Shalini Alawathura

Purchasing Administrator at Bulldog Bag Ltd
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, CA

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Credentials

  • Hootsuite Platform Certification
    Hootsuite
    Dec, 2022
    - Sep, 2024
  • Social Marketing Certification
    Hootsuite
    Dec, 2022
    - Sep, 2024
  • Certified Digital Marketing Associate
    Digital Marketing Institute
    Jul, 2022
    - Sep, 2024
  • Financial Accounting 099
    University Canada West
    Mar, 2022
    - Sep, 2024
  • Academic Integrity Matters
    University Canada West
    Dec, 2021
    - Sep, 2024
  • Academic Writing Strategies
    University Canada West
    Dec, 2021
    - Sep, 2024
  • Starting For Your Success
    University Canada West
    Dec, 2021
    - Sep, 2024
  • Advanced Google Analytics
    Google
  • Google Analytics for Beginners
    Google
  • Google Ads Search Certification
    Google
    Aug, 2022
    - Sep, 2024

Experience

    • Canada
    • Plastics Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Purchasing Administrator
      • Feb 2023 - Present
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Restaurant Crew Member
      • Dec 2021 - Feb 2023

      Provide food service as a sales associate, barista, server, cashier, team member, and sales representative who is always helpful and appreciated. Provide food service as a sales associate, barista, server, cashier, team member, and sales representative who is always helpful and appreciated.

    • Junior Executive Purchaser
      • Aug 2018 - Aug 2021

      Wacoal is a well-established clothing brand in the UK and USA.•Handled vendor Liability process for Wacoal UK•Worked with Wacoal UK on order management and calendar timelines •Purchase order placement and greige booking•Identify supply and production risks and find solutions proactively to ensure timely deliveries •Follow up with local and foreign suppliers regarding advancement requirements, rejections, and other necessities•Coordinate with the production planning team to discuss required changes based on day-to-day issues such as vessel delays, RM quality assurance delays, customer adjustments •Collaborate with production and quality teams on quality issues and find solutions to meet customer standards•Managed production and sample capacity reservations with the planning team for future orders •Checked the raw material status on a weekly basis and worked with the supplier and the Wacoal team to make sure that deliveries would be met•Owned explicit knowledge about the sailing schedules, booking cut-offs and cargo handover cut off. Interrelated with the forwarders for shipment pickups, and shipping documents arrangements•Following up GRN process after shipment in-house and clearing all purchase order small balances, SKU setup •Monthly supplier performance evaluation considering on-time deliveries and quality •Maintain 5S Show less

    • Trainee Purchaser
      • Feb 2018 - Jul 2018

      Wacoal is a well-established clothing brand in UK and USA.•Prepare and submit invoices to the system•Chase SOC•Update systems.•Followed up on production, material delivery, SOC dates daily and updated the WIP •Provide support to the procurement team on documentation

    • Apparel & Fashion
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Intern- Production control unit
      • Jun 2017 - Dec 2017

      • Support the purchasing team. • Drawing Process Maps. • Successfully completed research on sawing team member multiskilling development. • Support the purchasing team. • Drawing Process Maps. • Successfully completed research on sawing team member multiskilling development.

Education

  • University Canada West
    Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
    2021 - 2022
  • University of Moratuwa
    Certificate in Merchandising, Extension Courses to the Garment Industry, Product development, Purchasing, Procurement, Shipping
    2019 - 2019
  • University of Sri Jayewardenepura
    B. Sc. (Honors) in Applied sciences - Management, Chemistry, Zoology
    2014 - 2017

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