Contract Management/Materials Management/Purchasing Objective: Buyer position utilizing five to ten years purchasing experience, inventory cont rol,

warehousing coordination, budgetary contributions, problem resolution and e ighteen months of retail grocery experience management internship Experience Summary: Engineering Kaiser Engineers, Inc., Glen Allen, VA Assistant Buyer/Administrator 1999-00 Reynolds International Inc., Richmond, VA Purchasing Assistant 1994-98 *Procurement activities including vendor sourcing and relations and requisitions * Issue RFQ, RFI, RFP, expediting, researching discrepancies, * Coding invoices against purchase order for finance including 3 way match * Purchased equipment and spare parts for 9 different project locations * Served as liaison between field and main offices * Expedited the receipt of critical delinquent orders * Monitor material deliveries in accordance with construction schedules * Interface with project clients on a daily basis * Updated and prepared various status reports accordingly * Ensure purchasing packages have referenced attachments and drawings Manufacturing and Production Planning Philip Morris, Quantum Resources, Contractor Inventory Technician 2004-05 MSL for Hewlett Packard Services, Contractor Purchasing Specialist 2001-03 Quantum Resources, Contractor Warehouse Manager 2000-01 * Purchasing and Warehouse Control for spare parts, equipment and MRO materials * Monitor material quantities and storage Maintain warehouse including receiving, issuing, material tracking and expediting * Monitoring inventory including min-max, cycle counting, writing off shortages, researching discrepancies and client follow-up * Coordinate material inventories and material issue * Determine stock levels, reorder points, min-max and reorder quantities * Maintain all material receipt, inventory, specification, vendor audit, and shipping documents * Receipt, Storage, Quarantine, release, distribution, and shipment of all materials * Inventory adjustment, Min/Max control, special ordering via computer * Coordinate returned goods, exchanges and rebuilds * Monitor and purchase $ 10,000.00 monthly budget with quarterly evaluations * Assist with budgeting * Maintain status reports including preliminary forecasting information and annual purchases Training, Education and Logistics Virginia Department of Fire Programs Menlo Logistics, Sandston, VA Purchasing Specialist 2006-07 Inventory Control Lead 2003-0

* Procurement, Expediting, Budget contributions * Recommend improvement with internal process and procedures

* Reconcile monthly expenses up to $30,000.00 per month on MasterCard * Train personnel computer system and procurement process * Ensure purchasing is in compliance with state or corporate polices and procedu re manuals * Coordinate shipping, bill of ladings, commercial invoices, UPS and FedEx and o ther relevant documents * Inventory Control Lead duties for 3 cycle counters Retail Grocery Industry DeCA, DOD, Fort Eustis, VA Commissary Management Specialist 2010-11

* Trained in all aspects of grocery, dairy, chill and freeze, HBC (Health and Be auty Care), produce, customer service, computer assisted ordering, meat and admi nistrative processes including vendor credit memos, returns, receipts and end of day processing paperwork. * Product displays, merchandising, promotion quantity recommendation, price veri fications and scan downs * Warehouse management and consolidation, seasonal product promotions and rotati on, shipper, one time buys * Performed NIS (Not in Stock) evaluation, temperature checks, upstream manageme nt, vendor stock coordination and short dated and expired product

Licenses: Virginia Contracting Assistant, Virginia Department of General Services Food Safety Manager Certification, Department of Education. Education: * Degree: B.A. in Business Administration and Management. VCU, Richmond, Virgini a * Audiometric Technician, Naval Audiometric School Norfolk, Virginia * Medical Corpsman, Naval School of Health Sciences. Chicago, Illinois Various Skills: DIBS, DSD, DSD-S, RF ordering, State Procurement Database - eVA, MAS 90/200, Acc ord (SQL database), ERP and Point of Use Systems, Trend, WMS, BaaN, MPAC, Cost P oint (Oracle Database - Deltech), Profit Key, KEMS, some Power Point, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Works, Excel, Lotus Notes, Access, DOS DBASE I V, CICS and TSO mainframe, office equipment, medical terminology, customer servi ce, vendor relations, problem resolution and research.