Purchasing Manager
CurrentAs purchasing manager, I oversee the supply chain, inventory and administration of procurement staff. I supervise eight purchasing and store staff members, leading and mentoring six procurement staff. Ensuring stock is ordered daily from suppliers, I also generate and review purchase orders with ETA’s according to production and warehouse needs - maintaining adequate stock levels, while identifying and troubleshooting order discrepancies. I control out-of-stock situations with efficiency and investigate alternatives, problem-solving quality control issues, and monitoring, evaluating, and improving supplier performance. I optimize systems to ensure consistent stock levels, business efficiency, and claims or credits on suppliers are delivered promptly. Some key contributions in this role include:- Managing a 6-million-dollar annual purchasing budget.- Reducing the inventory value from $2.7M to $1.5M, implementing a stringent stock control cycle count policy procedure.