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Sample Resume : Purchasing Administration

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I am requesting four (4) non-liberal, introductory credits for prior learning in Purchasing Administration. I have developed college-level knowledge in Purchasing Administration through my professional experience working in the Maintenance of Equipment department of Metro-North railroad as a business analyst worked closely with the procurement and materials management group of the railroad on matters of inventory usage and material shortage controls. The study of Purchasing Administration involves an introduction to inventory forecasting, the administration of procurement requests, the solicitation and evaluation of supplier proposals, procurement contract execution, logistics management, and legal and environmental issues affecting purchasing.
In order to meet federal regulations for the safe operation of locomotives, regularly scheduled inspections are performed on a three month, annual and five year period so that safety devices on the equipment can inspected and replaced before their expected end of service life. This means that a constant flow of inventory material must be available for these scheduled replacements and it is important that the forecast of inventory levels prevent material from being unavailable during these inspections. The process of inventory forecasting has to take into account the expected level of scheduled activity along with the lead time for procuring material from its time of requisition to the arrival of the material. In addition,

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