Josh McDonough has over 7 years of experience in procurement, price negotiations, inventory accounting and leadership roles at Britten Studios in Traverse City, Michigan. He currently serves as the Purchasing Supervisor and Inventory Manager, supervising the purchasing and receiving departments, managing a $500k inventory, and providing analytics to senior leadership. Prior to this role, he worked his way up from Purchasing Agent and Warehouse/Receiving Assistant, helping to design new facilities and streamline operations.

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Josh McDonough
Procurement - Price Negotiations - Inventory Accounting - Leadership
4153 Bridlewood Drive
Traverse City, MI 49685
231-392-4426
joshmcdonough@gmail.com
EXPERIENCE
Britten Studios, Traverse City — Purchasing Supervisor/Inventory Manager
AUGUST 2015 - PRESENT
● Supervise the Purchasing and Receiving departments in processing $20M in
annual buys
● Manage a $500k inventory for the Britten Services division
● Provide weekly/monthly/annual inventory and purchasing analytics to the VP team
● Incorporate LEAN principles into all facets of the departments
● Build and maintain a strong sense of team through thoughtful, feedback-driven
leadership
● Work closely with sales sta and management to ensure they are given quick and
accurate supply chain information to best serve their customers
● Meet weekly with vendors to ensure our needs are well communicated and
consistently met
Britten Studios, Traverse City — Purchasing Agent
OCTOBER 2012 - AUGUST 2015
● Processed an average of 600 purchase orders monthly for 4 separate Britten
entities
● Tracked orders from submission to delivery to maintain a smooth and delay free
supply chain
● Redesigned SOPs as necessary to shore up ine ciencies within the purchasing
procedure
● Managed the Open PO report monthly to assist in accounting's ability to quickly
and accurately close the books each month
Britten Studios, Traverse City — Warehouse/Receiving Assistant
AUGUST 2011 - OCTOBER 2012
● Helped with the design and setup of a new 150,000 sq. ft. warehouse and
manufacturing facility
● Maintained stock levels between multiple warehouses to ensure no downtime in
production
● Designed a par level system to trigger reorders and communicated accordingly
with the purchasing department
● Physically received in and recorded all incoming deliveries
● Received all deliveries against the purchase order in Great Plains software to
trigger payment of invoice
EDUCATION
Grand Valley State University, Allendale — BS Hospitality & Tourism
Management
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Successfully lead onboarding of
purchasing and inventory
systems for four new business
acquisitions in three years
Reduced on-hand inventory by
50% in two years by
implementing a just-in-time
inventory system
Received four promotions in ve
years while at Britten
Developed a vendor rating
system that lead to higher than
99% accurate and on time
deliveries
Completed LEAN O ce
Champion Training through
Northwestern Michigan College
SOFTWARE
Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains
Filemaker Pro
Salesforce
Excel
Outlook
Google Drive & Software