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Louisville, Kentucky Area

Bowling Green Area, Ky

Bowling Green, Ky

Direct responsibility on contracts, maintaining payment milestones, and reporting to Executives and Board for $132 million USD greenfield project in the USA on cash-flow expenditure, anomalies budget, and overall progress for duration of project. Led and collaborated with BILSTEIN cross-functional teams for successful renegotiations of vendor contracts due to non-performance and change orders.ERP systems project lead on needs assessment, development, testing, and implementation for a multi-phase project roll out. Successful completion of project and roll out of systems executed ahead of schedule.Implemented corporate quality standards through creation of policies and procedures and successful implementation of a Quality Management System (QMS). Audit and certification for ISO 9001:2015 achieved with 0 majors, 0 minors, and 1 opportunity for improvement with new QMS system.Responsible for purchasing strategy development and execution on budgeted spends for maintenance, laboratory, and auxiliary equipment requests to reduce capital expenditure

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Establish yearly spend budgets and perform market risk analysis to determine impacts within organization.Meet with current and prospective vendors to foster a strong working relationship, review performance metrics, and establish contracts to meet corporate strategy. Data analysis for shipments within company to determine optimal modes of transportation to generate cost savings. Maintained data model for diesel and crude oil prices to identify trends, generate and establish new company surcharge rates based on formula from data and negotiate with vendors for fuel surcharge when necessary. Track rail shipments to all facilities and review time logs to ensure they were within negotiated terms and expedite as needed to prevent demurrage charges.

Procure materials domestically and internationally for the automotive and commercial industries.Manage inventory and adjust stock level based on current market conditions to increase margins.High level involvement in the import business, procedures, and workflow which helped to create a high profitability for the import business of Steel Technologies.Analyze customer data and usage to determine procurement plan within lead time of suppliers.Responsible for managing over 700 items consisting of an average of 16,000 tons of steel, monthly, in raw and finished inventory.Submit orders to suppliers, work with suppliers for updates on orders until delivery, and reconcilediscrepancies.Submit orders to outside processors, work with outside processors for updates on orders until delivery, and reconcile any discrepancies.Investigate the logistics of procurement to find optimal shipment methods to facilities for maximized profits and service to customers.Calculate claim amount for lost inventory and file insurance claims for damaged material that shipsinternationally.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Responsible for a team of ten to fifteen persons to load multiple planes within an allotted time frame.Maintain a zero lost days accident record for entire team while meeting or exceeding the allotted time for loading of shipments.File paperwork for departure with the air traffic control group.Learned key knowledge of the UPS package shipment process methods quickly.Maintain a safe and pleasant working environment daily for team.

Perform month end reconciliation of inventory located at outside toll processors. Audit finished materials at outside toll processors to ensure it met ordered specifications, quality standards, and file claims for defective material. Reconcile scrap credit reports from outside toll processors, submit reports for approval of credit amount and negotiate with outside toll processors for payment. Misc. clerical work