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KIMBERLY PILLON

Suwanee,GA

Summary

Well-qualified Purchasing Agent/Specialist with 10-year record of purchasing in the Home Building field. Expert in managing trades, pricing, takeoffs, vendor relations, contract negotiation and price structuring. Works with management to improve item quality and sourcing procedures.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Guest Relations Specialiast

Pavlus Travel & Cruises, LLC
04.2022 - Current
  • Regularly communicated with guests through email regarding travel plans or concerns
  • Booked hotel, transportation, and rail for guests
  • Handle billing discrepancies
  • Handled special requests for clients to vendors clients were traveling with
  • Invoicing and payments
  • Assisted guests with issues of past trips in getting refunds or credits for future use
  • Assisted guest with paperwork, visas, COVID requirement, etc needed for upcoming trip
  • Handled about 30 incoming calls daily from clients regarding their travel plans and issues that needed assistance
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment
  • Worked flexible hours across night, weekend and holiday shifts
  • Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment

Senior Purchasing Specialist

Beazer Homes Corporate
05.2019 - 04.2022
  • Assist 18 Divisions of Beazer Homes, all across the country with managing purchasing data in JDE
  • Managed database of vendor details and pricing information to maintain organization.
  • Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations with purchase orders and take offs
  • Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.
  • Demonstrated a high level of initiative and creativity while tackling difficult tasks.
  • Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
  • Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
  • Was a team leader in group projects, delegating tasks and providing feedback.
  • Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
  • Duties consist of creating new or managing existing items, pricing, takeoff and options; manage plan information in the system for each of the 18 divisions and lot starts
  • Analyzing data discrepancies
  • Leading parts of a data standardization project across all divisions and collaborating and assisting with other team leads and upper management in different areas that was not personally leading
  • Assist with reporting and end of month division scrubs on lots in their division
  • Run weekly divisional base house cost to make sure that all plan changes were expected and correct.

Purchasing Agent

Century Communities
03.2016 - 03.2019
  • Managed over 15 crafts (trades) maintaining costs, Purchase Orders, Variance Purchasing Orders
  • Maintained effective and lasting vendor relationships through dynamic communication, collaboration, and intelligent questioning skills.
  • Maintained consistent email communication suppliers to confirm and track orders and verify price revisions on purchase orders.
  • Communicated frequently vendors to manage orders and verify revisions on purchase orders.
  • Researched cost discrepancies and take-off issues
  • Maintained database information within NewStar
  • Created new parts, bid rates and model subcontract
  • Maintained pricing for vendors
  • Created and estimated takeoffs for current and new models that Century brought in
  • Maintained the product library
  • Assisted with ECCs and ACC's
  • Assisted in comparing options and frequency sold
  • Assisted with cost discrepancy within models and differing neighborhoods
  • Help other coordinators research problems with vendors or crafts that came to them
  • Trained new people not previously worked in NewStar
  • Met with vendors to discuss pricing, problems, and new scopes of work.

Purchasing Agent

D.R. Horton (formerly Wilson Parker Homes)
05.2015 - 04.2016
  • Requests for pricing, load price changes
  • Process vendor change requests
  • Process purchase orders, change orders and notices to proceed
  • Performed monthly reconciliation of open purchasing orders.
  • Maintained effective and lasting vendor relationships through dynamic communication, collaboration, and intelligent questioning skills.
  • Maintained complete documentation and records of all purchasing activities.
  • Research and clarify purchase order discrepancies through various means of communication
  • Material take-offs on existing and new product

Purchasing Coordinator

Paran Homes
04.2014 - 05.2015
  • Computed and created purchase orders in HomeBuilder to monitor stock levels, verify purchase requisitions, and expedite customer orders.
  • Monitored all purchase requisitions and handled adjustments with vendors.
  • Maintained consistent email communication with suppliers to confirm and track orders and verify price revisions on purchase orders.
  • Created purchase orders and had each signed by production managers.

Education

BS - PSYCHOLOGY

CAPELLA UNIVERSITY
2012

Skills

  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software
  • JDE Edwards
  • Newstar
  • New Hire Training
  • Vendor relationships
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with proven negotiation skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Thorough understanding of purchasing procedures and policies

Certification

OSHA 10 Certified

Timeline

Senior Guest Relations Specialiast

Pavlus Travel & Cruises, LLC
04.2022 - Current

Senior Purchasing Specialist

Beazer Homes Corporate
05.2019 - 04.2022

Purchasing Agent

Century Communities
03.2016 - 03.2019

Purchasing Agent

D.R. Horton (formerly Wilson Parker Homes)
05.2015 - 04.2016

Purchasing Coordinator

Paran Homes
04.2014 - 05.2015

BS - PSYCHOLOGY

CAPELLA UNIVERSITY

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