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Virginia, United States

∙ Work with Sales and Category Managers to source material for new cosmetic, beauty, and pharma product skus.∙ Lead effort for identifying and relaying new project requirements to supplier partners to acquire optimal material options and obtaining pricing and technical data for review.∙ Developing and maintaining effective supplier relationships that support company goals of high schedule reliability, reduced material lead times, high-quality reliable delivery performance and favorable pricing.∙ Participate in weekly Sales Pipeline meetings for preparation and discussions of new projects and lines of business.∙ Identity sourcing options for new bid projects for both raw material and packaging.∙ On a continuous basis identify potential suppliers and identification of key contacts and coordinate meetings for review of capabilities.

Binghamton, Ny, Us

∙ Process requisitions into Purchase Orders and place orders with vendor in compliance with theestablished standards∙ Ensure pricing is accurate and confirm expected delivery with vendor. Communicates to endusers the delivery information.∙ Works with Accounts Payable through invoice discrepancy within the acceptable turnaroundtimes.∙ Responsible for order placement timing, supply/demand alignment, material replenishment andsupplier performance.

Frisco, Texas, Us

• Manage overall direction and coordination of Purchasing and Procurement functions for a clinical laboratory that spans numerous sites, and additionally consists of multiple interconnected companies.• Negotiate contracts and agreements by working with vendors and internal departments such as legal, compliance, and executive team to ensure contracts meet corporate goals and objectives.• Interact with suppliers, brokers, transportation agencies, and outside buying groups to develop procurement strategies.• Identified, developed and managed key relationships with sourcing partners, suppliers, internal stakeholders.• Responsible for order placement timing, supply/demand alignment, material replenishment and supplier performance.• Coordinate with logistics and warehouse teams to ensure of an optimum efficient process from ordering to delivery to end users.

• Manage overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of procurement for an invitro diagnostic clinical laboratory start up that was one of the fastest growing companies in the US.• As part of managing procurement for HDL, I also established and managed the procurement departments for 3 other partner companies, 1 start up subsidiary, and 1 company that was purchased.• Negotiate contracts and agreements by working with vendors and internal departments such as legal, compliance, and executive team to ensure contracts meet corporate goals and objectives.• Built and managed a procurement team consisting of 3 Buyers, and a Purchasing Assistant.• Established company inventory control systems and processes. Set up naming conventions, locations, tracking methods, guidelines, policies, and benchmarks. Created an inventory control team to execute.• Interact with suppliers, brokers, transporation agencies, and outside buying groups to develop procurement strategies.• Coordinate with logistics and warehouse teams to ensure of an optimum efficient process from ordering to delivery to end users. • Developed and maintained spend forecasting models for finance to assist in determining cash requirements.• Developed product requirement forecasting models to predict demands and assist in determining buying patterns, and inventory planning. I also utilized the forecasting models as a gauge for product usage optimization.• Performed continual analysis of supply chain risks, and implemented countermeasures to mitigate those risks.• Established supply chain for business unit operations start up in the UK and Europe. Researched suppliers in the region, chose the key suppliers to utilize, made contact and established relationships.• Participate in weekly new product development meetings.

Richmond, Virginia, Us

• Responsibilities include P&Ls, purchasing, working with outside vendors, and production management. • Maintain positive and productive relationships with the customer base through follow up and identifying needs based on historical data and trending. • Collaborate with sales force to identify strategies, and sales opportunities to increase revenue. Interact directly with customers on a daily basis. • Provide estimates and quotes to customers, while maintaining consistent follow up to ensure sale closures. • Research and analyze market changes with the activities of competitors to ensure we are in line with the current market trends and make adjustments as needed. • Ensured preventative maintenance measures were followed to manufacturer’s specifications in order to maintain optimum equipment performance and safety standards.• Managed product staff, providing direction and support where needed in workforce management and operations. • Presented data to Leadership Team on financial performance, trends, opportunities, and departmental activities.

Richmond, Virginia, Us

• Managed 7 Federal service contracts in custodial, grounds maintenance, warehousing, at the Defense Supply Center of Richmond. • Ensured specifications of each contract was fulfilled to specifications.• Evaluated the number of hours being utilized to operate within budget.• Supervised and analyzed quality control processes according to industry standards.• Developed improved quality control standards based on trends of deficiencies and analyze for process improvements.• Ensured preventative maintenance measures were followed to manufacturer’s specifications in order to maintain optimum equipment performance and safety standards.• Responsible for P&Ls, multiple aspects of budgeting. • Managed 24-hour operations up to 90 employees, including site managers and supervisors. • Provided on-call support to customers and direct reports. • Recruited new employees ranging from Supervisors to hourly level individual contributors.

Bachelors, Criminal Justice

Aas, Administration Of Justice