• Responsible for placing 200-300 purchase orders per month in SAP and negotiating contracts with respect to assigned product portfolio.• Research quotes for bidding on products and services for tactical price negotiation on contract agreements using SAP.• Expedite and negotiate lead-time constraints on material requirements as needed in order to meet or exceed customer commitment dates and resolve vendor performance issues.• Worked with suppliers and engineering to resolve Nonconforming Materials and meet specifications. • Worked with Supplier Quality Engineering to analyze supplier performance using key performance metrics such as pricing, service levels, and consistency.

 Prepare, send, and track purchase orders for outside processing such as heat treat, magnetic particle inspection, fluorescent penetration and passivation. Help Commodity Managers order material for parts such as O-rings, spring blanks, washers, channels and lugs. Negotiate pricing by obtaining and evaluating quotes from vendors. Help Production Control meet customer expectations by expediting approximately 80% of purchase orders sent to vendors. Send out open order reports to vendors to manage past due purchase orders.

 Prepared, created, and maintained merchandise orders and transfers for beddings, bedroom and dining, upholstery, etc. Updated pricing by entering information into computer systems such as SAP and Mainframe.

 Helped train new and current employees to ensure equal quality of work. Made sure all work is accurate from all employees. Kept production turn around time within designated goals of the department.