Below are the 3 Buyers & 4 Procurement Specialists with various industry & other systems experience.The Thor Group® provides professionals that have a wide range of industry experience using systems such as JDA, PeopleSoft, Lawson, SAP, Deltek & Cerner, as well as familiarity with additional SCM, HR, ERP, CRM, EMR and other systemson a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this buyer with experience working in retail, homebuilding products and manufacturing industries? Core skills include Procurement, ERP, Sourcing and Problem Solving. Technical knowledge includes JDA ERP.

Contributed to the organization’s success by maintaining a 95% fill rate on daily buying, as well as training employees on JDA (ERP) Demand, Fulfillment & Order Optimization system. As a buyer, determined purchasing requirements and issued purchase orders to suppliers, as well as managed purchasing from over 50 vendors resulting in fewer shortages and improved delivery times. Also, assisted Accounting in reconciling invoice discrepancies. While working in a landscape supplies company as a buyer, functioned as a Purchasing Agent for over 400 stores. Some of the tasks were procuring multiple product lines including landscape tools, seed/fertilizer and chemicals, maintaining a 95% fill rate on daily buying, as well as determining purchasing requirements and issuing purchase orders to suppliers. This professional managed purchasing from over 50 vendors resulting in fewer shortages and improved delivery times, as well as assisted Accounting in reconciling invoice discrepancies.

Supported organizational goals and objectives by working closely with managers to plan buys, as well as negotiating favorable contracts and determining lowest possible cost, factoring in quality and reliability, by analyzing data.

What can a contracts buyer with specialization in PeopleSoft, Cerner and Lawson, as well as experience in a health system do for your organization? Technical competencies consist of PeopleSoft, Active Directory, Image Now, Data Center, OS, HTML, ServiceNow, Cerner, Lawson, Series and ITIL. Areas of expertise cover purchasing and accounts payable systems to manage high-dollar service contracts from a Shared Services environment. Educational background includes Associate of Science in Information Technology (cum laude).

Key roles of this contracts buyer were composed of purchasing goods and services, including validation of purchases for contract compliance of 14 hospitals nationwide. Duties involved engaging with facilities using diverse material requirements while negotiating requests, contract pricing and payment terms. Other tasks included managing high-dollar service & blanket contracts from a Shared Services environment; modifying purchase orders based on research and directing the management in prescribed methods. The job covered ensuring all information was documented in PeopleSoft and managing appropriate communication with field requesters, material directors, suppliers and sourcing group. A working knowledge of federal/ state/ local laws, regulations and industry standards was maintained.

In another position, functions included suggesting recommendations for product alternatives to hospitals for discontinued or backorder items and providing research and support with various procurement projects related to Supply Chain as requested by the purchasing management. The suppliers were assisted on the delivery order status utilizing independent decision-making skills, prioritizing workload in concert with the procurement agents. Process improvements were suggested for resolution of shortage/backorders while support was provided to the procurement team to assist with resolving purchase order and invoice discrepancy related issues.

The future success of your organization could be helped by this buyer with extensive experience in materials management, supply chain, purchasing and logistics. Technical proficiency involves SAP Supply Chain, TouchScan, Pathway, Microsoft Office Suite and Lotus Notes.

As a senior buyer for a university medical center, managing and monitoring purchase requisition and contract orders for the hospital and clinics via SAP system were some of the duties accomplished. Collaborating with five project managers in procuring and processing orders for a clinic was also one of the tasks performed. Moreover, this buyer had the ability to recognize and implement critical purchase orders, and meeting customer plus employee demands with excellent delivery time.

Being a buyer, providing support to chemists, IT and staff with chemicals and inventories to meet customer service deadlines was one of the key responsibilities carried out. Notable achievements encompassed increasing production flow by improving staff communications to meet customer needs as well as significantly improving storage and facility for greater efficiency and productivity developments.

What contributions could a procurement specialist with experience working in a university hospital and a healthcare system bring to your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Arts with Dual Minor in Chemistry and Criminal Justice. Personal strengths involve Market Research, Vendor Coordination and Relations, Merchandising Strategies, Budgeting & Cost Control as well as Quality & Accuracy Assurance. Software skills involve Lawson SCM and StrataJazz.

Challenges like originating and expediting consumable and capital purchase orders using the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software Lawson and StrataJazz were welcomed and successfully completed on a regular basis. As a procurement specialist in a university hospital and a healthcare system, helped develop and streamline new renewal procedure for maintenance and service contract across the entire health system. Key accomplishments were completion and follow up of credit applications with vendors and set up of new accounts, as well as consulting with vendors and accounts payable to resolve invoice discrepancies and issues. This specialist conferred with end users and vendors to match customer preferences.

Shared expertise by developing and improving account relationships in a multi-hospital health system, as well as negotiating pricing with vendors to maintain profit and budgets. Other duties were preparing and maintaining spreadsheets detailing purchasing and contract information, as well as finalizing and executing maintenance/service contracts with vendors.

Would a detail-oriented Lawson financial/procurement consultant with experience working in marketing, telecommunications and coal industries fit in your organization? Technical experience consists of Lawson SCM, Lawson Report Writer, Crystal Reporting, ReportSmith, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel and Lawson productivity. This specialist is experienced in design and support of interfaces for Lawson Financial and Procurement applications. Professional certifications earned as: Lawson Certified Instructor and Lawson Certified Consultant in GL, RW.

Some accomplishments included making recommendations for process to help in restating of books and keeping several periods open. Serving in a marketing company as a Lawson financial/procurement consultant: Lawson 7.25, 8.03, responsible for supporting upgrade to 8.0 for end users, as well as for training end users in GL, AM, AP, AC. Part of the job was restating and updating asset management records as required by company auditors, as well as implementing AC to AM interface process.

Shared expertise by troubleshooting Inventory to GL reconciliation issues. While working in a telecommunications company as a Lawson Financial/Procurement consultant: Lawson 7.25, 8.03, in charge of troubleshooting Accounts Receivable reconciliation issues, as well as making recommendations for correcting AR set up in addition to processing and implementing the corrections. Furthermore, made recommendations for correcting AM set up apart from processing and implementing the corrections.

Does a procurement specialist who is experienced in aerospace, defense and IT services industries, as well as knowledgeable in Deltek Costpoint pique your interest? Technical knowledge includes Deltek Costpoint, Deltek GCS and Impromptu. Areas of expertise include significantly reducing procurement Costs by standardizing processes, negotiating favorable terms and streamlining supplier channels; extracting financial data from various accounting or information systems, along with performing moderately complex statistical, Cost and financial analysis.

Major responsibilities of this procurement specialist included establishing, maintaining and monitoring supplier agreements of Medium to high dollar, risk and/or complexity. Support was provided for the selection, development and management of strategic/ preferred suppliers to meet commodity Cost or Performance goals. Supporting a large range of custom and COTS commodities and negotiating pricing using Cost/Price and best value analysis were positive experiences brought to the business table. Negotiation was carried out to ensure terms/ conditions, addressing provisions and risks of financial terms, Acceptance criteria, delivery requirements, warranty, intellectual property, termination provisions, indemnification and all other potential risk areas.

The job covered ensuring terms and conditions were flowed down from customer contracts to supplier contracts, in addition to establishing and maintaining formal agreements (Purchase orders) with suppliers. Tasks consisted of incorporating customer or internal changes in the contract or Purchase Order, tracking Cost savings and Cost avoidance, along with establishing the delivery and payment terms that reduced inventory and made the best use of Cash. Functions involved applying import/export regulations such as ITAR, EAR and DDTC registration, as well as applying security regulations concerning vendor visits or information sharing.

Could your organization use a senior procurement specialist who is experienced in technology, utility and manufacturing industries, as well as proficient in SAP SCM? Technical proficiencies cover SAP SCM, Ariba, Power Advocate and PassPort. Educational background includes Bachelor of Arts in Supply Chain Management.

One of the impact contributions of this senior procurement specialist included serving as designated procurement lead for startup of a new ($30M+) recycling plant. The startup consisted of procuring capital equipment, MRO, leased equipment, contracted services and raw materials. Proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Project was utilized.

Skills brought to the table involved working as strategy commodity lead for small, Medium and large power transformers, particularly handling regional purchasing strategy (NAM), supplier management, market intelligence, commodity trends (electrical steel, copper, aluminum, flat rolled steel, oil), Cost reduction and contract negotiations. This individual served as lead SCM specialist responsible for sourcing main circuit equipment for substations, static var compensators (SVCs), series capacitors (SCs) and HVDC stations. Additional commodities purchased included disconnect switches, aux. power batteries/chargers, insulators, transformer oil, transportation, heavy hauling, installation and commissioning services. Working as team lead for SAP, e-Sourcing, supplier Performance evaluations, SCM process improvement, and commodity continuous improvement process strategies (CIPS) was included in the list of functions. The job consisted of serving as key contact for global supply chain teams and implementing key SCM initiatives such as strategic sourcing plans, SCM participation in tender planning / execution, and measuring supplier key Performance indicator metrics such as on-time delivery for documentation, testing, manufacturing, and equipment.