Bill Johnston

Procurement / Purchasing

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

About

I help people in the online marketing, network marketing and home business industry generate leads online, find more people to talk to, build their brand and grow their business through attraction marketing.

Experience

  • Independent Business Owner at My Lead System Pro
    Sep 2012 - Present · 13 yrs 11 mos

    I help people in the online marketing, network marketing and home business industry generate leads online, find more people to talk to, build their brand and grow their business through attraction marketing.

  • Information Agent at Innisfree M&A Inc.
    Jun 2008 - Present · 18 yrs 2 mos

    Note: Position is by contract; availability of work is based on when a new campaign (or project) begins. - Place phone calls to shareholders regarding upcoming annual or special meetings, and encourage them to vote with the recommendations of the company’s Board of Directors. - Maintain knowledge of each new client’s SEC-filed documents in order to properly educate shareholders in their votes. - Record shareholders’ votes via telephone, including those with multiple accounts, update records, and code them out accordingly.

  • Desktop Procurement at BNY Mellon
    Dec 2018 - Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    - Used the Remedy system, and subsequently the ServiceNow system, to fulfill requests submitted by BNYM employees who need to purchase hardware or software for use at the bank. - Utilized the PeopleSoft system to create Purchase Orders for end users. Fields that I would populate in the order included the user/requester’s name and office location, the requisition title, the product name, Cost Center that would be charged for the order, business justification and attachments such as quotes provided by the supplier. - Once the Approvals process was complete for an order in PeopleSoft, and the Purchase Order dispatched to the supplier, I would move the ServiceNow ticket to the next group. The ticket would eventually reach completion, and the purchased product would be delivered/deployed to the end user. - Corresponded with users via email, telephone, Skype and Microsoft Teams to answer their questions, fulfill special orders, provide status updates or gather additional information regarding their requests. - Worked with suppliers such as SHI, Dell, CDW, Transact, GWC, GlobalTek International and Innovative TechHub Private Limited. Functions of these suppliers with our team included providing us with quotes for products so we could order them for BNYM customers, and processing Purchase Orders after receiving them from the PeopleSoft system.