Experience

BID Group Spokane Division - MoCo Engineering & Fabrication Inc.

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchaser

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  Cut and manage purchase orders. Cut and manage purchase orders.



LB Foster

• United States
• Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Buyer

  • Oct 2007 - Apr 2020

  A detailed and stable purchasing professional, focused on best practices in both purchasing and inventory control. Expertise in computerized purchasing, freight coordination, pricing negotiations, purchase order creation, SKU creation with inventory data management, and engineering document interpretation. A self-starter with the ability to work as an unsupervised individual contributor or in a structured team environment. Well developed communication skills, with emphasis on vendor relations, development, negotiations, and dispute resolutions. Proven aptitude for delivering efficient and effective solutions to reduce costs, minimize excess inventory, and achieve company objectives. Firm belief in process development of low level tactical purchasing to achieve high level holistic strategies that better satisfy customer satisfaction and financial business objectives. • Managed and arranged inbound freight. • Managed inventory turns to meet corporate initiatives. • Ran MRP computer ordering/purchasing program. • Managed cut sheets and specification drawings for supplied materials. • Administered pricing updates and all aspects of item master data program. • Read and reviewed engineering structural drawings to assemble material takeoffs and alerted engineering/sales of incongruencies in regard to materials on drawings. • Worked in with accounting to assure billing accuracy. • Wrote, and managed purchase orders. • Sourced new vendors /materials. • Managed approved vendor list. • Negotiated sales pricing and terms, maintained vendor relationships, and settled vendor disputes (material, quality, certification, and pricing). • Created and maintained SKUs for multiple plants/distribution centers. • Oversaw inventory methodology changes, specifically in regard to fabrication department. • Negotiated reduction in MRO costs with vendors. • Oversaw multiple mass inventory reductions. Show less