Chris Hunter
Purchasing Manager
- Role
- Purchasing Supervisor at Wurth Wood Group
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chris Hunter
Experienced Buyer with a demonstrated history of working in the building materials industry. Skilled in Catering, Microsoft Word, Sales, Management, and Social Media. Strong purchasing professional with a Bachelor\'s degree focused in Business Administration and Management, General from Ashford University.
Experience
Purchasing Supervisor
Apr 2020 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US
Supervising department with remote employees with $35 million in annual inventory with roughly $200+ million in sales.Responsible for item classificaiton project semi annually to make ensure that we are Purchasing the correct items with correct safety stock.Colloborating with other Wurth companies on Top Tier Vendor Inventories during these trying Supply Chain times.Managing Purchase Cost Savings to increase profitablity through different channels.Communicating a formal update regularly to Sales Team to ensure they are up to date with Covid related issues with vendors to include extended lead times, product shortages and alternatives to lagging vendors.Responsible for shutting down a centralized hub to create 3 regional hubs while ensuring that we are putting the correct product in the correct place to highlight cost savings.Managing New Vendor setup through Term Negotiation and make certain we have correct company contacts and information.Helping to source vendors where shortages in supply have incurred to help with continued sales growth.
Education
Ashford University
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management, General
2008 — 2009
University of North Florida
Business Administration and Management, General
2006 — 2008
Skills
- Leadership
- P&L
- Food & Beverage
- Customer Service
- Training & Development
- Public Speaking
- Logistics
- Training
- Customer Satisfaction
- Account Management
- Restaurants
- Management
- Team Building
- Microsoft Word
- Team Leadership
- Budgets
- Food
- Event Management
- Purchasing
- Inventory Management
- Event Planning
- Teaching
- Time Management
- Catering
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Sales
- Hiring
- Program Management
- Social Networking
- Hospitality
- Restaurant Management
- Forecasting
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