01American Family Care / Healthcare purchasing
Supply continuity under pressure.
Start with the actual requirement. Evaluate the options. Connect the purchase to a usable delivery.
The operating context
Support a corporate clinic network during volatile supply conditions while keeping purchasing, warehouse activity, suppliers, and clinic needs connected.
My responsibility
As Purchasing Manager, I led three buyers and a shipping clerk supporting purchasing for 77 corporate clinics. I also managed catalog, source-to-pay, inventory, and reporting responsibilities.
The work
My work included sourcing testing supplies, protective equipment, and sanitizer. I developed alternative local supply relationships and helped coordinate how materials would be prepared and shipped to clinics.
02Storyteller Overland / Manufacturing & R&D
Beyond the usual supplier list.
Translate the requirement into practical sourcing options, then coordinate the details that make the choice work.
The operating context
Support manufacturing and research-and-development purchasing where specifications, inventory, work orders, and bills of materials need to stay aligned.
My responsibility
As Purchasing Agent, I worked with purchase and work orders, bills of materials, NetSuite inventory activity, and cycle counts.
The work
Alongside production purchasing, I worked on specialized R&D sourcing. Examples include developing a plumbing supply catalog at negotiated fixed rates and identifying an unconventional manufacturing source for a specialized component.
03CLP Systems / Construction sales
From an incoming bid to a next decision.
A status should lead to a next action. A handoff should make responsibility clear.
The operating context
Coordinate quoting work across external sales and internal departments while keeping requirements, ownership, and follow-up visible.
My responsibility
The Sales Coordinator role connected customer-facing work with the internal information and decisions needed to move a quote forward.
The work
I helped lead an Invitation to Bid process rollout, authored sales standard operating procedures, and managed quote and pipeline activity in Salesforce.
These stories describe Colby’s employment experience. Former employers are not presented as ScopeGate consulting clients.