SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER/SENIOR BUYER Resume

SUMMARY:

Accomplished, versatile, and dedicated leader with a successful career in supply chain, procurement and operations management. Proven record of of corporate goals and objectives, with experience in a wide variety of settings from manufacturing operations, international projects, military logistics, to enterprise - wide project leadership. Efficient, organized leader with success in coordinating efforts within internal and external teams to reach and surpass expectations. Positive, self-starter with a Assertive demeanor and a leadership style that’s consistent with getting the best from a team.
Team Leadership and Mentoring
Lean Manufacturing & Procurement
Materials Needs Analysis & Inventory
Continuous Productivity Improvement
Vendor Negotiations & Relations
Streamlining, Cost Containment
Process Reengineering / Change Management
Strategic Capital Planning with P&L
International Sourcing & Outsourcing
Internal and External Capacity Planning
Risk Management & Regulatory Compliance
New Processes and Product Introduction

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Wellsville, NY

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER/SENIOR BUYER

Responsibilities:

Improved supplier on time delivery by 14% in 120 days, and maintained >94% OTP for key suppliers.
Reduced cycle time for 8 major part categories by 50% in 18 months, with an average cost reduction of 7%-18% per category.
Implemented the reduction in Casting suppliers from 37 to 12, and Raw Material suppliers from 26 to less than 10, cost reductions year over year > 10%.
Reduced supplier non-conformance costs by $2.5M over three years, to less than .5% of Sales.
Reduced days of delivery (DOD) quoting time, RFQ backlog by 700+ items, and cycle time from 3 months to an average of 6 days.
Developed comprehensive Make/Buy plan and championed a multi-discipline team of Engineers, Buyers and Quality personnel to execute the plan.
Initiated a vendor stocking program for raw and rough machined castings that decreased total cycle time to production by 61% (or 55 days).
Championed and initiated the only multi-site, multi Business Unit, common supplier inventory system, for critical raw materials needed to support Customer emergency outage and internal production compressed cycle times.

PURCHASING MANAGER/BUYER

Confidential, Houston, TX

Responsibilities:

Reduced total package costs >$332K or approx. 24% of controllable costs.
Reduced supplier base from 380 to <100, and increased total avg. spend per supplier approximately 850%.
Initiated and negotiated supplier Consignment stocking agreements for most high volume/low cost inventory items.
Accomplished the reduction of supplier non - conformance cost to less than .05% of total purchase cost.
Increased contract percentage by developing a market price bid process that resulted in annual sales increase of approx. $340M with +6% profit margins.

COMMODITY MANAGER

Confidential, Orlando, FL

Responsibilities:

Promoted in six months to Sr. Buyer for two international coal fired steam projects and one international refurbishment of a nuclear power plant. Cost recoveries and reductions for one site exceeded $4M.
Turned around a negative variance in materials expenditures for all major projects in China through competent material bidding, sourcing, and vendor claims leading to >$9M in recoveries in a four-year period.
Negotiated strategic alliance agreements with valve, pipe and compressor manufactures, with cost reductions of over 20% on current cost models for similar material.
Selected to participate in a pilot program for management of strategic commodities for Siemens Power.

Confidential, Orlando, FL

MATERIALS MANAGER

Responsibilities:

Created and managed operations for company’s first Materials Department with Quality Inspectors.
Outsourced contractors for all electronics parts/assemblies saving approx. 28% per year.
Reduced machined parts costs by 42% through vendor sourcing and negotiations.