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Hammond, LA, US

Corona, California, United States

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Functional lead of a group of three procurement specialists responsible for executing the procurement process for all IT and professional services contracts. Strategized locally-sourced professional services while.
• Negotiated the extension of existing collection contracts while achieving an average annual savings of 2.5%.
• Spearheaded negotiations while maintaining compliance with industry cybersecurity regulations by aligning with stakeholders, vendor representatives, legal, cybersecurity, insurance, and procurement leadership, which.
• Performed test scripts with a cross-functional team dedicated to the implementation of a new sourcing platform, Oracle Fusion.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

• Promoted to Senior Category Management Specialist in May 2022 to manage approximately $150 million of spend spanning several high-volume categories, such as wire and cable, insulators, transmission steel structures.
• Collaborated with key distribution vendors to calculate accurate pricing in order to reduce overdue invoices and inventory overages.CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
• Negotiated transmission steel structures agreement and reduced offering by approximately 4%, saving a potential of $4-$6 million annually.
• Implemented an emergency core steel stocking program for key wire and cable items to be produced during a storm in seven days, reducing lead times by up to six months.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

• Sourced and managed inventory levels for Mississippi distribution materials, transmission T-line cable, and OPGW fiber wire. Sourced materials for the gas department, wood distribution poles, and transmission and.
• Implemented monthly meetings with a key vendor for the Distribution Automation (DA) project to ensure lead times were accurate, deadlines were consistently met, and to communicate any delays in production from vendor.
• Transformed the transfer process between distribution centers by representing Central Procurement on a cross-functional team dedicated to improving and automating old or outdated processes and procedures.
• Trained and mentored three new employees during the transition period to work from home during and after the Covid lockdown.REPORTING
• Used Power BI to identify inaccurate items on a Hurricane Ida storm inventory report ahead of time, potentially saving $500,000 to $1 million in overhead costs and aged inventory.
• Identified main sources of past due invoices through a root-cause analysis of a mismatched inventory report, which resulted in $4 million of past due invoices for cable and wire being cleared.

Hammond, LA

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

• Achieved quarterly goals of lowering aged inventory value and increased inventory turnover. Promoted to Assistant Corporate Purchasing and Inventory Manager in September 2017 to manage a team of nine employees and five.
• Collaborated with the customer and sales teams to procure specialized gauges for barges to be able to adhere to Coast Guard protocols. Created and successfully managed inventory despite a high calibration failure rate.
• Reduced lab process time by working with lab management to automate calibration process through pre-testing and pre-calibration, resulting in identifying faulty gauges at an earlier stage in the process and reducing.
• Improved process time and work flow by leading a cross-functional project to renovate two warehouses.REPORTING
• Customized Crystal reports to produce an inventory valuation report filtered by category and vendor to be able to make more informed decisions during demand planning which enabled transfers to be made ahead of time to.
• Performed monthly analysis of aged inventory reports, resulting in savings of $150,000.

Laplace, Louisiana

Worked in a retail environment for 15 years. Performed A/R and purchasing functions such as creating purchase orders, receiving in new merchandise, and creating invoices. Created a database to manage loose diamond inventory. Worked with web designers to create the website. Maintained website and social media content. Managed yearly inventory counts and.

Bachelor'S Of Science, Supply Chain Management With A Concentration In Information Systems

Activities and Societies: National Institute of Supply Management I plan on attending school in the future to get my Master's degree in.

Bachelor Of Science, Supply Chain Management

Activities and Societies: Institute of Supply Management local chapter

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