Kaitlyn Oss

• Reduced procurement costs by implementing strategic sourcing initiatives and negotiating favorable contracts with suppliers.
• Streamlined procurement processes for increased efficiency and cost savings through the implementation of digital tools and automation.
• Managed a team of procurement professionals, fostering collaboration and teamwork to achieve organizational goals.
• Developed strong relationships with key suppliers, resulting in improved communication, better pricing, and reliable delivery schedules for factory orders.
• Analyzed market trends to identify new suppliers and emerging technologies that could enhance company operations or reduce costs.

• Currently managing multiple factories based in China. Finished 2023 business with $20.3M in purchases, and also oversee the production of 41 new 40’ ocean containers monthly.

• Responsible for purchase order placement and working with various teams such as inbound and outbound logistics teams, customer service, category teams, and external freight forwarding companies.

• Responsible for overseeing that the national fill rate for product lines met and exceeded 95% for 2023 business, and currently exceeding national fill rate for product lines met and exceeded 95% for 2023 business, and currently exceeding the 2024 company requirement of 97% national fill rate. I am also responsible for working with category managers to ensure correct customer pricing and adequate profit margins.

• Other responsibilities include negotiating price increases and decreases based upon trends of raw material costs while collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify the appropriate pricing positions and identifying opportunities for leverage within the business relationships with my factories.

• Responsibilities included inventory max resets, pack resets and purchase order placement for multiple factories based out of China.
• Critical responsibilities included ordering prioritization of best-selling items during height of container cost escalations during mid to late 2020 into 2021. I was tasked with ensuring top sales items were ordering in adequate volumes to mitigate container costs that challenged profit margins, while working to meet company objectives of national fill rate; 90% or greater.

• Operations supervisor for the PACCAR Lancaster distribution center
• Managed supplier compliance and infractions while working as Receiving Supervisor.
• Evaluated incoming shipments for quality issues and processed unacceptable materials for return.
• Enhanced employee productivity through effective training programs and performance evaluations.

• Prepared and processed journal entries to record in general ledger and maintain consistent documentation.
• Helped with preparation of year-end and statutory accounts to compare past reports and evaluate financial health of company.
• Led distribution centers audits for U.S. and international facilities. Responsible for review of documentation, completion of statistical inventory counts, and reporting of audit findings back to Division Accounting leadership.
• Tracked funds, prepared deposits and reconciled accounts.