Melissa Dyer Email & Phone Number

Smithfield, Ri, Us

• Manage a team of 9 direct reports• Develop and track KPI metrics• Led team to reduce inventory by $7.5 million in 2023 to assure the division reached a corporate set goal to increase working capital• Review forecasts and safety stock for continual improvement opportunities• Purchasing representative on the warehouse management system upgrade• Monitor the flow of over $3 million in weekly purchase orders placed by my team• Supplier relations: growth opportunities, business reviews, program compliance and optimization• Identify, support, mentor and acknowledge team talents and implement best practices

• Support and mentor a team of 8• Optimize corporate supplier programs• New staff onboarding• Workflow improvement using root cause analysis• Inventory management: forecast analysis, safety stock evaluation, identification of trending items for stock consideration or discontinuation

• Negotiate supplier programs to optimize guaranteed rebates, growth incentives, freight concessions and price advantages• Implement MARS automated buying system as an upgrade from a manual process• Create, track and expedite purchase orders• Accurately maintain all aspects of item data• Responsible for over $4 million of annual inventory purchases

• Lawson M3 purchasing super user• Define and specify business requirements• Lead contributor to major purchasing system modification to optimize purchase orders• Key contributor and tester for distribution pricing and contract module• System field mapping for data conversion• Implement and execute test scripts and scenarios• Buyer training