P Denise Martin

7264 Oak Arms Drive Villa Rica, Ga

678-571-6242

pd.martin@juno.com
SUMMARY Team oriented, efficiency driven and resourceful Purchasing Specialist with over 14 years experience improving processes and procedures to expedite customer orders ensuring the highest levels of customer satisfaction. CORE COMPETENCIES Materials Acquisition Vendor Sourcing and Assessment Inventory Management System Price Negotiation Planning/Forecasting Scheduling Microsoft Office Suite Receiving/Materials Handling PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Zenith Pumps, Sanford NC Buyer/Planner Feb. 2005 - Mar. 2009

Improved customer delivery time by expediting the start date of materials delivery to work sites by one week Instrumental in negotiating a price reduction for raw materials by eliminating surcharges Ensure on time delivery within 95% of the time, expediting and confirmation of raw materials, packaging and non-inventory items Purchase production materials per MRP for in house production or buy outs for special projects Invoice reconciliation and cross trained for receiving department Vendor sourcing for outside production and materials purchase Run daily delinquent purchase order report and expedite late deliveries Practice Lean Manufacturing, 5S, KanBan and JIT principles Schedule work orders for production per MRP and customer request Maintain production schedules to manage inventory at planned levels Created a process and work center to more efficiently assemble and deliver work order packages to manufacturing floor Coordinated with quality department to insure supplier performance and reduce returned materials for defects and noncompliance Sourced, appraised, qualified and certified within ISO standards new and current raw materials suppliers Back up for receptionist, process daily out bound mail and greet and escort visitors

Lowes Foods. Cary, NC Aug 2000 Apr 2001 Cashier (Part-time) Cashier for local grocery chain providing customer service with pleasant personality Ability to accept and handle various forms of currency, checks and credit/debit cards Attention to detail, time management skills and flexible Knowledge of operating work related equipment Effective written, verbal and mathematical problem solving skills

Firetrol, Inc., Cary, NC Buyer/Planner

Mar 1983 - Feb 2003 Jun 1999 Mar 2003

Scheduled jobs for manufacturing to ensure a 93% or better customer required delivery Purchase stock and non-stock items per BOM and engineering Invoice reconciliation and receiving experience Met and exceeded company expectations for defective materials with less than 14 day turnaround Preformed valuable data entry and purchase order processing to meet customer requirements Expedited with vendors regarding on time deliveries and stock items to ensure production output Purchasing Assistant Aug 1998 -Jun 1999 Expediting and delivered orders ensuring accuracy Prepared delinquent purchase order report, daily, for manufacturing management Arrange return of defective materials and reconcile invoicing Electro-mechanical Assembler Mar 1983 - Aug 1998 Liaison with engineering to assemble layout and wire controllers to customer specifications achieving completion up to 1 week ahead of schedule