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Schenectady, New York, United States

Purchasing Agent for 3 location Plumbing Heating Kitchen and Bath retailer.

Schenectady, New York, United States

Capitol District Supply Company provides a complete selection of plumbing, heating, kitchen, and bath products for builders, contractors, and their clients. Since our founding in 1945, Capitol has remained a family-owned and operated company, dedicated to serving our regional customers with a vast array of products and expertise.Our three showrooms in Albany, Saratoga Springs, and Schenectady provide kitchen and bath solutions, as well as plumbing and heating supplies, to the entire region.

Clearwater, Florida, United States

Procurement Analyst for Baycare Health, a 14 Hospital not for profit system.Perform daily purchases for multiple Surgical Services units, rectifying discrepancies.Work with warehouse and hospital personnel to provide excellent customer service to end users in need of medical and various other supplies and pertinent services.Work product returns and open order reports for prompt resolution.Create and maintain assigned Inventory locations within the hospital and in system database. Handle all surgical Instrument procurement and repairs logging all information in Sterile Processing Management System (SPM).Analyze Inventory usage data from Cerner Discern System transferred to Excel for thorough review to help maintain proper location par levels.Perform yearly physical inventories and monthly outdate maintenance checking for expired product.Create purchase orders for surgical cases working with patient billing auditors.

Purchased goods and services for a 12 branch distributive wholesale company. Maintained adequate inventory levels adjusting to seasonal trends.  Updated system pricing and product files for the 140 product lines assigned.  Rectified shipping discrepancies.  Negotiated returns of overstock and slow moving items.  Worked daily with sales regarding sensitive procurements.  Regularly met with vendors to negotiate product terms, sales strategy, and to maintain solid relations.  Searched out and recommended new or improved profitable products working with sales and management to determine feasibility.

Responsible for procuring all raw materials and for sourcing parts based on each project’s specific CAD schematics. In charge of costing, purchasing, and the receiving of goods to meet budgetary, production, and delivery deadlines. Maintained stock materials, shop expendables, and performed physical Inventory counts.  Daily purchase orders and receiving done using QuickBooks. Assisted in production by helping direct the flow of materials from vendor to fabrication, then scheduling the finished goods to outside painters and artistic theming (Basic Project Management).  Helped with final assembly, packing, and shipping logistics. Provided support to field installation crews.

 Supervised eight employees in a Call Center environment.  Hired, trained, and evaluated employees by NYS DMV regulation and standards. Monitored employee phone calls aiding in quality control and customer satisfaction.  Responsible for maintaining and verifying accuracy of weekly timesheets for staff.  Managed department workflow along with customer and inter office correspondence.DMV Principal Audit Clerk –Revenue Accounting Department Supervised 12 employees in three departments: Bad Check, Search Accounts, and Refund.  Rectified variances for the department’s main bank account, comprising of seven sub-accounts, on a monthly basis.  Corresponded with the appropriate staff in financial institutions and state departments involved in the movement of funds to resolve general ledger discrepancies.  Created procedural guideline manuals for each unit documenting daily, weekly and monthly job. DMV Motor Vehicle Representative  Worked in the DMV call center which required extensive and accurate knowledge in all aspects of motor vehicle procedure, regulation, and traffic law.  Maintained a professional, calm demeanor in dealing with the public regarding their records.

 Carried out all daily paper and computer procedures while supervising fifteen union letter carriers for the Delmar, N.Y. Post Office.  Made weekly carrier schedules.  Was responsible for daily, weekly, and monthly reports to the Postmaster and for the submittal of payroll.

Responsible for all facets of raw materials, parts, and expendables acquisition for this R&D company working from design schematics and CAD renderings. Distributed job specific materials throughout the product development and production processes.Assisted in product costing and eventually finished product shipment logistics. Responsible for the job coding and tracking of all parts and finished components.Provided accurate annual physical inventory counts.

 Responsible for all aspects of this Research and Development Company’s inventory including sourcing, acquisition, parts and components job tracking, and finished product logistics. Co-monitored the production of components through all phases (fabrication, paint/sets, final assembly) often adjusting to changing manufacturing schedules and client needs.  Assisted in maintaining an efficient flow of parts through production and assembly. Provided timely delivery of the finished custom products to our amusement industry clientele.

Ged, General Studies

Non Degree Program, Purchasing Agent Training

Activities and Societies: Critical Thinking, Essentials of Wholesale Distribution, Ethics, Purchasing Strategies