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Meridian, Idaho, United States

Boise, Id

➤ Driving all aspects of procurement, category management, and accounting to increase financial return to Golbon and distributor members by negotiating rebate, growth, and tiered programs.➤ Delivering cost savings reporting for global and regional category management targets as well as leading brand development with enhanced distributor member returns and continued growth.➤ Increasing margin through negotiating supplier, growth, and tiered programs, attaining cost of goods savings through negotiated opportunity buys, and developing private label products with increased margins while reducing AR by 5%.➤ Managing and supervising Category Management and Account Auditor teams with 11 direct reports.➤ Providing technical assistance with all procurement software, facilitating system updates and data uploads as well as data mining for material and service procurement and vendor performance analysis.➤ Participating actively in national or regional initiatives and assisting with the implementation of national or regional programs or strategies where appropriate including assisting with the negotiation or management of supply agreements.➤ Analyzing bids as well as assisting in developing sourcing strategies and making recommendations on supplier selection including contributing to implementing approved sourcing strategies.

Richmond, Va, Ca

➤ Enhanced earned income revenue, managed national supplier base, category management, supplier agreements, and contract compliance, and developed strong supplier relationships with over 200 local, national, and global manufactures, guaranteeing efficient contract implementation.➤ Managed RFPs with supplier base for sourcing opportunities, analyzed data, monitored product cuttings, and followed through branding and packaging process to fully launch private label product.➤ Launched 11 private label product lines in the first year along with the marketing to all distribution centers, optimizing product launches with EB growth, and assisted operating companies' EB growth by utilizing data to pinpoint conversion opportunities for strategic suppliers.➤ Managed multi-unit national account agreements including contract compliance and national pricing while leading four direct reports fully trained to implement multi-unit national contracts to ensure sell price is in compliance with contracts.➤ Collaborated with sourcing managers to manage preferred suppliers including measuring or monitoring performance and tracking savings while acting as a resource for North America transactional purchasing teams.➤ Ensured the use of the procurement procedures by internal customers at the site, informing internal customers about required changes or preferred alternative buying channels, and guaranteeing efficient us of purchasing systems by all users providing them assistance when necessary.

City Of Industry, Ca

➤ Managed procurement department, worked with sales force and suppliers to market, develop, and grow in the foodservice independent market, and decentralized purchasing while supervising seven direct reports.➤ Developed, negotiated, and grew earned income programs by 213% the first year and tracked 700% over previous year and received the Merchandising Manager of the Year Award from the corporate office during fiscal 2005.➤ Worked closely with inventory control to reduce aged inventory and dead stock, coordinated facilities move to a larger warehouse, and managed equities and costing on all products along with margins for the sales force.➤ Developed marketing plans, maintained calendar, and managed four food shows as well as facilitated sales meetings and trainings or workshops involving supplier base and sales management.➤ Negotiated with vendors based on purchase history and forecasted demand for better pricing or services as well as reviewing invoices with price or quantity discrepancies and addressing with vendors and receivers as needed.

Santa Ana, Ca

Tustin, Ca

Walnut, Ca