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Spokane, Wa, Us

Spokane, Washington, United States

As the Site Procurement Manager (SPM) I direct the operations of the purchasing department at the local site, ensuring the needs for material goods and services are met in a timely and efficient manner. - Manage supplier delivery, quality and performance, represent the site with suppliers, - Oversee vendor relations with packaging, PPE, equipment, waste and recycling, janitorial, landscaping and snow removal, pest control, food vending, and all other non-inventory suppliers.- Develop, implement and maintain systems to ensure inventory requirements for site consumables to support volatile production levels and maintain required safety stock with no stockouts or escalations.- Continuously improve department and operation processes to implement a change in the method of delivery of key consumables that saved over $200,000 annually.- Support vendors through the design and implementation of a tool and accompanying process that allows for quicker and more accurate handling of AP holds for quantity mismatch, reducing the average hold time from weeks to days.- Partner with national Accounts Payable to develop a tool to track, maintain and communicate information concerning vendor payment holds to process and release them for payment quickly. - Meet monthly with all direct reports to manage performance and create opportunities for their development. - Plan, direct and coordinate activities and processes related to the managing of goods and services. - Negotiated competitive terms with supplier, reducing a proposed increase in service fees by 30%.- As the first point of contact, solve problems, process questions, and assist business partners and internal customers with a high emphasis on customer service in supporting and training on the systems, policies and procedures related to purchasing. - Lead a staff of 16 direct reports, providing technical and functional supervision; plan, coordinate, supervise and direct the activities of the staff.

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

As an Area Manager, I had the opportunity to lead and develop my own team of 50-130 Amazon Associates in a distribution warehouse environment. My main focus was safety, associate experience, productivity and quality.• Developed deep knowledge of cost performance, improving methods of measuring and defining improvement areas, helping drive a 20% improvement in Inbound UPH over a three-month period.• Improved Labor Share workflow, reducing associate inferred time during labor share by 50% across all inbound.• Developed a peer training program that increased productivity of bottom performers by 58%.• Cultivated relationships with team members, ensuring each of them had adequate resources and was set up for success.• Drove efficiencies and improvements in safety, quality, and productivity through individualized coaching and mentoring.• Created recurring metrics reports thereby increasing accountability and accuracy of labor shares to other departments.• Managed KPI to measure, control and benchmark team and shift success and drive operational best practices.• Utilized Microsoft Excel to analyze data for cost, KPI, and associate metrics using pivot tables and V-Lookups.

Salt Lake City, Utah

Under minimal supervision, teach semester-long photography classes. Instruct, manage, and supervise individuals and groups in the classroom. Maintain and submit accurate and current reports and records involving student accountability, attendance, performance, and follow-up. Assist department chairperson and program coordinator in maintaining an effective program.• Build and maintain strong business relationships between the college, students, and 7 community partners, supervising over 600 community service hours to organizations through annual service-learning projects.• Analyze data utilizing Learning Management System Dashboards to track project progress, identify outliers and provide feedback to students and teams to encourage successful project completion. • Evaluate data from student assessments to determine the effectiveness of the teaching methods; changing the learning environment and techniques as necessary to positively direct the training of 100+ students annually.• Coordinate multiple team activities, focusing on mentoring and developing student cooperation and communication skills in a creative and task-oriented team environment.• Engage in continual development of my skills through annual professional development classes and workshops.

Salt Lake City, Utah

Plan and manage the educational experience for the students, including course curriculum creation, developing projects and assessments, schedule implementation, and post-assignment reviews and support. Develop and deliver lectures, interactive activities and assignments that include well-communicated, measurable objectives.• Perform the analysis, design and implementation of learning processes to improve instructional services to students.• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbally in groups or individually. • Initiated process improvements by tracking historical trends of multiple data points to realize a 14% increase in student grade point average through careful enhancements to online training, interactive discussion, and assessment materials.• Communicate honest, constructive verbal and written feedback and guidance to students to help ensure successful and rewarding completion of their projects and assignments.• Gather and monitor data about the course from multiple stakeholders to gauge the impact of the course and make continuous quality improvements.

Salt Lake City, Utah

This leadership position was responsible for all areas of program management, financial management, accounting, event planning, developing and retaining qualified volunteers and staff, and providing superior support services and trainings.• Recruited, trained and managed a staff of 12 to complete annual registration of over 2000 youth and 1000 adult leaders.• Planned and coordinated a series of 11 annual registration events at 10 different venues, increasing registration efficiency.• Negotiated with eleven corporate stakeholders to establish and maintain a perpetual funding plan to achieve a balanced budget for district expenses.• Built and maintained a custom spreadsheet and dashboard in Excel to easily track and visualize key performance indicators.• Researched and evaluated the reasons for underperformance of four annual district camps, implementing various project enhancements to improve efficiency. Camps saw an average 250% improvement upon completion of this process.• Improved training completion by 25% by establishing better tracking, communication and accountability.• Engage with several different divisions across the organization to improve the marketing strategy and develop effective cost models to ensure balanced budgets. • Developed diverse networks including professionals, business owners, volunteers, civic leaders, religious leaders, and others to help foster and facilitate the Scouting objectives.• Improved private and professional contributions to the council fundraising efforts through better training of, and coordination with, local leaders in running various fundraising events, such as Friends of Scouting, Council Auction, Scouting Expo and Popcorn Sales.• Coached local volunteer leaders in the best practices of running a BSA unit to ensure high quality experiences for the youth.

Salt Lake City, Utah

Served as a liaison with clients to analyze and identify objectives and technical requirement for their project and created a clear vision for the scope of the project. Managed daily operation of the business, including accounting, marketing strategy, quality control, and client experience. Oversee labs, employees, contractors, professionals, suppliers and customers to deliver consistent, quality products in a timely manner.• Worked closely in coordination with staff and creative teams to implement solutions that exceeded client’s expectations.• Used expert knowledge of visual design principles to create high quality, unique and creative artwork for the clients.• Coordinated and organized multiple client production schedules into one coherent master schedule in a quick-paced, time sensitive environment focusing on quality and performance to ensure client satisfaction.• Maintained a flexible business model to adapt to constantly changing market trends and client expectations.• Tracked freelance artist fees and schedules to anticipate contract time and manage payments to all contract workers.• Managed the workflow of all artists involved, including freelance photographers, labs, digital artists and venues.• Organized various marketing opportunities including trade shows, customized websites, Facebook and other social media pages, professional networking, email campaigns and storefront signage.• Maximized Return on Assets by developing and maintaining company budgets and ensuring efficient use, care, and maintenance of capital equipment.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Delta Mu Delta Business Honors Society. Course Highlights Include: - Data Analytics using advanced Excel.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Business Administration And Management, 4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Studies Included: - Business Ethics - Business Analysis (Balanced Scorecard) - Marketing Products and Services.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Commercial Photography

At this premier institution, I honed my technical and creative skills in professional photography. My program focused on visual art.

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Photography, 3.83 Gpa

Activities and Societies: President's List, High Honors at Graduation, State VICA 3rd place winner