Experience

Dougherty Manufacturing

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchasing Buyer

  • Feb 2022 - Apr 2023

  Edgewater, Florida, United States

• Buyer

  • Feb 2023 - Feb 2023

  United States



Halifax Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Purchasing

  • Jul 2021 - Feb 2022

  Daytona Beach, Florida, United States



Pace industries /Cambridge division

• Senior Buyer

  • Jul 2017 - Jul 2021

  North Billerica, MA 01862



Pace Industries/Cambridge Division

• Purchasing

  • Jan 2016 - Jun 2017

  North Billerica • Responsible for procurement of direct material requirements for our Northeast location located in Massachusetts with annual spend of 1,000,000. • Work with different vendors to qualify and certify their products for use on our current and new customer products. • Communicate efficiently with outside machine shops and anodizing shops to correctly meet the customer certification requirements which included RoHs, Reach and ITAR standards. • Maintained required annual cost savings by… Show more • Responsible for procurement of direct material requirements for our Northeast location located in Massachusetts with annual spend of 1,000,000. • Work with different vendors to qualify and certify their products for use on our current and new customer products. • Communicate efficiently with outside machine shops and anodizing shops to correctly meet the customer certification requirements which included RoHs, Reach and ITAR standards. • Maintained required annual cost savings by searching out new vendors and providing best price and delivery on aluminum extrusions and hardware components • Planned and forecasted customer demands by using Lean Manufacturing principles on high flowing production parts to help reduce operating costs. • Updated costs and metrics and created Bill of Materials for hardware intensive customer parts Performed Monthly audits on all production parts in finished goods, WIP and outside services and created inventory reports for Controller. • Worked with Quality Manager to develop and implement SCAR forms for the purchasing department to help track supplier corrective actions for non-conforming parts and services. Show less



McPherson Inc.

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Buyer, Sales Support Administrator

  • 2008 - Oct 2015

  Chelmsford, MA 01824 • Review open sales order reports to ensure timely delivery of manufactured equipment to customer sites. • Requisition materials to satisfy orders and planning requirements for complete machine and spare parts. • Select best vendor for jobs, set lead times as well as following up on status to ensure on time delivery. • Track status of job orders, communicate any delays to customers. • Quote parts to be manufactured of the best cost and quality. • Negotiate with vendors on cost… Show more • Review open sales order reports to ensure timely delivery of manufactured equipment to customer sites. • Requisition materials to satisfy orders and planning requirements for complete machine and spare parts. • Select best vendor for jobs, set lead times as well as following up on status to ensure on time delivery. • Track status of job orders, communicate any delays to customers. • Quote parts to be manufactured of the best cost and quality. • Negotiate with vendors on cost and quality product with the best delivery date. • Expedite and inquire open purchase orders to make certain delivery dates are met. • Analyzed product sales, inventory levels, and vendor product availability to meet market demand • Maintained a working relationship with vendor representatives to obtain beneficial agreements concerning product availability and delivery • Fostered agreements with vendors on the delivery of products • Work closely with the engineering department on all change drawings and product procedures. • Worked as a liaison with multiple departments to ensure optimum exposure, presentation, sale, and delivery of the products offered via various sales channels • Returned responses from RMA suppliers to engineering team to ensure quality customer service Show less



Portland Group

• Freight and Package Transportation

• Administrative support to Information Systems

  • Oct 2004 - Feb 2008

  Billerica, MA 01862 Negotiate price changes from all vendors/working closely to Purchasing Department Work closely with A/P on invoice discrepancies Maintain customer, vendor and employee status on MS Excel and Eclipse System Strong Customer Service - Setting customer and vendor matrix Detail oriented with strong follow up skills to ensure accuracy



Standard Electric

• United States
• Wholesale
• 1 - 100 Employee

• RGA Administrator

  • Sep 1997 - Jul 2004

  Wilmingon, MA 01887 Records all salesperson, customer, material type and locations Audit all RGA’s for accuracy Purchase orders and Reverse purchase orders for new materials ordered Shipping returns by several trucking companies including Fed-ex and UPS Inventory control, cycle counts Contacts with all vendors on return policies and procedures