Melissa Staggs
Livingston,USA
Summary
Motivated, personable, and quickly mastering any task set forward. Diplomatic and tactful with professionals and non-professionals at all levels. Takes pride and ownership of any job assigned. Dependable, reliable, and easy to work with. Demonstrates a history of performing tasks set forth by supervisors. Flexible and versatile, able to maintain a sense of humor under pressure. Poised and competent, with a demonstrated ability to easily transcend differences. Works well under pressure. Excellent team-building skills.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Buyer/ Planner
Bennett Industries of Tennessee
Cookeville, TN
07.2023 - Current
- Obtain supplier quotations as required
- Ensure that all released Purchase Orders submitted are emailed to Suppliers and are confirmed following the required turnaround time.
- Establish and maintain a supplier base that supports cost, delivery, quality and safety.
- Manage supplier negotiations, key supplier relationships, and framework with suppliers.
- Drive cost-out through new solutions, second source or re-negotiations.
- Maintain lot sizes, period of supply, planning-bill demand, lead times and minimum order quantities with suppliers.
- Sourcing suppliers based on price, availability, necessity, quality and logistical expenses
- Comparing and evaluating quotes from suppliers
- Following up on purchase orders and availability of materials
- Monitor stock levels, place orders as needed, and coordinate with internal teams regarding supply needs.
- Identify opportunities to reduce costs.
- Ordering raw materials and supplies for fabrication and production line operations.
- Compare Packing Lists documents to Purchase Orders, confirming the accuracy of incoming products.
- Process vendor returns on material discrepancies
- Track purchase orders, and ensure timely delivery.
- Track inventory movement throughout the facility.
- Maintain stock for all production and facilities as needed.
- Cycle counts.
- Block counts
- Making inventory adjustments was needed.
- Customer Purchase order entry
- Inputting customer purchase order into system
- Answer phone and take customer order requests as needed.
- Verifying order details and customer information
- Investigate discrepancies
- Communicate with customers and internal teams to resolve any issues
- Monitoring inventory levels for entered jobs if information is available
- Deliver job travelers and all pertinent information to Engineering.
- Create packing lists for customer purchase orders
- Take payment method if needed from customers
- Prepare documentation for outgoing shipments, Labels, CoCs, certificates were applicable and process packing list.
- Scan and upload signed packing list to system
- Scan and upload certificates to system
- Inspecting and verifying documents on incoming raw materials
- Checking for damages and taking corrective action if needed
- Process receiving and shipping paperwork
Purchaser/Inventory Specialist
International Specialty Supply
Cookeville, TN
05.2022 - 07.2023
- Obtain supplier quotations as required
- Ensures that all released Purchase Orders submitted are emailed to suppliers and are confirmed following the required turnaround time.
- Establish and maintain a supplier base that supports, cost, delivery, quality and safety.
- Manage supplier negotiations, key supplier relationships, and framework with suppliers.
- Drive cost-out through new solutions, second sourcing or re-negotiations.
- Maintain lot sizes, period of supply, planning-bill demand, lead times and minimum order quantities with suppliers.
- Sourcing suppliers based on price, availability, necessity, quality and logistical expenses
- Comparing and evaluating offers from suppliers
- Following up on purchase orders and availability of materials
- Monitor stock levels and place orders as needed and coordinating with internal teams regarding supply needs.
- Ordering raw materials and supplies for fabrication and production line operations.
- Compare Packing Lists documents to Purchase Orders, confirming accuracy of incoming products
- Track orders and ensure timely delivery
- Maintain stock for all production and facility needs.
- Cycle counts
- Use of warehouse management system North Star.
Supervisor
Hutchinson Fluid Management Systems
Livingston, TN
10.2021 - 12.2021
- Supervised 40 plus employees performing various tasks in individual cells
- Tracked attendance and training
- Trained new hires on various positions and safety regulations
- Maintained all safety rules and guidelines and made sure all team members complied
- Cross trained team members in various positions in all cells
- Worked with team members to fulfill production needs
Machine Tech
Parker Hannifin/ Parker Seals
Livingston, TN
09.2013 - 08.2021
- Operate press to mold O-Rings
- Load boards to be molded
- Maintain quality parts for customers
- Quality Inspection
- Inspected O-Rings for quality to meet our customers standards
Special Accounts Coordinator / Distribution Shipping Clerk
Oreck Manufacturing
Cookeville, TN
11.2006 - 09.2013
- Route Purchase orders through required TMS systems or by Customer Specifications
- Call Freight and Truck lines arrange for pickup of Purchase Orders
- Pull and prepare by required specs for each Purchase Orders for pick up by MABD Date
- Create labels for each PO if required
- Prepare Bill of Ladings for Purchase Order's
- Processing PO orders
- Prepare International Bill of Ladings for Purchase Order's
- Load Freight Lines and/or Truck lines
- Ship International Packaging
- Ship Material Release Authorization Forms (MRA's)
- Prepare and ship Employee Sales
- Any task set forth by Distribution Manager
Packer/ Box Maker/Safety/ Back up lead
Perdue Farms
Monterey, TN
07.2001 - 11.2006
- Packed, and inspected frozen processed chicken products from the production lines
- Made boxes to maintain an even flow of the production lines.
- Ordered boxes, labels, documented hourly USDA Inspection Sheets, and informed refrigeration of temp changes.
- Performed daily safety inspection logs.
- Checked equipment for proper safety specifications, lockout/tag out equipment not meeting standards.
- Trained new hires to the lines on safety procedures, and job duties.
- Maintain all safety requirements in department.
- Insured that both lines ran properly, ordered boxes, labels, wax paper film, and poly bags for lines, communicated with quality about any changes to product, reworked tagged product, and kept supervisor informed about any changes in the lines.
- 2 Months in Quality Lab entering data and creating charts for new machine and product lines for department supervisor & plant manager.
- Member of the Peer Review Committee
Back up Lead of Sort Department/ Production lines/ performed Various Jobs
Aquatech Inc.
Cookeville
06.1991 - 05.1997
- Insured that sorter chose and sorted the correct products to fill production lines.
- Ordered labels and product bags for each product line from internal warehouse.
- Tagged said product correctly and delivered to the next stage area.
- Help maintain an even flow so not create bottlenecks and slow production lines.
- Communicated with Supervisor of production left behind for the next shift lead.
- Also performed sorting, tumble machine assistant, inspection, spray booth operator, pressing, packing, and pack out quality inspect of packed products.
Education
G.E.D - Some college major was my Associates Degree in Office Management
Associates Degree - Office Management
Vol State Community College
Skills
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- AS400 system
- TMS/Vendor Central websites
- Order processing
- Knowledge of UPS and FedEx websites
- Warehouse experience
- Inventory control
- Forklift experience
- Assembly line inspections
- Knowledge of barcode scanning equipment and processes
- Pressing experience
- Team safety associate
- Manufacturing experience
- Warehouse management system, North Star
- ECI JobBoss²
References
- Marty Cameron, 2822 Churchill Drive, Cookeville, TN, 38506, (931) 432-4686, mrtycmrn@yahoo.com, 05/05/15, Former Distribution Manager at Oreck Manufacturing
- Wayne Stanford, Royal Appliance Manufacturing, 1400 Salem Road, Cookeville, TN, 38506, 931-646-7800, Warehouse Operations Manager
Timeline
Buyer/ Planner
Bennett Industries of Tennessee
07.2023 - Current
Purchaser/Inventory Specialist
International Specialty Supply
05.2022 - 07.2023
Supervisor
Hutchinson Fluid Management Systems
10.2021 - 12.2021
Machine Tech
Parker Hannifin/ Parker Seals
09.2013 - 08.2021
Special Accounts Coordinator / Distribution Shipping Clerk
Oreck Manufacturing
11.2006 - 09.2013
Packer/ Box Maker/Safety/ Back up lead
Perdue Farms
07.2001 - 11.2006
Back up Lead of Sort Department/ Production lines/ performed Various Jobs
Aquatech Inc.
06.1991 - 05.1997
G.E.D - Some college major was my Associates Degree in Office Management
Associates Degree - Office Management
Vol State Community College