Del Panther

Experience

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  Ameriwood Industries

  Nov 2002 - Jul 2006

  Division Purchasing Director

  Lead tactical and strategic functions of purchasing, including material planning, negotiations, vendor relationships, inventory control, global sourcing, logistics, and procurement of the division. Collaborate effective, cross-functional department communications within multiple locations. Develop systems and practices that promote exceptional results of purchasing that support efficiency throughout supply chain. Provide positive influence for continued development of employees in department, including training, opportunities, feedback, success plans, and disciplinary actions. Initiated, develop, and execute strategic cost-saving ideas. Liaison and coordinator of international logistics. Interfaced with receiving and shipping to meet all schedules as well as safety/efficiency and domestic/import requirements. Implement innovative ideas and methods of waste reduction, cost reduction, and sourcing alternative materials; manage and place purchases in excess of $150,000,000 annually. Eleven direct reports, three locations. Show less

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  Cope Plastics

  Feb 2007 - Aug 2008

  Corporate Purchasing Manager

  Develop and implement administrative procedures and practices, monitor work flow and sequence of operations to ensure expediency of work throughput to purchasing department. Analyze market and delivery conditions to determine present and future material availability and prepare market analysis reports. Prepare and disseminate instructions regarding purchasing systems and procedures. Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy. Approve/disapprove vendors. Collaborate and led cross function; communicate with strategic management team to review, revise, amend, and implement upgraded company policies and procedures, including ISO 9000. Responsible for six direct reports and material requirements for seventeen branch locations. Show less

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  TXI

  Mar 2009 - Dec 2011

  Division Corporate Purchasing Manager

  Manage staff of buyers, receiving/shipping and cycle counter. Establish and implement work assignments to reduce procurement staff to utilize knowledge and abilities to fulfill responsibilities of maintaining adequate storeroom stock for maintenance repairs (MRO) and other projects. Implement full-cycle count of SKUs, accounting for all necessary adjustments. Interface with all levels of employees and management to reduce unneeded purchasing by utilizing current materials and parts. Maintain close working partnerships with all departments to obtain better negotiated pricing and cost. Establish vendor-managed inventories, reducing cost. Analyze, revise, recommend, and negotiate contracts. Lead procurement team in following company policies and procedures and improving their knowledge of procurement to increase efficiency. Maintain close, collaborative, working relationship with planning, maintenance, production, accounting, and engineering. Resolve critical issues to meet on time planning. Responsible for five direct reports and four locations. Show less

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  Rochester Gauges

  Jan 2012 - Oct 2012

  Senior Strategic Sourcing Buyer | Contract

  Design and implement cost reduction, manage projects relating to cost reduction, cost avoidance, supplier consolidation, outsourcing, resourcing, inventory reduction, MRO, budgets, supplier quality and services. Drive supplier improvement in the areas of quality, delivery, cost and technology. Manages transitions due to engineering changes. Defines minimum requirements for purchasing items through technical and contractual specifications. Establishes and monitors incoming quality of components; works with cross-functional team on defect reduction projects. Supports Supplier Quality Engineer in the process of deploying Six Sigma practices and policies to the supply base. Works closely with Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Assurance and Logistics personnel to ensure timely resolution of all problems encountered in the process of procuring existing and new components. Leads cross-functional value analysis efforts to secure cost reductions, while maintaining viability of company as well as suppliers. Provided technical guidance specific to mechanical and electrical commodities to other engineers in the company as well as suppliers. Show less

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  Manitou Group

  Oct 2012 - Oct 2015

  Strategic Sourcing Manager

  DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT SOURCING STRATEGIES THAT INCREASE EFFICIENCY WHILE REDUCING COSTS..Identified and actively implemented opportunities to eliminate expenses that did not add value to the process or product; initiated supplier quality and service performance, cost savings, continuous improvement, supplier innovation and risk management activities. Investigated supplier’s capability to furnish high quality materials, finished parts and service performance to develop highly reliable sources of supply. Spearheaded the cost improvement program by providing an improved platform for communication collaboration, exceeding the annual goal. Developed, initiated, and executed major contracts, where such would be cost effective to the company. Interfaced and facilitated in the development and operation of company programs such as New Product Development, Lean Manufacturing, Kanban, and Just-In–Time. Directed quotations and negotiated purchases with respect to total cost of ownership (TCO). Improved, implemented, and monitored corporate purchasing policies. Spearhead supplier score card procedure. Maintain global market trends. Mentored three direct reports and interfaced coordination with corporate purchasing in France and USA. Show less