• Inventory Management: Place and manage 100 unique raw material orders monthly.• Mentoring: Trained 4 new hires (3 buyers and 1 lead buyer) on how to navigate the SAP ERP system, policies and procedures, and create custom Excel reports using pivot tables and VLOOKUP commands.• Process Improvement: Support Procurement in developing new ordering procedures – which lead to $73,000 in savings a year.• Supplier Maintenance: Host weekly meetings with top 3 volume suppliers to communicate current and future raw material needs and delivery dates.• Quality Control: Request and process pre-shipment samples with Quality Control to reduce the risk of rejecting inbound raw material orders – which has led to a raw material acceptance rate of 95%.• Scheduling Deliveries: Schedule and manage 3-4 weekly 20 Metric Tank tanker deliveries through balancing demand/usage and capacity in our holding tanks.• Reconciliation: Partner with Accounts Payable to resolve invoice discrepancies to prevent suppliers from putting the company on credit hold.• Administration: Update and manage Buyer Handbook documentation and processes.

• Inventory Reporting: Created custom inventory sheets to maintain up to date counts on special meals and uniform/equipment.• Mentoring: Trained 2 new hires on how to navigate both ordering systems, Excel, create custom reports• Purchasing: Issued purchase orders that meet vendors’ minimum requirements and negotiated delivery times based on needs.• Sourcing: Researched temporary or long-term replacements for items that were not available by preferred vendors.• Auditing: Reviewed bill of materials (menus) with chefs and kitchen staff for accuracy and to verify proper sourcing of ingredients.• Financial Analysis: Inspected financial reports alongside the Financial Comptroller and created plans for reducing waste and maintaining inventory.

• Cost Reduction: Saved company $100,000 each year through cost investigations.• Purchasing: Purchased perishable raw material goods and non-perishable production supplies.• Forecasting: Analyzed weeks of data to produce both daily and weekly forecasts.• On Boarding: Trained 25 new production employees and reviewed GMPs during the busy season.• Supervising: Corrected any GMP violations of production employees.• Discrepancy Investigation: Reviewed trace-back paperwork to ensure its accuracy and completion and research any discrepancies.