Oversee sourcing, procurement and importing of packaging and supplies for manufacturers of medical devices, and distributors of medical and retail packaging. • Managed key functions including supplier management, strategic sourcing, procurement, strategy and operations.• Established and grew supplier relationships with overseas manufacturers located throughout Asia and Latin America.• Led strategic sourcing and procurement functions for multiple products for each client with annual spends in the seven figures with some individual products exceeding eight figures.• Saved key client over $1 million on project with a $20MM spend through effective price and negotiations with factories, 3PL providers, and higher quality products.• Negotiated favorable contracts with suppliers and establish quality control standards which reduced customer’s costs by 50% and reduced product defects by 99%.

Distributor of safety and janitorial products to construction and healthcare companies in California, and Texas. Items included respirators, gloves, coveralls, goggles and fall protection.• Led strategic sourcing initiatives to help team with procuring products from U.S. based manufacturers.• Represented multiple product lines across the safety and packaging industry to become a one-stop shop for customers.• Forecasted inventory needs and supplier risk through Coupa which prevented out of stock situations while maintaining low inventory holding costs.• Monitored existing and potential supplier options to secure price, value, and cost.• Established and grew relationships with key clients which resulted in a 90% retention rate.

Worked with clients to help design, source, import and reduce cost on primary and secondary packaging. Clients were in the medical and produce industry, and needed guidance on strategic sourcing and procurement for their goods. • Increased company profits for clients on average by 20% through new product lines with higher margins. • Built SOP’s and templates for clients to deliver production and delivery timelines to their customers more efficiently.• Planned and forecasted customer’s need for packaging to promote timely shipping and delivery. • Developed forecasting and planning procedures with manufacturers in Asia to help with better communication, improve efficiency and secure production capacity.

• Maintain SAP series data and generate monthly production orders• Transferring vehicles to different regions across the US.• Run daily reports to ensure manufacturer is able to keep up with demand.• Weekly prioritization of vehicles to be built.

• Responsible for accounts receivable and payable for an ISO 9001 safety and medical multi-site distributor with sales of $4 million annually. • Managed over 200 SKUs along with the specifications, revisions, and samples for those SKUs.• Created proposals for current and prospective clients.• Assisted with keeping the company ISO 9001 compliant and prepared documents when it came time for recertification.• Managed 3 direct reports overseeing warehouse, procurement and distribution departments.