Carolynn Fryer Resume

Procurement Admin / Inventory Planner/Buyer

Industry Focus: Procurement & Purchasing,
Management & Business, Production & Inventory

* Experience:
07/18/1983 - 11/04/2008; SLAC National Accelerator Lab / Stanford University
Procurement / Inventory Control Admin III
Assumed responsibilities of the Asst Materials/Inventory Control Manager (for ma
ny years)
Responsible for daily order planning & procurement of Inventory items.
Authorized Rep. Buyer for several commodities in Inventory, placing Blanket Pur
chase Orders.
Before HAAS took over HazMat items, responsible for placing gas orders (site-wid
e) for various gases and specialty mixed gases; SLAC owned and vendor cylinders/
6pks. Schedule Refill (& maintenance) of Helium Tube Trailers and Nitrogen Tank
s.
Order supplies from Vendors with online access programs.
Manage Vendor Relationships and assist customers/users with special requests, ex
pedite orders and follow thru until completion.
Liaison between SLAC Users, Engineers, E.S.&H., and Vendors in sourcing obsolete
/discontinued items, or implementing Building & Safety Code changes.
Submit Purchase Requisitions for some commodities.
Maintain accurate Inventory Item Descriptions and Order Specifications.
Manage Reorder Point (w/SafetyStock) Qty's and Warehouse Min (SS) & Max Qty's.
Provide reorder status to Custodians for Special Process Spares items, these are
High $ Dollar items that are crucial to the operation of the Accelerator 24/7.
Phone atom for Purchasing Dept.
Establish Blanket Purchase Orders for high demand items; establish New BPO's an
d Modify existing.
Manage daily/monthly Inventory Reports; Activity/In-Activity Report, expedite ba
ckorders,etc.
Manage Vendor Database; add new, update, inactivate.
Maintain Artwork/Film for SLAC forms and custom parts, coordinate any changes wi
th Stanford Tech Publications.
Manage location changes and other various data changes for warehouse.
Train warehouse storekeepers in PeopleSoft Inventory Control modules.
Backup for Cycle Counter and Storekeepers.
Many other responsibilities and special projects as assigned.

01/83 - 07/83 Manpower (S.L.A.C.)

Purchasing Admin Assoc at SLAC before being hired permanently.
I was hired to assist in SLAC's first computer system for inventory, also did da
ily data entry; issues and receipts from inventory. Also filled in for the requ
isition clerk, the position I was eventually hired for.

06/82 - 11/82 Manpower (Coherent)

Cost Accounting Clerk - research and report various cost accounting activities.
06/81 - 6/82 Rolm Corp.
Assistant Financial Clerk, produced and audited many financial reports and graph
s for month end financials book.
08/79 - 6/81 Manpower
Worked various Accounting & Transportation Positions: Accts Payable, Accts Recei
vable, Cost Acctng, and Traffic Specialist. I was also self employed during thi
s timeframe, ran my own business just wasn't profitable enough.
* 02/14/76 - 07/07/79
NCR (Quantor) Company moved back east
Senior Traffic Specialist:
Routed/rerouted all shipments. Traced shipments and filed claims with carriers f
or lost or damaged shipments, processed credit memos for Credit Dept.
completed Bill of Ladings, Air bills, Documents for International shipments, Haz
ardous Material forms, and misc documents (Customs).
Arraigned Pool Shipments (4 times a month), Ocean Containers, and shipments subj
ect to advanced arrangements. Occasionally worked in Shipping/Receiving and help
ed shipping clerks pull orders and load into trailers (mostly on Pool Shipments)
. Drove forklift. This Company was one of the top ten Shippers in the Bay Area.
Helped plan and organize a plant move from Santa Clara, CA. to West Salem, Wisco
nsin.
* 1975-1976
Varian (temp position)
Stock Clerk for Varian Vacuum Div: approximately 6 months
* 1974-1975
Electromec
Electrical assembly work: approximately 19 months

* Education & Computer skills:

Currently attending APICS - CPIM course - Detailed Planning & Scheduling
Completed APICS - Basics of Supply Chain Management & Master Planning of Resourc
es
scheduled to complete Bachelor's Degree by Dec 2010
PeopleSoft; Purchasing and Inventory Modules.
De Anza College 1977 - 1979; Accounting and Int'l/Domestic Transportation
Certificate from United Airlines in Air Cargo & Int'l/Domestic & Hazmat AirCargo
High School Graduate; Wilcox/Valley High School, Santa Clara
Courses provided by SLAC; Certificate in Supervision 2003,
Courses provided by Stanford COMPUTING; Stanford Web Page Design, Front Page, Mi
crosoft Windows, Excel, Word, Access, Power Point, Outlook, HTML, and several ot
her courses.
I have also taken some basic computer programming courses.