Food Service Purchasing Manager
Resume:
*PONDA BRADFORD
**********@********.***
Summary of Qualifications
Industries: Refrigeration, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Food Service Equipment
Positions: Purchasing Manager, Operations Planning, Contract Administrator, Logistics
Attention to detail and strong negotiation skills
Cost Reductions, Consignment Programs, Kanban,
Vendor Management, Shipping & Receiving
WORK HISTORY
Mayekawa, Lebanon, TN Director of Operations Planning & Procurement/Logistics (2/12 – Present)
Designs and Manufactures large industrial compressors for refrigeration companies.
Manage Purchasing, Part sales, Material Handlers, Receiving and Shipping
Insure accurate and timely ordering, receiving, and distribution of materials to the production floor
Create and manage production schedule
Effectively interact with sales team to ensure supply chain efforts run in conjunction with customer / distributor timeline
Manage supplier selection and relationship management including score cards & QBR’s to maximize pricing, delivery and product quality
Negotiate and achieve yearly cost reductions and rebates saving at least 12-25%
Developed and implemented Kanban/consignment program designed to avoid stock out occurrence
Developed and implemented material staging area for kitting jobs to production floor
Set up off site warehouse for large inventory items
Manage transportation of outbound finished goods
Unified Brands, Jackson, MS Strategic Sourcing Specialist (Food Service Equipment) (8/04 – 1/12)
Manufactures and distributes foodservice equipment.
Member of Corporate Strategic Sourcing Team
Established rules of engagement with current and new vendors
Negotiated pricing, payment and delivery terms
Established consignment/stocking agreements on high dollar/long lead time parts
Worked out problems that have exceeded tactical team capabilities
New Product and Design/Acquisition and Reliability team member
Buyer/Purchasing Manager (prior position) Managed Procurement team
Worked pro-actively on a daily basis with manufacturing to ensure schedules are maintained and material was readily available
Bayer Healthcare (formally Visible Genetics), Suwanee, GA Purchasing Specialist (8/01-7/04)
Manufactured high-performance automated DNA sequencing system & complete kits for FDA approved genetic sequencing products for the analysis of genetics linked to disease.
Procured Inventory and Non-Inventory supplies and services
Developed and maintained Approved Suppliers List
Maintained cost reduction programs on inventory, non-inventory, transportation & services
Developed and maintained an inventory and non-inventory supplies catalog
Systems used: Vantage, Epicor, MRP Great Plains, MFG-PRO, MAPICS, EXCEL, WORD
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