Katrina Smith
Phoenix,AZ
Summary
Dynamic procurement professional with extensive experience at Vine Core, excelling in strategic sourcing and project management. Proven track record in optimizing vendor relationships and ensuring compliance with government regulations. Strong negotiation skills and analytical thinking drive successful outcomes in fast-paced environments. Committed to delivering exceptional customer relations and achieving project milestones.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Specialist III / Sr. Buyer/ Account & Project Mgr.
Vine Core
Phoenix, AZ
03.2020 - Current
- Company Overview: (independent)
- Answer client queries & identify new business opportunities among existing customers.
- Responsible for planning/overseeing projects, ensure they are completed in a timely manner & within budget.
- Designate project resources, prepare budgets, monitor progress, and keep client informed the entire way.
- Light Marketing, Design, Advertising.
- Coordinates with supplier to obtain current pricing information.
- Maintains accurate purchasing records (dates, quantities, suppliers, discounts, warranties) & inventory.
- Follow up with suppliers, as needed, to confirm or change orders. Ensure documents are properly filled.
- Coordinates with other departments to ensure timely delivery of goods and services.
- (independent)
Sr. Strategic Sourcing Specialist
Agency
Phoenix, AZ
08.2024 - 12.2024
- Conduct market research, gathering supplier information.
- Supporting the RFx process, contract negotiations, and ensuring contract expectations are realized-NDA's.
- Worked as support and cross-functional team to ensure project success.
- Track milestones and identify root cause.
- Optimizing procurement processes, focusing on the identification and management of vendor relationships.
- Conduct spend analyses and carry out strategic sourcing initiatives.
Procurement Buyer II
Agency
Phoenix, AZ
08.2023 - 02.2024
- Supported 3 Lead Sr. Buyers, turning REQs into RFQs and/or POs based on released forecast.
- Conduct competitive bid and identify cost reduction opportunities.
- Review and monitor purchase requisitions.
- Manage supplier communication, sending drawings.
- Deliver on customer needs & Understanding market trends.
- Deal with quote/LTC & lead time discrepancies.
- Creating compliance packages.
- Project Management Ensure compliance with strategic procurement.
- Price analyst & Lead time tools.
- Ensure compliance with strategic procurement.
Team Lead Service Coordinator
Progress Residential
Phoenix, AZ
06.2021 - 02.2023
- Supervise and monitor the members of the residential market team in order to achieve goals that contribute to the day-to-day growth of the company.
- Supervise and monitor the Technician Service console and scheduled appointments and locations.
- Responsible for planning, scheduling, organizing, training, assigning tasks, delegating tasks, implementing strategies, motivating employees, solving conflicts, reporting to the appropriate personnel, pulling calls scheduling meetings, one-on-ones and performance reviews.
- Staying up to date with services, policies, and regulations including fair housing laws.
- Routinely communication with third party vendors on all open & outstanding work orders. Requesting invoice, before and completion photos.
- Receive and create work orders, cases, HOA violations, Sec 8, confirm resident chargebacks, and schedule service appointment, as well as handle escalations.
- Respond to incoming email/text using standard methodologies.
- Research required information using multiple systems and resources.
- Monitor company progress and determine appropriate project timelines.
- Ensuring that scheduling information is promptly and correctly entered into the database (salesforce).
- Send/receive phone calls, emails & text msg. in a timely manner with Residents, staff & field techs.
- Communicating schedules & schedule changes to staff and clients while working with all parties to maximize client and staff satisfaction.
Order Administration Specialist II / Acct Mgt.
ACSS
Phoenix, AZ
01.2020 - 03.2020
- Company Overview: (Temporary)
- Responsible for all Order /Account management aspects and satisfying customer requirements.
- This includes processing of quotations, complete processing of customer purchase orders, supporting service bulletin activity, return materials, and any other customer demands.
- Responsible for coordination through the entire organization. Maintenance of Customer Master order files and supporting all audit processes.
- Ensuring Export Compliance (ITAR, DFAR, FAR), FAA regulation, Coordination of support of Program Management, Sales, Customer Support Services, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Shipping/Traffic groups on a regular basis.
- (Temporary)
Quoting Specialist / Acct Mgt. (Temporary)
Insight
Tempe, AZ
07.2019 - 10.2019
- Performs takeoffs of bids and pricing functions that could include licensing, hard and software.
- Provide sales support for new, renewals, pro-actives on Cisco hard and software.
- Utilizing sales and technical knowledge for the preparation of quotation packages.
- Provide competitive and accurate quotations and proposals.
- Tracking, writing and reporting quoting changes and problems.
- Utilizes senior level knowledge and experience to make judgment and discretionary decisions to determine what product specifications, applications, and pricing are necessary for a specific project.
- Proactively work with Senior Sales Specialist to meet customers’ business needs and resolve issues.
- Consistently provides responsive, quality service to our customers. Actively participates in coordinating, analyzing, and acting upon information and feedback of customer needs, pricing, products, competition, and procedures.
- Attends sales, team building meetings and training programs, as required.
Education
APICS Supply Chain Procurement Certificate -
ASCM (Association For Supply Chain Management)
Phoenix, AZ08.2025
Certificate of Completion - Solar Manufacturing
Owens Community College
Toledo, OH01.2011
Network Systems Administrator -
Stautzenberger College
Maumee, OH01.2010
Associate of Applied Science Degree - Wide Area Networking
Owens Community College
Toledo, OH01.2004
Certificate of Completion - Administrative Office Assisting Program
Academy of Technical Studies
Toledo01.2000
Skills
- Data Entry & Reporting
- Management/Research
- Planning & Scheduling
- Customer Order Fulfillment
- Account Mgt & Project Mgt
- Strong Negotiation Skills
- Marketing
- Reconciliation/Audit
- Government Compliance Policy & Procedures
- NDA- Redline
- Supplier/Distributor/Mfg
- Business to Business (B2B)
- Training
- Asst Mgr
- Buyer/Purchasing (OTF/Commodities)
- ITAR DFAR FAR15 FAR12
- Shipping & Receiving Logistics
- Organization/Inventory
- Project management
- Supplier communication
- Strategic sourcing
- Procurement processes
- Team leadership
- Analytical thinking
- Vendor relations
- Management collaboration
- Team collaboration
- Supply management
- Organizational skills
- Multitasking capacity
- Compliance monitoring
- Documentation management
- Knowledge sharing
- Resource allocation
- Customer relationship management
Roles And Responsibilities
- Conducting market research to identify potential suppliers, vendors, or talent pools.
- Assessing and comparing suppliers, vendors, or candidates based on quality, cost, and delivery time.
- Negotiating contracts and terms with supplies or recruitment agencies to ensure favorable pricing and service conditions.
- Building and maintaining relationships with key suppliers and partners to ensure consistent quality and performance.
- Analyzing and implementing cost-saving strategies without compromising quality or timelines.
- Evaluating potential risks in the supply chain or recruitment process and implementing mitigation strategies.
- Tracking sourcing metrics and performance data to assess effectiveness and make informed improvements.
- Knowledge of cost analysis and budget management to ensure cost-effective sourcing strategies.
- Ability to identify challenges in the sourcing process and develop creative solutions to resolve them.
- Precision in reviewing contracts, supplier quality, and performance metrics to ensure compliance.
- Understanding of industry-specific trends, market conditions, and legal or regulatory requirements that impact sourcing.
- Proficiency in analyzing data to make informed sourcing decisions and process improvements.
- Expertise in negotiating contracts and terms to secure favorable deals for the company.
- Ability to conduct thorough market research and analyze supplier or candidate performance.
SOFTWARE
- Microsoft Word
- Share point
- Excel Pivot Tables
- Banner
- SAP
- JDE/WM/Epicor (E9)
- MS SKYPE
- SupplyOn
- Lot Tracker
- Trusted Link
- Cadence (F8)
- Google Docs
- Salesforce
- Yardi
- Noble
- Workday
- Shift Tracker
- Harmony
- SIBI
- Yellow Pages
- Leap
- Control Tower
- Teams/Team Center
- Time Work Bench
Timeline
Sr. Strategic Sourcing Specialist
Agency
08.2024 - 12.2024
Procurement Buyer II
Agency
08.2023 - 02.2024
Team Lead Service Coordinator
Progress Residential
06.2021 - 02.2023
Specialist III / Sr. Buyer/ Account & Project Mgr.
Vine Core
03.2020 - Current
Order Administration Specialist II / Acct Mgt.
ACSS
01.2020 - 03.2020
Quoting Specialist / Acct Mgt. (Temporary)
Insight
07.2019 - 10.2019
APICS Supply Chain Procurement Certificate -
ASCM (Association For Supply Chain Management)
Certificate of Completion - Solar Manufacturing
Owens Community College
Network Systems Administrator -
Stautzenberger College
Associate of Applied Science Degree - Wide Area Networking
Owens Community College
Certificate of Completion - Administrative Office Assisting Program
Academy of Technical Studies
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