Stephen Fisher
Newnan
Summary
Well-rounded belting professional with 13 years of experience, including 6 providing a pivotal role at MIR. Proven track record in strategic sourcing, vendor partnerships, strong sales support, and successfully managing over $9 million in inventory. Adept at leveraging Excel functions to enhance operational efficiency while maintaining strong relationships across departments to drive sales growth, and help always put the customer first.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Purchasing Coordinator
MIR
07.2024 - Current
- Hand picked by current Purchasing Manager for role
- Maintain HFR stock levels weekly
- Work directly with planning to fill PO requests in a timely manner for materials needed to complete WOs
- Quickly respond and solve issues that are sent to the purchasing inbox from MIR and vendors
- Maintain a live PO dashboard with up to date information for other departments as well as for accurate sales forecasting
- Work directly with vendors to pull ahead orders monthly to meet sales goals
- provide excellent response and turn around times for RMA issues
- Use 10+ years of belting knowledge to assist sales to find alternate materials or hard to source products
- Managed the MIR purchasing department from January 2025 to March of 2025 during manager absence
Inside Sales Representative
MIR
04.2019 - 07.2024
- Maintained superior metric evaluations that greatly exceeded expectations
- helped develop and was the example to use for the current CSR program at MIR
- was the go to contact for customers and sales in the south region at MIR
- learned expert first hand knowledge of the MIR culture and how to put the customer first
- built and maintained connections throughout all departments in MIR
Purchasing Manager
Atlanta Belting Company
06.2014 - 04.2019
- Worked directly with sales to maintain a competitive, high quality, and available products to maintain and increase sales revenue
- Developed numerous market connections at different manufactures to help reduce lead times and increase profit margin
- Developed overseas programs to maintain a constant flow of long lead time products to be available for sales and customers
- created stocking programs for high-value customers to always have their key products on hand
- organized and restructured over $9 million of inventory to be the most effective and streamlined in company history
- organized and managed inventory to less than $1,000 discrepancies during yearly inventory
Inside Sales Representative
Atlanta Belting Company
12.2012 - 06.2014
- Provided excellent customer support and product knowledge to maintain and grow sales
- Worked directly with and assisted outside sales on sales calls with customers
Education
Bachelor of Arts - History
University of Georgia
GA12-2009
Skills
- PROFICENT IN EXCEL FUNCTIONS
- EXPERT KNOWLEDGE OF GLOBAL SHOP SOLUTIONS
- STRATEGIC SOURCING
- STRONG VENDOR PARTNERSHIPS
- 13 YEARS OF BELTING EXPERIANCE, 6 WITH MIR
Timeline
Purchasing Coordinator
MIR
07.2024 - Current
Inside Sales Representative
MIR
04.2019 - 07.2024
Purchasing Manager
Atlanta Belting Company
06.2014 - 04.2019
Inside Sales Representative
Atlanta Belting Company
12.2012 - 06.2014
Bachelor of Arts - History
University of Georgia
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