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St. Louis

Greater St. Louis Area

St. Louis

O Fallon Mo

Manage all aspects of the purchasing department which does over $30 million annually in purchases. Manage vendor relations through active communications, site visits and entertaining.Manage Production Schedule of pipe manufacturing that produces over 6,000 tons monthly.Material Management duties includes ordering, receiving and reconciling various steel products such as coil, pipe, plate, beam and many others. Review customer contracts and negotiate terms and conditions to reduce risk and liabilities.

Greater St. Louis Area

Obtain materials from suppliers at the lowest cost consistent with considerations of quality, reliability of source and urgency of need. Handle all major negotiations with suppliers. Supervise a team of 2 buyers responsible for several different commodities in the packaging industry.Researched multiple sources of suppliers, evaluated quotes and negotiated costCreate and promote vendor programs to increase marginsEnforce company policies, accurately document buyer’s performance and create a positive working atmosphere within groupTrained and communicate checks and balances to verify completion of group’s daily responsibilitiesKnowledgeable with commodities market and able to strongly negotiate savings during volatile market conditions.

Managed vendor relations, ordering processes, freight scheduling, returns, inventory control, and backorders for multiple project managers globally. Supervised a 2-member team of purchasing agents responsible for annual sales of $100M.Researched multiple sources for supplies, evaluated proposals, and negotiated contracts.Seek ways to reduce purchasing costs on machine-fabricated and sheet metal parts through engineering knowledge and successful negotiations.Implemented volume discounts from vendors, yielding 20% cost savings in 2008 (notable the most volatile raw materials market in recent years)Researched and proposed system improvements, presenting recommendations with detailed cost-benefit analyses and estimated ROI.Formalized estimating template and procedures in tracing material / equipment buy-out and delivery

Greater St. Louis Area

Executed routine contractual processes including analysis, extraction and recording of data into business systems; participate in new business gate (decision) reviews; prepare proposals, correspondence and contractual documents.Provide solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity.Based on the content of the documentation and with a general understanding of contracting processes, policies, procedures, and a general understanding of functional organizations' primary work statement and with minimal guidance from the work group, analyze and distribute documents to appropriate functional organizations for disposition.Responsible for the Return on Sales (ROS) report for entire Advanced Systems which is communicated to upper management in Advanced Systems.Developed tool that tracks all contract awards, loss or pending for Advanced Systems. Negotiated contracts totaling over $100M.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Communication And Media Studies

Activities and Societies: Alpha Kappa Lambda

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business/Commerce, General