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I am experienced purchasing, logistics and supply chain management professional. Key competencies: logistics, procurement, purchasing, supply chain management, product availability, sales and marketing, customer service, process development, communication skills, team work, problem solving✓ CUSTOMER SERVICECustomer Service is on my first priority. I provided professional service experience in right time, information how process is going, identified possible problems with customer and reorganized or otherwise solved those. ✓ LOGISTICS KNOWLEDGEI have taken care of logistics for several companies and organized documents needed for export. I processed the orders to ERP (e.g. SAP, Axapta, IFS), checked material availability, booked transport and confirmed the delivery to the customer. I created & provided documents needed (CMR, Invoice, Certificates, Insurance, Bill of Lading, Customs documents, Collection and Letter of Credit etc.). I executed consignment stock process with the customer. The customer submitted forecasts, based on those I made purchases from a foreign partner using either, flight, ship or train routes. We needed took account of both companies’ ERP requirements when agreed about documents to be sent and meetings to be used in process.✓ PRODUCT AVAILABILITYI executed optimization of delivery capacity in large scale company. I analyzed the order base and made corrections needed in order to optimize the workload of hubs abroad for a weekly and a daily level (incl. inbound delivery prioritization) in order to ensure timely deliveries to the customers. In case of material shortage, I arranged allocation meetings and executed the decisions.✓ PURCHASINGI worked as component and MRO buyer. My main responsibility area was test and measurement projects. I was responsible of RFQs, price comparison and negotiation, monitoring delivery time, supplier collaboration and auditing. Furthermore, I was responsible of inventory level management and availability of materials in my responsibility area.✓ EVENT ARRANGEMENT, MARKETINGI arranged sales meeting for approx. 30 international participants plus domestic staff. I organized also customer events, I booked the exhibition stands to international and domestic fairs, and agreed together with advertising agency on the construction of the stand. I organized marketing materials needed, lotteries and competitions, booked the tickets and accommodation for the presenters, and invited customers by sending the tickets to the fairs. Furthermore, I was responsible for monitoring the marketing budget.

Listed skills include Logistics, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, Team Leadership, and 28 others.