Purchasing Specialist
Current-Curated and maintained relationships, acting as liaison, with vendors.-Facilitated full cycle purchase orders through creation, DOA, tracking, and receiving.-Assisted internal employees in placing orders including sourcing items, obtaining approvals, and answering questions to enhance productivity.-Lead promotional vendor projects, collaborating with various departments and center locations, includingthe creation and distribution of 9000+ care kits and new hirer kits.-Generated and administered training guides while hosting weekly trainings for field members.-Arranged and organized POs for flu and Covid vaccine clinics in 2023 and 2024 for 2000+ employees.-Designed an invoice organizational system to assist the accounts payable team and improve efficiency amongst departments.-Worked with sourcing team to create RFPs for formularies to more easily compare price differences between vendors. -Lead a team of fifteen in comprehensive installs for new locations, including creating an organized system to track needed and ordered items and their expiration dates.-Sourced alternative products and solutions for aging residents, resulting in 1 million dollar savings for procurement team.-Assisted in trainings for company-wide transition from Reqlogic or Oracle. -Traveled nationally to various centers to coordinate and order necessary PPE during Covid 19 pandemic to ensure safety standards were maintained.