• Research sources for products and services for use across all business units of the company• Create RFQs and seek bids for both small purchases and corporate wide agreements• Provide training and support for Purchasing Managers at business units throughout the company• Oversee the lifecycle of purchase orders to ensure timely receipt and invoice payment• Track vendor purchase order fulfillment accuracy and timeliness.• Resolve billing issues, invoice discrepancies, and PO delivery shortages and mistakes, partnering with receivers and accounts payable

• Served as the Purchasing Analyst on the Corporate Purchasing team for a growing collection of casinos, racetracks and other gaming businesses • Analyzed purchasing data at the corporate level to advise where spending across the business units could be leveraged for negotiating discounts and price breaks• Provided advice on improvements and updates of the corporate purchasing practices and policies• Analyzed monthly purchasing behaviors throughout the company, creating and distributing a monthly Purchasing Metrics Report to Senior Finance Directors at all business units• Utilized a third party reporting program to create queries to pull ad-hoc reports for many corporate departments and all business units • Promoted to Corporate Procurement Category Manager in 2022

• Analyzed sales to ensure profitability using advanced Excel spreadsheet skills• Researched all areas of the business to investigate unexpected profit margins• Maintained constant communication with sales teams, customer support, accounting, purchasing, sourcing and network planning to maximize overall profitability• Owned responsibility for the profitability of a region, made up of 28 Sales Representatives with a combined average annual sales income of over $250 million• Managed the price support process with over 70 vendors; from entry of requests in database through the collection of credits that reached $20 million dollars annually• Attended sales meetings, creating and giving PowerPoint presentations on profitability• Was chosen often to take part in the interview process and the training of new team members• Promoted to Senior Business Analyst providing leadership and expertise for the team• Served as a Power User for the Business Metrics team providing leadership and support for SAP, Lotus Notes Databases and business processes• Led the team of business analysts as an interim manager during a lengthy period of executive leadership change, serving as both a mentor and a resource to the group

• Maintained a multi-million dollar chemical distribution inventory for the Southeast US.• Responsible for creating stocking purchase orders with values up to a million dollars• Utilized MRP system within SAP for inventory management and became a power user for the system• Was promoted to Purchasing Associate Senior due to gain of job expertise and an aptitude for training and mentoring other employees as well as being a resource for the purchasing team.• Controlled aged inventory by working with sales to move slow moving stock and negotiating return of unsellable inventory to vendors• Participated in team projects to analyze inventory requirements and share best practices in purchasing processes• Travelled with sellers on sales calls to meet with and learn from customers

• Responsible for the fastener inventory for an industrial distribution company. • Promoted to a senior position serving as support for the rest of the purchasing team.• Worked as part of the development team for a custom packaging process, allowing us to meet the specific needs of our customers. • Sourced material by meeting with vendors, keeping up with market trends and negotiating purchases.

• Managed all aspects of a 13 screen Cinema, including operations, personnel and inventory.• Supervised staff of up to 50 employees.• Interviewed and hired new employees. Created training manual oversaw training.• Provided leadership and motivation to the staff of employees; mentoring, coaching and advising on continued improvement of performance. Encouraged both personal and professional growth.• Oversaw box office operations including attendance reporting, receipt balancing and scheduling of staff based on budget restrictions and business needs.• Managed concession operations, including inventory ordering and management. • Was recruited to be part of team to open a new facility. Served as point of contact between District Management, suppliers and contracted workers throughout the construction phase. • Oversaw all interviewing, hiring and training of staff for the new facility as well as provided training and support for newly hired managers.• Produced weekly work schedules to make sure the operational needs were met based on the attendance records and the prescribed budgets.• Developed organizational and problem solving skills as well as a keen eye for detail.