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Craft Beer Category

Perrysburg, Oh

Source and negotiate with potential suppliers of proprietary machine parts for glass container manufacturing plants around the world. Solicit Request For Quotes; evaluate and analyze results and choose suppliers based on documented QCDDM in conformance with company standards. Maintain supplier performance reports; develop continuous improvement strategies in collaboration with Quality Assurance, Engineering, Accounts Payable, and warehouse. Coordinate the return of parts, material exchanges or credit notes, obtain ECR requests from Supplier and ensured follow up. Work independently with minimum supervision and freedom of decision within guidelines. Seek guidance from management on unusual situations.Key Achievements:* Dramatically improved operations by decreasing inventory, reducing costs and capturing cost avoidances resulting in increased working capital.* Current favorable Purchase Price Variance of 7% or $300K on a $4M spend.* Generated 17% in savings by participating on a team sourcing project.

Perrysburg, Oh

Provided complete service support to designated key accounts and field sales representatives within assigned region, serving as liaison between O-I customers and North American manufacturing plants. Ensured purchase orders, releases, storage exemptions, price quotes, and were entered timely and accurately. Demonstrated knowledge of products and product availability and provided a communications link to account managers, production planning, assurance of quality, credit department, shipping department, pricing, and customers. Applied advanced skills to non-routine tasksKey Achievements:* Delivered excellent service by handling entire sales cycle.* Accurately forecasted to meet production planning requirements resulting in increased client satisfaction and retention.* Established and managed long-term relationships with 24 domestic accounts.

Perrysburg, Oh

* Acted independently as the logistics representative for the daily operations of administration, logistics, and procurement and resolved problems as they occurred. * Communicated with plant shipping departments tendering loads while working with heavy task loads in a team environment with familiarity of production materials. * Obtained freight quotes and maintained print card, carton specifications and unit load files. * Issued purchase requisitions for pallets, air bags, and warehouse storing and shipping system.

Perrysburg, Oh

* Managed the storeroom procurement for five manufacturing plants. * Worked closely with plant engineers & internal customers to ensure necessary on-hand parts were maintained.* Oversaw inventory control to ensure proper movement of supplies and cost reduction.* Collected and maintained all vendor liability contracts and maintained vendor master database.* Maintained product definition database.* Maintained vendor master database with accurate ship to, sold to, bill to, and tax ID information.

Toledo, Oh

* Issued all purchase orders.* Managed product life cycle by entering product into inventory system, monitoring movement, and completing annual returns for slow moving items and over aged inventory.* Communicated with customers and vendors daily.* Entered invoices into accounts payable system.* Oversaw all on-hand inventory cost adjustments for accounting purposes.

Business Administration, Operations Management And Supervision, Summa Cum Laude

Operations Management

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society

Bachelor'S Degree, Organizational Leadership