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Summary of Accomplishments • Purchasing Manager with 15 years of procurement experience within the residential construction industry. • Strong focus on building and maintaining close ties with vendors and suppliers. • Proven negotiation ability and demonstrated skill at analyzing competitive bids, contracts, and leases. • Reduced direct building costs while improving and refining all purchasing, buying, and building systems. Areas of Expertise • Vendor Relations: Actively manage interactions with vendors and suppliers ensuring mutual satisfaction with processes and win-win solutions to challenges. • On Time Delivery: Coordinate vendors, suppliers, and construction managers to deliver material and services on time, taking advantage of all opportunities to streamline and improve processes. • Process Efficiency: Standardized processes, employing internet based scheduling, purchase ordering, and payments directly, reducing errors and delays significantly. • Contract Negotiation: Firmly represent the needs and goals of company management to negotiate the most favorable terms for contracts and leases.• Technical computer and software expertise in Microsoft Office Suite, expert with MS Excel (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access), Buzzsaw, Microsoft Project, Primavera Suretrak, P3/P6, BuildPro, Lotus Notes, AS 400/JD Edwards, Adobe Suites, Internet Explorer, and all MS Windows and Apple versions.Specialties: Honors and Activities • Member, Literary Magazine Advisory Board, University of Phoenix, Charlotte, NC, December 2009.

Listed skills include Purchasing, Contract Negotiation, Construction Management, Procurement, and 11 others.

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