Melissa C. Lopez
Colton,CA
Summary
Results-oriented Purchasing Manager with a proven track record of driving cost savings and supplier performance improvements. Skilled in strategic sourcing, cost negotiation, and inventory management, resulting in a overall reduction in procurement costs and production lead times.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Purchasing Manager
Royal Custom Designs
10.2019 - 02.2025
- Purchased, Expedited, Tracked and Negotiated materials, equipment, and supplies from vendors
- Responsible for obtaining the best possible quality parts required in the production process and in the overall company operations at the most competitive cost, quality and delivery
- Promoted and maintained good relations with suppliers and vendors
- Interfaced with vendors and other departments on issues of quality, delivery, payment, asset control, and etc
- Managed customer/supplier/financial selection process
- Addressed complex issues where analysis of situations or data required an in-depth evaluation of variable factors, and developed solutions
- Expedited as needed to ensure on time delivery
- Outsourced labor intensive sub-assemblies
- Reduced lead times in the procurement process to deliver products faster
- Performed supplier visits to ensure quality of purchased components
- Promoted to Purchasing Manager within 3 months of being hired as purchasing agent
Purchasing & Inventory Manager
US Specialty Vehicles
04.2013 - 09.2018
- Utilize MRP system to generate material requirements, material demand, issue PO's, and ensure proper execution using the system's databases
- Establish and maintain effective relationships with suppliers and develop new suppliers for key commodities
- Improved vendor relations through communication including, plant visits, in-house meetings and phone calls which improved product quality, reduced lead time, and lowered costs by 20%
- Reviewed engineering specifications for accuracy to ensure part specifications were accurate and correct reducing purchasing errors by 10%
- Monitored, reported, and acted upon supplier quality, service, and delivery performance issues
- Solicit bids, evaluate quotations, and negotiate purchase contracts and supplier agreements
- Coordinate on-time delivery of goods and administer all changes to purchase orders
- Managed Bill-of-Material's (BOM) for all in house assemblies
- Tracked defective or unacceptable materials, coordinate return of damaged items, expedite parts, and maintain appropriate files and records
- Coordinated with accounting concerning pricing disputes promoting harmonious working relationships with the company and vendors while maintaining over 90% vendor retention rate
- Maintain inventory accuracy and execute cycle counts
- Coordinate forecasts with key suppliers to provide timely guidance and reduce overall cost
- Negotiated prices and terms with material suppliers and vendors lowering costs by 20%
- Reduced overall cost of production by 10%
Inventory & Purchasing Manager
R&M Supply, Inc
03.2009 - 09.2013
- Managed 8.5 million dollars inventory, spread cross-country in over 5 locations
- Negotiated costs, vendor margin support, and wholesale pricing resulting in increased sales of 5% over previous year and improved gross margin rate of 1.5%
- Observed and managed stock levels within department and contributed to preparation and execution of financial plans
- Streamlined department processes and procedures to determine optimum staffing levels
- Instituted metrics to document cost savings, purchase requisition turnaround, and number of POs issued
- Drafted an instructional how-to guide on the proper use of the purchasing and receiving modules of the ERP system
- Prepared user-training instructions for online purchase requisitions
- Encoded and analyzed data from ERP system
- Played key role in a manufacturing inventory reduction from $2.1 million to $1.1 million
- Improved SKU availability from 78% to 95%
- Reduced over all inventory variances from 1.01 to 0.12
- Completed Skill paths Dealing with Difficult People seminar
- Completed Fred Pryor's The Ultimate Supervisor seminar
Purchasing & Inventory Clerk
R&M Supply, Inc
02.2008 - 03.2009
- Review parameters and history of inventoried parts
- Release PO's and help with order confirmations
- Check all confirmations against original PO's and update data; notify sales, customer service and production planner of any delivery dates that did not meet the production schedule
- Occasionally contact suppliers by phone to follow up on confirmations and estimated ship dates
- Match receiving docs to PO's for AP
- Processed all manufacturing work orders via ERP system
- Inputted daily cycle counts into ERP system
- Submitted all inventory discrepancies to management to be approved for reconciliation
- Reconciled all inventory discrepancies
- Communicated Inventory teams progress on a daily basis to management
- Accurately made changes in ERP system to bill of materials upon department request
- Promptly processed all transfer orders, adjustments, expense, & bin movement's requests via ERP system
- Shipped and invoiced all pick tickets in a timely manner
- Submitted weekly and monthly Inventory reports to upper management
- Promoted to Inventory & Purchasing Manager
- Awarded Employee of the month
Skills
- Material Management
- Financial Analysis
- Supplier Negotiation
- Problem Resolution
- Team Work
- Vendor relations
- Critical thinking
- Cost Reduction
- Multi Tasking
- Strategic sourcing
- Quality Control
- Process Improvement
Certification
- CA driver's license
- Excellent work references
Key Proficiencies
- Material Management
- Financial Analysis
- Supplier Negotiation
- Problem Resolution
- Team Work
- Vendor relations
- Critical thinking
- Cost Reduction
- Multi Tasking
- Strategic sourcing
- Quality Control
- Process Improvement
Timeline
Purchasing Manager
Royal Custom Designs
10.2019 - 02.2025
Purchasing & Inventory Manager
US Specialty Vehicles
04.2013 - 09.2018
Inventory & Purchasing Manager
R&M Supply, Inc
03.2009 - 09.2013
Purchasing & Inventory Clerk
R&M Supply, Inc
02.2008 - 03.2009
- CA driver's license
- Excellent work references
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