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Purchasing Manager (60411) CPIM / Global Sourcing / $500M Spend / Willing to relo

01.05.2022

Certified Purchasing Manager with Global experience and 20+ years of delivering substantial cost savings for manufacturing operations in several sectors!. This Game Changer has broad areas of expertise embrace all facets of procurement, including vendor qualification, negotiations, contracts, supplier management, and inventory control.

His demonstrated ability to re-engineer processes to reduce costs are legend! If there is money to be saved, he will find it! If there are processes to be improved, he will optimize it! He is actively seeking a new role and is willing to relocate.

  • Got rid of $250k of obsolete inventory.
  • Upgraded suppliers to improve purchasing processes and reduce waste.
  • Managed a spend of $500M
  • Manage Procurement Department and lead a team of 7 for the largest agrochemical plant in the US.
  • Set up purchasing department and spares warehouse for a greenfield project.
  • Purchased equipment to control all electrical in high voltage transmission power vaults, wire, heat exchangers, water treatment facilities, control rooms, fire suppression systems, etc.
  • Restructured Purchasing department.
  • Introduced electronic bidding to the capital equipment acquisition process allowing such purchases to come in under budget.
  • Researched and introduced an additional competition for raw material buys, reducing pricing for 3 key ingredients within the process.
  • Consolidated freight business that allowed the company to leverage this buy and receive an immediate 20% additional savings on this expense.
    • Projected savings of $100,000 in the first year.
  • Renegotiated the contract with the primary supplier of contract labor and negated the automatic escalator in the previous agreement.
  • Worked closely with engineering personnel on a $33 million plant capacity expansion project.
  • Improved reporting functions, receiving verification and delivery accuracy of materials throughout 65 square mile facility with 87 drop points serviced daily.
  • Improved vendor relationships with major suppliers of chemicals, MRO, and packaging suppliers.
  • Consolidated supply chain and leveraged the annual buy.
  • Reduced obsolete inventory and realized savings by initiating mandatory management reviews of all projects and their impact on spare parts.
  • Reduced inventory discrepancies to less than ½ of 1 % annually.
  • Developed automated inventory replenishment system, supplier consolidation strategy, and supplier qualification and evaluation policies.
  • Reduced packaging material expenses by working with suppliers and plant personnel.
    • Savings equated to $220,000 annually at the completion of the project.
  • Reduced number of purchase orders written, time spent ordering, and time spent processing invoices.
  • Introduced Consolidated Receipts Settlement concept saving between $75 and $100 per invoice processed or $117,000 annually.
  • Eliminated excessive freight expense through internal and external audits.
  • Consolidation and renegotiated contracts with suppliers both current and newly qualified.
  • Purchased capital equipment and raw materials from Brazil, Belize, Portugal, Venezuela, Germany, India, and China.
    • Resulting in increased competition among suppliers saved 3.5 % in purchases effected or between $250,000 and $300,000 annually.
  • Caustic soda, iodine, potash, acids, and sodium bulk chemical purchasing
  • Purchased capital equipment from vehicles to tank farms to processing and packaging equipment
  • Managed a team of 23 reports
  • International purchasing from South America, Germany, India, China, and Poland.
  • Reduced waste in packaging materials from 7 % to an industry acceptable 1.5%.
  • Produced a 10-year track record of inventory accuracy within 5/10 of 1 %.
  • Reduced $6M lease expense through supplier-sponsored equipment acquisitions.
  • Awarded recognition for achieving a company high of 9.8 (Exceptional) “Human Relations / People Skills Evaluation”.
  • Global sourcing / International Purchasing (India, China, Brazil, Belize, Portugal, Venezuela & Germany)
  • Managed $500M Spend
  • Capital Equipment Purchasing
  • Chemical Purchasing
  • Access Reporting
  • Annual Operating Plans
  • Building Supplier/Customer Relationships
  • Contract Negotiations
  • Data Mining
  • Developing New Suppliers
  • Distribution Centers
  • E RFQs
  • E-bidding
  • Raw Material Purchasing
  • Materials Requirements Planning
  • MRO Buying
  • Forecasting
  • Expediting
  • Improving Inventory Turns
  • Work in Progress Inventory
  • Manufacturing Plant support
  • GMP/5S Experience
  • MRP – SAP
  • Online Auctions
  • Performance Metrics
  • Multiple Order Quantity
  • Working with IBEW Unionized facility
  • Working Capital Goals
  • Supporting Multiple Locations
  • Variance Analysis
  • Vendor Ranking
  • Supplier Consolidation
  • Resolving Invoice Issues
  • Process Variation Reduction
  • Project Management
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • Stockroom Operations
  • Cost Analysis

Education & Certifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
  • Institute for Supply Management CPM (Certified Purchasing Manager)
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