Sourcing manager in MRO, with understanding of the complexities of operations, supply chain, and project management. Regularly I foster an environment that encourages collaboration, problem solving, and innovation.

Responsible for the Corporate Services Sourcing category at E&J Gallo Winery. I managed vendor relationships and contracts for services from Janitorial to Recruiting and everything in between. My daily tasks included:• Supplier relationship management• Negotiating with vendors, suppliers or internal/external customers • Contract management• Reading, analyzing, and interpreting common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents• Responding to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community• Presenting findings to top management

While in this role I managed one or more of the company’s top 10 distributor accounts. Assisted with program updates, coordination of shipments, monitoring of Regional Distribution Centers inventory levels and suggestions for process improvements. Always insured distributors request were met to the best of the wineries abilities. Key responsibilities were as follows:• Established and nurtured customer partnerships and service standards (minimize out of stocks and maximize value-added activity). • Developed and maintained a complete understanding of the customer's products and operations to fully appreciate service level requirements and additional value added opportunities. • Developed a strong working relationship with the Sales organization to ensure a complete understanding of Company sales programs and objectives. • Coordinated product movement, invoicing and other related functions to customers (distributors, internal and external departments, Sales and Marketing) and Regional Distribution Centers. • Coordinated activities with multiple internal departments to minimize customer stock and service issues. • Responded efficiently and effectively to internal and external customer correspondence through telephone, email or formal written communication. • Researched and resolved all customer shipping errors, damage claims, product quality issues, and product transfers. This included tracking, reporting and root cause analysis. • Participated in the Supply S&OP process, including but not limited to providing root cause analysis for service issues as they relate to assigned customer accounts.

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