Kishia Benjamin
MEXICO,MISSOURI
Summary
Detail-oriented professional with exceptional communication and project skills, adept at managing multiple tasks effectively in fast-paced environments. Recognized for a proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues, focusing on process optimization and supporting team objectives. Organized and dependable, successfully managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude and a willingness to take on additional responsibilities to achieve team goals. Results-oriented achiever consistently exceeding targets, combining strategic thinking with hands-on experience to deliver impactful solutions and enhance organizational performance.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Buyer
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HEALTH CARE
11.2022 - Current
- Process orders for WH OR materials, UH Sterile processing, Fairview GI, UH Sterile Processing, UH RT, UH GI lab, MOI Sterile Processing, MOI OR materials, & UH Dinning & Nutrition.
- Create requisitions for Supply chain office orders.
- Use GHX to find information on orders and vendors.
- Create POs from requisitions and submit them to vendors.
- Work with vendors to find subs for backordered products.
- Help requesters get ETAs and tracking for orders.
- Work with Sourcing Specialists on correct pricing questions and revisions.
- Work with receiving to track down packages for requesters.
- Obtain W-9s to request new supplier.
- Update POs for price or item number discrepancies.
- Help with additional tasks when coworkers are out of the office.
- Work with accounting with matching POs to invoices.
- Give a power point presentation to new hires about the Blue Bin system and the supply chain department.
Distributon Technition
University of Missouri Hospital
11.2018 - 11.2022
- Operated material handling equipment to ensure efficient product delivery.
- Collaborated with team members to optimize workflow processes.
- Inspected incoming and outgoing shipments for quality assurance.
- Monitored stock levels and reported discrepancies to management.
- Maintained clean, organized warehouse environment by adhering to housekeeping standards and systematically disposing of waste materials.
- Achieved high accuracy rates in picking, packing, and shipping orders through meticulous attention to detail and adherence to established best practices.
- Provided training to new team members on warehouse procedures, equipment operation, and safety protocols for a smooth onboarding process.
- Maintained accurate stock levels by conducting regular physical inventory counts and updating warehouse management system records.
- Reduced product damage during transit through careful packaging, labeling, and loading procedures.
- Prepared boxes, pallets and crates for outgoing shipments.
- Prioritized and rearranged tasks to meet changing demands.
- Packed, secured, labeled and applied postage to materials to prepare items for shipment.
- Verified orders by comparing names and quantity of items packaged with shipping documents.
- Utilized forklift or pallet truck to load, unload, transport and store goods.
- Sorted and delivered materials to different work areas and staff.
- Inspected incoming and outgoing shipments to identify discrepancies with records.
- Moved shipment materials to and from designated areas using lift and hand trucks.
- Handled day-to-day shipping and receiving overseeing more than 200 packages per day.
Supply Clerk
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HEALTH CARE
11.2011 - 01.2018
- Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or using computer.
- Answer phones and help customers with questions and ordering of supplies.
- File papers and fax documents
- Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards.
- Verify inventory by comparing them to physical counts of stock and investigate discrepancies or adjust errors.
- Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in warehouses, tool rooms, supply rooms, or other areas.
- Mark stock items using identification tags, stamps, electric marking tools, or other labeling equipment.
- Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas in order to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
- Determine proper storage methods, identification, and stock location based on turnover, environmental factors, and physical capabilities of facilities.
- Keep records on the use and/or damage of stock or stock handling equipment.
- Examine and inspect stock items for wear or defects, reporting any damage to supervisors.
- Provide assistance or direction to other stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard workers.
- Dispose of damaged or defective items, or return them to vendors.
- Prepare and maintain records and reports of inventories, price lists, shortages, shipments, expenditures, and goods used or issued.
- Sell materials, equipment, and other items from stock in retail settings.
- Issue or distribute materials, products, parts, and supplies to customers or coworkers, based on information from incoming requisitions.
- Advise retail customers or internal users on the appropriateness of parts, supplies, or materials requested.
- Purchase new or additional stock, or prepare documents that provide for such purchases.
- Compile, review, and maintain data from contracts, purchase orders, requisitions, and other documents in order to assess supply needs.
- Prepare products, supplies, equipment, or other items for use by adjusting, repairing or assembling them as necessary.
- Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or using computer.
- Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards.
- Examine contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy of incoming or outgoing shipment.
- Prepare documents, such as work orders, bills of lading, or shipping orders, to route materials.
- Record shipment data, such as weight, charges, space availability, damages, or discrepancies for reporting, accounting, or recordkeeping purposes.
- Deliver or route materials to departments, using work devices, such as hand trucks, conveyor, or sorting bins.
- Pack, seal, label, and affix postage to prepare materials for shipping, using work devices such as hand tools, power tools, and postage meter.
- Requisition and store shipping materials and supplies to maintain inventory of stock.
Daycare provider
ALMOST HOME DAYCARE
09.2007 - 05.2010
- Maintain a safe play environment.
- Dress children and change diapers.
- Observe and monitor children's play activities.
- Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues.
- Sanitize toys and play equipment.
- Keep records on individual children, including daily observations and information about activities, meals served, and medications administered.
- Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.
- Identify signs of emotional or developmental problems in children and bring them to parents' or guardians' attention.
- Assist in preparing food and serving meals and refreshments to children.
- Instruct children in health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet habits.
- Create developmentally appropriate lesson plans.
- Read to children and teach them simple painting, drawing, handicrafts, and songs.
- Discipline children and recommend or initiate other measures to control behavior, such as caring for own clothing and picking up toys and books.
- Regulate children's rest periods.
- Perform general administrative tasks, such as taking attendance, editing internal paperwork, and making phone calls.
- Perform housekeeping duties, such as laundry, cleaning, dish washing, and changing of linens.
- Organize and store toys and materials to ensure order in activity areas.
- Organize and participate in recreational activities and outings, such as games and field trips.
- Provide care for mentally disturbed, delinquent, or handicapped children.
- Perform general personnel functions, such as supervision, training, and scheduling.
- Help children with homework and school work.
- Sterilize bottles and prepare formulas.
- Maintain a safe play environment.
Education
High School Diploma -
AMERICAN SCHOOL
LANSING, ILundefined
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
COLUMBIA, MO05.2014
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
COLUMBIA, MO02.2012
Skills
- Have some experience with plumbing and heating
- Build and place plumbing pipe trees
- Use common tools, hammer, nails, tape measure, torch, and utility knife
- Caulk around plumbing fixtures
- Can read some blueprints
- Customer service
- Multi-tasking strength
- Vendor relations
- E-procurement systems
- Relationship building
- Procurement procedures
Timeline
Buyer
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HEALTH CARE
11.2022 - Current
Distributon Technition
University of Missouri Hospital
11.2018 - 11.2022
Supply Clerk
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HEALTH CARE
11.2011 - 01.2018
Daycare provider
ALMOST HOME DAYCARE
09.2007 - 05.2010
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
High School Diploma -
AMERICAN SCHOOL
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