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ELIZABETH TAYLOR

ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Purchasing Manager
Austell,GA

Summary

Dedicated purchasing professional specializing in logistics coordination, vendor relations and inventory management. Organized and proactive with remarkable project management, communication and planning abilities. Exceptional leader skilled at reducing costs and increasing department efficiency.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Purchasing Manager

NWN Carousel
Exeter, RI
05.2011 - Current
  • Purchases new & refurbished telecommunications products and oversees inventory stocking and availability.
  • Sources vendors, built relationships and negotiated prices.
  • Uses Tigerpaw Accounting System, NetSuite & Salesforce to authorize and monitor purchase orders and consumables.
  • Solves diverse supply chain problems involving numerous sources, logistics and scheduling factors.
  • Performs monthly reconciliation of open purchasing orders.
  • Works with clients to resolve claim issues quickly and efficiently.
  • Oversees multi-million dollar budgets and purchasing needs for hundreds of companies.
  • Establishes clear lines of communication between business and clients. Provides Excel spreadsheets for tracking of equipment.
  • Contacts location managers and department supervisors to assess requirements.

Customer Support Purchasing Specialist

Unified Teldata Inc
San Francisco, CA
10.2006 - 05.2011
  • Provided primary customer support to internal and external customers.
  • Multitasked to handle diverse customer needs in high-volume telecommunication setting, prioritizing tasks to keep up with challenging deadlines.
  • Maintained accurate and current customer account data with manual forms processing and digital information updates using Tigerpaw Accounting System.
  • Communicated with vendors regarding backorder availability, future inventory and special orders.
  • Worked closely with warehouse manager to maintain inventory control.
  • Prepared monthly reports to track products sold to the Federal Government.

Customer Service Support Specialist

Blackbox Network Services(Formerly C-WIN Inc)
Mufreesboro, TN
09.2002 - 06.2006
  • Managed multi-million telecommunications equipment accounts for Federal Government division. Provided direct support for Government and commercial Account Executives by creating sales orders and vendor purchase orders using Traverse Accounting System.
  • Worked closely with dispatcher to ensure telecommunication equipment was scheduled and installed in described timeframe.
  • Reviewed pricing data to ensure correctness prior to customer being invoiced.

Customer Service Manager

Lucent Technologies Inc/Avaya Inc
Norcross, GA
04.2000 - 06.2002
  • Devised, implemented and maintained Excel spreadsheets to track Chapters 7,11, and13 bankruptcies, credit and debit adjustments to customer's accounts for outside collections agencies.
  • Processed and tracked credit card payments daily using VOYAGER system.
  • Dedicated to provide orders, collections, billing support and maintenance of telecommunication equipment for Federal Government.
  • Provided technical and pricing support for telecommunication products using Systems, Applications and Processing(SAP).

Education

High School Diploma -

USAF Supply Technical School
Lowry AFB, CO
11.1983

Skills

  • Data analysis understanding
  • Reporting knowledge
  • Project Management
  • Requests for information
  • Procurement expertise
  • Excellent verbal/written communication
  • Account management
  • Vendor sourcing
  • NetSuite
  • Box
  • TigerPaw
  • MS Teams

Timeline

Purchasing Manager

NWN Carousel
05.2011 - Current

Customer Support Purchasing Specialist

Unified Teldata Inc
10.2006 - 05.2011

Customer Service Support Specialist

Blackbox Network Services(Formerly C-WIN Inc)
09.2002 - 06.2006

Customer Service Manager

Lucent Technologies Inc/Avaya Inc
04.2000 - 06.2002

High School Diploma -

USAF Supply Technical School

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