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Albuquerque, Nm, Us

Albuquerque, Nm, Us

Supporting Defense and Space Programs.Oversees the administration of cost-type or fixed-price service contracts.Plans and implements procurement actions.Applying knowledge of business administration procedures, techniques, and business ethics within Sandia procurement.

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

Primary responsibility was to streamline corporate-wide domestic and international logistics operations and compliance. Manage all outbound and inbound shipping lanes, domestic and international. Strategically align shipping contracts to maximum financial benefits, minimize risk, and establish best-practice policy/procedures for Rio Grande stakeholders and its customers. • Upgraded logistics data services to reduce paperwork and improve analysis of shipping operations.• Align with internal departments on shipping strategies, best practices and shipping promotions.• Re-negotiate domestic and international shipping contracts considering Customs compliance.• Authored Import Export Compliance/ Procedure Manual to establish corporate policy.• Established third party logistics provider:o Issued RFP and selected provider.o Project lead for integration of provider and corporate IT systems.o Developed Call Center and Shipping Department training.o Coordinated Integration of operations with Accounts Payable. • Developed corporate standardized NAFTA Certificate-of -Origin processes and database for procurement.• Monitored international shipping conditions (e.g. politics, weather, strikes) and generated Customer-Impact/Business-Impact reports for call center and executive leadership.

Denver, Co

Survey and select suppliers within company guidelines, negotiate proper terms, purchase appropriate items, maintain continuity of supply meeting inventory days on hand goal, while providing adequate supply of inventory to meet customer service level expectations.• Conversion from purchasing system AS400 to SAP.• Service level over 99%.• Network with departments and suppliers using leverage to optimize spending and increase working capital.

Englewood, Co

Competitively bid and purchase parts, materials, and services. Key procurement liaison with internal team and external suppliers. • Evaluate sourcing alternatives to identify the best source for procurement dollars. • Establish forward purchase agreements to establish best price and availability. o Three hundred thousand gallon hedge purchases of diesel. • Align purchases with agreed upon stocking to optimize working capital. • Reduce 80,000 SKUs to 30,000 SKUs to improve business efficiency and tracking

Greater Denver Area

National Support Analyst 2012-2013Promoted to a purchasing subject matter working across the corporation and nationwide with 100 buyers. Centralized purchasing through integrating and merging purchasing databases across divisions; data mining for root cause analysis and trend identification to improve understanding of organizational operations and identify operational improvements; pre-deployment software testing, generation of training materials for buyer training; and management of difficult warehouse issues including re-deployment of inventory between nation-wide warehouses, return of stock to suppliers, and handling of complex supplier situations. • Efficiently and accurately extracted and manipulated inventory data to assist Global Procurement and Sourcing Teams. • Used strong business knowledge and ability to validate results and recognized inconsistencies, and data analysis to improve understanding of organizational operations and identify operational improvements. • Performed root cause analysis, review trend information to identify patterns and suggest potential actions to improve performanceGroup Buyer-Packaging/Facility Supplies 2005-2012Replenished products with over 300 diverse suppliers. Placed purchase orders to inventory needs and customer specifications, managed billing exceptions, tracked and expedited orders and negotiated vendor pricing. Expertly computerized inventory management system and data analysis to maximize buying efficiency and monitor vendor performance. • Improved customer fill rate to 98% in 2012, exceeding expectations for industry product lines.• Managed $2,000,000 of inventory and in excess of 3,000 SKU’s at multiple facilities.• Requested, analyzed and awarded bids for contracts.• Reduced inventory for eleven branches through monthly reports and communication with branch staff.• Established and maintained vendor approval, initiation and maintenance.

Bachelor'S Degree, Project Management

Business Administration: Dual Emphasis Areas: Marketing And Finance