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Wanda C Love

Marietta,GA

Summary

My goal is to obtain a position in which my education, experience, skills and training are recognized and utilized to their ultimate potential. I am a self-starter, highly energetic and enthusiastic, very customer oriented, multi-tasked, and able to take direction and constructive criticism extremely well. I can think outside of the box in order to solve problems and pride myself as a team player. Can travel extensively anywhere

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Procurement Specialist

Honeywell
10.2018 - Current
  • Mechanical and Electrical Parts for Commercial and Military Aircraft
  • Work closely with internal customers to identify and prioritize materials to support the manufacturing floor and customer orders
  • Work closely with suppliers to ensure materials are delivered on time and with proper quality documentation for audit purposes
  • Work closely with suppliers to ensure that quality materials are scheduled and received as required
  • Run open order reports and LOB and work closely with suppliers to align shipments with MRP demand
  • Hold weekly conference calls with suppliers and internal customers to ensure high priority materials are on schedule and work through any issues raised by suppliers.
  • Attend daily meetings with the procurement team to discuss high visibility materials that can be reported out in upper-management meetings
  • Work with engineering to identify alternate materials for obsolete or long lead-time items to mitigate risk to revenue
  • Increased spend efficiency by 25% in 6 month

Lead Procurement Specialist

St Jude Medical
07.2014 - 10.2018
  • Building of the H1 and H2 Heart Monitors and Deliberator’s
  • Work closely with customers to identify and prioritize materials to support manufacturing floor and customer orders
  • Vetted and qualified suppliers and suppliers; negotiated preferred relationship agreements that moved strategic suppliers to partners
  • Maintained vendor database and vendor outreach programs, expanding the force of competition and resulting in significant cost savings
  • Convert system drives requisitions into purchase orders
  • Work closely with customers to ensure materials are delivered on time to support the manufacturing floor
  • Work closely with suppliers to ensure that quality materials are scheduled to be received on time per matrices.
  • Run past due, pull-in, push-out reports and work closely with suppliers to align shipments with demand
  • Attend daily Town-Hall meetings with Camarillo as the purchasing representative and work with the purchasing team to obtain information on shortages required and report back to the team leader
  • Work closely with Quality team to ensure that FAIs are submitted as per requirements
  • Work with accounting to clear out blocked invoices
  • Work with Commodity managers on materials that need to be moved from suppliers to other suppliers or make in-house decisions

Procurement Manager

Atlanta Crime Scene Cleanup
02.2009 - 07.2014
  • Vetted and qualified suppliers and suppliers; negotiated preferred relationship agreements that moved strategic suppliers to partners
  • Maintained vendor database and vendor outreach programs, expanding the force of competition and resulting in significant cost savings
  • Convert system driven requisitions into purchase orders
  • Supervise the field crew employees
  • Perform daily office functions such as HR, Payroll, A/P, A/R

Education

Business Administration & Finance

Kennesaw State University
01.1987

Skills

  • SAP, Microsoft Office Suite, Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Access, Teams, Microsoft Publisher, Command Center
  • Policy implementation
  • Global sourcing
  • Expertise in [software]
  • Data entry
  • Reporting requirements
  • Team building
  • Time management
  • Organization skills
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Problem-solving
  • Attention to detail
  • Multitasking Abilities
  • Reliability
  • Excellent communication
  • Organizational skills
  • Adaptability and flexibility
  • Relationship building
  • Self motivation
  • Professionalism
  • Interpersonal communication
  • Time management abilities
  • Adaptability

Timeline

Lead Procurement Specialist

Honeywell
10.2018 - Current

Lead Procurement Specialist

St Jude Medical
07.2014 - 10.2018

Procurement Manager

Atlanta Crime Scene Cleanup
02.2009 - 07.2014

Business Administration & Finance

Kennesaw State University

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