Karley Singer
Windber
Summary
Resourceful Purchasing Agent responsibly and proficiently procures materials necessary for operations. Performs detailed cost analyses and negotiates with vendors using skilled problem-solving abilities. Experienced evaluator of supplier performance and maintains constant awareness of inventory levels.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Procurement/Purchasing Specialist
Leonardo DRS
01.2020 - Current
- Create purchase orders from requisition and work with suppliers
- Used certified supplier list and send RFQ's
- Communicate with suppliers on open orders to confirm delivery for MRP
- Validate expected ship dates align with MRP date
- Coordinate shipping for OSP to suppliers
- Worked with departments to find new and better items to fulfill diverse needs.
- Searched for hard-to-find items and found high-quality, reliable vendors and new suppliers
- Identified and resolved supply chain issues to mitigate delays and production disruptions.
- Monitor PO promise date vs suggested need date exceptions
- Increased production efficiency by closely monitoring material availability and proactively addressing potential shortages.
- Enhanced supply chain visibility with regular updates on material status, ensuring timely delivery of products to customers.
- Award COTS material to approved suppliers
- Review QC requirements on PO and confirm supplier is building to specifications
- Update and monitor ordered components up to First Article Inspection (FAI)
- Reviews and analyzes Engineering changes with each supplier to insure material is being built to the latest drawing
- Negotiates contracts with key suppliers, provides supplier evaluations, and proposes alternative solutions
- Complete commercial item determination for PO's over certain threshold
- Review Small Business subcontracting plan if required for PO placement
- Complete analysis for documentation if over certain PO value threshold -competitive/market research/historical analysis
- Confirm suppliers are confirming PO within required dates based off of program DPAS rating - DO/DX
- Review drawings to confirm if there is required source of supply
Material Planner
Leonardo DRS
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Inspected stocks to identify shortages, replenish supply and maintain consistent inventory for common stock material.
- Release balance of planned orders after MRP data runs to its entirety for PO placement
- Monitored schedule for arrivals and prioritized inbound shipments with transportation department.
- Reviewed system-generated error reports and manually input order corrections.
- Track open orders to identify and resolve problems impacting on-time delivery schedule.
- Reviewed MRP exception messages to reschedule material appropriately
- Coordinated expedited orders with manufacturing affiliates to meet demand.
- Assign fixed day supply for BUY items in database
- Submit attrition plan for executive approval
- Work with supply chain PM to resolve differences between budget/bid appropriate data point
- Document exceptions to material baseline and submit to PM
- Review budget baseline for approval and sign off planned order release
- Request need date changes from purchasing if not aligned with ASCP suggested due date/schedule
- Review PPV with PM
- Review EAC populated by program finance, evaluate variances and approve material budget
- Compare MRP date to PO due date and provide data to PM
Administrative Assistant
Diamond MT Conformal Coating
07.2016 - 01.2017
- Purchased materials and scheduled deliveries based on manufacturing needs
- Used supplier list and send RFQ's
- Received quotes back and performed cost and lead time analysis
- Sent open order reports to suppliers and confirmed they were on schedule
- Processed customer sales orders into QuickBooks
- Pulled monthly labor reports and status gross margin per sales order
- Organizing and filing sales orders by month
- Sent invoices to customer after job completion
- Confirmed receipt of invoice
- Processed customer payments received into QuickBooks
- Processed payroll for entire company
- Input paper time cards into QuickBooks
- Validated hours worked per employee
- Shipped product to customer
- Processed shipping information
- Scheduled pickups.
Education
High School Diploma -
Windber Area High School
Windber, PA2015
Skills
- Attention to Detail
- Supply Chain Optimization
- Budget Planning
- Price Analysis
- Quality Control
- Market Research
- Materials Requirement Planning
- Supplier Negotiation
- Demand Forecasting
- Order Tracking
- Microsoft Office Suite
- E-procurement Systems
Applications
- Quick books
- Paperless System
- Oracle
- Microsoft Office
- Excel beginner
- Excel intermediate
- Excel advanced
- Deltek/Costpoint
Timeline
Procurement/Purchasing Specialist
Leonardo DRS
01.2020 - Current
Material Planner
Leonardo DRS
01.2017 - 01.2020
Administrative Assistant
Diamond MT Conformal Coating
07.2016 - 01.2017
High School Diploma -
Windber Area High School
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