Denice Smith Email & Phone Number

Tulsa, OK, US

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US

Oklahoma City, OK, US

• Evaluate usage, re-order points & safety stock requirements using available reports in Made 2 Manage. Place required purchase orders for raw materials, purchased parts and enter purchase orders per company policies.
• Communicate with suppliers about manufacturing requirements, request and review quotations for new and existing components, negotiate terms and delivery and evaluate supplier performance. Issue change orders as required.
• Follow-up on orders to ensure proper handling and on time delivery. Expedite late orders and communicate any new requirements to vendors in a timely manner.
• Communicate all non- conformance reports with suppliers and work with Quality Assurance to resolve material issues in a timely manner.
• Work with other departments to purchase all non-inventory & MRO items, supplies and equipment. Purchase all non- inventory items per company policy regarding approved requisitions.
• Investigate, document, and recommend alternate or secondary suppliers using all available resources.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, US

• Maintain all Pricing agreements for Supply Chain in PeopleSoft, Oracle and Maximo.
• Create and circulate monthly newsletter for contract information.
• Create weekly reports and analysis of spend not on contract.
• Ensure items and suppliers are created in all systems needed for pricing agreements.
• Create system item and vendor relationships.
• Maintain Company SharePoint for Preferred Supplier List.

• Supervisor to seven contractors on the match exception team.
• Analyze and distribute business management reports.
• Maintained MS Access database with over 58,000 records used for management of invoice match exceptions for over 450 active vendors.
• Resolve invoice match exceptions. Collaborate with supply chain team members, accounts payable, and vendors to initiate corrective action in the Procure-to-Pay process.
• Expert in resolution of invoice match exceptions.
• Serve as buyer for all Fire-Retardant Clothing items for the company.

• Process escalation invoices and work with various vendors to resolve issues.
• Make travel arrangements, process expense accounts for various people.
• Track p-card receipts and submit departmental report monthly.
• Coordinate various departmental events.
• Create purchase orders and requisitions as needed.
• Add/update new vendors in PeopleSoft.

Oklahoma City, OK, US

• Served as benefits / HR liaison for 2 plants, serving 125 employees. Maintained schedules and time records, and updated safety database.
• Processed expense accounts, temporary employee pay requests, vacation, and sick leave reports.
• Posted and tracked all p-card expenses, maintained staff training records, and organized all plant activities.
• Prepared meeting minutes for weekly plant meetings and quarterly safety meetings.
• Participated in annual warehouse inventory counts. Created requisitions / purchase orders for various services.