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•Mentor new procurement staff members as well as end users and vendors on procurement best practices and procedures.•Routinely consults and calibrates with both Procurement and University leadership on high level requisitions and contracts to ensure desired outcomes and goals are achieved. •Consults end users to create well drafted scope of work, sole source justifications, and professional service agreements adding value by selecting appropriate sourcing to create a successful contract.•Seeks quotes from vendors according to procurement regulations for small purchases including posting Request for Quotes on the South Carolina Business Opportunities Page to satisfy State requirements.•Processes routine purchases, purchases with reporting classifications of SS, SC, AC, EX, UA, Emergency through the University’s Ourday system according to state and federal statues, policies established by the S.C. Consolidated Procurement Code and Regulations (SCCPC) and MUSC policy and procedures.•Maintains continuous communication with customers, team members and management to ensure that the purchasing process and all other ancillary duties are performed in a compliant, timely and professional manner.

•Skilled in product research and selection, trend and data analysis including forecasting, inventory management, terms and pricing negotiations. •Maximize profits through management of inventory and purchasing of all outdoor equipment categories including camping, backpacking, watersports and climbing. •Develop and maintain relationships with more than 140 vendors to facilitate purchasing for eight retail locations and one online store.•Works with sales representative to determine the most profitable product selection along with technical instructions for store staff to help increase product knowledge and sales.

•Facilitate process improvement in the areas of efficiency, product lines, sales, day-to-day operations, and staffing needs.•Supervise staff members to include validation of their time and attendance, safety, and training. Provide technical instruction to the staff on equipment.•Provide expert service on product recommendations to hundreds of new and existing customers using numerous methods of communication.

• Increased business contracts at this start up company by 52% via implementation of new growth strategy plan.• Developed a new scheduling system that has increased production and decreased time required during billing.• Implemented a weekly checklist resulting in decreased missed assignments.• Executed a sales template to standardize all material.• Established a sales and marketing strategy that increased sales by 35%.• Built new and lasting relationships with local vendors that created an increase in return business.

•Selected as one of three individuals to support the growing international markets of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. With the European and African markets as primary customers, coordinated inter-company sales, scheduling production, pricing, and shipment of products for 42 European locations in various countries. •Provided centralized support to international markets, which was a new endeavor for the organization. As the first International Specialist for our European and African customers, established day-to-day processes and procedures and created a position desk guide to compile lessons learned, standard operating procedures, and troubleshooting techniques unique to International Business and U.S. Customs regulations.•Responsible for the team’s day-to-day operations by determining production priorities for maintaining proper inventory levels for 32 locations. Additional responsibilities included process production and inventory proposals, providing price quotations, and ensuring all required approvals and documentation were complete and representative of sound business decisions before issuing a final proposal to the customer.