Sarah Erhardt Email & Phone Number

Waverly, Mn, Us

Roseville, Minnesota, United States

• Manage the sourcing and procurement scope of indirect buy across the organization, including services, equipment, supplies, fleet management, facilities, maintenance and repairs, apparel, promotional items, travel, packaging, etc.• Define vendor evaluation criteria, identify and select vendors, execute the evaluation process, refine and validate sourcing and purchasing options.• Develop strong relationships and collaborate directly with internal stakeholders at all levels within the organization to understand requirements, manage-buy in, and align with Hawkins’ procurement strategies.• Lead and drive sourcing projects to successful completion by performing market analysis, the RFX process, negotiations, contract creation and contract management.• Determine Total Cost of Ownership for products and services procured.• Partner with Legal to review/redline contracts and agreement for buy categories.• Drive cost-savings initiatives and vendor performance to align with company goals.• Have found over $450,000 in indirect cost savings since July 2023 by establishing agreements under a GPO for categories such as travel, MRO/HSE, rental vehicles, drug and background screening, and bulk purchasing equipment for lower rates.• Submit indirect orders through JDE Oracle platform.• Ability to work on variety of projects at the same time through implementation to completion.• Utilize Capital Expenditure reporting to determine large equipment purchases to have consistent brands and equipment throughout company.• Working on establishing consistency and supplier clean up with the data that is available to try to reduce spend and where various items are purchased with a goal to have a list of preferred suppliers throughout the organization.

Sergeant First ClassProcure supplies or services primarily through formal advertising. Requirements involve standardized specifications and established markets for technical items such as special machine parts or special purpose equipment, or services such as repair, rental, educational, and maintenance of machines and equipment.Review requisitions to determine that proper specifications or purchase descriptions are included in solicitation documents. Select clauses to cover special conditions, such as inspection and acceptance, marking and packaging, quantity variation, price differential, or transportation costs. Contacts technical personnel to resolve questions of applicability of specifications, classification of terms, or acceptance of substitute items.Evaluate bids or proposal for compliance with specifications or purchase descriptions and applicable clauses. Compile bidders’ lists from qualified bidders’ applications for technical evaluation. Considers financial responsibility of suppliers by evaluating contract performance on previous contracts.Draft final contract including specifications, packaging and shipping requirements, inspection instruction, and all other special and standard clauses.Successfully completed State Active Duty mission supporting major civil disturbance in August 2020 as a contract specialist responding with a 2 hour notice for a 24 hour mission. Established food, housing, showers, porta-johns, large event tents, and a reefer truck to support over 450 soldiers and their missions.Completed Army Acquisition Professionals Course/Advanced Leader Course from October 2020-December 2020 with over a 97% overall grade.

Stillwater, Mn

SergeantTeam Leader for 3 soldiersSuccessfully completed State Active Duty mission for Super Bowl LII in 2018 as a Truck Commander, working with Home Land Security and local Law Enforcement to conduct commercial vehicle inspections and security escorts from the MN State Fair Grounds to US Bank Stadium for 12+ hours per day for 10 days with 100% safety.Responsible for maintaining and update contact information for team members as well as tracking progress of online training and other unit assigned tasks, such as supply management for monthly training exercises.Trained foreign military on tactics and weapons in June 2016 and February 2019 each for 14 days.Completed NATO mission in Macedonia in September 2017 working with 5 other foreign countries in Military Police tactics for 10 days.Completed Basic Leader Course, Class 003-18, February 8, 2018-March 2, 2018 with over 90% overall grade.Successfully completed State Active Duty mission for Civil Unrest from May 28 – June 7, 2020 as a Truck Commander working with local Law Enforcement, Fire Departments, and State Troopers to conduct riot control, perimeter security, roving patrols, emergency personnel protection, community interaction, and Quick Reaction Force missions. Mission location varied around the Twin Cities based on need and emergency, with a completion of over 10, 12+ hour missions with designated team. Ensured safety of team and civilians in all areas.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

Facilitate sourcing and contracting activities, end-to-end sourcing process including building RFPs/RFIs, entering requirements, and compiling results. Authoring contracting in alignment with the standard contracting playbook. Facilitate the standard procurement processes for all activities including self-service procurement. Ensure that Security and Privacy teams have reviewed risk and coordinate required information security and data privacy documents are included per contract. Coordinate proper paperwork for Accounts Payable to set up payment method.Review spend information to include in sourcing activities and contract negotiations.Evaluate proposals/quotes based on quality, cost, or other criteria and create scorecards for business decisions. Work with business stakeholders to identify and validate business requirements.Execute and update contracts for indirect purchases including ownership of contract terms and conditions as well as the legal ramifications.Manage contract renewals with monthly report and enter into Monday.com with meeting to follow up with team.Assist with contract loading and administration, storing contracts to Coupa database and SharePoint space to support contract reporting.Evaluate contracts for opportunities for negotiations; redline as needed, execute contract.Corporate Program ManagerCorporate/Business Travel ProgramSupport travel questions, Yammer and Worknet (Sharepoint) updates and bi-weekly posts.Ensure travel policy is up to date.Delta, American Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, etc contracts and relationships.Enterprise National, Avis Budget contracts and relationships.Hotel rate agreement negotiation.Office Supplies and Promotional Items (Staples)Maintain relationship with supplier, monthly or bi-weekly check ins on performance and projects.T&E ComplianceRun quarterly reports for expense line items for purchases outside of compliance for corporate programs; email all employees out of compliance

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

Facilitate sourcing and contracting activities, end-to-end sourcing process including building RFPs/RFIs, entering requirements, and compiling results. Authoring contracting in alignment with the standard contracting playbook. Facilitate the standard procurement processes for all activities including self-service procurement. Ensure that Security and Privacy teams have reviewed risk and coordinate required information security and data privacy documents are included per contract. Coordinate proper paperwork for Accounts Payable to set up payment method.Review spend information to include in sourcing activities and contract negotiations.Evaluate proposals/quotes based on quality, cost, or other criteria and create scorecards for business decisions. Work with business stakeholders to identify and validate business requirements.Execute and update contracts for indirect purchases including ownership of contract terms and conditions as well as the legal ramifications.Manage contract renewals with monthly report and enter into Monday.com with meeting to follow up with team.Assist with contract loading and administration, storing contracts to Coupa database and SharePoint space to support contract reporting.Evaluate contracts for opportunities for negotiations; redline as needed, execute contract.Corporate Program ManagerCorporate/Business Travel ProgramSupport travel questions, Yammer and Worknet (Sharepoint) updates and bi-weekly posts.Ensure travel policy is up to date.Delta, American Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, etc contracts and relationships.Enterprise National, Avis Budget contracts and relationships.Hotel rate agreement negotiation.Office Supplies and Promotional Items (Staples)Maintain relationship with supplier, monthly or bi-weekly check ins on performance and projects.T&E ComplianceRun quarterly reports for expense line items for purchases outside of compliance for corporate programs; email all employees out of compliance

Chaska, Mn

Create and edit files in Photoshop to correct specs, DPI, and color for the correct association and publication. Place files on InDesign templates for proofers to review and create PDF documents to send to the advertisers for the specific publication. Follow up until ads are approved to be sent to print.Use PDF versions of publications to create digital books using Flipping Book Publisher, FileZilla, and HTML code. Add links to pages and ads within FBP for articles, Table of Contents, and Indexes. Save ink information within Google Docs/Google Sheets with proper Google analytics code.Create updated proof documents from past ad documents to be sent to advertisers for future or upcoming publications. Export PDF documents from InDesign, properly name the files, and save to the correct folder within the server.Assist with Accounting Dept in contacting companies for invoice payments, collect credit card information, and help keep track of ad approvals for tracking invoices.Collect ad material from advertiser contacts to successfully create ad for print or digital ads.Assist Graphic Department with day to day workflow and completion of dutiesUse of Photoshop and InDesign to process materialLayout editing and proofingEmail and Phone Communication (incoming and outgoing)Filing and Data Entry tasks

Plymouth, Mn

Administrative DutiesMaintained calendar of meetings and appointments and prepared weekly/monthly/quarterly reports for two Executive Vice Presidents and three Senior Vice Presidents consistently as well as created and maintained organizational charts through Visio.Scheduled travel arrangements including reservations (work visas, airline, car rental, local ground transportation, hotel, lunch, dinner, etc.) and subsequent expense reporting through Concur.Handled NPI documents and file them accordingly; loaded documents into Metric Stream as requested by multifunctional departments.Assigned for department onboarding processes for supply ordering, working with IT and HR departments to ensure the new employees have all accesses and programs needed to begin training on day one, as well as coordinating with managers to meet the new employees.Accounts Payable DutiesReviewed daily and monthly reports to ensure customer and supplier information was correct, noted for changes, and made corrections where access was applicable.Updated and created supplier profiles through Oracle on daily basis to ensure payments were processed to the correct contacts and sent to the correct addresses and bank accounts.Assigned as “go to” person for all supplier questions and updates; responsible for creating consistency within Oracle with each supplier profile using Excel reporting and uploading which resulted in over 20,000 successful supplier updates.

Golden Valley, Mn

Manage calendars and schedules to ensure receptionist duties are covered during peak hours.Manage calendars for Sales and Leadership team members.Prepare monthly specials via Microsoft Word.Create flyers for holidays and events.Maintain a license plate log via Microsoft Excel.Answer incoming multi-line phone system, take messages, schedule appointments, and transfer calls to correct department or person.Handle outgoing mail.Maintain a clean waiting area for customers, making sure refreshments and snacks are fully stocked.Order office supplies and break room supplies.Assist with log on ID’s and applications to ensure new employees have the correct tools on day one.

Maple Plain, Mn

Answer incoming calls on multi-line phone system, take messages, and transfer calls to correct department or person.Handle incoming orders from assigned Merchologists.Create artwork for customer logos per customer specifications using Adobe Creative Cloud.Make suggestions and corrections to artwork to make sure that it is able to be stitched correctly and look presentable to the customer.Editing digitized files in Wilcom Embroidery Studio E3 and making corrections.Ability to use single-head stitching machine if needed for stitch proofs.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Graphic Design And Media Arts, Degree Complete

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Graphic Design, Sophomore