Mitch D. Mitchell
Arlington
Summary
Experienced purchasing/distribution professional with top-notch leadership, program management and planning abilities. Excellent verbal and written communication skills paired with organized nature and advanced problem-solving strengths. Improves policies, reduces waste and supports business needs with efficient, high-quality materials.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Distribution Supervisor
GD Energy Products
07.2021 - 09.2024
- Managed a team of 3-5 buyers, assisted with hiring onboarding and strategically laying out daily and yearly goals and objectives
- Performed yearly employee performance evaluations and assisted with allocation of raises
- Reported out Quarterly On time delivery reports to top ten spend suppliers
- Performed Re-Evaluations for suppliers who performed below 70% On time delivery and Quality
- Issues purchase orders and releases; ensures that suppliers are accountable relative to on time delivery, quantity, quality and price
- Monitors the Min
- And Max
- Levels of inventory for materials and components, promptly acts on procuring replacement for parts
- Follow up with vendors to ensure timely delivery dates or of possible alternative sources and recovery plans
- Enters orders into computerized purchasing systems
- Maintains orders, pricing, certificates, etc
- In system; Sets up new materials
- Participates in the regular core team meetings assigned, supporting procurement of new implementations and processes
- Works with Reverse Logistics by providing analysis related to inventory excess and obsolescence
- Works within the framework of annual standards of performance
Buyer/Planner II
Gardner Denver
07.2014 - 09.2021
- Maintained adequate supply of materials by ordering, expediting and communicating changes to the supply chain as defined by SAP MRP system and/or Planning
- Communicates shortages to production planning and management
- Managing material supply and the supply chain: Identifying changes in requirements, rescheduling and/or cancellation of existing Purchase Orders, tracking supplier performance and implementing corrective action as needed
- Reducing risk of supply by evaluating new and existing suppliers, regular monitoring of supplier performance, supplier financial viability, Business Continuity Plans, Product Change Notifications, End of Life notifications
- Responsible for providing regular supplier evaluation reports (SER) & monthly report cards to key suppliers
- Assuring data integrity of all purchased material data elements in Material Master within the scope of the Purchasing Department; including Vendor/Part data, PO delivery dates, accurate costs, procurement lead times, lot sizes, payment terms etc
- Reducing costs by managing cost reduction activities with suppliers and internal organizations (ex: GD Procurement & Engineering)
- Negotiating, analyzing supplier quotes, and strategizing commodity purchases
- Improving inventory turns (reducing inventory levels) by scheduling optimal material deliveries, minimizing SMI/Obsolete inventory, implementing Consignment VMI and lead time reduction programs with suppliers
- Projects include developing and improving fulfillment efficiency with suppliers and other internal departments
- Projects/Process improvements, negotiating & improving contract terms
- Resolved issues with supplier and internal organizations
- (Quality, Receiving, Import/Export, Accounting, Eng
- Etc.)
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Information Systems
University Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TXSkills
- Problem-solving skills
- MS Word
- Excel
- Leadership skills
- Purchasing
- Inventory management
- Supply chain analysis
- Customer service
- Computer literacy
- Expediting
- Quotations
- Material creation
- Spreadsheet reports
- SAP
- KPI requirements
- Team player
- Interpersonal skills
- Relationship building
- Team building
- Supply Chain Optimization
Timeline
Sr. Distribution Supervisor
GD Energy Products
07.2021 - 09.2024
Buyer/Planner II
Gardner Denver
07.2014 - 09.2021
Bachelor of Science - Business Information Systems
University Texas at Arlington
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