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Responsible for purchasing and sourcing for Advanced Manufacturing and Friction Stir Welding projects supporting the aerospace, defense, space, and other industries.Source new suppliers as well as build relationships with key business partners.

Responsible for hardware, small parts, domestic fabrication, and stock item MRP.Manage vendor relationships and vendor performance for assigned vendors.Use analytics to ensure fabrication costs are in line with raw material costs.Collaborate with sales, logistics and engineering when necessary throughout the purchase request to customer delivery process.Support aftermarket sales through RFQ process.Manage MRO spend.Lead contract pricing negotiations for assigned vendors.Lead MRP process change.Execute inventory transfer requests to customers and fabricators as necessary.Facilitate and lead expanding source of supply and qualifying of new vendors within assigned category.

Oversee all operations and lead the team to achieve company metric goals.Budget to a yearly P&L controlling expenses to deliver company budgeted profit.Achieve region and district best customer service through continued training of associates to understand the importance of customer first mentality.Drive I&D efforts for the district. Developed bi-weekly virtual district wide dialogue circles. Build relationships with vendors to maximize training opportunities, promotions, and selection of products for customers.Train, teach, and coach all current and new associates.Achieve company shrink goal every year maximizing profits and preventing asset loss.

Merchandise and set apparel to planograms and maintain the highest day to day standards in the department.Hire, train, and coach new and existing associates.Led a district and region best customer service store through coaching associates to be customer first oriented.Oversee the operations including LP Awareness, shipping and receiving, and pricing markdowns and promotions.

Support role for Minneapolis, Chicago West, and Chicago East districts helping to develop I&D culture in all 38 stores.Lead and develop district wide dialogue circles building awareness and fostering an inclusive environment.Point of contact for store leaders and district managers for I&D strategy. Work collaboratively with district leaders providing them with the tools, training, and strategy to build I&D culture.Identify, develop, coach and train store I&D captains helping them to drive awareness and empower them to build the culture in their stores.Provide weekly feedback from the field to the corporate I&D team.

Ran day to day operations including cash handling/accounting, receiving new products, shipping products, and scheduling.Buyer for all the brands we carried including Callaway Golf, Taylormade Golf, Titleist and Footjoy, Mizuno, Wilson, PING, and Adidas. Built relationships with vendors and used them to increase profitability. Bought for 5+ affiliated golf course shops as well.Developed in house advertising platforms such as a website, Facebook presence, and email marketing.Developed an EBay business netting 1200 additional sales transactions in off peak season the first year.Assisted in capital improvements and project managing and helped to launch a golf simulator business in store.