Christina Roberts
Westminster,CO
Summary
Driven Purchasing Manager with strengths in streamlining procurement operations while achieving cost savings and improving reporting procedures.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Purchasing and Inventory Manager
Action Industries
10.2011 - Current
- Source vendors, build relationships, and negotiate prices.
- Purchase new products and oversee inventory stocking and availability.
- Coordinate paperwork, update spreadsheets, and maintain permanent records.
- Perform monthly reconciliation of open purchase orders.
- Use Jobboss/E2 to authorize and monitor purchase orders and consumables.
- Solve diverse supply chain problems involving numerous sources, logistics, and scheduling factors.
- Conduct regular research to identify trends and cost saving opportunities.
- Implement policies to reduce cost and eliminate waste.
- Contact location managers and department supervisors to assess requirements.
- Progress through various purchasing, warehousing and leadership roles.
- Adjust procedures to maximize department effectiveness.
- Cultivate strong relationships with vendors to maintain and improve levels of customer service.
- Review and approve purchase orders and invoices for accuracy and completeness.
- Identify opportunities to reduce lead times and improve inventory management.
- Facilitate resolution of vendor disputes and discrepancies.
- Reduce costs by sending out multiple RFQ's to assure best prices for materials and services.
Deburr Lead
Action Industries
09.2011 - Current
- Delegate associates to production stations to cover lines based on need.
- Read and understand work orders from production management.
- Lead incident investigations to identify corrective and preventive actions.
- Enforce rules for wearing required personal protective equipment.
- Ground, sanded or polished objects or parts to correct defects or to prepare surfaces for further finishing using hand tools and power tools.
- Follow drawings, orders and design specifications to perform accurate work.
- Monitor safety and remove hazards to keep team members and equipment safe.
- Remove surface imperfections and applied chemicals to ready work surfaces.
- Adhere to quality assurance standards through frequent inspections, sampling and deficiency corrections.
- Repair and maintain equipment, objects or parts using hand tools.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Work well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Work effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Manage time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
Shipping and Receiving Clerk
Action Industries
09.2011 - Current
- Use pallet jacks and dollies to load and unload goods from trucks and containers.
- Receive incoming shipments, compare contents against associated records and transmitted to proper department.
- Review order data to verify transactions and shipping dates.
- Complete basic mathematical calculations to check weights and dimensions of shipments.
- Package goods in safe containers to prepare for shipping, adhering to packaging protocols.
- Conduct counts and audits of inventories to identify and resolve discrepancies in records.
- Process invoices and order forms for goods receive and ship for proof of transactions.
- Monitor schedule shipment dates to achieve timely delivery, expediting as necessary, and communicating variances to customers.
- Handle high-volume paperwork and collaborate with administrators to resolve invoicing and shipping problems.
- Inspect merchandise and sent damaged pieces for repair before shipment.
- Verify transactions, product orders and shipping dates and entered information into databases and reports.
- Pack, secured, label and applied postage to materials to prepare items for shipment.
- Verify orders by comparing names and quantity of items package with shipping documents.
- Process require paperwork to expedite handling of ship and receive goods.
- Inspect incoming and outgoing shipments to identify discrepancies with records.
- Reject damage items, record shortages and corresponded with shippers to rectify issues.
- Sort and deliver materials to different work areas and staff.
- Compare shipping orders and invoices against contents received to verify accuracy.
- Work effectively with shippers to resolve shipment issues, damage materials and shortages.
- Draft and manage work and shipping orders, bills of lading, and shipping route materials for accurate and compliant recordkeeping.
- Requisition new supplies and maintain storage areas for smooth department operations.
- Conduct research to address shipping errors and packaging mistakes.
Education
High School Diploma -
South High School
Pueblo, CO05.2001
Skills
- Waste Reduction
- Purchasing Management
- Written Communication
- Document Preparation
- Work Orders
- Job Assignments
- Inventory Coordination
- Data Entry
- Distribution
- Product Selection
- Effective Working Relationships
- Administrative Support
Timeline
Purchasing and Inventory Manager
Action Industries
10.2011 - Current
Deburr Lead
Action Industries
09.2011 - Current
Shipping and Receiving Clerk
Action Industries
09.2011 - Current
High School Diploma -
South High School