Experience

Folding Guard®

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchasing Manager

  • May 2021 - Present

  * Responsible for placing orders for over 500 items, used to manufacture welded wire mesh safety and security products * Work daily with OmegaCube ERP, Epicor iScala Business Management, and Configura Space Planning Software * Place orders to cover demand for all production material for Folding Guard stock, and sales orders * Create and monitor orders for all Troax sales orders requiring special cuts, welds, or powder * Run weekly query to determine need for ST20 and 60x40 stock for Troax, and place orders, accordingly * Folding Guard item maintenance, including item cost, reorder point, and production or purchase * Respond to daily inquiries from Nashville office, Blue Island warehouse, designers and sales, regarding inventory coverage and status of opened orders * File Deviation Reports for any Troax PO discrepancies, missing or damaged material * New vendor setup and maintenance Show less



Castle Metals

• United States
• Mining
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Buyer

  • Jun 2018 - May 2021

  * Responsible for placing purchase orders of 1000 & 1100 AISI Grade Carbon Steel Bar for US and Canada, consisting of approximately 25 million pounds of goods, equaling $17 million annually * Work daily with Oracle-based Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP), Business Intelligence (BI), and Demantra Software * Enter stock transfers between 15 locations to cover sales orders, discreet jobs and forecasts * Expedite or pull in orders, based on need, or field requests * Rectify past due and partial purchase orders * Review Exception Report to push out or cancel orders, based on change in demand * Alert Demand Planning of questionable forecasts, or those consistently not being met * Suggest sourcing changes to Inventory Analyst, and redirect orders and inventory, based on changes Show less



International Casings Group

• 4420 S Wolcott Ave, Chicago, IL 60609

• Business Analyst

  • Mar 2006 - Oct 2006

  * Responsible for monitoring production and forecasts of all sheep goods, consisting of approximately 100 items, generating $9 million in sales annually * Worked daily with JDE software, along with an extensive amount of data in Excel spreadsheets * Submitted yearly budget, quarterly production numbers and forecasts, and monthly actuals for all sheep goods * Liaison between US and China for all billing and shipment issues, including weekly shipments and invoices, and monthly resolutions * Calculated and updated billing price of goods based on weekly updated market price * Responsible for new item set up and cost maintenance on all items * Monitored all inventory adjustments and transfers Show less



Kellogg Company

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Channel Demand Planner

  • May 2002 - Aug 2004

  * Maintained Warehouse Club and Vending forecasts of over 200 items for approximately 15 customers at 6 distribution centers, generating $550 million in sales annually * Worked daily with SAP, CRM and Seibel software systems, including R/3, Geneva, APO DP and Business Warehouse, along with Excel and Access * Created and monitored on-going annual forecasts determined by analysis of previous year over year history, promotional activity and market trends, along with recommendations of a statistical forecast, and using sales trends of similar items for new items * Conducted monthly review sessions with marketing, sales and central demand planning, comparing outgoing forecasts against actual sales and trends, and reviewing forecast accuracy * Identified problem items based on forecast accuracy results and reviewed monthly Divisional Integrated Business Process Meetings * Reviewed and adjusted current forecasts against consumption and sales requests, submitting daily and weekly updates Show less



Chartwells/Thompson Hospitality

• 3333 W Arthington St Chicago, IL 60624

• Financial Analyst

  • Nov 2000 - Feb 2002

  * Prepared monthly budget analysis based on sales, costs and profits * Updated and tabulated monthly inventories for over 200 schools, preparing individual, sectional, regional and company- wide summaries * Tracked monthly expenditures of minority vendors against yearly commitment amount * Performed monthly comparison of sales figures to client information * Received and logged bi-monthly information for clients from over 1,000 employees * Prepared monthly budget analysis based on sales, costs and profits * Updated and tabulated monthly inventories for over 200 schools, preparing individual, sectional, regional and company- wide summaries * Tracked monthly expenditures of minority vendors against yearly commitment amount * Performed monthly comparison of sales figures to client information * Received and logged bi-monthly information for clients from over 1,000 employees



Montgomery Wards

• 618 W Chicago Ave

• Merchandise Analyst

  • Nov 1997 - Nov 2000

  * Maintained replenishment of over 400 items in approximately 250 stores, generating over $36,000,000 in sales annually * Worked with product team to achieve most profitable product assortment through identifying best selling styles, monitoring basic assortment, determining appropriate ad coverage, and obtaining minimal inventory while staying within monthly budget * Constant communication with vendors regarding orders, shipments and product * Maintained replenishment of over 400 items in approximately 250 stores, generating over $36,000,000 in sales annually * Worked with product team to achieve most profitable product assortment through identifying best selling styles, monitoring basic assortment, determining appropriate ad coverage, and obtaining minimal inventory while staying within monthly budget * Constant communication with vendors regarding orders, shipments and product