Buyer & Regional /International Client Service Sales Representative
Posted on: 2019-07-09
- Effectively communicate with both internal and external customers to meet and exceed expectations
- Negotiate pricing, terms, delivery and freight agreements with customers and suppliers
- Schedule timely production, shipment and receipt of product
- Formulate plans with suppliers and production to attain necessary actions to exceed customer expectations
- Collaborate with engineering, marketing, sales and customers to improve product and design
- Support all departments with sourcing and quoting needs
- Use and understand spreadsheet calculations to determine optimal purchase quantities
- Negotiate terms, pricing, lead times, and supplier stocking agreements
- Improved lead times, product quality and increased savings by changing product manufacturers
- Resolve cost, bill of material, quality and invoicing challenges
- Experienced with International purchasing, importing, tariffs and HT codes
- Held costs for china product level for 6 years
- Computerize purchase orders, bids, sales orders and communications
- Developed procedures and a grading system for supplier’s report cards
- Coordinate timely payment of invoices to obtain best discounts
- Evaluate facilities needs and provide product (s) to fulfill them
- Creatively resolve challenges / opportunities with internal and external customers
- Identify solutions for facility opportunities that align with overall company goals
- Coordinate immediate response system for customer inquiries
- Computerize purchase orders, bids, sales orders and communications
- Accomplishment: Decreased inventory by 20% of its value while maintaining same deliverables
- Accomplishment: Over a 5-year period, managed a cost increase of only 3% on over a 1.5M inventory
- Accomplishment: Trained 3 new employees for Buyer I position.