• Develop and maintain partnership with multiple local and overseas suppliers• Prepare daily quotes for priority customers on high value opportunities• Analyze backlog of 15 product classes and 11 branches to support customer commitments and make purchasing recommendations for our products• Negotiate optimal price with suppliers and gather feedback from the sales team in order to maximize revenue and gross profit margin and save the company money• Communicate effectively with purchasing team to plan stock allocation for 3 warehouses• Ensure over 20% margin goal is maintained and present monthly sales numbers• Identify and react to market trends • Product portfolio consists of 30 global manufacturers • Promote and enhance visibility of supplier product offerings within sales organization

• Coordinated and supported all activities involved in obtaining and maintaining preferred supplier pricing • Maintained internal pricing analytics system and ensured products were being purchased at the correct price point• Created analytic reports, open order reports, backorder maintenance reports and cost negotiation reports for Marketing Price Support and Marketing teams• Maintained and organized an efficient follow up protocol with suppliers• Trained new members of our team

• Monitored inventory and managed customer-bonded inventory• Analyzed backlogs of customers’ orders and expedited them accordingly• Developed and maintained positive and meaningful relationships with all customers-internal/external• Made quick and effective decisions under tight deadlines and pressure• Produced open order reports and responded to customer queries pertaining to order status• Communicated all changes in order types to product marketing department for review and approval• Communicated important account information to assigned sales reps• Tracked orders through order entry cycle and addressed issues with appropriate department• Processed customer short shipment claim requests and coordinated direct shipments