Shelly Hill
Louisville,KY
Summary
Experienced purchasing professional with top-notch program management, vendor relations, 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
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Import Purchasing Manager
Hillsdale Furniture, LLC.
11.2001 - 05.2024
- Project manager / led cross functional team to develop online portal or supplier order placement and processing
- Enhance efficiency in direct import purchasing resulting in a 63% decrease in payroll costs
- Highly skilled in working in partnership with other departments to improve purchasing operations and achieve company key performance indicators (KPI)
- Proficient with inventory processes, inventory adjustments, journal entries, reconciliations, coordinating third party truckload shipments, receiving inbound shipments
- Collaborate with other departments manage master product and vendor databases including pricing, descriptions, and categories
- Co-ordinate daily documentation for U.S
- Customs clearance on inbound purchase orders
- Resolve discrepancies between purchase orders and invoices
- Track ship dates on orders in production and anticipated arrival dates
- In depth knowledge of Import documentation, processes, and procedures/Ocean Logistics proficiency
- International and domestic freight shipments, US Customs, Duty, Incoterms, and HTS classification
- Supplier negotiation
- Create, process, route, receipt truckloads to and from customers
- Process inbound/outbound shipments and site to site transfers
- Reconciling over/shorts and other inventory reconciliations
- Collaborate with accounting on month end close process.
Senior Import Purchasing Coordinator
Hillsdale Furniture, LLC.
11.2001 - 10.2021
- Receive, process, and administer customer orders in ERP system and track through to completion
- Develop and improve relationships with both international and domestic suppliers
- Continue to improve processes for direct import purchasing in three inventory management systems (Microsoft AX, Epicor, and Accura)
- Review and process daily documentation for U.S
- Customs clearance on inbound purchase orders
- Process shipments and generate customer invoices in inbound container shipments
- Resolve discrepancies between purchase orders and invoices
- Track ship dates on orders in production and anticipated arrival dates
- Improved workflow efficiency / streamlined operations process with meticulous organization of electronic files, folders, and shared drives daily.
Call Center Representative
Unique Management Services
11.2004 - 11.2006
- Managed conversations to achieve debt resolution without conflict and logged call outcomes
- Recognized consistently for excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Excellent customer service skills in answering inbound and outbound collection calls.
Education
Bachelor Degree in Business Management -
Brigham Young University - Idaho
05.2026
Associates Degrees in Sciences And Arts -
Jefferson Community And Technical College
08.2018
Skills
- Purchase Order Management
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Vendor Relationship Management
- Inventory Coordination
- Project Management
- Logistics Coordination
- Procurement Process Improvement
- Efficiency Improvement
- Procurement expertise
- Stakeholder Relations
- Document Preparation
Websites
Timeline
Call Center Representative
Unique Management Services
11.2004 - 11.2006
Import Purchasing Manager
Hillsdale Furniture, LLC.
11.2001 - 05.2024
Senior Import Purchasing Coordinator
Hillsdale Furniture, LLC.
11.2001 - 10.2021
Bachelor Degree in Business Management -
Brigham Young University - Idaho
Associates Degrees in Sciences And Arts -
Jefferson Community And Technical College
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