CV Buyer / Purchasing Administrator in refining, oil&gas, manufacturing, forestry, etc

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CV/Resume ID no.: 87984
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 7, 2009

January 7, 2009

RE: Procurement Position

Dear Sir:

I am interested in the procurement position that you have advertised. I have over twenty years of experience in this field. I am in the process of relocating to Houston, Texas in the very near future and wish to apply for this position.

I have a vast amount of experience in refining, oil & gas, manufacturing, pipe coating, forestry, etc. I feel that this has given me a well rounded career in procurement. I hope that you will consider me for this position.

Experience:

Hiller System, Inc., Mobile, Alabama June, 2008 – Present

My present position with Hiller is Purchasing Administrator. I am in charge of the procurement of goods and services for all divisions within Hiller Systems. Interact with vendors. Divisions include marine flooring, piping, commercial, services and sprinkler. Set up contracts with vendors for bulk materials. Work closely with different divisions to services their needs.


PSI Sales Inc., Irvington, AL April 2005 – February, 2008

Senior Buyer

My duties were as follows: I handled procurement of goods and services for manufacturing of equipment in the forestry industry. Procures goods and services from time job is released from engineering until on job site. I handled all expediting of goods and services for the company. I worked with engineering and manufacturing to ensure that proper material is ordered for projects. Negotiate with vendor’s bulk pricing and contract agreements. Procurement and expediting of part sales. I was in charge of purchasing all purchases for parts department. Back up Part Sales Customer Service. Negotiates OEM pricing with manufacturers. I handled administrative and clerical duties for department.

Buyer of PSI Sales – Wooldridge boats. I handled the procurement of goods and services for Wooldridge Boats, a division of PSI Sales. I am sole procurement specialist for the boat division.

Coordinate materials with our Warehouse Supervisor. Work in conjunction with Warehouse to set up consignments with vendors. I was responsible for reducing existing inventory in order to reduce cost for projects.

Bredero –Shaw, Mobile, AL Dec. 2000 – March 2005
Purchasing Supervisor
Supervising and managing all aspects of procurement for a world-wide pipe coating facility. I was involved in day-to-day decisions regarding purchasing goods and services and other customer relationships. Responsibilities include:

• Supervised and managed rental equipment for site.
• Procurement for both Mobile and Harvey facilities
• Expedited purchase orders for site. Set up new vendor systems; and troubleshooting vendor problems and reconciliation of vendor accounts
• Supervised personnel of 10 by leading, guiding and assisting purchasing and accounts payable personnel on a daily basis
• Cash Flow Analysis
• International procurement of goods and services.
• Heavily involved in the management of invoicing, balancing and end of the month reports (monthly closings)
Promoted to Supervisor for Purchasing / Accounts Payable Supervisor

BP Amoco / Alliance Refinery, Belle Chasse, LA Jan. 1986 – Aug. 1999

Buyer, Purchasing Coordinator, Senior Expeditor
My career at BP started as Purchasing Coordinator for the entire refinery. I was promoted to Buyer. I was in charge of procurement of all goods and services for operations, IT, engineering and admin. I worked with accounting to ensure that all invoices were processed and sent for payment.

• Expedited all goods and services for entire Refinery
• Buyer for Operations and Human Resources departments for Alliance Refinery
• ISO 9000 Auditor
• Worked Refinery shutdowns
• Processed all purchase order related invoices for payment
• Automated chemical purchases for refinery.

Secretary for:
Poindexter & Bowers, Attorneys, NOLA 1984 – 1986
Christovich, Kearney & Malloy, Attorneys, NOLA 1983 – 1984

Responsibilities included heavy transcription of legal documents and correspondence; filing, preparation of billing for clients, greeting clients and research. Assisted attorney in working with insurance companies to investigate information given by plaintiff.

Secretary, Accounts Payable and Purchasing Clerk
Production Management Industries, Inc. Belle Chasse, LA 1980 – 1983

Education

John Ehret High School – 1978 – majored in business
Delgado Community College – majored in administrative/business.

Training:

Refinery Safety & Fire Training
OSHA Courses, Hazard Communication Training
ISO 9000 Auditor
CMMS, Lotus Notes, Varnet, Oracle, Maximo, Ross Systems, Peachtree, AS 400
Crosby Training, etc, Word Perfect, Microsoft Office – Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.

CMMS, Lotus Notes, Varnet, Oracle, Maximo, Ross Systems, Peachtree, AS 400
Crosby Training, etc, Word Perfect, Microsoft Office – Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.

Areas of Knowledge:

• Purchasing
• Inventory Control
• Accounting (payables)
• Legal Secretary / Transcriptions
• Supervisory
• Invoice Problems
• Procurement Specialist
• Vendor / Customer Relationships
• ISO 9000 Auditor
• Invoice Processing
• Administrative/Clerical
• Contract Administration