
Dynamic Buyer with strong skills in analyzing bids, evaluating the performance of vendors and purchasing quality items at competitive prices. Demonstrated strategic thinking and confident decision-making abilities. Highly organized and adept at managing several jobs at the same time.
· Buyer & contract manager for all goods and services for organization. Track, purchase, and renew IT hardware, and software. Negotiate and procure custom Durable Medical Equipment, office supplies, and outside training.
· Manage 110,000 sq ft building with 9 tenants on 6 acres. Coordinate planned maintenance, annual inspections, and repairs of physical building. Contract & manage security systems, housekeeping, pest control, grounds, and lots.
· Safety committee chairperson. Facilitate quarterly meetings, manage monthly drills, and conduct first-aid/AED supply audits. Developed & managed committee SharePoint site. Act as safety contact and coordinate with Human Resources for injury/illness incidents occurring within organization occupied suites.
· Health & Safety policy coordinator and trainer. Divisional lead for Health & Safety portion of Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) audit.
· Supervise clinical document technicians, managing electronic medical records of 5,000+ people.
Property & Building Coordinator 2017-2019
· Negotiate, amend, and maintain leasing documents for 350+ homes, housing 1,200 individuals supported by organization.
· Responsible for data integrity of lease documents within Share Point and OnBase.
· Led executive management meetings pertaining to all housing matters and lease renewals.
· Successfully negotiated rent reductions for 35 homes totaling $174,911 in 2018.
· Oversaw 160 HUD grants; assigning individuals, and families to openings. Reviewed potential participants intake documentation, ran statewide background checks, and sent notification of approval or denial.
· Supervised Intake and recertification team. Audited 30-40 grant recertification's, move requests, and termination recommendations monthly. Conducted annual inspections for 42 units held in the organizations name and facilitated improvement & disciplinary plans if participants did not adhere to recertification rules.
· Initiated electronic internal HUD grant audit process.
· Ran and verified monthly rent report data for all participants across 17 grants and two counties working with accounts payable and receivable as required.
Supportive Services Coordinator 2011-2015
· Managed a caseload of 50-65 formerly homeless people. Worked with program participants to assure program goals compliance.
· Led team of 4 and trained all for incoming Coordinators. Developed Coordinator training and implemented a shadowing program within the housing department.
· Advocated for clients obtaining permanent housing vouchers and acted as direct liaison between client and MSHDA agent to expedite transition to permanent housing.
Category Buyer - Rubber, Resin, & Die Cut Foam 2005-2010
Global Powertrain lead negotiator Rubber & Die Cut Foam strategies. Managed direct spend of $43 million annually in North America while supporting 13 global product teams across 2 business units and overseeing 1,400 OEM & service part numbers.
· Worked with data compiled in SAP to create centralized part number buy sheets.
· Managed ongoing global benchmarking activities to ensure competitive total cost and desired supplier manufacturing location. Facilitated re-sourcing of financially distressed suppliers.
· Performed cost breakdown analysis & uploaded to GEP and Delphi’s quote response system.
Direct Ship Operation PC&L Customer Representative 2003-2005
· Liaison between 41 suppliers and 10+ customers including 20 GM assembly plants and 10 Service Parts Operations (SPO) locations. Coordinated scheduling and shipping several hundred-part numbers weekly using SAP.
· Honored by GM SPO for 100% delivery and one year without a past due shipment.
· Assembled and reported ship window compliance data to Divisional Executive Management.
Production & After Market Supervisor 1999-2003
· Supervised assembly line and machine operators. Managed “up-time” requirements, coordinated preventative maintenance shutdowns, and scheduled assembly line changeovers. Ensured quick, thorough, and proper handling of disciplinary action and grievance procedures.
· Maintained & distributed department overtime records.
· Managed daily component and finished assembly audits of all outbound material produced over three shifts for the GM truck program.
· Interim quality assurance coordinator responsible for issuing and answering Problem Reporting & Resolutions to internal and external customers. Notified plant management of containment procedures and line break requirements. QS 9000 internal auditor.
· Salaried production representative for Quality Network Suggestion Team. Responsible for assuring implementation and payout for safety & production suggestions.