Experience

Scholarship Prep Public Schools

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchasing Technician

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  Conducts research and analysis to select vendors that are most cost-effective while best supporting organizational goals and project schedules. Initiates requests for quotes and proposals, as well as analyzes pricing, lead time, and quality metrics from potential suppliers against project needs and goals. Prepares, issues, and tracks purchase orders while communicating effectively with key internal and external stakeholders. Monitors vendor performance including quality of received product and meeting required delivery schedules through weekly open order reports, maintenance of PO delivery dates, and vendor status meetings to ensure accurate status reporting to internal stakeholders. Ensures materials availability to support project specific and general inventory needs through internal material requirement plan, tracking on-time delivery, and coordination of materials movement through receiving to distribution.



The Pegasus School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchasing Agent

  • Oct 2014 - Aug 2022

  Prepared and executed purchase orders and contractual documents for clarity and precision. Tracked purchases from quote stage through payment while maintaining professional and effective communication with key stakeholders. Developed and requested RFQs, analyzed quotes and negotiated contracts for goods and services. Executed and maximized negotiated terms with suppliers to reduce schedule liability and overall costs including freight and payment terms Managed vendor performance and maintain relationships to ensure delivery of goods and adequate fulfillment of contracted services. Ensured key suppliers were paid in a timely manner to minimize risks to inventory needs and delivery schedules.



Peet's Coffee

• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Employee

  • Jan 2010 - Oct 2014

  Responsible for receiving and inventorying weekly and biweekly shipments of goods and consumables. Provided product education to both customers and employees through written description and hands-on demonstration. Creating and maintaining a positive work environment through both customer service and team-building practices. Responsible for receiving and inventorying weekly and biweekly shipments of goods and consumables. Provided product education to both customers and employees through written description and hands-on demonstration. Creating and maintaining a positive work environment through both customer service and team-building practices.



FHI, Inc

• Marketing and Purchasing Assistant

  • Oct 2007 - Oct 2008

  Edit and maintain company website to ensure excellent product description with stylistic clarity. Interdepartmental communication via email to effectively relate company news and policy changes. Market research to directly influence advertising dollars spent. Successfully increased website traffic through optimization of search engine key phrases through market research. Liaison between Marketing and Merchandising director. Placing and tracking of purchase orders for a national retail chain. Responsible for layout and merchandising of physical retail locations to ensure maximum product visibility.



Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Bookseller

  • Mar 2006 - Oct 2007

  Customer engagement through excellent customer service skills and lending knowledge in recommending various forms of media. Responsible for training new employees in database research as well as the layout and organization of the retail space. Key member of team assigned to organize displays to maximum product visibility while maintaining an esthetically pleasing retail experience. Contributor in reducing stores operational loss as well as internal/external theft from 5.1% - .91%. Customer engagement through excellent customer service skills and lending knowledge in recommending various forms of media. Responsible for training new employees in database research as well as the layout and organization of the retail space. Key member of team assigned to organize displays to maximum product visibility while maintaining an esthetically pleasing retail experience. Contributor in reducing stores operational loss as well as internal/external theft from 5.1% - .91%.