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Stephanie Ann Turzilli

Vernon,United States

Summary

Supply Chain Professional with 17 years of experience in various industries. Excels at building strong relationships with suppliers and skillfully negotiating prices to ensure the best value for the company. Demonstrating a proven track record of maintaining business relationships while actively seeking new opportunities to engage with potential suppliers. Highly detail-oriented, consistently identifying cost savings opportunities and develop and execute strategies to maximize sales and profits.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Buyer

Imprimis Rx (Harrow)
07.2017 - Current
  • Responsible for the effective coordination of the raw material planning, purchasing function and ensuring timely delivery to customers of finished products
  • Understands production capacity, asset utilization and analyzes resource allocation accordingly for schedule adherence
  • Understands current demands and future forecast to build procurement schedule (3 to 6 months)
  • Collects information regarding raw material, component and related requirements from production specifications and schedules
  • Ensures that all material delivery schedules are communicated to the suppliers in a timely manner to meet planning requirements (confirm P.O.’s)
  • Manages and/or maintains raw material inventory investment per inventory models
  • Manages QC prioritization of raw materials and components to meet manufacturing demands
  • Assures accuracy of database of suppliers of products used in manufacturing process
  • Prepares orders to vendors as directed for raw materials, packaging materials, parts, components, services, supplies, finished goods and related material needed for production
  • Checks scheduled delivery dates and makes initial contact with suppliers on late deliveries
  • Escalates issues and notifies appropriate personnel/management
  • Checks with warehouse and production regarding availability and movement of materials to detect shortages or overages
  • Interfaces with QA and warehouse staff regarding rejected/defective materials, making the necessary physical arrangements with the supplier to ensure a prompt return of goods or disposal
  • Interfaces with QA and warehouse staff regarding expired material providing material destruction form as per procedure
  • Develops and monitors KPI’s related to production schedules and purchasing
  • Source suppliers adhering to cGMP, USP, and FDA standards, while collaborating with R&D, and QA functional departments, to fulfill the Change Control documentation requirements
  • Participate or lead negotiations regarding price, quality and delivery with new and current suppliers
  • Develop, participate, and maintain revisions on SOP’s for Purchasing dept
  • Completes the entire procure-to-pay cycle by working closely with the Receiving and Accounts Payable departments to resolve delivery and invoicing issues, including the disposition of returned material to suppliers
  • Collaborate with Finance, Maintenance, Production, Distribution, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Marketing, IT, Administration, Customer Care, R & D, Technical Services, Pharmacy departments
  • Additional duties as assigned
  • Dispensed purchase orders to suppliers with accurate pricing, deadlines and terms and conditions.
  • Analyzed inventory usage and assessed trends to provide maximum coverage for each time period.
  • Performed extensive vendor and supplier research to identify cost-effective options and product availability.
  • Determined lowest possible cost, factoring in quality and reliability, and negotiated favorable contracts.
  • Maintained complete documentation and records of all purchasing activities.
  • Computed and created purchase orders to monitor stock levels, verify purchase requisitions and expedite customer orders.
  • Collaborated with internal departments to better understand needs and determine purchasing requirements.

Supply Chain Manager

Aqua Products, Inc.
01.2016 - 07.2017
  • Directly report to the VP of Operations of a $100 Million business unit
  • Review demand forecasts and manufacturing schedules with the marketing, sales, and production management teams
  • Research new suppliers to help lower costs of raw materials
  • Appraise vendor manufacturing ability through on-site visits and measurements
  • Control costs and minimize unnecessary stock
  • Negotiate agreement terms and conditions for all raw materials
  • Review and reduce purchase cost of raw materials
  • Coordinate the procurement and transportation of $14 Million annually for raw material needs to manufacturer robotic pool cleaners
  • Coordinate the strategic sourcing and scheduling of inbound and outbound product movement and inventory levels; import vessel
  • Scheduling and documentation flow from countries including China, Spain, and Israel into the United States
  • Review purchasing decisions, purchase orders and vendor contracts to ensure requests are meeting in a timely manner
  • Address and resolve all order discrepancies immediately to ensure quality and to meet changing production schedules
  • Established inventory targets, stock level, and risk mitigation targets and managed flexibility strategy to optimize inventory.
  • Reduced inventory levels and improved supply chain visibility using strategic initiatives.

Senior Buyer/Planner/Manager

R & D Microwaves, LLC.
04.2012 - 12.2015
  • Purchased inventory to support customer production requirements
  • Analyzed quotes; negotiated prices and terms with suppliers; and recommended and choose suppliers with respect to cost, quality and delivery competitiveness
  • Ran daily reports to fulfill inventory and customer requirements
  • Provided customer and supplier/vendor services
  • Planned, scheduled and resolved issues with production managers to satisfy production demands
  • Drew up master schedule to establish sequence and lead time of each operation to meet shipping dates according to customer orders
  • Planned and scheduled workflow for each department and operation according to previously established manufacturing sequences and lead times
  • Planned sequence of assembly, installation, and other manufacturing operations for guidance of production workers
  • Interacted daily with customer service and state to state sale reps by reviewing/correcting invoices, certificates of analysis and bills of lading
  • Worked with suppliers and accounts payable to resolve invoice/payment issues
  • Maintained delivery dates and related information in company database
  • Monitored and controlled inventory
  • Scheduled pickup and transportation with different trucking vendors; assisted the receiving and shipping department with incoming and outgoing materials
  • Reduced inventory storage
  • Maintained qualified vendor list (Supplier evaluation, selection, and re-evaluation)

Senior Buyer

VIP Industries
05.2011 - 04.2012
  • Reported directly to the VP of Operations
  • Purchased inventory to support customer production requirements
  • Evaluated procurement requisitions in accordance with specific criteria
  • Researched and purchase electronic components that provide the best price and delivery
  • Placed necessary purchase orders with supply base within specified lead times to satisfy our customer demands
  • Worked with MRP system
  • Compiled and uploaded purchase orders into Advantage system
  • Received purchased items into Company Database

Junior Buyer/Assistant Planner

Aero flex-KDI-Integrated Products
07.2007 - 05.2011
  • Reported directly to the VP of Operations
  • Purchased inventory to support customer production requirements
  • Evaluated procurement requisitions in accordance with specific criteria
  • Compared existing product inventory levels with forecasted product demands and placed necessary purchase orders with supply base within specified lead times to satisfy our customer demands
  • Compiled and uploaded purchase orders into Manman system
  • Sourced and selected vendors
  • Worked with domestic/international vendors to negotiate price and delivery
  • Expedited and monitored shipments
  • Processed returns of defective material back to supplier
  • Worked with MRP system
  • Planned, scheduled, and resolved issues with production managers to satisfy production demands
  • Assisted in resolving invoice discrepancies with suppliers
  • Prepared quote packages for the sales team

Education

Bachelor of Science - Marketing

Seton Hall University
South Orange, New Jersey
12-2024

Master of Business Administration -

Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH
08-2024

Associates of Science Degree - Business Administration

County College of Morris
Randolph, New Jersey
05.2001

Skills

  • Analytical
  • Committed
  • Energetic
  • Communicative
  • Prioritizer
  • Adaptable
  • Takes Initiative
  • Organized
  • Supplier Relationship Management
  • cGMP
  • Inventory Control
  • Vendor Negotiations
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • Business Procedures
  • MRP/ERP Systems-ManMan, SAP Business One, Oracle
  • Microsoft Office

Certification

-Critical Thinking

-Leading vs. Managing

-Lead & Communicate with Impact

-Strategic Analysis – Internal Environmental Analysis

-Strategic Analysis – Current Position of the Organization

-Time Management



Timeline

Senior Buyer

Imprimis Rx (Harrow)
07.2017 - Current

Supply Chain Manager

Aqua Products, Inc.
01.2016 - 07.2017

Senior Buyer/Planner/Manager

R & D Microwaves, LLC.
04.2012 - 12.2015

Senior Buyer

VIP Industries
05.2011 - 04.2012

Junior Buyer/Assistant Planner

Aero flex-KDI-Integrated Products
07.2007 - 05.2011

Associates of Science Degree - Business Administration

County College of Morris

Bachelor of Science - Marketing

Seton Hall University

Master of Business Administration -

Southern New Hampshire University

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