Stephanie Morales: Strategic Sourcing Intern

• Advise on market engagement to identify the best supplier partners, lead and assist in deal negotiations, and help to optimize cross segment supplier relationships. • Analyze various purchasing proposals and manage purchase requests such as supplier bids, quotes and proposals. • Assist in managing FOS and MRO category contracts, trends, and markets.

• Developed, delivered and communicated visual concepts and strategies to promote specialty retail brands, products and services in-store. • Assessed instructional effectiveness and summarized evaluation reports determining the impact of training on cast members. • Developed performance improvement training to support goals of area and oversaw training systems for trainers.

• Managed company's recruitment social media strategy for employer branding purposes across multiple outlets, including Facebook, and Twitter, nearly tripling awareness in less than a year. • Created and customized forecasting volume trends of various job industries as well as positioned consumer’s brands to fit hiring companies’ criteria.

• Worked with the Department of Finance to implement rental lease agreements, and procure various commodities for the regional offices located throughout the state. • Managed the Division of Adult Parole’s fleet of over 300 vehicles and ensured that each vehicle was accounted for and properly maintained. • Proposed a five year savings plan for the fleet to buy energy efficient cars rather than continue leasing, which would result in $29,000 in savings for the division.

• Negotiated pricing, quality and delivery criteria for required materials in connection with the placement of purchase orders. • Utilized Kaizen tools to maintain inventory for production lines. • Implemented and managed vending machines to dispense tools on the production floor in alignment with our key performance indicators.