Experience

Artaflex

• Canada
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Buyer

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  • Leveraging the organization’s buying power to optimize costs, access new suppliers, reduce lead times, and guarantee supply. • Developing and maintaining relationships with existing and potential suppliers to the organization. • Inviting tenders, consulting with suppliers, and reviewing quotations. • Establishing logistics of delivery schedules, monitor progress and contact with suppliers to resolve problems. • Purchasing goods, materials, components, or services in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery targets. • Ensuring continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicate any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact on business operations. • Monitoring market trends, competitor strategies, and market suppliers. • Researching and evaluating areas of opportunity and reduce costs where possible. • Delivering regular briefs, updates, and reports as required. • Developing creative and innovative procurement processes. • Developing ideas and strategies to improve operational efficiency, add value, aid business performance, and working towards a strategy of continuous improvement. • Negotiating contracts, improved prices, and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities. • Making business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods. • Assessing and evaluating suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and managing performance improvement activities. • Exploring alternate sources for goods and materials. • Assessing tenders and quotations from potential suppliers. Show less



"UkrFarmEksport" TOV

• Foreign Economic Activity Manager/Logistics Solution Manager

  • Nov 2012 - Feb 2022

  • Planned, organized, directed, controlled, and evaluate the operation of department. Prepared reports for the director. • Overseed personnel training. • Represented the company in negotiations or other official functions. • Participated in specialized exhibitions for the company, seminars, presentations, conferences. • Negotiated and exchanged business correspondence with partners. • Negotiated and overseed the negotiation of sales contracts, reviewed contracts to ensure they meet legal requirements, and observed the execution. • Arranged, and monitored the transportation and movement of goods. • Organized the logistics processes and optimized cargo transportation costs. • Developed plans and procedures for the transportation and storage of goods. • Negotiated with carriers, warehouse operators and insurance company representatives for services and preferential rates. • Worked with customers if they claim complaints upon receipt of goods of inadequate quality. • Reviewed and processed claims against suppliers. • Controlled the obtaining of all export or import permits and other documentation required by governments to ensure transportation cargo without delay or incident. • Negotiated with government agencies to resolve customs issues related to shipping delays and fines. Show less



СП "Оптима Фарм, ЛТД"​ / JV “Optima-Pharm, LTD”

• Customs Broker

  • May 2012 - Oct 2012

  • Prepared, managed, and registered all customs declarations and filing paperwork with government agencies. • Reviewed contracts to ensure they meet legal requirements, such as including all relevant information on tariffs, duties, taxes, and fees. • Obtained export or import permits and other documentation required by governments to ensure cargo can be transported overseas without delay or incident. • Coordinated the transport of cargo from the beginning to destination using carriers such as trucking companies, shipping lines or airline lines. • Communicated with foreign customs officials to ensure that import or export procedures are followed properly. • Communicated with carrier companies to ensure that all shipping requirements are met, including documentation requirements such as bills of lading or packing lists. • Prepared foreign economic agreement contracts, conclusion of Contracts and control of their execution. • Execution or receipt of the necessary documents, such as certificates, permits, licenses, quality passports, and the like. • Ensured accreditation and re- accreditation of the enterprise. • Worked with customer claims or drafting complaints upon receipt of goods of inadequate quality. Show less



"Kyivbrokservice" LLC

• Customs Broker

  • Sep 2011 - Apr 2012

  • Registrated of customs declarations. • Preliminary calculation of customs payments. • Drawing up and support of foreign economic agreements (contracts). • Coordinated of the necessary documentation for its compliance with the requirements of the customs authorities of Ukraine, which must accompany the cargo (invoices, transport invoices, certificates, etc.). • Cooperation with carriers, insurance companies in order to deliver goods in the right direction. • Accreditation / re-accreditation of the enterprise in the customs authority. Show less



"YugSvetTorg" LLC

• Office manager/sale manager

  • Aug 2010 - Jul 2011

  • Overseed and coordinated office administrative procedures. • Administered policies and procedures related to the release of records in processing requests under government access to information and privacy legislation. • Coordinated and plan for office services, such as accommodation, relocations, equipment, supplies, forms, disposal of assets, maintenance, and security services. • Conduct analyses and oversee administrative operations related to budgeting, contracting and project planning and management processes. • Prospected new customers. • Processed all applications to ensure invoicing, taxes, power of attorney, and consignment notes are all current. • Prepared accounting documentation. • Conducted market analysis, ABC analysis, procurement, turnover, and logistics. • Maintained inventory and budgetary controls. • Overseed warehousing and inventory logistics. • Supervised and management the warehouse and related staff. • Assembled data and prepared periodic and special reports, manuals, and correspondence. Show less