Alexander B Baumann

Avnet, Inc

Jan 2014 to 2000
Material Specialist
Avnet, Inc

Apr 2011 to Jan 2014
Material Specialist Associate
Fire Watch

Jan 2011 to Apr 2011
American Valet
Self Employed

Jul 2007 to Apr 2011
Math and Chemistry Tutor
ASU Chemistry LRC

Aug 2010 to Dec 2010
Instructional Aide
Christ Church Lutheran

May 2009 to Jul 2009
Summer Camp Intern
Custom Controls of AZ, Inc

Jun 2007 to Jul 2007
Production Team Member
Baskin Robbins

Aug 2006 to Jun 2007
Counter & Cashier
Desert View Animal Hospital

Jun 2006 to Jul 2006
Pet Caretaker

Arizona State University
Dec 2010
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry

Place Purchase Orders (POs) with Avnet's supplier-partners according to hard customer demand and forecasted customer demand<br/>which includes analyzing historical customer usage to ensure customer demand is valid<br/> Manage a portion of Avnet's inventory<br/>worth approximately $9 million<br/> Mitigate financial risk to Avnet by ensuring liability product is consumed by our customers<br/> Provide customer service to Avnet's sales and supply chain teams to assist them with meeting our customers' needs<br/>including adjusting our PO backlog<br/>expediting POs<br/>upgrading POs to ship overnight<br/>asking the supplier for alternate parts or sample stock<br/>providing tracking information for inbound shipments<br/>and working toward satisfying imminent customer demand while maintaining fairness to our other customers<br/> Acquired Material Specialist training on my own initiative while working as a Material Specialist Associate from October 2013 to January 2014<br/> Developed three Microsoft Excel macros during December 2013 that reduced my daily PO expedite request workload by 65-85%<br/> Discuss freight upgrades at supplier's expense when a supplier fails to meet their commitment<br/> Proficient with Microsoft Office Excel<br/>Outlook<br/>PowerPoi... Explorer<br/>Mozilla Firefox<br/>and other computer software