Experience

Lyons Magnus

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Category Buyer

  • Aug 2016 - Present

  • Procurement of approximately $120mm dollars annually in materials including, but not limited to, Flavors, Chemicals, Primary/Secondary Packaging, Juice and Dairy. • Managed Purchase Orders and negotiated contracts with nearly 300 suppliers to obtain optimum pricing, terms, and deliveries. • Coordinate with suppliers to ensure on time delivery to fulfill Lyon's programmed scheduling way of MRP, PowerBi and planned forecasts. • Manage and program out obsolete material to avoid any… Show more • Procurement of approximately $120mm dollars annually in materials including, but not limited to, Flavors, Chemicals, Primary/Secondary Packaging, Juice and Dairy. • Managed Purchase Orders and negotiated contracts with nearly 300 suppliers to obtain optimum pricing, terms, and deliveries. • Coordinate with suppliers to ensure on time delivery to fulfill Lyon's programmed scheduling way of MRP, PowerBi and planned forecasts. • Manage and program out obsolete material to avoid any potential loss to the enterprise & reduce carrying costs. • Utilize blanket purchase orders to help minimize pricing discrepancies and maintain that all items purchased were negotiated for optimum savings. • Analyze open PO reports to resolve potential financial issues and ensure they will satisfy AP requirements. Show less • Procurement of approximately $120mm dollars annually in materials including, but not limited to, Flavors, Chemicals, Primary/Secondary Packaging, Juice and Dairy. • Managed Purchase Orders and negotiated contracts with nearly 300 suppliers to obtain optimum pricing, terms, and deliveries. • Coordinate with suppliers to ensure on time delivery to fulfill Lyon's programmed scheduling way of MRP, PowerBi and planned forecasts. • Manage and program out obsolete material to avoid any… Show more • Procurement of approximately $120mm dollars annually in materials including, but not limited to, Flavors, Chemicals, Primary/Secondary Packaging, Juice and Dairy. • Managed Purchase Orders and negotiated contracts with nearly 300 suppliers to obtain optimum pricing, terms, and deliveries. • Coordinate with suppliers to ensure on time delivery to fulfill Lyon's programmed scheduling way of MRP, PowerBi and planned forecasts. • Manage and program out obsolete material to avoid any potential loss to the enterprise & reduce carrying costs. • Utilize blanket purchase orders to help minimize pricing discrepancies and maintain that all items purchased were negotiated for optimum savings. • Analyze open PO reports to resolve potential financial issues and ensure they will satisfy AP requirements. Show less



Veritiv Corporation

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Print / Paper Specialist

  • Oct 2014 - Aug 2016

  • Retains an advanced knowledge of Print and Graphics products targeted • Sources Printing and Graphics products based upon customer needs within existing base of products and suppliers • Proactively builds order size and trade margin through suggestive selling and alternatives such as closeout inventory. May initiative outbound sales calls for selected customers • Manages consignment and customer dedicated inventory via established policies and procedures • Performs basic… Show more • Retains an advanced knowledge of Print and Graphics products targeted • Sources Printing and Graphics products based upon customer needs within existing base of products and suppliers • Proactively builds order size and trade margin through suggestive selling and alternatives such as closeout inventory. May initiative outbound sales calls for selected customers • Manages consignment and customer dedicated inventory via established policies and procedures • Performs basic business analysis for assigned account Show less • Retains an advanced knowledge of Print and Graphics products targeted • Sources Printing and Graphics products based upon customer needs within existing base of products and suppliers • Proactively builds order size and trade margin through suggestive selling and alternatives such as closeout inventory. May initiative outbound sales calls for selected customers • Manages consignment and customer dedicated inventory via established policies and procedures • Performs basic… Show more • Retains an advanced knowledge of Print and Graphics products targeted • Sources Printing and Graphics products based upon customer needs within existing base of products and suppliers • Proactively builds order size and trade margin through suggestive selling and alternatives such as closeout inventory. May initiative outbound sales calls for selected customers • Manages consignment and customer dedicated inventory via established policies and procedures • Performs basic business analysis for assigned account Show less



Taylor Corporation

• United States
• Printing Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Raw Paper (Digital) Purchaser / Order Coordinator

  • Nov 2013 - Aug 2014

  • Intake up to 1000 orders daily to ensure quality, completeness, accuracy and cycle-time accuracy. My efforts resulted in a 98% SLA compliance with a 94% customer satisfaction rate. • Responsible for effectively responding to customers, communicating key order and delivery information, and escalating potential issues in a timely manner to ensure smooth delivery or products and services •Responsible for preparing and analyzing morning reports including budgetary tracking, open orders… Show more • Intake up to 1000 orders daily to ensure quality, completeness, accuracy and cycle-time accuracy. My efforts resulted in a 98% SLA compliance with a 94% customer satisfaction rate. • Responsible for effectively responding to customers, communicating key order and delivery information, and escalating potential issues in a timely manner to ensure smooth delivery or products and services •Responsible for preparing and analyzing morning reports including budgetary tracking, open orders, SLA deviations, and communicating those to upper level management – resolving any outstanding issues and responding back to management and customers in a timely manner. In this position I streamlined the reporting procedures from traditional paper to on-line reporting methods to account for the rapidly changing dynamic environment in the center of excellence. •Primary contact for two of Standard Register’s largest accounts. In this role I was personally responsible for front line dispute resolution, determination of escalation in accordance with company standards, direct interface with pre-press and operational performance teams to follow through on all orders. • Creating purchase orders in multiple operating systems. I personally redeveloped this program to create on-line tracking systems accounting for Purchase Orders, invoice receipts, and delivery statements for three way matching. This resulted in 100% on time payments. •Developed an enhanced tracking system for all purchasing contacts, this included terms, contacts, method of purchasing. This facilitated seamless order entry in my absence a trademark of my dedication to the organization to create a protocol for all associates. Show less • Intake up to 1000 orders daily to ensure quality, completeness, accuracy and cycle-time accuracy. My efforts resulted in a 98% SLA compliance with a 94% customer satisfaction rate. • Responsible for effectively responding to customers, communicating key order and delivery information, and escalating potential issues in a timely manner to ensure smooth delivery or products and services •Responsible for preparing and analyzing morning reports including budgetary tracking, open orders… Show more • Intake up to 1000 orders daily to ensure quality, completeness, accuracy and cycle-time accuracy. My efforts resulted in a 98% SLA compliance with a 94% customer satisfaction rate. • Responsible for effectively responding to customers, communicating key order and delivery information, and escalating potential issues in a timely manner to ensure smooth delivery or products and services •Responsible for preparing and analyzing morning reports including budgetary tracking, open orders, SLA deviations, and communicating those to upper level management – resolving any outstanding issues and responding back to management and customers in a timely manner. In this position I streamlined the reporting procedures from traditional paper to on-line reporting methods to account for the rapidly changing dynamic environment in the center of excellence. •Primary contact for two of Standard Register’s largest accounts. In this role I was personally responsible for front line dispute resolution, determination of escalation in accordance with company standards, direct interface with pre-press and operational performance teams to follow through on all orders. • Creating purchase orders in multiple operating systems. I personally redeveloped this program to create on-line tracking systems accounting for Purchase Orders, invoice receipts, and delivery statements for three way matching. This resulted in 100% on time payments. •Developed an enhanced tracking system for all purchasing contacts, this included terms, contacts, method of purchasing. This facilitated seamless order entry in my absence a trademark of my dedication to the organization to create a protocol for all associates. Show less



Cenveo

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Raw Paper (Web) Purchaser

  • Nov 2009 - Nov 2013

  Sourced Wide Web rolls for various print, label and envelope plants throughout the United States. Proficient utilization of PeopleSoft, PIMS, JDEdwards, PRMS & Hagen systems. Sourced Wide Web rolls for various print, label and envelope plants throughout the United States. Proficient utilization of PeopleSoft, PIMS, JDEdwards, PRMS & Hagen systems.



Cenveo Envelope Group

• United States
• Paper & Forest Products
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Flexographic Account Representative

  • Jun 2004 - Nov 2009