Purchasing / Procurement:
Years of Experience: 15
Scope of Experience:
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Served in various procurement roles including: buyer, materials manager, director supply chain, and vice president supply chain, and procurement council member (for $1.2B firm)
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Managed annual procurement spends exceeding $300MM
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Managed annual traffic spends exceeding $80MM
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Managed the following functional procurement areas:
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Strategic procurement
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Tactical procurement
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Direct and indirect product components, and commodities
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MRO
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Indirect procurement (ie. Telecom, IT, utilities, fleet)
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Sourcing (domestic and international) and negotiations
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Also, managed Freight Carrier Sourcing, and
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Procurement/Material Planning
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Contract Management
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Vendor Management (as well as reporting and scorecards)
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Accomplishments (selected):
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Established short, medium, and long term agreements with suppliers as well as establish vendor partnerships
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Improved organizational sourcing, negotiating, and contracting methods
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Completely re-sourced material portfolios multiple times, held vendor conferences, involved engineering and other users
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Implemented supplier performance measurements
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Implemented procurement and procurement planning performance metric systems
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Consistently drove procurement savings equal to 1.5-2% of revenue (Sonitrol)
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Product Margins (proprietary products) improved by 31%
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Examples of cost reductions in various products:
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Large truck fleet cost reduced 30%
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Forklift fleet cost reduced 70%
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Various commodities at a foundry reduced 15 - 70%
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Batteries 61%
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Monitors 37%
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Natural Gas 33%
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Telecommunications services $600k annually
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Service van fleet (identified and suggested - left before implementation) cost reduction $2.6MM annually
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Credit card processing $235K annually
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Established integrated supplier relationships
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Responsible for leases at 60+ facilities across North America