PURCHASING PROFILE ~ Summary of Qualifications ~ * Efficient and accurate with demonstrated success handling high-volume purchasing activities from hundreds of domestic and international vendors. * Detail-oriented, able to compile, verify, audit, and standardize vendor and item numbers, attributes, prices, and other information. * Leverage knowledge of United States Customs regulations and processes regarding importing from diverse international supplier base. * Able to apply just-in-time inventory management techniques to minimize on-hand stock and eliminate waste while consistently meeting customer demands. * Facilitate strategic sourcing through extensive research of available vendors, tenacious negotiation, and thorough analysis of long- and short-term inventory requirements. * Proficient in Windows, Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, SQL Server Management Studio, Visual Studio, SQL, T-SQL.

Highlights:

• T-SQL
• Excel
• Detail-oriented
• Visual Studio
• analysis
• procurement
• inventory management
• negotiation