Peter A. Hanson

Buyer with experience in inventory procurement, vendor contracting/relations, paired with passion for financial analytics. Extensive knowledge of AS400 buying platform, SAP/SAP4Hana, and multiple web based procurement/ERP systems. Currently using SAP S4HANA for procurement functions and planning functions for industrial explosion prevention (IEP) production.

Buyer/Planner - Hoerbiger/IEP - Marlboro

(2025-07)

• MRP Buying and Planning in SAP4Hana
• Procuring subcontract machined items as well as direct purchase items for industrial explosion protection
• Onboarded product line to IEP from Penn Troy Valves in PA. Added items to SAP with data integration, logistics, vendor set up in IEP
• Accounts Payable, monitor capacity adjustments for each product cell for daily planning

Buyer - Tricab - Worcester

(2024-09 - 2025-06)

• MRP buying based on Microsoft excel ERP system; excel based reporting system
• PowerBI web based portal for PO Management analytics; financial inventory report options and ability to extract to excel
• Monthly copper purchases (500K), compound purchases for production, other metal vendors

Raw materials Buyer - Alphagary - Leominster

(2024-05 - 2024-08)

Contract

• Order raw materials for production of polymer materials – 10 manufacturing lines
• Forecasting/PO management ordering used with SAP Hana

Buyer - Bunzl - West Boylston

(2022-04 - 2024-02)

• Maintain inventory levels for 4 New England warehouses for certain vendors (fill rate always above 98%)
• 50 Million in inventory with 5% not selling within 120 days
• Maintain overstock and move to other warehouses where applicable
• My personal statistics: 3.2 Million in inventory, 98.6 % - 99.2 % max fill rate – overstock 4 %

Category Management / Assortment and Space Analyst - BJs Corporate - Westborough

(2017-03 - 2021-12)

• Oversee communication and gathering of BJ's High Value Space to club level for execution
• Assist with club level logistics of full club remodels and all necessary product moves and labor hours expected
• Use of Planogram Manager report tool- ran/created AdHoc reporting templates for merchant performance reviews
• Assist with software updates for Symphony EYC within BJ's- Club DWG from CAD updated as clubs change
• Develop heat maps based on certain metrics for senior level decision making
• Use macro space planning and develop fixtures and link POG's to spaces, responsible for all 219 club layouts
• Assisted with implementation of Retail Viewer software for all clubs to be able to view up to date POGs and asst.
• New club openings – provided the club with High Value Space layouts and mapping

Replenishment Analyst (Import/Domestic), Staples Brands Group - Staples Inc - Framingham

(2015-03 - 2016-09)

• Domestic/International factory management (contracts), oversaw shipping coordination methods (air frt, oversea, rail)
• Plan and coordinate with multiple teams for large inventory purchases (forecast based), made decisions based on forecasts-pivot tables
• Send contracts to factories and vendors daily; forecasting partnership with China liaison in factories

NSP Buyer, Non Stock Procurement - Staples Inc - Framingham

(2012-02 - 2015-03)

• Process daily purchase orders; coordinate vendors meetings, urgent order prioritization, invoice issues with Accounts Payable
• Critical knowledge of the AS400 system: Sunbeam/Sunrise, vendor maintenance, SKU set up and maintenance, SKU pricing issues
• Partnering with transportation, sku maintenance, and merchants for different tasks including forecasting
• web based systems for vendor mgt/kan ban for customer contacting, eform- customer quoting tool, commerce hub- vendor KPI metrics

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration; Concentration: Accounting - Worcester State University