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Yolanda McCracken
Columbus,IN
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Summary
Professional purchasing expert prepared for impactful roles in procurement. Developed and maintained strategic supplier partnerships, optimizing procurement processes. Known for collaborative teamwork and achieving results in dynamic environments. Skilled in contract negotiation and supply chain optimization.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Purchasing Buyer
GECOM Corporation
05.2024 - 09.2025
- Primary responsibilities include consistent monitoring of on hand inventory to ensure mass production and service part needs are met on a reliable basis with no interruption to production or customer shipping.
- Develop and maintain high quality relationships with supplier base while acting as the primary contact to suppliers in reference to RFQs, discreet purchase orders for trial and prototype parts with PPAP requirements, cost control and negotiation, awarding new contracts and overseeing special expedite requirements for inventory control issues when needed.
- Research potential new suppliers for cost savings or increase avoidance, to meet department cost savings and avoidance goals for KPI and continuous improvement.
- Create and distribute supplier training material for supplier portal in addition to providing one on one training for both suppliers and internal associates.
- Provide support to cross functional teams, including quality control, sales and production control.
- Serve on core team for internal system upgrades, ERP, SAP, ERMS and supply web portal.
- Provide other support as needed.
- Managed procurement processes to ensure timely delivery of materials and supplies.
- Analyzed supplier performance to optimize cost-effectiveness and quality standards.
- Developed and maintained strong vendor relationships to support negotiation efforts.
- Executed purchasing strategies aligned with organizational goals and market trends.
- Conducted market research to identify potential suppliers and assess competitive pricing.
- Streamlined procurement processes, resulting in shorter lead times and improved inventory management.
- Increased supplier reliability by negotiating favorable contracts and monitoring supplier performance.
- Efficiently managed purchase orders from initiation through final payment, ensuring prompt resolution of any discrepancies or issues that arose during order fulfillment process.
- Developed and maintained a comprehensive database of approved suppliers, continuously updating information to ensure accuracy and relevance.
- Evaluated new vendors for potential inclusion in the supply base, conducting site visits and audits to ensure adherence to quality standards and corporate social responsibility guidelines.
- Built long-term supplier relationships with vendors to establish quality and competitive pricing.
Purchasing Buyer/Planner
Wurth Industrial
03.2021 - 05.2024
- Primary responsibilities include daily monitoring of high-volume inventory supply in order to appropriately secure prompt on-time delivery needed to meet production needs.
- Maintain high quality of communication within warehouse, supplier, and internal sales team to ensure both forecasted and unforeseen inventory needs are met.
- Keep in close contact with suppliers and department heads to establish best expected delivery dates.
- Place new purchase orders and warehouse transfers to meet immediate critical supply demand.
Fuel Staff Accountant
MACS Convenience Stores, LLC
01.2008 - 01.2020
- Primary responsibilities include, but not limited to, reconciling the Midwest, Great Lakes, and Heartland division's fuel inventory to a standard of .5% sales throughput.
- Research and reconcile discrepancies for upward 1,400 site's sales, fuel deliveries, fuel inventory readings, and maintenance/environmental issues.
- Assist fuel accounts payable group and tax group with invoicing and tax issues.
- Distribute weekly and monthly variance reporting to Vice president and Directors.
- Assign sites to fuel audits based on trends in their fuel variance.
- Work closely with both maintenance and environmental teams to reduce loss and maintain DOE compliance.
- Train new associates.
- Create and review training material as new procedures for office, site, and field personnel are created and implemented.
- Also held seat on Corporate Community Planning Committee.
Education
Associate of Science -
Indiana Business College
Columbus, IN10-2001
Skills
- Accounts payable
- Vendor relationship management
- Supplier evaluation
- ERP systems proficiency
- Cost analysis
- Procurement planning
- Purchase order management
- Pricing negotiations
- Continuous process improvements
- Leadership
- Purchasing
- ERP systems
- Account Reconciliation
- Root cause analysis
- Financial Report Writing
- SAP
- Infor
- Accounts Receivable
- Demand forecasting
- Accounting
- Office management
- Analysis skills
- Intellichief (2 years)
- Supply chain optimization
- Strategic sourcing
- Deadline management
Timeline
Purchasing Buyer
GECOM Corporation
05.2024 - 09.2025
Purchasing Buyer/Planner
Wurth Industrial
03.2021 - 05.2024
Fuel Staff Accountant
MACS Convenience Stores, LLC
01.2008 - 01.2020
Associate of Science -
Indiana Business College
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