Greg Kokko IMPORTANT Please Read CONTACT NOTES

Experience

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  Celestica

  May 1997 - Apr 2011

  Associate Buyer

  August 2008 - April 2011May 1997 - December 1999- resolved $1 million freight cost crisis with major China supplier Hon Hai/Foxconn- led cross-functional crisis team for major client to reduce $8 million in unpaid invoices to $35,000 write-off- passed two direct ISO 9001 audits

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  Price Waterhouse

  Jan 2000 - Jul 2001

  Procurement Specialist, on site at Nortel Networks

  - created a major MSA Master Service Agreement for a corporate international mobile telephone provider

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  IMAX

  Sept 2001 - Aug 2004

  Purchasing Agent

  - saved over $75,000 annually by negotiating blanket agreement with Japanese supplier Ushio- cut shipping costs 50-75% by creating FedEx Ground service contract

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  Supply Management Consulting

  Nov 2004 - now

  Senior Strategic Buyer

  Strategic Buyer, Supply Management Consulting, Toronto: November 2004 - present:- created sole proprietor business, obtained valid current Ontario Master Business License- past clients include Agfa, Alcatel, CBRE Coldwell Banker, L3 Wescam, Robert Half - eliminated 4% annual cost increase for $100,000 leases with Canon- negotiated net 60 day with discount invoice terms from previous net 10 for $600,000 in contracts with Liftow- managed $1,000,000 MSA Master Service Agreement for LIRR, the largest US transit authority- purchased state-of-the-art aerospace materials and components with CGP ITAR security clearances Show less

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  Synaptive Medical

  Jul 2019 - Dec 2019

  Senior Buyer

  July 2019 - December, 2019Senior BuyerSynaptive Medical, Toronto, www.synaptivemedical.com (manufacturer of sophisticated surgical and magnetic resonance imaging sytems)- purchasing wide variety of components for new Evry™ system