Experienced, results-oriented purchasing professional with exceptional abilities in building/developing internal teams and vendor relationships.Track record of significant achievement, to include reducing costs and developing improvements to purchasing programs to meet corporate objectives.Mentored progression of junior buyers through one-on-one training.Proficient with the AS400 purchasing system.Work with suppliers on returns and discrepancies.Work closely with accounting to ensure vendors are paid on time.Sourcing merchandise and services, negotiating price and determining delivery time, freight costs and payment terms.Search for new reliable and alternative vendors or suppliers to provide goods at reasonable prices and who can satisfy the requested requirements.Work closely with our maintenance planners to help ensure items are available when needed.Develop and maintain raw material suppliers (aluminum, injection molding, wire, etc.)Supplying credit references and resale certificates at vendors´ request.

Maintained client and lender relations. Experience using Caylx Point for loan origination. Gave sales presentations to the Utah Board of Realtors up to two times a month. Introduced a monthly company newsletter that goes out to former clients and Realtors that I meet at the Board presentations, this has proven to be a good way for us to keep in touch with past clients and partner with more realtors for new client possibilities.

Purchased and maintained inventory for the company, ordered all equipment parts, raw materials and office supplies. Supervise and train fellow staff members on the use of SAP & Axapta, including purchase orders, requisitions, receiving, parts check out/return, new parts request forms, parts look up, inventory counts and payrollServed as the main contact for vendors and helped find solutions for any questions, discrepancies or issues they may have with our orders. Handle all vendor returns and parts rebuilding.Developed skill sets for the purchasing, planning, stock room &receiving areas, enabling employees to progress through our work system.Help run production when team members are on vacation, sick, or when the overtime requirements were high on the make/pack/ship team.