Purchasing Agent Career Research and Resources
Dell Inc.
Daily coordination with procurement teams in China and Malaysia to ensure support for US manufacturing. Provided process and commodity training to the global Planner / Buyers located in those regions. Provided "subject matter expertise" to the regional teams to ensure timely resolution of outstanding issues. Interfaced with US manufacturing reps to provide on-site support and act as the primary communication point of con...
Avg. Salary: $99,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Dell Inc.
JIT material planning and procurement for various commodities totaling over $1B personal spend annually, including: Intel processors for notebook and desktop computers, and memory modules and hard drives.
Avg. Salary: $99,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
GTech USA
• Purchased all raw material and parts needed to Build and service the pump or skid jobs on the floor. • Attended daily production meetings, on job status, and hold-ups. • Verify with vendors, that all incoming material, was still on schedule. • Worked with vendors re-open the accounts to net/30 days. • Worked with D & B to re-establish GTech’s credit rating. Took it from the low thirty’s to 78. • Provide owner with a four...
Avg. Salary: $80,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Luby's Fuddrucker Service
• Purchased material, supplies or services as needed or requested from stores. • Prepared request for proposals and invitations for bid; interview vendor and determine sources for new suppliers in different locations. • Negotiated price, delivery and service levels with current and potential new vendors. • Managed and trained all purchasing personnel and dispatchers. • Assisted with the preparation of annual budget; monito...
Avg. Salary: $80,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Iron Access Inc
• Supervised the procurement and negotiations of raw materials with current vendor base. • Reviewed and granted approval of the purchase of goods and services. • Reviewed stock levels against jobs in progress and the upcoming forecast. Communicated with vendors of upcoming needs of material. • Analyzed Accounts Payable, brought them current which enable me to renegotiate a new pricing structure with the key vendors which sa...
Avg. Salary: $80,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Dish
Planner of Silicon Commodity/ Passive Components / Smartcards Highest $$ spend commodity for dish. this is for board level repair of receivers. Train domestic sites on Oracle software, subject matter expert for all planners IT User Acceptance Scripting and training for all domestic sites on Oracle both 11i and R12 versions. also schedule packaging / LNB components @ Dish.
Avg. Salary: $71,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Edelbrock Corp
Directed Purchasing, MRO requisition buys, MPS Planning Planner accuracy, Oracle Workbench Requisition Scheduling, Production and Expense Buying, Oversaw buys for extrusions, fabrications, electronics, packaging and imported chrome accessories, Negotiated all blanket agreements for renewal. Coordinated with AP, Engineering, Manufacturing, Warehouse and Technical support. Disposition Product Obsolescence, Oracle Item maste...
Avg. Salary: $71,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
The Vendo Company (Division of Sanden)
Managed Steel and Chemical and supervised purchases of key raw material sources like Castings, Paint Powder, Fabrication, Injection Mold Plastics, and Fastener Hardware. Responsible for sustaining production schedule daily, supporting on hands, purchasing, supplier quality qualification with a strategic focus on J.I.T. location specific sourcing. (ISO certification)
Avg. Salary: $71,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Engendren LLC
· Responsible for $34M in total spend · Managed a department of 5 personnel · Through a mentoring program I helped each buyer develop a commodity strategy which was used as their roadmap to meet specific KPI and other key metrics required to support production. · Introduced and hired a Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) to support purchasing by auditing our current supplier base and any new supplier choices to insure they meet...
Avg. Salary: $98,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Modine Mfg Co.
· Negotiated annual contracts focusing on pricing and terms o Index based pricing contracts o Year over year rebates based on set volume targets · Managed $100M in spend · Responsible for steel, copper, brass, rubber and plastic commodity purchases and strategies · Developed key roadmaps to align my commodity strategies with department KPI’s. · Aligned supplier portfolio to match manufacturing strategy o Supplier rational...
Avg. Salary: $98,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
