Ralph Mitsch, C.P.M. ★

Experience

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  Edwards/Stokes Vacuum Inc

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2002

  MATERIALS MANAGER

  Manufacturer and US market leader of industrial pumps & vacuum equipment. (300 employees, $50M/yr sales). Stokes was acquired in 2002 by BOC Edwards in England (200,000 employees, $27B/yr sales)MATERIALS MANAGER - Duties & Impactful Value: Managed a supply chain relationship of 250 suppliers, reported procurement budget status on all customer jobs to the General Manager, transacted international business in Europe, China Taiwan, and worked in conjunction with US Customs services. Jointly controlled And monitored the IBM A/S400 ERP system with Production. ● Achieved cost savings of $1.1M (21% of material cost) in first two years by creating a competitive bidding environment, negotiating volume discounts, buying offshore & promoting standardized part re-design. ● Prepared internal Procurement procedures for ISO 9000 certification quality team. ● Supervised two senior buyers helping them to become increasing contributors to cost savings goals. ● Collaborated with R&D, senior engineers and project managers on custom bills of material saving an average of 5% on each BOM. Show less

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  Siemens

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2008

  PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST III

  Global provider of IT solutions/medical products to healthcare industry. (470,000 employees, $110B/yr sales)PROCURMENT SPECIALIST III - Duties & Impactful Value: Negotiated & managed master agreements for the indirect commodities/categories: Audio Visual, IT Software & Hardware, Facility Maintenance, Consulting, Recruiting, MRO, Marketing, Advertising, Office Equipment & Professional Services. Strategically sourced key suppliers who furnished $55M in spend for the above commodities to Malvern and nine US based company divisions. Proficiently utilized six software processes of Peoplesoft, SRM, SAP, Click-to-Procure, P-Card & EZ-AP. ● Reduced the number of Recruiting suppliers from 125 to 40 resulting in $376K of cost savings or 32% of annual spend for this commodity. ● Generated $330K of cost savings or 26% of annual spend for the office equipment commodity by upgrading equipment functionality and reducing number of machines in the fleet. ● Designed, implemented and administered interim procurement processes for newly acquired subsidiary companies prior to them becoming fully merged into the Siemens corporate structure. Show less

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  Sunguard Data Systems

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  PROCUREMENT CONSULTANT

  Global provider of software and technology services. (13,000 employees, $3B/yr sales)PROCUREMENT CONSULTANT - Duties & Impactful Value: Performed contract negotiation with suppliers, facilitated contract language review with Legal and then implemented execution of contracts with suppliers. Promoted roll-out of new SRM system to internal users and provided in person/telephone/online training. ● Implemented 85% of contracts on schedule and 15% ahead of schedule. ● Brought 90% of internal users on board with SRM system on schedule and the 10% of power users ahead of schedule. Show less

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  PJP, Proudly Part of BradyPLUS

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  PROCUREMENT CONSULTANT

  Distributor of packaging/paper products/chemicals to supermarkets & restaurants.(80 employees, $20M/yr sales) PROCUREMENT CONSULTANT - Duties & Impactful Value: Responsible to upper management for maintaining proper product service levels while maximizing inventory turns. ● Interfaced with buyer team on supplier selection and spend analytics leading to improved supplier delivery performance of 15% of more on-time deliveries. ● Increased inventory turns by an average of 2X on over 3000 items saving over $400K in inventory cost. Show less

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  Arkema

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  PROCUREMENT CONSULTANT

  Global provider of high performance materials and specialty chemicals. (14,000 employees, €6B/yr sales)PROCUREMENT CONSULTANT - Duties & Impactful Value : Reviewed procurement goals and developed the steps to achieve them with department leaders of 12 scientific business units and processed SAP purchase requisitions into purchase orders for same. ● Utilized "Stargate" summary with timetable (in-house tool) to report project progress on laboratory supplier cost evaluations amounting to $20M in spend and $1M in savings. ● Re-negotiated 10 existing Master Service Agreements for indirect spend categories saving $450K. Show less

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  Unlimited Technology, Inc.

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2015

  PROCUREMENT MANAGER

  US turnkey, commercial security systems integrator. (70 employees, $30M/yr sales)PROCUREMENT MANAGER - Duties & Impactful Value: Managed 600 strategic supply chain relationships, purchased project bills of material, negotiated supplier payment terms, analyzed purchase cost relative to project cost and teamed up with Engineering to source new products for those that reached end of life. ● Saved $500K+ in both hard savings (project & inventory cost) and soft savings (shipping, extended payment terms, transactional & overhead costs) in first year. ● Registered equipment to be purchased directly with manufacturers on major jobs resulting in cost savings of up to an extra 10%. ● Negotiated extended payment terms with key suppliers during times when cash flow was tight thereby alleviating Finance from tapping into bank credit line. ● Met all equipment delivery requirements (including rush requests) imposed by customers or the UTI staff over 90% of the time by leveraging the professionally developed supplier relationships. Show less