Tomi McCouliff
Durhamville,NY
Summary
Seasoned Procurement Agent with extensive experience in e- procurement, sourcing strategies, supplier negotiation, and driving cost-saving initiatives across multiple commodities. Demonstrates success in streamlining policies and procedures to increase efficiency and cost reduction. Proficient in analyzing data, team leadership and establishing long lasting professional relationships with stakeholders at all levels. Effective at managing multiple projects in a fast-paced, challenging and high-pressure environment. Excels at communication with all levels of management to meet and exceed end users requirements.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Purchasing Agent-Supply Chain
Oneida Nation Enterprises, LLC
10.2019 - Current
- Part of a procurement team that generated $2.1M in cost savings for the 2022-2023 fiscal year
- Lead large projects across multiple divisions and commodities to help standardize products to better manage lead times, strengthen cost-saving opportunities, and ensure order efficiencies
- Demonstrates ability to problem solve and provide efficient solutions to product and service delays and obstacles
- Mentor & train new team members on commodity management, cost-saving strategies along with request for quotes and contract processes
- Work collectively with multiple departments on large and capital projects/events related to commodities and ensuring all components are completed by the set need date
- Ability to process Grant Fund orders and contracts with the requirements established
- Support multiple commodities across numerous departments and management levels to ensure all requirements and needs of customers are met
- Compile pricing analysis and performance markers for numerous projects to develop long-term contracts and budgetary pricing
- Work with multiple departments and management to forecast standards and requirements for RFI’s, RFQ’s, and RFP’s for multiple products and services
- Establish reduction in price and key requirements for contracts to ensure services and goods for our operations consistently meet the standards we require
- Manage vendor accounts and metrics for price accuracy, product quality, contract compliance, and delivery accuracy.
Purchasing Agent-Supply Chain
Oneida Nation Enterprises, LLC
10.2014 - 10.2019
- Reduced Direct Mail cost for a three-year term by $929,000 while ensuring the product quality and customer experience remained at the highest level of excellence we require
- Worked with company Directors, VP’s, Legal, and Wardrobe to replace rental uniform, apron, and bar towel supplier in breach of contract
- Managed project on multiple levels to switch service in one day with no disruption to business operations and employee uniform needs
- Coordinated retrieval, cataloging, and returning of all product from supplier to ensure minimal liability from contract termination
- Initiated multiple uniform projects company-wide to help standardize, procure new vendors, negotiating pricing, and manage inventory levels to reduce lead times and increase cost savings
- Ability to learn rapidly and adapt to process and procedural changes
- Maintain complete and accurate vendor files including supplier matrix reports to effectively conduct annual business reviews
- Update and Maintain monthly cost savings reports
- Train and mentor newly hired purchasing agents on commodity/vendor management, policies/procedures, and RFI/RFQ/RFP requirements and strategic sourcing platform.
Administrative Assistant-Supply Chain
Oneida Nation Enterprises, LLC
08.2011 - 10.2014
- Assisted director and purchasing agents in compiling data, creating reports, and scheduling meetings for various projects
- Assisted in the creation and distribution of internal and external Policies and Procedures and Standard Operating Procedures
- Maintained Contract Database and provided weekly reports and statistics identifying the status of contracts and deficiencies in the process
- Coordinate travel for onsite vendors and department employees
- Set up training for new hires to communicate travel policy and procedures
- Maintained companies travel approver list, set up all new travelers and sent out all travel correspondence and updates
- Responsible for setting up all new vendors and processing credit applications for all departments and entities
- Assembled supporting documents and internal Memo’s needed for contract requests and routed for appropriate signatures as defined by the signature authority policy
- Managed RFP’s sent to selected vendors
- Tracked and organized all correspondence and documents
- Send out non-award and intent to award letters to participating vendors.
Education
AAS in Business Management -
Mohawk Valley Community College
05.1998
Skills
- Exemplary leadership in high-pressure, challenging, and fast-paced environments
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Cost-reduction strategies
- Strategic Sourcing
- Procurement
- Inventory Management
- Vendor Relationship Management
- Contract Negotiation and Compliance
- Process Improvement Initiatives
- Ability to work across multiple commodities
- Stakeholder Engagement
Timeline
Senior Purchasing Agent-Supply Chain
Oneida Nation Enterprises, LLC
10.2019 - Current
Purchasing Agent-Supply Chain
Oneida Nation Enterprises, LLC
10.2014 - 10.2019
Administrative Assistant-Supply Chain
Oneida Nation Enterprises, LLC
08.2011 - 10.2014
AAS in Business Management -
Mohawk Valley Community College
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