Farid Sylla

Results-driven procurement and logistics professional with over 7 years of experience managing airport supply chains, parts rooms, and vendor lifecycles. Expert at cutting technical downtime by matching sharp purchasing practices with custom digital solutions that bridge the gap between complex inventory tracking and daily mechanical operations. Fully bilingual in English and French.

Procurement Specialist - Swissport - Dulles International Airport (IAD)

(2024-01)

• Own the full localized purchasing cycle, from gathering vendor quotes and issuing POs to verifying final corporate invoices.
• Manage work order generation and track part usage rates to prevent maintenance delays across ground support fleets.
• Inspect, document, and reconcile incoming mechanical parts against packing slips and invoices upon arrival to eliminate tracking errors.
• Restructured and systematically labeled the entire parts room to maintain clean, organized, and reliable stock operations.
• Developed a custom digital lookup system and mobile tracking apps that enable technicians to instantly source part numbers and add them to active work orders, drastically lowering equipment downtime.

Vehicle Parts Buyer - Daifuku - Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)

(2022-02 - 2024-01)

• Managed end-to-end component procurement, source-vetting global suppliers to balance strict technical specs with cost guidelines.
• Generated purchase orders and analyzed run rates to keep procurement activities strictly inside department budgets.
• Inspected incoming shipments, documented transit damages, and reconciled inventory data against engineering packing slips.
• Maintained strict data integrity by cataloging serial tags, part IDs, and unique asset metadata directly into the corporate ERP system.

Purchasing Assistant - College Park Hyundai - College Park, MD

(2020-08 - 2022-02)

• Coordinated point-to-point specialized vehicle shipping and freight schedules to streamline incoming dealership delivery networks.
• Collaborated with senior buyers to log technical vehicle configurations, legal compliance paperwork, and transaction histories.
• Performed detailed quality assurance inspections on high-value fleet vehicle arrivals, logging structural discrepancies instantly.
• Supervised the internal tracking, systemic programming, and physical allocation of electronic entry key fobs and secure modules.

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Information Systems - University of Maryland (2012 - 2016)