Presents sales and marketing plan to customer groups. Coaches hostesses for home shows. Manages financial and tax information. Attends ongoing training and group events. Coordinates customer product returns. Contacts customers for customer satisfaction and post-sales support.• Achieved Quick Start of 9 home shows within first 45 days• Generated retail sales of $3800 within first 45 days• Completed customer returns within 3 days of notification• Created custom sales and marketing materials to enhance sales leads

Provided expertise in managing supplier relationships and process improvement. Resolved non-conforming material issues and reconcile exceptions and credits. Placed purchase orders according to negotiated terms and conditions, Tracked inventory dollars and generate reduction ideas• Reduced inventory by $150K in first month by correcting process errors in closing orders• Negotiated recovery of $25K from suppliers for receipt of non-conforming material in first 60 days• Developed process improvement to identify and reduce non-conforming inventory and credits given incorrectly to customers

Managed finances for Chicagoland district of Toastmasters International based on requirements from World Headquarters. Prepared and created district budget with district leadership. Presented monthly reports to executive committee. Requisitioned funds from World Headquarters and processed payments to vendors. • Developed, planned and recommended a district fiscal program in collaboration with key stakeholders• Implemented a system to monitor and evaluate the district’s financial performance• Maintained custody of district assets• Promoted financial excellence and ethics• Executed and submitted all finance related reporting requirements to World Headquarters

Led cross-functional team tasked with resolving PeopleSoft purchasing production issues. Managed security access to PeopleSoft purchasing module. Created and conducted user training and developed system queries to access data relevant to achieving business goals.* Planned implementation of system fixes to recover $2M in overpayments to suppliers.* Reduced daily receipt errors by 50% resulting in decreased days in payables and improved supplier relationships.* Developed training manuals and quick reference guides for PeopleSoft purchasing module and trained over 300 users in two months.* Worked with cross-functional team to establish priorities and cost for system fixes and enhancements resulting in increased operating efficiencies and reductions in headcount.

Strategically sourced $125M of purchased components and services globally. Implemented cost reduction ideas resulting in year-over-year savings. Managed supplier relationships and worked to add diversity into supply base. Negotiated long-term agreements with suppliers and leveraged competition to achieve target costs.* Created business plans for key suppliers resulting in 2% year-over-year savings for 3 years.* Led cross-functional teams to resource components globally resulting in $500K savings.* Negotiated agreements with suppliers to obtain cost reductions averaging $250 annually.* Leveraged external suppliers to obtain $150K savings from internal supplier.* Consolidated procurement of components from multiple sources to a single source to achieve $100K savings.