Tyler Cook
Las Vegas,NV
Summary
Experienced and resourceful Purchaser efficiently negotiates with vendors to process and create purchase orders to meet supply and demand. Collaborates with supply chain to address evolving needs within the workplace. Efficiently manages inventory with an eye for detail. Functions under minimal supervision but also excels in team environments in order to meet employer needs.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Purchasing Agent
Ramstein Auto Annex
01.2019 - 01.2023
- Purchasing parts for POV and GOV vehicles
- Government purchase card holder 2020-2023
- Keeping strict purchase records as per government standards and passing multiple audits without issues.
- Recording and maintaining accurate inventory, receiving, and maintaining budget requirements
- Performing evaluations on vendors, parts quality, and accessibility
- Established relationships with foreign and domestic vendors
- Customer service duties; Scheduling appointments, quoting parts, handling transactions, and dealing with difficult customers.
- Picking up and receiving parts from multiple vendors.
Purchasing Agent Manager
Brooklyn Bottling Company
01.2015 - 01.2019
- Handling all parts orders for over 100 different machines, maintaining inventory of thousands of parts, and keeping inventory software accurate and up to date
- Developing and maintaining multi-million-dollar parts budget
- Increasing inventory efficiency by creating and implementing new inventory design systems and SOPs
- Strategically negotiating with vendors in order to meet strict project deadlines
- Collaborating with over 100+ vendors for everything from basic needs to specialized equipment parts.
- Scheduling routine maintenance and documenting all work done each and every day, including work orders, downtime records and parts used
- Scheduling all inspections required by the state for facility fire prevention systems and boilers
- Organizing yearly training for all factory personnel required by OSHA including fire safety training, lockout tagout training, confined space training, respirator training, certification and fit testing
- Proactively managed industrial projects overseeing contractors and employees, ordering all necessary parts and equipment; and maintaining detailed budget reports and work orders.
Maintenance Technician
Brooklyn Bottling Company
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Line maintenance including changeovers, emergency repairs, preventative maintenance and performing rebuild/overhauls on seamers, fillers, labelers, blow molders, unscramblers, and packers
- Perform daily inspections of high-pressure boilers including water quality and chemical testing, as well as the fire sprinkler systems, ammonia compressors, and air compressors
- Improving and engineering better more efficient hot fill and cold fill production processes for can lines and bottle lines
- New machine installations.
Service Technician
Three Brother Enterprises
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Technician for 7 restaurants and one carwash
- Certified as an operations technology person by McDonald’s corporation to work on and provide technical support for registers, bump bars, kvs controllers, and isp systems
- Experience troubleshooting problems in the field
- Worked on all restaurant equipment including grills, fryers, freezers, ice machines, air conditioning and heating units, lighting, plumbing, water pressure booster and Co2 systems as well as general building upkeep
- Maintaining the car wash high pressure water systems, chemical control, water quality, and machine maintenance.
Education
Associate's degree in Math -
University of Maryland Global Campus
Machining And Automotive Mechanics
Ulster County BOCES
Port Ewen, NY12.2018
High School Diploma -
Stewart County High School
Dover, TN01.2012
Skills
- Financial Strategy Management
- Supplier Selection and Contracts Management
- Formal Evaluations
- Pricing Structures and Negotiations
- Purchasing Strategies Development
- Budgetary Development and Reviews
- Inventory Management
- Inventory and Vendor Sourcing
- Materials Purchasing
- Strategic Negotiations
- Purchase Order Reconciliation
- Customer Service
Certification
- DOD Government Purchase Card Holder
- IND Machining 191 (Mill and Lathe)
- Student Automotive Service Excellence
- OTP Certified 2013-2014
- OSHA Certified Forklift Operator 2015-2019
- OSHA Certified Confined Space 2015-2019
- OSHA Certified Lockout-Tagout 2015-2019
- OSHA Tested Respirator fitment 2015-2019
References
- Anthony Gruenberg, +49 0171-3114931 or DSN 314-478-7830
- Daniel Dobranski, 570-856-3003
- Alberto Garcia, 845-750-0805
Timeline
Purchasing Agent
Ramstein Auto Annex
01.2019 - 01.2023
Purchasing Agent Manager
Brooklyn Bottling Company
01.2015 - 01.2019
Maintenance Technician
Brooklyn Bottling Company
01.2014 - 01.2015
Service Technician
Three Brother Enterprises
01.2012 - 01.2014
Associate's degree in Math -
University of Maryland Global Campus
Machining And Automotive Mechanics
Ulster County BOCES
High School Diploma -
Stewart County High School
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