Priyanka Joseph has over 7 years of experience in purchasing, marketing, and project coordination. She has a strong background in pricing, purchasing, shipping, accounts receivable/payable, and office management. She is skilled at building relationships with customers and negotiating with suppliers. Currently she works as a Project Coordinator and Buyer at Diamant Inc., where she sources products at the best prices and manages marketing initiatives.

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Priyanka Joseph
priyas86@gmail.com 6696 Harlow Road
647-889-0005 Mississauga, Ontario L5N 4T3
PROFILE
PRIMARY SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
● 7+ years experience in Purchasing & Marketing
● Experience working with Account Managers, Presidents, Sales and Marketing
departments, Finance departments, etc.
● Strong experience with Pricing, Purchasing, Shipping and Receiving, A/R, A/P, Office
Management
● Creative and innovative in exploring technical and industrial solutions to mitigate sales
and administrative issues
● Able to work in fast-paced environment, meet deadlines, work under minimal
supervision
● Able to adapt to changing work environments and maintaining accuracy of all tasks
● Good Leadership, time-management, team-player, and problem-solving skills
● Strong communication and negotiation skills
● Possess analytical and project management skills
● Software: MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook, Photoshop, SAGE
Business Vision Software, Quickbooks
● 70 wpm Typing Speed
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DIAMANT INC.
Mississauga, Canada 2010-Current
Project Coordinator, Buyer & Marketing Coordinator
● Purchaser in wholesale distribution for customers that deal with manufacturing in
aerospace, automotive, military and medical industries
● Reports directly to the President of the Company; supervises purchasing coordinator
● Deals with customers, supplier sales associates, finance departments, marketing teams
and vendors on a daily basis
● Verifying purchase requisitions by comparing items requested to master list; use UPC
code/EDP to identify products; clarifying unclear items; recommending alternatives.
Forwards available inventory items by verifying stock; scheduling delivery. Prepares
purchase orders by verifying specifications and price; obtaining recommendations from
suppliers for substitute items; obtaining approval from requisitioning department.

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Obtains purchased items by forwarding orders to suppliers; monitoring and expediting
orders. Verifies receipt of items by comparing items received to items ordered;
resolves shipments in error with suppliers. Authorizes payment for purchases by
forwarding receiving documentation. Keeps information accessible by sorting and filing
documents.
● Provides purchasing planning and control information by collecting, analyzing, and
summarizing data and trends. Manage price books.
● Receives inquiries of products and researches the best price for the highest level of
quality for each client’s budget. Sources, creates and negotiates quotes in a timely
manner in order to reach deadlines to achieve a sale.
● Uses SAGE Business Vision software to facilitate sales and maintain daily
administrative tasks.
● Strong knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel. Creates reports and develops Excel
spreadsheets for quotations on a daily basis.
● Developing relationships with customers and utilizing customer-focused tactics to
successfully resolve issues. Retains and maintains current accounts and client
relationships by distributing promotions, up-selling products to comply with the
business needs.
● Developing new types of marketing content and offers from scratch for various product
and service offerings. Managing email campaigns from start to finish, including
planning, testing, evaluating, and reporting. Optimizing email for mobile devices.
Growing our email list organically, not through bought or rented lists. Understanding
and creating marketing content that aligns with our customer interests and needs.
● Working closely with the appropriate product managers to launch new products.
Creating content that helps articulate the value of our products/services. Working
closely with product research, sales, and services teams to gather information about
and understand the market needs for the product.
● Conceptualizing and managing website.
● Providing detailed information, training, and product marketing collateral to sales reps
and other departments regarding products/services.
● Supervising office staff, training and orientation of newly hired staff.
● Managing Accounts Receivable/Payable, Shipping/Receiving, and Credit Departments
SILVER LINING LIMITED March 2010-June 2010
Toronto, Canada
Project Coordinator,
● Management of the Coalition Committed to Growing Small Business Canada.
● Managed approximately 10 events around North America. Worked with the
corporations involved in Committed Canada to ensure they all had the profile they
needed online, in the marketing collateral and at the events.
● Managed all elements of the events (which are SL half day seminars or other content
created by Silver Lining) from workbook printing to AV set up to event space etc.
● Worked with the Marketing Manager to ensure that the required marketing collateral
and the agreed marketing initiatives were delivered and executed in a timely fashion.

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● Ran a series of Conversations with Corporations where we gathered Entrepreneurs and
Corporate Executives into a room to discuss how we could help more small businesses
and big businesses work better together.
● Worked with the Marketing Manager to run a series of contests & competitions, relying
heavily on viral marketing and social media (Facebook, Marketing publications,
twitter) to reach Entrepreneurs, get them engaged and give away product and
opportunities from the Committed Canada members.
● Managed the day to day relationships with each of the Committed Partners- including
working with each to make sure they had brand approvals, and were happy with our
work etc.
● Prepared a Monthly Report to the coalition and participated in the Monthly Review
Group meeting with all members of the coalition.
● Project Management and development of SL’s web initiatives and tools including but
not limited to:
o Worked with the rest of the team to develop and manage the “SL Widget” that
was distributed to our Cross Promotion Partners (CPPs) and other partners to
promote SL generated content and messaging.
o Worked with other team members, managed the user experience of Silver
Lining Online and ensured that there was a high level of customer service and
customer satisfaction.
● Handled project development cycle from initiation to Project implementation.
● Defined project scope, goals and deliverables that supported business goals in
collaboration with Management.
● Developed Project plans and associated communications documents.
● Set and continually managed Project expectations with internal and external team
members.
● Planned and scheduled project timelines and milestones.
● Developed and delivered progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation,
and presentations.
● Determined the frequency and content of status reports, analyzed results and
troubleshot problems.
● Conducted project post mortems and created a recommendations report in order to
identify successful and unsuccessful project elements and consequent solutions for
future projects.
DIAMANT INC.
Toronto, Canada 2005-2009
Multichannel Buying Coordinator,
● Receive requests for products and then works with Buyer to obtain price quotes for
requested products
● Prepare and place purchase orders with suppliers and track orders to ensure that they
are received on time
● Uses UPC/EDP code to identify products
● Analyze inventory

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● Coordinate with the buyer to determine what goes in for promotion
● Correcting price issues in Sage Business Vision system inventory
● Pull daily reports to track backorders
● Talk to vendors to negotiate prices
● Work with buyer and engineers to design and quote custom manufactured tooling
based on client needs
MCMASTER UNIVERSITY
Hamilton, Canada 2006 – 2007
Residence Community Advisor,
● Planned and executed residence- and campus-wide student programs
● Provided students with counseling, mentoring and tutoring
● Enforced discipline and security within student residence
SUNLIFE FINANCIAL SERVICES 2003-2005
Mississauga, Canada
Customer Relations Specialist,
● Inside sales, marketing insurance to new and existing accounts
● Assisted financial advisor in acquiring new clients, scheduled client appointments
● Processed customer inquiries and complaints in a timely manner
● Courteous with different customers, team members and managers
EDUCATION
MCMASTER UNIVERSITY
Hamilton, Canada 2004 – 2009
B.Sc. Life Sciences
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
GETHSEMANE MINISTRIES 2010- Current
Toronto, Canada
Promotions Advertising Booklet Designer,
● Utilized Adobe Photoshop and Corel to design Informative Meetings and advertising
booklets for Christian Prayer Groups.
SWAMINARAYAN TEMPLE 2007
Toronto, Canada
Corporate Sponsor Advertising Booklet Designer,
● Utilized Adobe Photoshop and Corel to design sponsorship advertising booklet for
Temple Inauguration Celebrations

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CARRASSAUGA GREEK PAVILION 2003
Mississauga, Canada
Assistant Coordinator,
● Obtained corporate sponsorships, recruited and trained new volunteers
● Event promotion and advertising to increase visibility and sales
● Greeted attendees, managed pavilion, assisted in stage setup
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