Kelly M.

Purchasing, Procurement Professional

Los Angeles, California, United States

About

Kelly Marley Extremely knowledgeable procurement and operations specialist with a strong understanding of the wholesale, retail and distribution industry, seeking a company that will benefit from my extensive experience in streamlining operations and making them more cost efficient with a strong background in international supply chain, operations, procurement and logistics. Core Competencies: Drives innovative business improvements. Develops new insights into solutions that result in organizational improvements. Promotes a work environment that fosters creative thinking, innovation and rational risk taking. Balances immediate and long term priorities. Seeks to meet critical objectives while considering the impact of those decisions and activities on the ability to achieve long-term goals. Delivers results. Focused on the critical few objectives that add the most value and channels own and others’ energy to consistently deliver results that meet or exceed expectations. Imports and exports good ideas. Relentlessly seeks, shares and adopts ideas and best practices in and outside the company and embraces change introduced by others. Develops and inspires others. Builds and maintains relationships that motivate, guide, and/or reinforce the performance of others toward goal accomplishments. Lives the values. Demonstrates the values of the company through words, actions and by example.

Experience

  • Procurement Specialist at Erewhon
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Procurement Specialist/Operations Special Projects at Consultant Kelly Marley
    Dec 2023 - Jul 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Special projects in various industries with a specialized level in food and beverage.

  • Kitchen Fulfillment and Operations Manager at Imperia Caviar LLC
    Dec 2023 - Jul 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Managing production and operations. Implementation of efficient processes and procedures. Implementation of SOP’s for consistent performance.

  • Protein/Seafood Procurement at Everytable
    Jul 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Daily purchases and negotiating related to all seafood/protein items wholesale for further processing.

  • Seafood/Grocery Buyer at Canton Food Co
    Jul 2018 - Jun 2022 · 4 yrs

    Developing procurement strategies that are incentive and cost effective. Purchasing grocery and frozen seafood approximately 1300 SKU’s. Sourcing and engaging reliable vendors. Strong negotiation skills. Review existing and new contracts. Performing risk assessments on potential agreements/contracts.