ERIN R. MARSHALL-HOUSE
Fall River,MA
Summary
Procurement and supply chain professional with extensive experience in food manufacturing and industrial environments, specializing in material replenishment, demand planning, supplier performance management, and supporting ingredient and material availability for continuous production. Proven ability to manage high-volume purchasing, balance inventory levels against warehouse and shelf-life constraints, and resolve supplier and material issues in fast-paced operations. Known for strong cross-functional collaboration with sales, plant operations, QA, logistics, and finance to ensure continuity of supply and customer satisfaction.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Order and Purchasing Specialist
Falvey Steel Castings, Inc.
Holbrook, MA
07.2024 - Current
- Support a multi-location corporate customer base by executing timely domestic and international procurement to meet annual demand plans across more than twenty customer locations, each with distinct material requirements and delivery timelines.
- Execute daily purchasing and replenishment activities across multiple suppliers, balancing availability, lead times, and inventory exposure while supporting just-in-time delivery requirements.
- Coordinate closely with the sales team to align customer demand, lead times, and procurement strategies, ensuring high service levels and customer satisfaction.
- Negotiate pricing, lead times, and specifications with suppliers to align procurement decisions with customer commitments and financial objectives.
- Monitor supplier performance and resolve delivery, quality, or capacity issues impacting customer accounts.
- Forecast material demand and maintain ERP data accuracy to support customer-specific timelines and on-time fulfillment.
- Partner with warehouse and accounting teams to resolve discrepancies, receiving issues, and freight variances.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on procurement execution, supplier reliability, and service consistency.
- Manage incoming orders email, facilitate approximately 30 incoming calls, send and receive roughly 60 emails a daily from, vendors, customers and sales team.
Purchasing Administrator / Material Planning Analyst
Manpower (Acushnet Golf Contract)
Remote
07.2023 - 05.2024
- Managed planning, procurement, and delivery of finished goods for domestic and international markets of approximately $500,000.00 per day.
- Created, analyzed, and maintained purchase orders within ERP, TPM, and Excel, utilizing pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and XLOOKUP to ensure data integrity.
- Coordinated anticipatory shipping and purchasing adjustments to support cost-effective replenishment strategies.
- Analyzed inventory positions and provided recommendations to mitigate shortages and excess inventory.
- Collaborated with logistics, customer service, and supply chain teams to ensure continuity of supply.
General Manager / Procurement & Operations Lead
JT Sea Products, Inc.
New Bedford, MA
01.2008 - 03.2022
- Led end-to-end domestic and international procurement and inventory management for a food manufacturing facility, supporting daily production and customer fulfillment.
- Executed high-volume purchasing activity (20–60 purchase orders daily) to ensure timely delivery of ingredients and packaging materials.
- Negotiated pricing, volume discounts, and contract terms with suppliers across North America, Asia, Africa, and South America.
- Managed supplier performance, resolved material quality issues, and coordinated returns and corrective actions.
- Oversaw logistics operations including FTL, LTL, intermodal, small parcel, ocean, air, and dedicated fleet services.
- Assessed inventory levels daily and forecasted 6–9 months of material requirements based on production capacity, seasonality, and supplier availability.
- Collaborated with plant personnel, QA, and logistics teams to address production disruptions and uphold food safety compliance standards.
- Maintained HACCP, MSC, and BRC documentation, achieving and sustaining BRC certification at the A++ level.
Education
Associate of Science - Business Administration
Bristol Community College
Fall River05.2024
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, MA05.2026
Skills
- Buyer & Purchasing Operations
- Global Supplier Management (US, China, Malaysia, India, Africa, Peru, Italy)
- Supplier Performance Management & Negotiation
- Material Replenishment & Demand Planning
- Inventory Optimization & Warehouse Constraints
- ERP & MRP Systems
- Cost Control & Freight Accuracy
- Reverse Logistics & Returns Coordination
- Crisis & Issue Resolution
- Production & Plant Support
- Continuous Improvement Initiatives
- Food Safety & Regulatory Compliance
- Data Analysis & Reporting
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
- ERP Systems: SAP, Infor, Navision, Acumatica, Ariba, EDI
- Data Analysis: Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP
Certification
- BRC Global Standard for Food Safety – Issue 8 Certified
- Internal Auditor Certificate
- PCQI – Preventive Controls Qualified Individual
- HACCP Certified (eHACCP.org)
- Train the Trainer Certified
- DOT Supervisor Drug & Alcohol Awareness Training
Timeline
Order and Purchasing Specialist
Falvey Steel Castings, Inc.
07.2024 - Current
Purchasing Administrator / Material Planning Analyst
Manpower (Acushnet Golf Contract)
07.2023 - 05.2024
General Manager / Procurement & Operations Lead
JT Sea Products, Inc.
01.2008 - 03.2022
Associate of Science - Business Administration
Bristol Community College
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
Bridgewater State University
TARGET ROLE
Buyer / Procurement Professional – Food Manufacturing