· Supervise and direct employees for purchasing, shipping, receiving, and warehouse. (8 direct report employees) for two plant sites located in Houston, Texas and Chattanooga, Tennessee.· Negotiated and instituted company’s first consignments and VMI’s with locked terms and SPA’s. Rotating levels of $250K at each facility.· Developed weekly priority pay list for suppliers submitted to Finance department during times of cash flow constraints. (Chattanooga and Houston facilities).· Seek and develop new suppliers to ensure favorable pricing and capabilities are met for facilities.· Negotiated agreements for all plants at a National level with favorable pricing and extended payment terms of NET 90 for all Tier 1 suppliers and NET 60 for Tier II.· Also worked as Buyer, Senior Buyer, Global Logistics Coordinator, and Warehouse Supervisor.· Decision making skills based on data to ensure best procurement of the right product in a timely manner.· Planning for path forward to meet objectives for the business while understanding risks.· Communication of timelines to team for project planning purposes. · Forecasting needs and projected spend.· SOP development and implementation.· Analysis and upgrades process revisions for time reductions and cost improvements for the business.· Daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly objectives determined, and communicated to departments.· Just-In-Time Delivery, Vendor Managed Inventory, Consignment, Cycle Counts, Physical Inventory, Quarantine, Non-Conforming, and Scrap Material Processing implementation and development.