Experience

Sioux Honey Co-op

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchasing Manager

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  In the role of Purchasing Manage for Sioux Honey, I am responsible for the procurement and purchasing of all packaging components for production. This includes planning and management of inventory in multiple warehouse locations, reconciliation and authorization of invoices, and coordinating with Sale and Marketing for new packaging needs. This role requires advanced vendor negotiating skills, excellent communication, deadline management for frequent time sensitive projects, and self direction. Show less



EMI Sportswear

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchasing Coordinator

  • Mar 2004 - Dec 2021

  While being part of EMI Sportswear as the Purchasing Coordinator, I was appointed to assess vendors, negotiating new deals and expiring contracts, and place orders for products and services. I effectively communicated with suppliers on special orders while sourcing new products for specific customers. I was also accountable for developing and implementing proposals for the optimization of supply chain management. In addition, I productively managed 6-10 warehouse employees for an $8M global wholesale company with 50 staff members. For the almost 17+ years that I was employed with EMI Sportswear, I was able to develop a receiving grid system resulting in the improvement of the inventory accuracy rate up to 25%. I also competitively negotiated $4K savings with a 3-month purchasing lease due to a price increase from the vendor and was delegated to source out more cost-effective products that would generate revenue and savings of $4.5K yearly. Show less