Lenora Morrow Email & Phone Number

United States

Manufacturing Buyer- Purchasing of Finished Machine parts and managing day to day Vendor fulfillment to meet the scheduled Finished Machine date.

190 Detroit Street, Cary, Illinois

Buyer Machined parts, standard hardware, production, shop and foundry supplies.- Placed PO's in accordance with the stock, non-stock and demand reports and needed (MRP)- Collect return information from suppliers to process rejected materials and obtain corrective action to complete the return process.- Expedite parts and material orders as needed for demand and continuing changing schedules.

Buyer (Rigid Materials, plastics)Collect data for year-end dollar updates and spending. Assist procurement with discrepant invoices.Work with over 25 local and Canadian suppliers to obtain the common goals of the procurement department.

Purchased Metal, Wood and Hardware for store displays for Kohl's, Home Depot, and Lowe's.Oversaw projects from 2 million to 5 million dollars. Responsible for Shipping on schedule and Inventory levels, price sheets and budgets for each project.

Hydraulic Industry)Worked with over 150 different domestic and overseas suppliers to insure quality and timely delivery. Updated hot list as needed to ensure continual knowledge of hot parts status using Excel. Evaluated new suppliers to broaden supplier base and to insure constant flow of parts without compromising price or quality. Responsible for the following commodities: Adapter Cages, Core tubes, Coils, Connectors and "C" class parts such as O-rings. Other accomplishments include:A member of the (Material Review Board) for quality control.Acquired pricing to accommodate engineers for new products. Coordinated all outside operations for parts manufactured in-house, heat treating, plating, brazing, assembly and grinding or honing.

Order Scheduler (Custom Fabrication)Entered work orders for the shop which contained approx. 100 fabricators.Filed and kept track of German and American Post shipments. Completed engineering revisions and customer changes as requested.Coded some of the work in order to move through the process.

Certified a growing suppler base to support the Illinois Gaming Board.Performed background checks on selected suppliers.Prepared proposals for all promotional materials, and services such as pest control, dead weight surveys, uniforms, playing cards, parts for slot machines and comp supplied tours.

Buyer (Wire processing equipment for the Automotive Industry)Worked with over 50 suppliers purchasing commodities such as fabricated pneumatic and electronic parts.Purchased approximately $2 million worth of materials annually.Initiated and maintained "early pay" discount programs with suppliers.Reduced electronics inventory by over $15,000.Instituted bin-stocking program for fasteners and hardware.

Glenview, Illinois

Placed orders with suppliers for all parts of hand tool division including all raw materials. Assigned proper credit for return of defective material.Notified vendors of engineering changes. Set up subcontract orders and investigated new suppliers.Reviewed costs and computer prices, lead times, lot sizes, past lot sizes,Annual usage for over 8,000 standard and specialty manufactured parts.Coordinated the change of fabricated parts to purchased complete parts realizing savings of approximately 35 to 45% per part.Participated in implementations of Signode's first "JIT" manufacturing system. Sales Territory Analyst (Promoted in 1987)Updated all territory files, constructed new territory map for all sales territories, assisted sales personnel in receiving their bonus earnings. Inspection/Assembly GC 300 Impulse Tool (Promoted in 1986)Received parts, and assembled tools. Performed testing and quality controlInspection and worked with suppliers to improve quality.

Cert., Medical

Psycology

General

Education record

Returning to School for Supply Chain Management Certificate. Completed a Medical Assisting program March, 2010