MILTON NEGRETE
Banning,CA
Summary
Accomplished Purchasing Manager with 20 years experience and a proven track record in the food industry, adept in supplier relationship management and inventory control. Expertise in leveraging supply chain management to achieve a 19% inventory reduction and enhance vendor performance. Skilled in purchase order management and fostering team collaboration, ensuring cost-effective procurement and compliance with quality standards.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Purchasing Manager
CHINO VALLEY RANCHERS
10.2017 - 02.2025
- Sourced vendors, built relationships, and negotiated prices.
- Purchased new products and oversaw inventory stocking and availability.
- Managed supplier relationships to ensure timely delivery of products and services.
- Achieved cost savings by negotiating contracts and pricing with suppliers.
- Used ERP software to authorize and monitor purchase orders and consumables.
- Implemented policies to reduce cost and eliminate waste.
- Optimized inventory levels by implementing demand forecasting techniques and just-in-time purchasing strategies.
- Monitored and evaluated vendor performance to determine compliance with quality standards.
- Coordinated transportation of packaging materials with transportation department and suppliers.
- Managed warehouse staff to implement efficient ways of storing and moving materials.
- Worked with sales team to analyze forcasts and usage trends.
- Approved packaging material specs and compliances.
Purchasing Manager/ Food Safety Officer
CORONA COLLEGE HEIGHTS
03.2011 - 08.2017
- Responsible for purchasing packaging materials, maintenance machinery/ parts, janitorial supplies, services and day to day company needs.
- Developed relationships with suppliers and negotiated contracts and supplier inventory.
- Reduced inventory by 19%
- Ensured stock inventory levels matched operation needs.
- Approved invoices for payment and resolved any discrepancies.
- Lead efforts to minimize cost of material and services
- Worked closely with sales team and production leads to effectively coordinate on time deliveries of finished goods.
- Maintain inventory database for efficient inventory levels and purchasing decisions.
- Part of food safety committee- duties included being on top of food safety practices, compliance cleanliness and documentation necessary for annual Primus food safety audit.
Purchasing/ Production Planner
Organic Milling
01.2009 - 05.2011
- Developed database to simplify the month end inventory and to provide accurate information
- Issued purchase orders for packaging materials and services
- minimize stocked items to lower inventory cost and improve floor space utilization
- Established a close relationship between production department and warehousing to improve on time deliveries.
- Planned production of organic and conventional product to reduce downtime and increase efficiency.
Education
Information Technology
UEI
Ontario, CA06-2004
Skills
- Purchase order management
- Supplier relationship management
- Inventory control
- Cost analysis
- Supply chain management
- Logistics coordination
- Lean manufacturing
- Knowledge of food safety standards
Certification
- Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 8 Lead Auditor-British Retail Consortium.
- Six Sigma- Lean manufacturing
- Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM)
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Purchasing Manager
CHINO VALLEY RANCHERS
10.2017 - 02.2025
Purchasing Manager/ Food Safety Officer
CORONA COLLEGE HEIGHTS
03.2011 - 08.2017
Purchasing/ Production Planner
Organic Milling
01.2009 - 05.2011
Information Technology
UEI
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