KIVA COLBERT
Lithonia,GA
Summary
Highly-driven Purchasing and planning professional with over 10 years' experience solicitation, negotiation, and fulfillment of complex material and service purchase orders and contracts. PROFILE Consistent Career Progression: Served in increasingly responsible procurement and supply chain management positions for global automobile manufacturer. Outstanding Business Acumen: Expert in administering and correctly fulfilling complex procurements under multiple contract types, levels of risk and multi-million dollar amounts. Sustained History of Continuous Improvement, identifying and implementing accountability controls, streamlining procurement processes and minimizing risk. Strong Technical Skills: Well-versed in database, spreadsheet and word processing applications to drive supply operations. SAP super user and ERP expert. Highly Adaptable: Strong record of efficient problem solving with ability to adjust activities and resources to address emerging priorities and respond to unforeseen obstacles.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
SENIOR SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNER BUYER, TEAM LEAD
OPTIMAS OE SOLUTIONS
06.2018 - Current
- Source and ensure ongoing supply of $200M annually of materials from international and domestic suppliers for 40+ distribution facilities and 2 manufacturing facilities
- Manage purchasing inventory, expediting, supplier issue resolution, data integrity invoice approvals and freight management
- Negotiate purchase order terms, conditions, delivery, and shipping price points, costs and other factors to secure best supplier contract while maintaining company financial goals
- Adhere to policies, and regulations to interpret procurement regulations and policies, provide oversight of acquisition functions and acquisition internal controls at the department level, and advise senior leadership on procurement issues which involve controversy, legislative and industry interest.
- Identify potential contractual problems or vendor delinquencies and analyses impact/ramifications
- Evaluate and develop alternative solutions to supplier contractual issues
- Provides knowledge of organization acquisition operations, statutes, executive orders,
- Builds on organization mandates to optimize acquisition systems functionality, user capabilities, improves productivity, business intelligence, and data quality.
- Integral team member for initiatives related to short/ long range strategic planning, management analysis, and business transformation/continuous process improvement initiatives
- Assess pending and incoming taskings; prioritize critical and timely issues; plan workflow to ensure expeditious completion of all duties.
- Adhere and perform to the Supply Chain Key performance indicator.
- Maintained documentation for all purchases.
- Maintained effective and lasting vendor relationships through dynamic communication, collaboration, and intelligent questioning skills.
- Collaborated with internal departments to identify and manage demand for material and services.
- Analyzed and reported on inventory levels to determine purchasing requirements.
- Implemented innovative supply chain management strategies to streamline procurement process.
- Tracked and monitored purchase orders, deliveries and invoicing to verify accuracy and compliance.
Supply Chain Engineer
BELCAN ENGINEERING
01.2018 - 06.2018
- Global design and engineering, supply chain and manufacturing firm, Managed over $5B in materials and supply inventory levels using Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) system integrating and facilitating production planning, scheduling, and inventory control system used to manage manufacturing processes.
- Resolved supplier quality control issues through collaboration with third-party leadership.
Supply Chain Analyst
DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA, Chicago Truck Parts Distribution Center
01.1999 - 01.2018
- Ensured coordination of components required to meet production schedules while developing procedures and systems to optimize, ensure availability and achieve appropriate inventory levels
- Conducted inventory and determined the basis for over, short, or misplaced items by checking such references as out-for-repair, issue, and turn-in records maintained
- Collaborated with transition team to scrap and sell material between facilities
- Compiled reports of adjustments of inventory counts and stock records, damage to materials, location changes, and refusal of shipments
- Requested and processed return merchandise authorization (RMAs)
- Initially hired as Material Analyst, promoted to Supply Chain Analyst due to performance excellence in maintaining optimum material levels to facilitate complex production needs
- Conducted research and analyzed supply marketplace, maintained working knowledge of business trends including industry issues, cost drivers, global pricing, market conditions, and economic indicators
- Researched and evaluated vendors based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, and distribution capabilities, as well as supplier's reputation and history
- Developed contract negotiation strategies, including development of cost estimates for complex elements of purchase orders, and served as purchasing authority to award contracts
- Interviewed suppliers in order to determine product availability and terms of sales
- Resolved vendor or contractor grievances and claims against suppliers
- Evaluated purchase requisitions for materials and services and worked extensively with departments regarding requirements, specifications, quantity, quality and delivery dates
- Identified and resolved complex issues in the logistical life cycle that influenced product manufacturing time lines and quality control
- Built chronological series of events to present a position of what happened and, who was responsible, corrective actions and next steps
- Integral participant in in total quality management, continuous process improvement and ISO(International Organization for Standardization) efforts
- Actively monitored and identified uneconomical supply situations that negatively impact shipping costs and pro-actively recommend solutions before the expense was incurred
- Researched emerging materials sourcing, supply management and logistics best practices, technology, and tools to identify opportunities for increased efficiency
- Coordinated asset management planning activities incorporating varying logistical requirements to ensure consistency with supply chain strategies and program
- Reported on supply chain KPIs to verify compliance with established standards.
Education
Master of Science - Organizational Leadership
Lewis University
Romeoville, IL09.2024
No Degree - Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY02.2024
Master of Business Administration - Management Information Systems
LEWIS UNIVERSITY
Romeoville, IL12.2016
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Lewis University
Romeoville, IL12.2012
Skills
- International Logistics
- Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
- Replacing Parts
- Supplier Quotes
- Supply and Demand Requirements
- Operations Planning
- Email Communication
- Inventory and Supply Management
- Effective Planning
- Strategy Planning
- Performance Goals
- Requisition Processing
- Business Operations
- Infrastructure Optimization
- Operations Management
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Purchasing Strategies Development
- SAP Order Tracking
- Optimal Inventory Levels
- Continuous Improvement Strategies
- Vendor Relationships
- Track Shipments
Accomplishments
- Reduced inventory levels by 35% per quarter.
- Documented and resolve purchasing issues which led to 50% of improvements.
- Lower premium freight occurrences by 30% per quarter.
- Outstanding supplier relationship.
- Achieved continuous improvements by introducing Value Stream Mapping & Lean Principles for eliminating non-value added tasks, eliminating waste and maximizing production.
Timeline
SENIOR SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNER BUYER, TEAM LEAD
OPTIMAS OE SOLUTIONS
06.2018 - Current
Supply Chain Engineer
BELCAN ENGINEERING
01.2018 - 06.2018
Supply Chain Analyst
DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA, Chicago Truck Parts Distribution Center
01.1999 - 01.2018
Master of Science - Organizational Leadership
Lewis University
No Degree - Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
Syracuse University
Master of Business Administration - Management Information Systems
LEWIS UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Lewis University
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