OBJECTIVE
INVENTORY/MATERIALS, PURCHASING, MANUFACTURING POSITION

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Extensive experience in purchasing a very wide variety of commodities, creating and implementing databases for inventory control and materials management, writing systems and procedures, as well as supervising and training employees in updated functions.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Institute for Research on Learning, Menlo Park, California -- September 1996 to Present
PURCHASING AGENT/INVENTORY CONTROL SPECIALIST

• Purchase MRO and capital items against budget for staff of 50
• Design and implement purchasing database in FileMaker Pro
• Create, implement, and maintain database of all physical assets
• Design database for travel reconciliation against expense reports eliminating accounting task
• Coordinate and obtain art work for office gallery space
• Streamlined forms required for requisitioning, purchasing, and payment of items
• Reduced asset costs for tax purposes by uncovering $200,000 of missing and obsolete equipment

The Wollongong Group, Mountain View, California -- December 1989 to September 1996
PURCHASING SUPERVISOR

• Trained and supervised staff of four, 2 buyers, expediter, and receptionist
• Purchased printing, media duplication, magnetic media, MRO, and capital expenditures
• Streamlined marketing literature printing and distribution, saving $50,000 in one quarter
• Computerized manual purchasing system with NCA Maxcim software, and augmented Maxcim with additional reports in Excel on Macintosh computer for departmental statistics.
• Also knowledgeable in J.D. Edwards and Rallye! software
• Replaced office supply stock room with JIT deliveries twice weekly, realizing an $18,000 savings annually
• Expedited installation of card access security system
• Formatted Receiving paperwork procedures to streamline Accounting's pay package
• Formalized return goods policy for proper credit tracking in Accounts Payable

Datacopy, Inc., Mountain View, California -- October 1984 to December 1989
SENIOR BUYER / PLANNER

• Planned and procured all electronic components for three board-level products
• Also responsible for software manuals, diskettes, and packaging for Macintosh and PC markets.
• Worked directly with manufacturers and with manufacturer support through distribution channels
• Assisted in integration of design to manufacturing for cost-effective flexibility in purchasing.
• Responsible for supplier selection on ASIC/gate array contract
• Achieved a 30% cost savings per year over predecessor
• Wrote Receiving Discrepancy and Blanket Purchase Policy and Procedures
• Streamlined MRO by initiating use of annual contracts

• Purchasing /Inventory Control
• Created cost accounting/inventory control system from purchasing and receiving records for parent company audit of branch office.
• Assisted in formatting physical inventory methods.
• Purchased electronic components for prototype manufacturing.

• Supervised 5-person purchasing department.
• Implemented systems to streamline communications between Engineering, Stores, Finance, and Production to supply parts against manual Master Schedule.
• Used a 16-bit microcomputer and dBase II to design data base and reports formatted to assist upper management in cash flow and production schedule decisions.
• Initiated cost savings program with report to finance manager.
• Implemented inbound freight cost savings program.

• Electronic/electromechanical procurement for three contract/research groups, a manufacturing group, and corporate facilities.
• Served as traffic coordinator in preshipment plans for most cost-effective packaging of overseas shipping.
• Implemented and expanded use of Bell TT43 system to order on-line from four suppliers.
• Redesigned and streamlined forms for computer use.

• Purchased all components for production of prototype mainframe computers.
• Supervised work and materials flow to subcontractor.
• Created inventory control system and bill of materials to facilitate administration of cost plus contract within fixed payment schedule.

MASTERS DEGREE -- University of San Francisco
BS. DEGREE -- Illinois Institute of Technology

Contact Sandra Vrooman by e-mail: kits@pacbell.net