Occupation:Purchasing |
Location:Round Lake, IL |
Education Level:Some College Units Completed |
Will Relocate:YES |
Description
Profile * Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps. * 15 years' experience as a dynamic purchasing/inventory control manager in the food industry * Ordered over 1300 SKUs totaling over $25 million annually * Excellent negotiating skills: able to consistently obtain best competitive pricing and quality products * Innovative: instituted recycling (plastic, paper, pallets, corrugated, food waste, ) program for Ecological Sustainability and Green Innovations * Adaptive: found product options with fewer chemical additives for healthy clean label alternatives * Cultivated strong relationships with 100 suppliers/partners worldwide * Knowledgeable with USDA, FDA - FSMA, OSHA, BRC, GFSI, Cook &Thurber, Silliker, AIB, ISO, HAACP audits * Able to implement planograms, endcaps, floor displays and other retail marketing programs * Managed Retail Stores and utilized Telxon Scanner system * Demonstrated ability to increase safety awareness in warehouse and production areas therefore decreasing accidents * Operated Atlas, Clark, Crown, Hyster, Raymond, and Toyota material handling equipment * Operated propelled electric power jacks, powered drive fork stackers, stand-up, sit-down, reach, order pickers and scissor lifts * Utilized Kanban, vertical storage and retrieval, Push Back, Roll Back and HiBay storage systems. * Computer savvy: industry software, Microsoft Excel and Word, UPS/FedEx shipping systems, SAP, APE's, Great Plains, Vicinity, Yahoo, Google, Indeed
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