Tonia Jackson
Charlotte,NC
Summary
Highly accomplished Strategic Purchasing Manager with 18 years experience leading organizational planning functions in support of overall business strategy and goal achievement. Knowledgeable industry professional with background analyzing report data, controlling inventory and forecasting. Results-driven procurement professional with expertise in identifying cost-savings opportunities, managing vendors and negotiating contracts. Proven track record of successful cost optimization and supplier performance management. Innovative thinker with a history crafting new strategies for planning process and tactics to boost sales.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Inventory Planning Manager
HAWE North America, Inc.
11.2021 - Current
- Manages KPI's for local and international suppliers to increase overall value in quality, quantity, cost and on time supplier performance while increasing company's competitive edge and market advantage.
- Created and implemented inventory allocation strategies to maximize inventory disposal, turns, sales and overall customer experience.
- Collaborated with company leaders to support consistency and best practices.
- Utilized analytics, forecasting, and negotiations skills to coordinate with customer to identify timely entrance and exit requirements for inventory demand resulting in reduction of slow and obsolete inventory carrying costs.
- Forecasting and planning for all production schedules resulting in 0% downtime on all manufacturing lines.
- Built partnerships with diverse internal teams and sales, finance and operations departments to streamline processes while negotiating top 20 customers contracts totaling $20m USD in sales revenue.
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
Senior Buyer
HAWE North America, Inc.
02.2018 - 11.2021
- Oversaw and streamlined daily operations of purchasing department to maximize productivity and revenue.
- Managed vendor purchase order requirements, on time delivery and invoicing to set contractual guidelines and maintain budgetary regulations.
- Reviewed and collaborated with quality and engineering on proposals, qualified vendors and recommended optimal suppliers.
- Determined lowest possible cost, factoring in quality and reliability and negotiated favorable contracts.
- Restructured stock control measures and facilitated reduction of 92% of obsolete stock.
- Dispensed purchase orders to suppliers with accurate pricing, deadlines and terms and conditions.
- Designed innovative inventory management plans for clients due to poor business performance.
Materials Manager
ITW Cooking Equipment
08.2004 - 02.2018
- Generated slow-moving YOY inventory rate for eight consecutive years with 40% reduction in obsolete inventory.
- Implemented Annual Operating Plan which produced $250k decrease in raw materials costs when procuring projects.
- Boosted 5s systems while increasing customer on time delivery to 98% by creating system layout for incoming inventory.
- Doubled segment growth while managing inventory value (flat) for top earnings (ROS) business unit in food equipment group.
- Initiated business structure simplification transfer of fryer and restaurant range product lines from Baltimore, MD to Charlotte, NC sister plants.
- Controlled robust management system that monitored shipments of finished goods and raw materials imported from India, China, and Germany.
- Maintained 1.5 or less months on-hand with average of 19-20 turns annually while effectively distributing $12M in raw materials plant-wide.
- Sustained 55% ROI in annual material margins with average ROS industry lead of 25%.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
University of Phoenix
Charlotte06.2017
Skills
- Project Management
- Change Management Process
- Continuous Improvement Projects
- Inventory Accuracy
- Strategic Purchasing & Negotiations
- Strategic Planning & Operations
- Forecasting & Cost Reduction
- Supplier Relations Management
- Process Improvement Plans
- Shipping & Logistics
- Supply Chain Management
- Training Development
- Contract Negotiation
- Lean / 5S / JIT
Accomplishments
- Spearheaded all strategic sourcing initiatives for 2 overseas relocation projects from Poland to the US totaling 40 new suppliers (both domestic and international) for 2 OEM serial production lines equating to $8M in annual sales revenue.
- Initiated, designed and successfully executed the reduction of $2m USD obsolete stock over 3 years & increasing inventory turns from 3.6 to 5.5 year over year.
- Introduced and developed a strategic purchasing program for a global organization providing a savings of $850K in the first 12 month.
- Built a purchasing department from the ground up - created all process, procedures and best practices both North America locations with the responsibilities of managing $6m in inventory, $50m USD in sales revenue.
Software
ERP Systems - Microsoft Dynamics NAV, EPICOR, SAP
Microsoft Office Products (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
CRM - Salesforce
Timeline
Inventory Planning Manager
HAWE North America, Inc.
11.2021 - Current
Senior Buyer
HAWE North America, Inc.
02.2018 - 11.2021
Materials Manager
ITW Cooking Equipment
08.2004 - 02.2018
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
University of Phoenix
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