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· Evaluate supplier quotes and services to determine most desirable suppliers and prepares order to ensure all required data elements are provided and correct.· Locate and evaluate suppliers.· Negotiate materials, equipment and supplies from suppliers.· Enter supplier purchase orders. Ensure that all electronic data interchange, Email, and faxed orders reach the supplier.· Follow up with suppliers concerning order status and delivery. Resolve Supplier Purchase order questions and issue Secure and review Supplier authorization (Return Material Authorizations) and coordinate return of materials and goods.· Customer account responsibility for order processing activities and problem resolution.· Process Customer orders following established Customer Contract guidelines.· Prepare Customer quote and order reports. Follow up open requests for quotes, and resolve all issues in order to process order.· Generate Customer open order (back-order) reports. Update / Expedite status with information secured from Supplier.· Set up shipping and produce appropriate paperwork· Maintain accurate purchasing, pricing, and cost data on applicable company systems.

• Inputs purchase orders into appropriate systems .This includes the purchase of both items for resale and items for use in operations.• Maintains and follows purchasing procedures to conform to ISO standards. This includes analysis of potential suppliers and annual review of existing suppliers reviewing costs, quality, delivery, and other pertinent factors.• Works with Sales and Manufacturing to find new raw materials and/or alternate raw materials to meet customer needs.• Maintains raw material database within for of pricing and specifications.• Ensures raw materials are available to meet Manufacturing’s needs.• Researches and finds cost savings annually through supplier cost reduction, resourcing, or similar means.• Resolves chronic part/source delivery or quality problems.• Manages vendor contract stocking agreements with an annual review plan to qualify renewal.

• Prepare and edit purchase quotes to suppliers and confirm delivery date, quantity ordered and correct pricing.• Make purchasing recommendations according to department stock and preset minimum/maximum quantities.• Discuss the defective or unacceptable goods and services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, vendor andothers to determine source of the issue. Coordinate claims for damaged goods with supervisor.• Participate in cycle counting and inventory.• Obtain price quotes from multiple suppliers.• Generate reports to determine inventory demand and expedite delivery of goods from vendor as needed.

• Identification and application of bearings and power transmission products.• Assist in determination of safety items per specification. • Perform restocking and vendor management per customer requirements.

• Manage purchasing activities for $20 million of indirect materials, outsourced items and services for production of high-pressure laminate and manufactured stone for US and Canada.• Delivering up to $250,000.00 of cost savings results from assorted projects year to year.• Managed storeroom personnel, contractors and onsite storeroom integrator.• Coordinate purchasing activities, monitor supply chains, and assist with Quality teams to achieve “Best Value”.• Provided purchasing support to projects: scrap reduction, waste streams, 5S events.• Drove MRO activities, such as maintenance items, storeroom replenishment, engineering projects and office supplies.• Performed purchasing duties per the BPCS (Business Planning and Control System) system and EAM system for purchased services and goods.• Developed and implemented processes and systems to eliminate storeroom wastes, including effort loss.

·Responsible for procuring and maintaining accurate inventory levels on assemblies and piece parts from suppliers that support production and customer part sales divisions. ·Analyze QAD MRP system and scheduling shipments via ocean or airfreight. ·Coordinate purchasing activities, monitor supply chains, and work with Research and Development teams to achieve “Best Value”.

·Responsible for procuring and maintaining accurate inventory levels on assemblies and piece parts from offshore suppliers in China Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia supporting production and customer part sales divisions.·Analyze SAP MRP system and scheduling shipments via ocean or airfreight.·Coordinate purchasing activities, monitor supply chains, and work with Research and Development teams to achieve “Best Value”.

Experienced purchasing executive with a strong global background in materials management including strategic sourcing, procurement, inventory control, and supplier development. Skilled in organization, cost containment and project management with significant global experience in both direct and indirect spends.

Drafted and/or designed precision blueprints of walk-in coolers and freezers, from rough sketches and drawings.

Machine shop experience, using various types of lathes, milling machines (Bridgeport & Milwaukee) drill press, radial drill, grinders and various other CNC equipment.Used several types of blueprints and drawings to achieve various tolerances in machining.Managed my personal day-to-day schedule to insure jobs were complete based on final unit shipment.