Colby Jenkins

Buyer @Southwire Company

Carrollton, GA, US

Responsible for securing quotations, negotiating prices, and processing purchase orders in SAP - Communicate with Southwire personnel, suppliers, sales, engineering, and project management in order to meet production requirements in a cost-effective manner - Manage relationships with suppliers to strengthen supplier-customer partnerships, leverage buying power, and bolster a high level of customer satisfaction to Southwire end users- Maintain a professional working relationship with Southwire internal employees to ensure orders are placed and meet specification, resolve quality issues, and offer alternatives or process improvements to drive operational excellence and cost savings- Resolve any payment issues/inquires by collaborating between accounts payable, Southwire internal employees, and the supplier- Efficient in using verbal and written communication skills to work individually, with a team, and with management to complete projects and tasks. Applications: SAP, Concur Travel & Expense, Baseware, Safetec, DeskPro Help Desk, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, One Note, Sharepoint, ApplicationXtender/WebXtender.

University of West Georgia

Bachelor's degree, Communications and Marketing