Joseph Williams

Purchasing Manager

Grandview Winnelson

03.2015 - Current

Progressed through company from warehouse role to #2 position.
Source vendors, build relationships, and negotiate prices.
Purchase stock, special order, and new products and oversee inventory stocking, location creation.
Respond to market changes buy shifting purchasing strategies and maintaining pricing in WISE to maximize profitability.
Maintain vendor relations to ensure consistent pricing as well as communicate about market information and purchasing strategies to best navigate price fluctuations
Streamline stock ordering with purchasing calendar laying out specific days particular buyers worksheets get completed and material gets ordered.
Collect special order information from sales people to add to stock orders to meet FFA and reduce over ordering.
Maintain balance between inventory levels and sales needs to increase inventory turns
Generate purchasing and sales reports in WISE system to review with company president.
Maintain low levels of IOV (Inventory Over Value) items.
Analyze negative stock report to correct errors as well as find sales oversights to gain profit.
Perform sales duties as needed when short handed or when experiencing a surge of sales needs.
Set up vendor training for sales staff.
Advise and mentor new employees as well as existing staff on proper procedures, protocol, and profitability strategies as well as build confidence in sales team by encouraging risk taking and decision making.
Clean up loose ends in WISE system to allow for greater profitability as well as eliminate waste and oversights during sales process.