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Bellmawr, New Jersey, United States

Camden, New Jersey, United States

Provided day-to-day support and expertise of complex procurement tools and systems; oversaw the Global Supplier Enablement program; and served as the first point of contact for issue resolution. Notable achievements include:Ariba Administration: Supported 1,200+ Ariba users globally (training and issue resolution). Troubleshot technical issues related to interfaces between Ariba and other enterprise solutions and created documentation for training purposes. End User Support: Provided training to internal users of the ERP systems and other procurement tools. Established reoccurring “Open Office Hours” event aimed at educating internal users on resolutions to common Ariba-related problems as well as program updates, refresh training, and user tips/tricks. Additionally, provided on-demand user assistance/resolution with one-off type issues.Ariba Supplier Enablement: Integrated and registered new suppliers onto the Ariba Network; oversaw the end-to-end supplier enablement process; and corrected supplier profiles containing errant data.Systems Management: Developed and maintained system controls in accordance with Procurement SOPs and ensured process compliance. Designed a database to track supplier enablement activity, recording 1K+ individual completed actions. Supported data integrity efforts for supplier segmentation and analysis. Cross-Team Collaboration: Actively collaborated with cross-functional teams to collect, analyze, and monitor category specific information to drive efficiency and productivity regarding procure-to-pay process for indirect purchases. Collaborated with Corporate Master Data team on New Supplier Process - supplier self-registration and created external-facing documentation designed to facilitate the process.Catalog Management: Monitored system/catalogs; analyzed Global Spend data to identify potential savings and provided recommendations on catalog opportunities to regional category managers.

Camden, New Jersey

Responsible for managing the flow of information and assets to and from the creative & content teams, monitoring adherence to brand standards and marketing deadlines, and ensuring effective processes and consistent experiences across all teams by collaborating with partners on developing all cross functional initiatives:Purchase Order Processing: Generated vendor purchase orders and goods receipts for invoice processing. Maintained data consistency by conducting auditing across multi project tracking systems. Located & reconciled system errors with Accounts Payable for payment release.Financial Management: Assigned spend against project estimates & adjust for over/under projections. Closed month-end category spend actuals & future projections.Project Management: Consistently produced deliverables on or ahead of schedule in deadline-focused environment.Data Analysis & Management: Maintained data consistency by conducting auditing across multi project tracking systems. Located & reconciled system errors with Accounts Payable for payment release.Systems Management: Updated technology systems to align current needs, troubleshooting & support in user assistance/training. Aided in developing more streamline processes for enhanced workflows.

Cherry Hill, Nj

Assisted senior management in building a new retail venture/project from the ground-up for a $6M global distribution, brokerage, merchandising services, and IT business serving American military personnel world-wide. Planned and prepared business, financial, data analysis and reports for Performance Metrics, Purchase Orders, Sales Metrics, Chargeback Investigation, and Inventory Management. Managed brokerage sales and commissions data program regarding data entry and product attributing. Notable accomplishments include:Revenue Recovery: Uncovered a $50K shortfall in company payments by conducting a 5-year audit of the commission database from brokerage sales.Inventory Management: Designed and implemented a complete inventory and order fulfillment program for the company’s in-house distribution.Purchase Order Processing: Acted as liaison with the account management and military buying teams to ensure timely execution of orders. Analyzed daily/weekly EDI transmissions to support purchase orders.Data Reporting: Planned and prepared business, financial, and data analysis and reports for Performance Metrics, Purchase Orders, Sales Metrics, Chargeback Investigation, and Inventory Management.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Responsible for analysis of business and financial results to support the sales organization with these key outcomes: Vendor Management: Created, maintained, and developed relationships with the customer, company contacts and vendor community. Served as initial point of contact for customers’ new and existing vendors. Met with vendors to discuss products, pricing and termsContract Management: Supported sales team by managing contract terms, assisting with brand conversions, conducting trend analyses, and tracking all savings and projects.Pricing Management: Reviewed pricing to determine items that are priced outside of the normal predetermined range for typical customers of that market type. Ensured new pricing rules are first reviewed and evaluated for their impact for final implementation.

Pennsauken, New Jersey

Supervised and executed all traffic, logistics operations, and market segmentation for Curtis Circulation, a world-wide leader in wholesale magazine and periodical distribution at the time. Designed and implemented corporate-wide streamlining methods for multi-title, multi-category magazine distributor with over 1,500 titles; 450 publishers; 130 printers; and 70+ shippers. Primary accomplishments and contributions included:Process Improvement: Established and maintained scalable processes to ensure cost effective, on-time, and correct coding; reviewed, tracked, reported, and amended over 100+ titles/issues each. Supervised all dispatching and routing operations maintaining the records of 900+ individual titles and edition routing information. Project/Crisis Management: Minimized company loss by 75% when a key wholesaler declared bankruptcy with millions of pieces in the printing and shipping pipeline. Created emergency project plan requiring 12-hour work shifts and manual creation of change orders. Successfully rerouted shipments to other warehouses in < 60-days. Vendor Management: Served as a liaison between internal marketing and external distribution of vendors and suppliers.Marketing Strategies: Developed and executed new business proposals to drive sales across all divisions. Recognized for developing systems and implementing corporate standards.Market Segmentation: Supervised all dispatching and routing operations maintaining the records of 900+ individual titles and edition routing information. Inventory Management: Controlled / monitored inventory levels; maintained accuracy; ensured quality control. Investigated over 2,000 claims per year.Systems Management: Established and maintained scalable processes to ensure cost effective, on-time, and correct edition routing; reviewed, tracked, reported, and amended over 100+ titles/issues each. Increased department efficiency exponentially.

Mount Laurel, New Jersey