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Negotiate and purchase all resins for production of 16M vessels per yearReduced corrugated (4th largest expenditure) from 500,000 to 385,000 by reducing number of sku’s and scoring boxes for multiple usesSupport the maintenance department with procuring parts for “down” machinesCreate and maintain safety stock to support production for optimal JIT inventory turns

Reporting to Vice President of Supply Chain, provide single point of contact for all Sunglasses, Clipon, Graphics, and displays procurement for 4th largest sunglass manufacturer in United StatesAssign responsibilities for and manage 1 Senior Buyer, 2 Buyers, and 1 Junior BuyerTravel to Asia to negotiate 2007 and 2008 contract pricing with 16 suppliersDeveloped “report card” for all suppliers to be reviewed quarterly for both parties performance regarding orders, lead-times, on time deliveries, problem solving capabilities, accounting issuesConvinced all suppliers to give average pricing for all product categories (over 2000 SKU’s)Reduced COGS 5.2% 2007, and 6.4% 2008 despite increase oil pricesMaintained 95+% on time deliveries, while experiencing 20% company growthDeveloped and administered new departmental procedures for order placement, logistics, RFQ’s, Supplier Component purchases, forecastingDual sourced all products in order to get better competitive pricing (reductions)Work closely with Product Marketing in development of new products regarding sourcingAchieved 97% fill rates in support of replenishment objectives for customers such as Wal-Mart, Walgreens, QVC

An employee owned company with 60 million a year in revenue with 5 locations in Southern CaliforniaWorked with Accounting and senior management to decide on Great Plains software package for accounting and purchasing departmentsReduced Vendor from 16 to 7 and negotiated substantial better pricing by 600k my 1st year, and better customer service from suppliersCentralized purchasing responsibilities, and eliminated 8 different departmental purchasing privilegesSupported 5 different locations, 3 press operations, packaging, architecture, foundry, and all MRO procurement needsNegotiated 5 new tractor trailer purchases for local and 2 day deliveriesReduced Maintenance department personnel by 40% and saved cost of repairs by leasing forklift poolWorked with 4 suppliers to come up with better packaging methods for shipping while reducing COG’sResponsible for all gases contracts

Established a Purchasing Department for a $50M mail order catalog companyNegotiated large buy-ins and extended terms on storage productsSupervised operations staff of twelve for inventories, receiving and warehousing of products