Below are the 4 Purchasing Agents, 4 Procurement Specialists & 4 Sourcing Analysts experienced with Peoplesoft SCM and various other systems. PeopleSoft SCM experienced professionals are provided by The Thor Group® on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Would hiring a purchasing agent with experience working in innovative systems engineering and integration provider, aerospace and financial services industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Associate of Science in Computer Networking, Bachelor of Science in Technical Management and MBA with project management certificate. Technical skills consist of PeopleSoft SCM, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Active Directory and JD Edwards.

Acting as a purchasing agent in an innovative systems engineering and integration provider, acted as senior-level supply chain professional with knowledge of gov’t. contracts. Some of the tasks were drafting proposal packages based on analysis and risk assessment with proposal team, as well as interacting with negotiating team on developing strategies and conducting negotiations. Some of the tasks were creating, issuing and managing purchase orders, as well as coordinating RFQ status between departments. Also, knowledgeable of FAR, DFARS, and Prime Contract flow down requirements and Restrictions.

While working for an aerospace company as a purchasing agent/ buyer, maintained company schedules on procured items, as well as developed new process for procurement to transition from requisition to purchase order in a more efficient manner. Part of the job was to achieve project objectives through vendor negotiations for cost savings. As an assistant purchasing agent, scheduled and distributed company workflow. In addition, interacted with Upper Management to ensure accurate and timely decisions. Furthermore, facilitated departmental meetings.

How can a purchasing agent with experience working in a regional medical center benefit your organization? Educational attainment is composed of AA Business Marketing & Business Administration, BA in Organizational Leadership and MBA with emphasis in Operations Management, Systems Management and Innovation. Technology proficiencies involve JD Edwards Enterprise, PeopleSoft and Salesforce. Logistics skills consist of Material Planning, CRM/MRP/ERP, Scheduling/Shipping & Delivery, Warehouse Inventory Control and Pricing.

Serving in a regional medical center as a purchasing agent, began tenure as a buyer and developed inventory, product usage and savings reports, as well as presented to management procuring approximately $500K each month. Part of the job was to collaborate closely with the Supply Chain Specialist regarding special projects including minimization of inventory levels utilizing Lean inventory practices. Also, promoted cost containment strategies through analyzing/comparing current and national contracts, partnering with contract management for contracted consigned items. In addition, developed/submitted purchase orders for hospital supplies and followed up with suppliers focused on lead times and supply logistics as well as sourced products from primary/secondary vendors for back ordered items.

Working with challenging issues such as ensuring all items are on contract while updating to a new system, moving from Aperek to PeopleSoft have vetted this specialist’s work experience. Serving in a regional medical center as a supply chain management analyst/consignment project lead, continuously communicated with corporate to verify all items are included as needed. Provided guidance on various processes during systems migration including 4500 items that were tracked accurately. Also, managed 1 direct report and 5 indirect report personnel.

How can a senior purchasing agent who worked in oil/gas, construction and energy industries help your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Business Management and Administration. Professional certifications involve Certified Supply Chain Manager (CSCM) and CPIM. Technical skills involve PeopleSoft SCM, JD Edwards, MAS 200, SAP, ADP Pay eXpert, Real Time and SkillMatch Pro 2XP.

Working with challenging issues such as managing all purchasing activities, initiating purchase orders by reviewing and evaluating material requirements, PO placement, PO expediting, on-time delivery, cost analysis, source selection and negotiation have vetted this specialist’s work experience. Serving as a senior purchasing agent, managed inventory levels and replenished stock based on total product demand, as well as managed specialty inventory for high dollar/high demand products and customer held stock. Other duties were working with Operations, Accounting and Suppliers to reconcile receipt/invoice discrepancies, as well as filing claim carrier for damaged inbound freight or material. Part of the job was to take an active role in the Quality System Process, as well as serve as liaison with QA on supplier and material quality.

With a “can do approach” in the area of issuing Purchase Orders, creating Work Orders with consideration of price, quality, availability, reliability, and technical support when choosing suppliers and merchandise have been career objectives. Serving as a purchasing agent, completed sales purchases, including equipment, machines, goods, and services through SAP. In addition, developed, implemented and managed cross-functional, fully integrated planning process that incorporated make versus buy, capacity planning, scheduling, inventory, material and associated cost elements.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this purchasing agent with work experience in retail, construction and nonprofit industries? Educational background is composed of Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies and Master of Business Administration in Supply Chain Management. Software skills consists of PeopleSoft SCM, Timberline, Upside, JD Edwards and Lawson.

Contributed to the organization’s success by working with vendors to ensure optimal pricing, order quantities and service levels were attained, as well as assisting with the global sourcing and interviewing of new vendors. Serving in a retail company as a purchasing agent, evaluated bids, proposals, and quotations, conducted cost and price analysis, as well as prepared complex contract amendments, revisions, terminations, and close-outs. Additionally, tracked vendor compliance (i.e. correct quantity, UOM, pricing, tax, FOB shipping cost) ensuring everything was accurate against a generated Purchase Order. Executed more than $100K in savings through contract compliance and enforcement.

Supported organizational goals and objectives by creating purchase orders, reviewing and analyzing proposals, quotations, and bids, as well as negotiating pricing with 40+ vendors. While working in a construction company as a purchasing agent, wrote and implemented contracts to manage multiple simultaneous construction jobs and accurately receive materials and equipment in a timely manner. Also, created, maintained, and updated pricing logs to evaluate price fluctuations. Moreover, accurately managed and tracked materials and equipment inventory of 200+ items. Furthermore, established and maintained excellent relationships with customers and vendors.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this senior procurement specialist who worked in IT, manufacturing and transportation industries, as well as proficient in PeopleSoft SCM, Lawson and SAP? Technical competencies involve PeopleSoft SCM, Lawson, SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, QuickBase, SQL and UNIX. Educational background includes Business Administration.

One of the important contributions of this senior procurement specialist included ensuring that purchased goods, materials and services and company operational needs were met, taking into account price, quality and delivery to ensure continuity of supply. A specific project/region/business was managed. The job entailed delivering tactical activities of purchasing goods and services off of defined contracts with stated terms and conditions. An additional role consisted of occasional one-off negotiations for non-standard buys, low dollar volume buys or items that were not strategically sourced.

This specialist coordinated various activities involving the procurement of equipment, tools, parts, and supplies with a comprehensive understanding of logistics and supply chain services for contracts. Tasks covered providing documentation for program cost estimates, analysis, changes, costs impacts, budget tracking and planning support, in addition to assisting with annual business plan and mid-term plan development in conjunction with engineering, program management and sales. Initiating and leading project planning activities such as statement of work and management (project change control, SOW) were efficiently handled. Complex buying strategies were performed to purchase and arrange timely deliveries of supplies and materials while expedites were handled as needed. Communicating with vendors was done to obtain product information, such as price, availability, and delivery schedule.

What can a procurement supervisor with work background in energy, utility and construction industries, as well as specialization in PeopleSoft SCM, Oracle and SAP bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve PeopleSoft SCM, Oracle, SAP, Lawson Insight II, Cognos Business Intelligence Tool, Power BI and SharePoint. Educational attainment includes Master of Arts (Economics), Master of Commerce and Bachelor of Commerce. This specialist obtained Certifications as CPSM (Certified Professional in Supply Management) and CSCMP (Certified Supply Chain Management Professional).

Primary achievements of this procurement supervisor included improving P2P efficiencies, conducting root cause analysis and reducing match exceptions from over 30% to 12% (over 2600 vouchers to less than 100 vouchers). In addition, the match exception cycle time was reduced from an average of 25 days to 7 days, the system receipt cycle time was improved from 7-10 days to less than 3 days. This specialist participated in PeopleSoft 9.2 upgrade requirements gathering, created/led the P2P business process support organization, conducted various P2P training sessions, improved productivity, and worked closely with AP on invoicing issues/match exceptions.

Processes were improved to drive more efficiency and cost savings. Processes were automated to improve performance and reduce costs. The job covered creating master data standards and assisting in cleansing the existing item master. The Strategic Sourcing Module was implemented in PeopleSoft. Skills brought to the table involved cross-training team members, improving team performance and reducing the number of FTEs. SOX audit was conducted and ERP system security requests for supply chain modules were reviewed/approved. Reports were designed and implemented to measure performance and identify improvement opportunities.

Could your organization use a procurement specialist who is experienced in manufacturing, telecommunications and engineering industries, as well as proficient in PeopleSoft SCM, Oracle and JD Edwards? Technical proficiencies cover PeopleSoft SCM, Oracle, JD Edwards, SAP, Ariba and MAPICS. Educational background includes Bachelor of Science, Major in Industry and Technology and Minor in Business.

Some impact contributions of this procurement specialist included achieving the maximum strategic sourcing and procurement coverage, as well as developing sources of supply where vendors and preferred suppliers were inadequate. This individual negotiated contracts with very high dollar values and worked on different projects. Leadership and training were provided for other buyers. Key roles covered significantly interacting with senior level individuals in procurement and other departments, in addition to sourcing and procuring complex direct materials to support new product introduction for mechanical and/or electronic assemblies. Establishing source of supply from existing approved vendor list and supplier selection process, along with developing reports to provide status on new product introduction for supply chain management and category managers were efficiently completed.

The job consisted of ensuring that all data was maintained in the SAP database and that all payment and delivery/quality issues were resolved with supply base. Conducting cost/price analysis for all products under jurisdiction with emphasis on high dollar and sole source procurements, along with establishing negotiation strategies and working on RFP/RFQ were carried out. Historical trend was analyzed. Participating in the analysis of competitive pricing received under the strategic sourcing program, conducting user meetings and recommending the strategic source award were carried out.

Would a procurement specialist with familiarity in engineering, education and computer industries, as well as skilled in PeopleSoft SCM and SAP help your organization achieve greater success? Technical specializations cover PeopleSoft SCM, SAP, Deltek Costpoint, SharePoint and IFS. Educational attainment includes Business Administration Equivalent in International System, AA Degree in Purchasing and Certificate in Contract and Subcontract Management.

Making a positive difference with handling a closed interface with requisitioners and end users to develop specifications and SOWs to conduct market research for identifying and locating qualified, responsible, competitive suppliers in the procurement of compliant materials and services in fulfillment of project requirements. Responsibilities covered providing and developing recommended courses of action in supply chain endeavors, in addition to creating and issuing solicitations, RFPs, RFQs, ROMs and IFBs promoting fair competition among suppliers. Performing price and/or cost analyses to determine fair and reasonableness, along with conducting bid evaluation and source selection meetings (i.e. bidder conferences, MIP, MRB, kick-off meetings and site walks) were efficiently carried out.

Notable skills included negotiating favorable pricing, terms, schedules, risk mitigation, and other provisions of purchase orders and subcontracts, as well as ensuring consistency with client requirements and company procurement policies/procedures. The LPTA and best value approach were utilized for supplier selection and award. This individual successfully launched and managed a local purchasing department for all purchasing activities related to the MEIS/NASA-Ames Research Center (ARC) PESS contract to supplement previous remote east coast procurement support.

Could your organization use a sourcing analyst who is experienced in real estate, banking and energy services industries, as well as proficient in PeopleSoft SCM and SAP? Technical proficiencies cover PeopleSoft SCM, SAP, Concur, SharePoint, Access and eSourcing. Educational background includes Major in Business Management.

Some impact contributions of this sourcing analyst included participating and managing high priority compliance projects, maintaining project status reports, tracking milestones and deliverables, as well as reconciling budget to actual project time. This individual negotiated, redlined and created master service agreements and amendments to ensure the continuity of services in a resolution scenario. One of the key roles covered conducting gap-analysis of over 250 third-party vendor contracts in order to identify the company preferred language versus negotiated language and inconsistencies that did not meet standard regulatory guidelines. Working with over 100 vendors as the project liaison between internal client and other contract pertinent business areas including legal department, IT subject matter experts, executive management stakeholders, procurement department and IT vendors was efficiently handled.

The job consisted of supporting wholesale and non-wholesale legal entity project to ensure contracts complied with legal entity policies and procedures. Skills brought to the table consisted of drafting and executing statements of work, terminations, change orders and amendments for various internal departments. Executing a resolution and recovery planning initiative that assisted supply chain management, in addition to assigning lines of business and the legal department in ensuring that all (low to high risk/size) master agreements from third-party critical vendors complied with regulatory guidelines were carried out.

Would a sourcing analyst with familiarity in engineering, outsourcing and electric power industries, as well as skilled in PeopleSoft SCM, PeopleSoft Procurement System and Oracle Accounting System help your organization achieve greater success? Technical specializations cover PeopleSoft SCM, PeopleSoft Procurement System, Oracle Accounting System, Hyperion BI, Mainframe Systems and Walker General Ledger & Procurement Systems. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting; and Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance and Marketing. This specialist obtained a Certification in Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt.

Making a positive difference with leading the development and implementation of strategic sourcing to provide greatest total value for indirect spend categories was one of the key focuses of this sourcing analyst. Responsibilities covered managing cross-functional teams to define roadmaps to drive continuous improvement across supplier base, as well as establishing agreements for materials, services and equipment utilizing strategic sourcing process. Duties involved performing spend category analysis, market analysis, supplier analysis, and benchmarking/cost modeling for blanket agreements over $100K, in addition to leading complex sourcing events and utilizing strategic contracting strategies to maximize benefits and reduce liability.

Notable skills used on a regular basis included determining pricing and inventory demand planning of strategic alliance agreements for distribution, transmission and substation materials. This individual managed supplier governance, qualification of suppliers, request for proposal process and contract negotiations for assigned commodities. The job covered analyzing processes for cost reduction, value improvement and application of Lean and Six Sigma processes. Aside from preparing the request for proposals, agreements were established for goods and services utilizing strategic sourcing process.

Could your organization use a sourcing specialist who is experienced in energy, oil and petroleum industries, as well as proficient in PeopleSoft SCM, SAP and Oracle? Technical proficiencies cover PeopleSoft SCM, SAP, Oracle, Adobe Photoshop, AS/400 and Access. Educational attainment includes Bachelors of Business Administration in Marketing and Classes in Product Management Strategies, Consumer Behavior, International Business, Advertising, Marketing Research and Public Relations.

Primary tasks of this sourcing and contract manager included administering the market approach for drilling accessories, wellhead equipment and maintenance materials including sourcing strategy selection, and determination of eligible suppliers. Other functions involved coordinating the overall sourcing process, evaluating commercial and technical proposals, as well as negotiating and executing contractual documents. Key roles covered creating RFI/RFP using Ariba e-procurement software, analyzing results of RFI/RFP and making formal recommendations to the senior management. Important contributions consisted of negotiating price savings, discount structures and rebates with key vendors; maintaining vendor relationships, measuring and reporting the vendors’ progress and fulfilling Key Performance Indicators (KPI). The plant personnel was trained on effective utilization of the new software (PeopleSoft) and support was provided on centralized procurement.

Contributions involved building cross functional teams to assist in strategic sourcing projects, along with creating and negotiating terms and conditions for CSA’s (continuing service agreements). Mapping process flows and developing processes and procedures for the formation of the centralized procurement department were efficiently handled. Duties included maintaining and encouraging compliance to national programs through formal and informal communications, monthly activity reports and quarterly business reviews. Understanding internal customer business requirements, in addition to identifying and prioritizing projects to support business requirements were completed.

What can a sourcing analyst with work background in chemical, computer hardware and manufacturing industries, as well as specialization in PeopleSoft SCM, SAP and MS Dynamics bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve PeopleSoft SCM, SAP, MS Dynamics, JD Edwards, Access, Visio, Project and Freightview. Educational background includes MBA, Supply Chain Management and Industrial Engineering. This individual obtained Certifications as CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional) and in Yellow Belt Lean Six Sigma.

Working with areas such as developing a dashboard for reporting performance across procurement and supply chain and providing support for the use of contracting information database for vendors in all regions of operation in accordance with the contracts and procurement plan were some of the skills. Duties covered handling the negotiation of product costs and contracts for assigned commodities and acting as primary contact for vendors and suppliers. Aside from analyzing data, requirements methodology was reviewed for the reclassification of potential high consequence activity contracts with vendors across all operating functions. Quality assurance support was provided regarding SharePoint for organization, procurement and supply chain management functions. Sourcing and purchasing of commodities relating to the organization’s products, components and systems were some of the key roles.

Responsibilities consisted of providing support regarding spend across different regions of company operations and working with strategic vendors to maintain compliance with conflict minerals requirements. The bill of materials used to order/purchase required products was created. Other duties involved running reports, pulling raw data and communicating with category managers across all regions of operation.