Carlee Whalen
Oregon City
Summary
Can pick up new skills quickly. Good at paying attention to details. Willing to learn new jobs and opportunities. Knowledgeable about many common used programs, even maintenance databases. Knowledgeable about Great Plains, a purchase order system, and Maintenance database. Comfortable with data entry. Great customer service skills. Very comfortable with phone calls and emails.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Maintenance Clerk
Warn Industries Inc.
Clackamas
09.2024 - Current
- Managed inventory of Critical Equipment program and parts.
- Managed in maintaining the facility's inventory for the Critical Equipment levels by ordering new items as needed.
- Managed ordering parts for the Critical Equipment preventative maintenance kits.
- Made Purchase Orders in JDE Oracles for Critical Equipment.
- Maintained the parts in the Critical Equipment by making sure parts are clearly labeled.
- Kept the Cabinets that stored the parts in it clean and organized for more efficient handling.
- Monitored the CMMS maintenance system for work request.
- Called out over head on paging system for machine downs.
- Editing machine preventative maintenance worksheets in our drive system.
- Worked as a backup maintenance buyer when other buyer was out, making purchase orders.
- Monitor purchase request system for when request of needed parts came in.
Purchasing Agent lead
Willamette Falls Paper Company
West Linn
10.2022 - Current
- Taking care of a large storeroom area
- Such as writing purchase orders, restocking parts, taking inventory
- Helping out the 'customers' find what they need, and around the storeroom
- Reorganizing the storeroom to be more efficient, clean, and easier to find parts
- Labeling and updating the storerooms database to match
- Entering in when new parts are coming in, or came in
- Even when parts are taken out by quantities
- Updating in a maintenance database, the position specification sheets on the equipment, adding in the new parts, or changing the descriptions to match
- Being able to use Purchase Order portal, Great Plains to write Purchase Orders
- Locating the hard to find parts within the mill
- Having an understanding of the parts, how they work, and where in the mill they go
- Working with vendors on order procurement
- Emailing/calling the vendors to check on lead times of the parts, status of the order
- Emailing the vendors to come in and look at parts, teach maintenance about new parts/materials for the machines
- Making purchase orders to deal contracts with outside contractors
- Being the lead and making sure everyone is on task
- Worked closely with accounting department to resolve any billing issues with vendors.
- Assisted in resolving discrepancies between invoices and delivery receipts and products received from vendors.
- Training new associates to do job
- Answering questions/problems to help associates to exceed
- Working with each department head or supervisor, with finding the best parts to be put on the machine
- Answering and updating their questions about the purchase orders
- Also ordering and answering questions about the parts on purchase orders with the mill manger and the COO
- Having to explain in deal how the part helps run the machine
- Knowing about what is going on within the mill, such as how the machines are running
- The critical parts that could mainly take down the machines
- Being able to call and rush in parts needed that day
- Checking on the stores low inventory and getting those parts ordered
- Shipping out repairs in the correct boxes and forms filled out
- Even checking on repairs, making sure that when the parts come back, they go to the correct location.
- Collaborated with other departments to ensure materials were purchased in a timely manner.
- Maintained vendor relationships by providing detailed information regarding product specifications or requirements.
- Maintained accurate records of purchases including item descriptions, quantities ordered and received.
- Analyzed purchase requisitions, determined appropriate vendors, negotiated contracts, and tracked orders.
- Conducted market research on new products or services available from potential suppliers.
- Investigated damaged or defective items shipped from suppliers before approving payment.
Ecommerce and Inventory Specialist
Coastal Farm & Home Supply LLC
Oregon City
11.2020 - 10.2022
- Processing the online orders for the in-store pickup, or ground shipping, using UPS, and other types of shipping websites, if needed
- Pulling the orders and putting the store pickups in the designated areas
- Also, taking customers' orders over the phone, and getting their card information, and running it though a verification center
- Lastly for that, I run it on the register, and put in their Coastal account, if they have one
- Checking on the whole stores negative report list of the weeks, with an RF gun or paper list
- I work on each departments weekly price changes
- Also, cashiering when needed
- Also, covering other departments, such as clothing, hard-lines, sporting goods, yard, and animal health
- When covering those departments I stock the shelf, re-organize,and clean up
- Lastly, working on the outs list, which is scanning labels on the shelves if empty, and then I check to see if their on order
- If their not, I email the merchandising support to see if the item is discontinued, on back order, or we aren't going to stock it anymore.
Education
High school diploma -
Oregon City Senior High School
Oregon City, ORSkills
- Cash handling
- Order picking
- Computer skills
- E-commerce
- Customer service
- Answering phones
- Retail Sales
- Load & Unload
- Assembly
- Pallet Jack
- Microsoft Access
- Shipping & Receiving
- Merchandising
- Digital Marketing
- Power tools
- Purchasing
- Cash register
- Supply Chain
- Procurement
- Inventory Management
- Negotiation
- Cost-reduction strategies
- Vendor Relationship Management
- Demand forecasting
- Organizational Skills
- Self Motivation
- Inventory management
- Equipment maintenance
- Parts procurement
- Collaborative problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Vendor relations
- Quality control
- Order management
- Spare parts procurement
- Inventory reporting
- Certified forklift operator
- Shipping and receiving
- Inventory counts
Certification
Forklift Certified, 08/01/22, 09/01/22
Timeline
Maintenance Clerk
Warn Industries Inc.
09.2024 - Current
Purchasing Agent lead
Willamette Falls Paper Company
10.2022 - Current
Ecommerce and Inventory Specialist
Coastal Farm & Home Supply LLC
11.2020 - 10.2022
High school diploma -
Oregon City Senior High School