, Swim, Snow, Young Men’s, and Cycling

Greater New York City Area

• Allocate initial and replenishment of more than $300 million worth of merchandise to stores such as Sears, Macys, Bonton, Walmart, Kohl’s, Meijer and their respective e-commerce sites for a women’s apparel/denim line. (Formally known as Jones Apparel Group, The Jones Group, or Jones New York)• Process all purchase orders and key bulk orders into SAP• Drop pick tickets to warehouse team to initiate packing process of orders• Analyze orders and inventory validation for 2 distribution centers, cross-docking opportunities, and inbound deliveries to develop allocation strategies that meet clients’ delivery demands, reduce logistics costs, and minimize chargebacks while optimizing the utilization of open stock.• Manage the inventory for brands such as L.E.I, Nine West, Vintage America Blues, Bandolino, Macys’ and Wal-Mart Private Label brands in children’s, juniors, petite and plus sizes• Collaborate with sales to make decisions on and maintain orders to accommodate for oversold styles• Track orders and closely monitor delivery deadlines. Reach out to production and import teams to expedite shipments. Interact with buyers to negotiate delivery extensions, partial shipments, and other order adjustments.• Responded to inbound calls and resolve inquiries in a timely and efficient manner• Coordinate value added service with production team and warehouse team• Coordinate special orders and packaging including the procurement of samples• Communicate with warehouse managers to resolve problems and give direction• Responsible for handling and tracking all issues related to purchase orders placed within my divisions • Provides support to the internal sales team of 15 people; and to a customer service /allocation team of 20 people• Actively analyzed aging inventory on a monthly and quarterly basis and made recommendations to the sales team to achieve financial goals

Bachelor'S Degree, Administrative Studies

Activities and Societies: Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc

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