JENINE VAN VEGHEL
Little Chute
Summary
Dynamic Purchasing Manager with 25 years of experience in reducing costs and optimizing inventory strategies. Proven track record in negotiating favorable supplier agreements and enhancing procurement processes that directly boost revenue and operational efficiency. Adept at managing supplier relationships and implementing best practices in purchasing.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Buyer
Voith
Appleton
02.2022 - Current
- Managed and coordinated supplier scorecards to evaluate performance and drive improvements
- Handled quotes and issued POs to ensure timely procurement of goods
- Handled quotes and issued purchase orders for timely procurement of goods.
- Oversaw the procurement process for domestic and global purchases.
- Collaborated with accounting team to resolve invoice discrepancies and maintain accurate records
Manager, Purchasing, Shipping and Receiving
MetalStorm Metal Fabrication
DePere
10.2019 - 02.2022
- Coordinated procurement procedures for raw materials, production supplies, and services to enhance efficiency and streamline operations
- Developed material cost standards to determine competitive product selling prices
- Negotiated prices for raw material purchases to ensure cost-effectiveness.
- Establish material cost standards to create product selling prices
- Analyze bids and select suppliers based on quality, delivery and cost criteria
- Evaluated supplier performance metrics to ensure quality standards were met. and travel to suppliers
- Supervised and trained staff across Purchasing, Materials (Warehouse), Shipping, and Receiving Departments to optimize team performance
- Evaluate inventory levels and implement programs that reduce inventory levels
- Maintain knowledge of new developments relating to raw materials, services and production supplies.
Manager, Purchasing and Materials
Seagrave Fire Apparatus
Clintonville
09.2017 - 09.2019
- Manage and coordinate procedures to obtain raw materials, production supplies and required services that will ensure efficiency and simplify processes
- Established material cost standards to determine product selling prices, aligning costs with market expectations
- Evaluate supplier performance and travel to suppliers
- Manage and coordinate procedures to obtain raw materials, production supplies and required services that will ensure efficiency and simply processes
- Establish material cost standards to create product selling prices
- Trained and supervised purchasing, materials (warehouse), shipping, and receiving departments, fostering a collaborative team environment
- Follow through on ideas to reduce costs and enhance purchasing techniques
- Manage hiring, firing and reviews of employees that report to me – Direct: 4 Buyers, Warehouse Supervisor – Indirect: 20 warehouse employees
Senior Buyer
Seagrave Fire Apparatus
Clintonville
07.2016 - 09.2017
- Manage assigned suppliers, ensuring consistent quality, competitive pricing, adequate service and technical support and the timely delivery of components and services to meet the company's goals and objectives
- Solicit and analyze quotations for new, existing and/or special purchase materials, items or services
- Reviewed and processed acknowledgements and invoices for all purchases to ensure accuracy and compliance with company policies
- Review and process all acknowledgements and invoices covering purchases controlled by the Buyer
- Communicate and interview supplier's agents via plant and personal visits, written correspondence, email and telephone. Maintain a good working relationship
- Coordinate Engineering Change Notice (ECN) data to and from suppliers
- Designed inventory strategy to optimize resources, service customers and drive manufacturing costs
- Authorizes usage of production inventory for service orders when necessary, without jeopardizing production flow
- Negotiate and contract for the removal or shipment and the reimbursement to the company for salvage, scrap warranty, over shipments, obsolete and/or defective materials and items
- Monitored inventory levels regularly and provide analysis to progress towards objectives. Identify opportunities for improvement and implement
- Prepare periodic reports pertaining to various accountabilities, activities and projects
- Negotiated contracts for removal, shipment, and reimbursement of salvage, scrap, warranty, over shipments, obsolete, and defective materials to minimize financial impact
Materials Manager
Lloyd/Flanders Industries
Menominee
08.2013 - 07.2016
- Coordinated procedures for obtaining raw materials, production supplies, and services to streamline processes and enhance efficiency
- Analyze bids and select suppliers based on quality, delivery and cost criteria
- Develop supplier partnership programs
- Evaluate supplier performance and travel to suppliers
- Evaluated submitted bids to determine best value for procurement and select suppliers based on quality, delivery and cost criteria
- Managed and coordinated procedures to obtain raw materials, production supplies, and services.
- Trained and supervised Purchasing, Scheduling, Shipping, and Receiving departments to ensure effective operations
- Train and supervise the Purchasing (Domestic & International), Scheduling, Shipping and Receiving Departments
- Evaluated inventory levels and implemented programs to optimize inventory management
Additional work history as a Purchasing/Inventory Control Manager, Purchasing Manager and Buyer.
Lloyd/Flanders Industries
Menominee
02.2004 - 08.2013
Education
Printing and Publishing
Fox Valley Technical College
Appleton, WISkills
- Purchasing strategy
- Purchase negotiation
- Supplier management
- Market analysis
- Supplier evaluation
- Cost analysis
- Inventory control
Timeline
Sr. Buyer
Voith
02.2022 - Current
Manager, Purchasing, Shipping and Receiving
MetalStorm Metal Fabrication
10.2019 - 02.2022
Manager, Purchasing and Materials
Seagrave Fire Apparatus
09.2017 - 09.2019
Senior Buyer
Seagrave Fire Apparatus
07.2016 - 09.2017
Materials Manager
Lloyd/Flanders Industries
08.2013 - 07.2016
Additional work history as a Purchasing/Inventory Control Manager, Purchasing Manager and Buyer.
Lloyd/Flanders Industries
02.2004 - 08.2013
Printing and Publishing
Fox Valley Technical College