Below are the 4 Buyers, 2 Inventory Control Specialists & 4 Supply Chain Planners with Lawson & other systems experience. The Thor Group® also provides SME's, analysts, developers, project managers, systems analysts, business analysts & software implementation consultants on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Can having a buyer with experience in financial services, retail and manufacturing industries have a positive impact on your organization? Software background revolves around using Lawson SCM. Educational background includes art education, art history, and medical terminology. Work experience includes entering purchase orders into the computer system, transferring items from location to location, sending purchase orders in to vendors/ distributors by email or fax, receiving acknowledgments from company representatives, and calling to trucking companies to arrange pick up of orders.

While in the financial services sector, this buyer was in charge of handling multiple requests for internal clients at different locations within the organization. The job required processing requisitions into Lawson system, generating purchase orders and submitting them to the vendors as well as providing back to the client status of each request. Clients were usually project managers or directors in each division. Assistance was provided with accounts payable and any invoice discrepancies for month-end reconciliation. Part of the job was working with the receiving department with any incoming deliveries. Review for any errors was done for product shipped in. Assistance was also offered with inventory on site as well as on location with vendors to assure ordering processes were working appropriately.

Functions in another job involved making make sure that the customer was aware of the finance terms, conditions, and charges. The job called for ensuring that the contacts got to the proper companies for payoff and completion. Other tasks were entering purchase orders to be sent to companies and handling a small amount of the inbound freight.

What advantages can employing a senior buyer who has background in financial services, engineering and technology industries give your organization? Technical knowledge involves the use of Lawson SCM, Lawson Procurement, PeopleSoft, MS SharePoint, and Visio. Advantages include extensive knowledge of procurement procedures and operations. The professional graduated with a degree in Business Administration (Accounting).

In a finance firm, this senior buyer sourced corporate/resale IT hardware and software through select vendors. National account contracts were created and national relationships were managed for select commodities. The job required reviewing and providing financial analysis on select commodities. Aside from managing select vendor consolidation projects across multiple corporate locations, part of the job was doing order entry and order processing in PeopleSoft and Lawson Procurement system. Additional functions were managing vendor invoice matching with AP department, as well as training new acquisitions on open solutions procurement policies and procedures.

Part of another job was performing software audits to ensure compliance with various software providers. The individual negotiated commercial terms for statements of work for IT service vendors. Assistance was offered to contracts administrator with commercial terms negotiations for master services agreements and software license agreements for various vendors. Responsibility was also for cost savings initiatives for IT commodities. Order entry and order processing in procurement system were done. Priority was given to preparing purchase order file including bid tabs and sole/single source documents.

Does recruiting a senior buyer who worked in engineering, energy and petroleum industries match your organization’s requirements? Computer background is in using Lawson SCM, Lawson Purchasing System, PeopleSoft, and SAP (PS, MM). The individual finished courses in BS/CS/Engineering.

This senior buyer purchased materials, pipe, and equipment for all portions of a pipeline project as designed by five project engineering managers. Purchase orders were created in Lawson 9.0 Purchasing System and revisions were issued as required. Part of the job was creating releases to ship then coordinating deliveries to the site locations for all vendor equipment, pipe, and materials as requested by project managers. Apart from maintaining schedule for on time delivery to field locations, the specialist managed requests for materials from supporting engineering firms.

Other tasks were managing all pipe bending, coating and shipping 4″ Induction Pipe Bends with two bending vendors, three coating facilities, and two inspection vendors. Additional functions included reconciling vendor invoices with receiving documents for on-time payment. The professional was in charge of Request and Receive Quotations (RFQ) from vendors for equipment pipe, and material as required by all project managers. The job required managing received not invoiced and invoiced not received buyer reports, while also expediting reports or invoices paid outside of purchase order system in Lawson 9.0 system.

Is employing a senior buyer with background in manufacturing, food and technology industries a good move for your organization? Technical knowledge consisted of Lawson SCM, Microsoft Dynamics AX, SAP, Oracle, JDE, Agile, Pathfinder, AS/400, Baan, Manfact and ManMan. Educational background consists of courses in legal research & writing, along with several APICS classes. The individual is pursuing a degree in BSB.

In a manufacturing company, this senior buyer was in charge of daily review of MRP to ensure planning and buying needs were met. Daily review was also done for schedule, line availability, capacity and available resources for master schedule. Part of the job was working directly with planning and quality assurance to ensure BOM’s were updated to adequately depict materials. One responsibility was for ordering all packaging components  bottles, caps, shippers, die cut trays, and all packaging related materials. The individual established JIT/ warehousing program reducing warehouse inventory and carrying cost.

The job also called for establishing and maintaining strong supplier relationships, while also negotiating tooling and amortization costs for newly launched commodities. Other tasks were sourcing and quoting all packaging related materials for brand products, private label and custom contract customers. Assistance was given to sales and customers with product development. Safety stock programs with all suppliers and distributors were taken care of. Other responsibilities were for creating, implementing and maintaining BOM’s. The individual maintained Lawson three-way match accounting/receiving/purchasing program.

Can hiring an inventory control analyst who served energy, business services and utilities industries have a positive impact on your organization? Knowledge of computer systems covers Lawson SCM, MMIS and ReportSmith. Areas of expertise are in materials management and inventory control. This individual graduated with BSBA degree.

As inventory control analyst, duties were planning and controlling the organization’s inventory activities. Responsibilities were for the following: inventory planning, warehouse inventory, multiple storeroom inventories, forecasting, demand planning of inventory, and administrative controls for all inventory records. The individual served as contact point for all reporting needs. This included running existing reports, accessing information from the Lawson software system using ReportSmith, Excel, and Access. The job included creating new reports and queries on demand. The job also required serving as super user for the Lawson software system. Part of the job was working with all departments of the company on troubleshooting, information for gathering use and operation of the system.

This specialist was part of the inventory control group that reduced on-hand inventory balance by over $2,700,000 company-wide. The job required serving on the Lawson implementation team responsible for the transfer of data from the MMIS system, creating and testing of workflows, and the successful live use team. Part of the job was being member of the Lawson implementation team that trained over 200 users on the use and operation of the system in two weeks. One task was working with a contracted programmer in the development and implementation of the Warehouse Picking Systems. The Warehouse zone scheme was developed to include reconfiguring and re-labeling the warehouses’ more than 8,100 individual item locations.

What advantages can recruiting an inventory control manager who has experience in technology and telecommunications industries give your organization? Software experience covers Lawson SCM, Great Plains, RMS and Atlys. This professional holds some college credits.

This inventory control manager conducted monthly inventory counts while assisting with vendor and tax audits. Inventory variances were reconciled and all product returns were managed. Aside from creating new product codes/UPC’s/SKU’s for internal accounting system, priority was given to monitoring product price changes or obsolete inventory and providing support for internal/ external customers. All vendor relations, new accounts, and new accounts within internal accounting system was managed.

Another job called for managing $2.5 million inventory for Mid-Atlantic stores from remote location. Monthly physical inventories were conducted for 35 store locations. The job also required creating weekly web orders for stores to maintain four weeks’ stock on hand at times. Functions were researching and resolving open purchase orders with vendors and store locations. Part of the job was returning inventory to vendors to eliminate overstocked items. Activity was monitored between Lawson inventory system and RMS system. Support was provided for POS (RMS) and Lawson inventory issues or questions . Aside from transferring stock between stores to eliminate overstock in store locations, additional tasks included creating weekly sales and stock status reports for store inventory. Weekly open purchase order reports were created for distribution. Training was also given to new employees on how the inventory process worked.

What advantages can hiring a manufacturing and supply chain planner with background in manufacturing and business services industries offer your organization? Software proficiency covers Lawson SCM, PeopleSoft, Winman, Winchill, Oracle, QAD, Quicken, Concur, SAP, Movex, Agile, and Concur. Aside from graduating with BA in Biology, this individual has extensive training in Six Sigma (Green Belt level), as well as Lean process/ Supply Chain, Class A CDL, Kanban systems, and Pull Systems.

Responsibilities of this manufacturing planner consisted of planning and coordinating production schedule for medical circuit of over 300,000 sku’s, and all WIP components. Other tasks were creating, scheduling, and reviewing S&OP meetings with sales, supply chain, production or materials groups monthly based off of production, demand, forecast and new client setups. Part of the job was making sure of collaboration between Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Materials, Production, Sales, and Customer Care to keep open communications and work flow, to stay ahead of any potential issues. Systems used included Movex, Agile, and Lawson program.

The job also required carrying supply chain planner work load when position was vacant for 11 months, as well as being on-call for 24-hour support for all plant scheduling to maintain production. Assistance was given to the supply chain buyer when position was vacant for 3 months. Apart from assisting the product development team in scheduling and running 204 RDX trials, support was provided to Continues Improvement team and to implementing changes. One achievement was cutting overtime spending by 50% in first 4 months of employment.

Does having a senior supply chain planner who has experience working in aerospace, manufacturing and telecommunications industries meet your organization’s requirements? Computer knowledge includes using Lawson SCM, SAP, Oracle ERP and Manugistics. Areas of expertise include demand planning/ forecasting and production planning/ scheduling. Aside from having years of experience in both manufacturing and distribution, strengths involved years’ background in production planning, production control and scheduling. This accounting major completed courses and exams as part of professional studies with APICS.

Functions as senior supply chain planner consisted of forecasting and planning inventory globally for assigned commodities, along with generating and scheduling replenishment purchase orders as well as transferring orders to support organization service level and inventory turn goals. The job called for managing supplier relations to ensure supplier met established performance requirements, while working closely with commodity managers to support new product roll out and sales events. Part of the job was supporting Lean Sigma Initiatives. Systems utilized were Lawson ERP, and SAP.

Another job was encompassed planning inventory and scheduling production for assigned commodities. Other functions were evaluating inventory position for finished goods, as well as generating and scheduling production replenishment order in the master production schedule.

Is employing a production/supply chain planner who served engineering, business services and technology industries a priority for your organization? This high school graduate’s software experience includes the use of Lawson SCM and SAP. This experienced logistics/supply chain planner has strong inventory analytics background, as well as skills in inventory management and production planning.

Focusing on users of Lawson products, this production planner’s responsibility included taking all previous day receipts and making production orders in SAP. The job required expediting material with suppliers and reviewing previous year sale for accuracy.

The position entailed production planning, with responsibility for determining needs and demands for locomotive electrical major assemblies. A weekly production material list was managed to mitigate material shortages. The individual was in charge of daily interface with purchasing, engineering, quality, warehouse and suppliers. Besides resolving receiving discrepancies, part of the job was taking action on MRP messages for over 5000 SKU’s. Training was given to new hires on planning procedures.

What opportunities can recruiting an inventory manager for planning/purchasing /supply chain planner experienced in manufacturing and apparel industries give your organization? Systems knowledge includes Lawson SCM, Lawson M3, BPICS MRP system and SAP. This high school graduate has over 30 years of experience in production planning and purchasing, along with training in supply chain management (APICS CPIM), industrial management and TQM. For a previous employer, this professional maintained 98% to 100% on time delivery including overall decreases in lead-times.

Working for an apparel manufacturer, this inventory manager for planning/purchasing served as lead in the continuous improvement of order management, system technologies, and manufacturing/purchasing issues. Forecasting was done using the Forecast 21 system. Another duty was procuring demand for fabrics and raw materials or finished goods. Item masters were maintained for all SKU levels in Lawson M3 ERP database and appropriate inventory levels for both finished goods and raw materials. The individual wrote and maintained all work instructions for planning and purchasing for ERP system. The job called for managing forecasting and inventory requirements for fabrics, trims, and production components. Accomplishments included reducing overall inventory by $1 million while keeping customer satisfaction at 95%, as well as reducing supplier costs through contract negotiations.

In another job, responsibilities were planning and executing all manufacturing demand for 37 production lines. Duties were analyzing and implementing forecast, inventory levels for finished goods using SharePoint, Data Cubes and CAMM system. The job required cross-functioning responsibilities with director of supply chain and other officers to achieve sales, in-stock and service objectives. The professional was also back up for 3 planners for 5 additional plants.