Timothy Proffitt
Buyer Purchasing for Sherwin Williams @Sherwin-Williams
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WORK HISTORY
Buyer Purchasing for Sherwin Williams @Sherwin-Williams
Bowling Green, KY, US
I play a pivotal role in purchasing materials to support the plant\'s production needs. My focus on coil paint production across various businesses enabled the fulfillment of customer batch requests efficiently. I collaborated closely with customer service to ensure timely deliveries, contributing to a robust production capacity of five million gallons of paint annually.
EDUCATION
Western Kentucky University
Bachelor of Science; Bachelor of Arts, Management; History
Wabash College
Business, Economics
ABOUT TIMOTHY PROFFITT
I have purchased, developed and sourced products from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and domestically. Working in retail and manufacturing has given me ability to learn and adapt quickly to changing needs and the skills needed to cultivate relationships with suppliers. I have created,achieved and surpassed financial plans for Fortune 500 company\'s that included managing up to separate items, achieving receipt plan, turnover of inventory, sales, gross margin, markdowns, defectives, markup, and used/worked in the following open to buy systems Arthur, AS400, Sak\'s, and Oracle planning systems to generate these plans from the ground up each season. Allocated goods to multi-unit locations and managed teams as large as 60 people directly and indirectly. Currently I am working with league approved vendors in the Pro Licensed area and working with the leagues directly to get product approved and developed for our specific markets to drive top line sales. Specialties: Driving sales and cost reductions thru product innovation and negotiating the best prices both domestically or internationally with suppliers.
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