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Raul Gomez

Orlando

Summary

Experienced purchasing 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

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Buyer/Planner

Laserstar Technologies
02.2023 - Current
  • Ensured timely delivery of products by closely monitoring vendor performance and addressing any issues promptly.
  • Collaborated with internal stakeholders to understand their needs, ensuring accurate product specifications were met in all purchases.
  • Improved inventory management by conducting regular audits, analyzing usage patterns, and implementing demand forecasts.
  • Responsible for creating master sheets for planning on most of the product lines.
  • Organized cross-functional teams to review proposals from various suppliers, ensuring the most advantageous offers were selected.
  • Maintained a comprehensive database of supplier information, including contact details, capabilities, pricing structures, and lead times.
  • Coordinated with logistics teams to resolve any shipping delays or discrepancies while minimizing impact on operations.

Buyer/Planner

Iberia Foods
01.2019 - 11.2021
  • Management of transportation companies
  • Management of Sea shipping companies
  • Managed vendor purchase order dispatch, delivery and invoicing to set contractual guidelines and maintain budgetary regulations.
  • Forecasting for more than thirty suppliers, 3000 - 4000 SKUs
  • Determined lowest possible cost, factoring in quality and reliability and negotiated favorable contracts.
  • Business development
  • Negotiate prices with suppliers
  • Stock management
  • Find new suppliers with better prices and better performance
  • Run reports and build excel sheets to have a smoother process
  • Prepare special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends
  • Identify labor, material, and time requirements by studying proposals, blueprints, specifications, and related documents
  • Maintain manual or computerized procurement records such as cost bids, pricing, accounts, and vendors in system
  • Communicated with vendors regarding inventory needs and negotiated prices to maintain profit margins.
  • Tracked inventory shipments and prepared spreadsheets detailing item information.
  • Maintained key item stock levels and wrote or expedited purchase orders.

Operations Manager

IBERIA FOODS
11.2021 - 07.2022
  • Established positive and effective communication among unit staff and organization leadership, reducing miscommunications and missed deadlines.
  • AR, AP
  • Planning
  • Identified and resolved unauthorized, unsafe or ineffective practices.
  • Partnered with vendors and suppliers to effectively manage and budget.
  • Collaborated with process owners to refine procedures, devise best practices and correct quality audit findings.
  • Established and administered annual budget with controls to prevent overages, minimize burn rate and support sustainability objectives.
  • Small team management (10)
  • Create daily routes
  • Plan for incoming loads
  • Maximize warehouse production
  • Manage transportation for customers
  • Payroll Management
  • Assure full distribution on all products
  • Orders management

Purchasing Associate

QEP
08.2022 - 01.2023
  • Maintained complete documentation and records of all purchasing activities.
  • Maintained consistent email communication with stores and suppliers to confirm and track orders and verify price revisions on purchase orders.
  • Performed monthly reconciliation of open purchasing orders.
  • Communicated with vendors regarding inventory needs and negotiated prices to maintain profit margins.

Buyer/Planner

Gas Guarico S.A
01.2015 - 01.2018


  • Keep raw materials up to date
  • Manage inventory
  • Data analysis
  • Suppliers management
  • Approve payments to vendors.
  • Negotiate prices with suppliers
  • Organize estimates, takeoffs, plans and other relevant documentation
  • Computes costs by analyzing labor, material, and time requirements
  • Prepare and issue purchase orders and change orders
  • Prepares special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.

Education

GED -

Nuestra Señora Del Valle
Venezuela

Skills

  • Data Entry
  • Excel
  • Typing
  • Word
  • Data-Entry
  • Customer Service
  • Installation
  • Computer Skills
  • Business Development
  • English
  • Data Analysis
  • Negotiation
  • Forecasting
  • Purchasing
  • Account Management
  • Supply Chain
  • Procurement
  • Sourcing
  • Logistics
  • Business Analysis
  • Management
  • SAP
  • Manufacturing
  • Project Management
  • Inventory Control
  • Process Improvement
  • ERP Systems
  • Data Warehouse
  • Cost Containment

Languages

Spanish
Full Professional
English
Full Professional

Timeline

Buyer/Planner

Laserstar Technologies
02.2023 - Current

Purchasing Associate

QEP
08.2022 - 01.2023

Operations Manager

IBERIA FOODS
11.2021 - 07.2022

Buyer/Planner

Iberia Foods
01.2019 - 11.2021

Buyer/Planner

Gas Guarico S.A
01.2015 - 01.2018

GED -

Nuestra Señora Del Valle

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