Maxine Curry
Dayjob Limited
The Big Peg
120 Vyse Street
Birmingham B18 6NF
England
T: 0044 121 638 0026
E: info@dayjob.com
PERSONAL SUMMARY
Maxine is a talented buyer who can help a company to diversify its product range. She has a long track record of finding the best products for the best prices, from the most reliable vendors. As a true professional she is fully conversant with modern procurement and purchasing techniques. During her career she has gained extensive buying and procurement experience in the following categories; Food, Beverages, Media and Sporting Goods. With her present employer she is responsible for meeting the customer’s needs, building brand value, driving sales and improving market share across all channels. On a personal level she is an enthusiastic self-starter who has the confidence and ability to carry out assignments that will have a significant impact on a company’s services or programs. Right now she is looking to take her career in a new and refreshing direction by joining an ambitious company that is going places.
CAREER HISTORY
BUYER – Start Date – Present
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Responsible for improving existing buying processes and systems.
Duties;
- Maintaining an effective supplier database to procure various services, equipment and materials.
- Ensuring that suppliers meet their stated performance expectations.
- Supervising the work of Junior Buyers and Merchandising Assistants.
- Leading negotiations and problem resolution discussions with suppliers.
- Managing the buying process from start to finish.
- Ensuring orders are placed with preferred suppliers and under negotiated contracts.
- Maintaining procurement documents in a systematic and auditable fashion.
- Reviewing opportunities and proposals from new suppliers.
- Issuing Purchase Orders and verifying that vendors have received them.
- Preparing bid forms.
- Handling the bidding process.
- Obtaining competitive price quotes.
- Regularly visiting suppliers and stores.
- Developing supplier strategies.
- Building strong relationships with vendors.
- Assisting with the preparation and implementation of formal bids.
- Analysing bid results.
- Chasing deliveries from suppliers that are overdue.
- Evaluating bids and makes recommendations for awards.
JOB TITLE – Start Date – End Date
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JOB TITLE – Start Date – End Date
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KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
Buying
- Experience of outsourcing to low cost countries.
- Identifying brands and products that represent the customer’s demands.
- Ability to sell at decision-making levels.
- Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
- Identifying opportunities for cost improvements.
- Performing mathematical calculations rapidly and accurately.
- Knowledge of shipping and handling charges.
- Building effective relationships with peers outside own team.
Personal
- Identifying changes which could be made to improve results.
- Aware of own personal strengths and development’s needs.
- Striving to progress quickly to become a senior buyer.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Internet merchandising
Records management
Product procurement
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
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REFERENCES
Available on request.
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