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C. Joanne Bender

Summary

Demonstrates strong analytical, communication, and teamwork skills, with proven ability to quickly adapt to new environments. Eager to contribute to team success and further develop professional skills. Brings positive attitude and commitment to continuous learning and growth.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Buyer & Contract Specialist

NV Energy
06.2023 - Current
  • Processing requisitions and creating contracts from proposals and non-competes.
  • Using Oracle Fusion, PeopleSoft and Adobe Sign to coordinate with departments for analysis, savings opportunities, and quality services.
  • Review and resolve match exceptions.

Asst Director of Purchasing & Contract Management

Hotspur Casinos Nevada Inc / Hotspur Resorts Nevada LLC
10.2015 - 06.2023
  • Company Overview: dba JW Marriot Las Vegas/ Rampart Casino
  • Managed staff of fourteen
  • Implemented inventory process for warehouse, created standardized locations and audits.
  • Developed and implemented guidelines for all areas that used inventories to include Food, Beverage, Spa and Housekeeping.
  • Created policy and procedures, implemented standards for associate expectations.
  • Established relationships throughout departments, Warehouse/Receiving and Suppliers.
  • Worked through employee transitions (combined two separate company employees into a single department)
  • Decreased theft, trained, evaluated and re-organized space to double product stored.
  • Analytical reports for Warehouse/Receiving quarterly to optimize usage, decrease spoilage, increase inventory turns, and properly utilize storage spaces.
  • Moved from single department purchasing to companywide required purchasing department.
  • Stabilized cost and decreased overall Food & Beverage (F&B) department expenses.
  • Created food programs (Tyson, Pepsi) and liquor beverage (Tito's and Jack Daniels) buy by analyzing usage and forecasting future usage.
  • Put together F&B programs by collaborating with brokers, manufacturers, and distribution.
  • Created food, beverage and spa menus in systems and tied them from POS to procurement systems.
  • Researched capital equipment and services needed for various departments, sent out for quote, negotiated further discounts, coordinated logistics and install crews as needed.
  • Coordinator for contractors, internal teams and vendors for new construction and re-models for various projects.
  • Deployment/ Training of new Requisition, Purchasing, Receiving, Warehousing, Inventory, Accounts Payable (AP) systems.
  • Provided guidance and training to AP.
  • Part of the onsite contract review board.
  • Oversaw budgets for various departments.
  • Supported and trained executive management how to read, how to pull budget reporting and how to adjust or update reports.
  • AP and IT (Information Technology) for Webworks Software: to have GL (General Ledger) codes installed into Purchasing/Inventory system.
  • Assessed, established and installed Webworks Inventory bin locations.
  • Co-ordinated with IT to replace/ install Requisition, Procurement, Inventory, Warehouse receiving, AP software (Adaco by Fourth).
  • Pre-planning for extraction from the old system, identified outage dates and times.
  • Prepared analysis of information extracted, items, general ledger, supplier details, etc.
  • Scrubbed information to import active vs retired items, suppliers, etc.
  • Reviewed design functionality with departments and corporate staff.
  • Developed training based on system basic designs.
  • Tested system modules that we expected for deployment purposefully worked to cause errors or in some cases correct errors from requisitions, purchase orders, warehouse, receiving, barcoding and QR testing.
  • Worked on test and implementation of EDI and Punch Out options.
  • Upon implementation, live training sessions with the supplier and departments.
  • Developed training manuals and videos with tests for staff/ associates.
  • Maintained ongoing review of new releases with IT and reviewed potential areas for improvement and caught problems with new releases.
  • Liaison between Software suppliers and IT. Bridging the gap in functionality, software development and integrating software.
  • Upgrade Point Of Sale (POS) software system and work through integration challenges between purchasing software and POS software – coordination effort between Finance, Spa, IT, and software companies (SpaSoft and Adaco).
  • Update included: item codes, receiving to automatically include inventory, utilize barcoding, create inventory bin locations, and use reporting tools to report exact cost, profit costs and correct on hand counts.
  • Update POS for F&B areas: purpose to integrate procurement system for two-way communication and reporting (Micros to InfoGenesis, InfoGenesis to and from Adaco).
  • ATM system changeover – liaison between IT and supplier.

Corporate Senior Buyer

Affinity Gaming
05.2000 - 10.2015
  • Manage a staff of five, overseeing fifteen properties.
  • Review suppliers, review & create contracts, capital expenditure renovations, project & time management, conflict resolution, vendor background checks, transitioning new properties, implementation of new purchasing software, training of existing purchasing programs and analysis of budgets.
  • Work closely with IT, inventory control, AP, compliance, finance, legal, and end user departments.
  • Created company credit letters, credit applications, established guidelines for authorized signatures vs esignatures.
  • Established and created Supplier portal with IT & Marketing
  • Managed special projects, and “day to day” operational tasks.
  • Tasked with creating and maintaining training, developed training “cheat sheets” for staff on MMS/ Stratton Warren, Purchasing/ Inventory system.
  • Worked with IT to onboard various casinos and suppliers to utilize procurement software (Redrock). Project required preplanning, coordination of departments, suppliers for EDI and punchout capabilities, analyzing documentation, building of data, various testing, installation, and general ongoing maintenance.
  • Worked with IT in testing software for electronic file storage. Converting storage from print from various software's to combination in one document for auditing purposes.
  • Various prior positions varied in oversight of three casinos, a golf course with about 150 employees to as few as five employees.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Accounting

Skills

  • System implementation
  • Consistent process enhancement
  • Financial planning
  • Database optimization
  • Time management
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Project Management
  • Mentoring
  • Vendor relationship management
  • Conflict resolution
  • Attention to detail
  • Customer service

Certification

  • Cards, current: First Aid, CPR, Health, and Serve Safe certification.
  • Cards Previously held: Non-Gaming card and TAM card, renewal upon request.

Timeline

Buyer & Contract Specialist

NV Energy
06.2023 - Current

Asst Director of Purchasing & Contract Management

Hotspur Casinos Nevada Inc / Hotspur Resorts Nevada LLC
10.2015 - 06.2023

Corporate Senior Buyer

Affinity Gaming
05.2000 - 10.2015

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Accounting

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