Lora Maier
South Milwaukee,WI
Summary
Knowledgeable Buyer experienced in supporting businesses with high-quality, reliable goods delivered on a consistent schedule. Expert background in purchasing and procurement environments. Proficient in pricing structures, supplier relations and contract negotiation.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Buyer
Senior Flexonics
02.2019 - 09.2020
- Analyze reports and inventory to ensure safety stock is kept and necessary Po's are created
- Create blanket Po's and track past due Po's to ensure parts are in stock and on time
- Collaborate with suppliers to work with them on having parts expedited
- Adapt and implement new projects to ensure parts and budgets are kept
- Coordinate with several departments to ensure tools are ordered and proper planning for production demand.
Buyer/Planner
AAA Sales and Engineering
Oak Creek, WI
03.2018 - 09.2018
- Negotiate pricing with suppliers and send out quotes to customers
- Order supplies based on MRP
- Communicate with suppliers to track purchase orders and expedite purchase orders when necessary
- Verify that inventory was correct by doing test counts.
Material Dispatcher/ Inventory Control
Nordco
Oak Creek, WI
03.2015 - 03.2018
- Oversaw the entire material dispatch department independently
- Educated myself in inventory control and receiving to support those departments
- Collaborated daily with inventory control to investigate missing inventory finding 80% of the missing parts
- Correspond with the buyer manager and the master schedulers about the shortage report daily, and summarize the updates of the parts that were flagged in the Gimba Walk.
Material Coordinator/ Inventory Control
Pentair
Brookfield, WI
01.2011 - 03.2015
- Audit and correct kanban cards to ensure proper ordering
- Assisted many Kaizen teams and assisted Lean management in several projects
- Develop an understanding of the production line's needs and take action to ensure that such needs are met
- Investigate and improve the shut downs on the production lines (missing triggers and rate material flow).
Education
Associates, Business Management program - Supply Chain Management
Milwaukee Area Technical Collage
01.2024
Skills
- Excel
- Access
- Word
- EDI
- Inventory Oversight
- Procurement planning
- Manufacturing support
- Customer Service
- Contract Negotiation
- Relationship Building
- Procurement procedures
Accomplishments
- Identified inefficiencies in production layout and create a market to increase processing by 20%
- Assist in setting up racking system to organize the warehouse
- Design the machine shop area/created room for the supply in demand or parts based on the EPI report
- Design and redesign production lines to make the lines more efficient decreasing assemble time by 20%
- Graduated top of class with a 3.8 GPA in business management in supply chain management program with a tech diploma.
Qualifications Summary
- Strong interpersonal skills
- In-depth organization
- Worked in supply chain management for over 15 years
- Highly flexible professional that embraces teamwork but enjoys working independently also
- Was team leader for several group projects
Timeline
Buyer
Senior Flexonics
02.2019 - 09.2020
Buyer/Planner
AAA Sales and Engineering
03.2018 - 09.2018
Material Dispatcher/ Inventory Control
Nordco
03.2015 - 03.2018
Material Coordinator/ Inventory Control
Pentair
01.2011 - 03.2015
Associates, Business Management program - Supply Chain Management
Milwaukee Area Technical Collage