Cliff Traylor Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Professional, goal oriented and progressive Materials Management Professional with the ability to use my leadership qualities to successfully implement business processes to help achieve company goals and objectives..
• Oversee contract negotiations, logistics, risk management, value analysis, maintenance repair and operations (MRO) procurement and inventory activities at each of the CEPM managed facilities and Corporate.
• Perform working capital inventory verifications at newly acquired facilities.
• Developed a Fleet Inventory management program focusing on obsolete and excessive inventory as well as part availability and optimization.
• Led successful bid negotiations for a company computer hardware vendor, the construction of the new corporate Data Center, a new corporate security and access management system, a new payroll vendor, numerous power.
• Initiates the purchase and licensing of most of the corporate software.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Senior Buyer for multiple power generation facilities, fossil and renewables, across the U.S. as well as the EHS and Corporate Buyer
• Manage the total spend at each primary facility
• Responsible for negotiating and executing all service contracts for the facilities
• Risk Management / Terms & Conditions / Vendor-Supplier Management
• SME & Trainer for employees at new facilities for PeopleSoft and policies and procedures
• Primary Buyer for all Solar Projects and construction

• Complete responsibility to direct and manage all phases of strategic direction for a Facility Services company.
• Led the transition from a large cost center to a profitable independent company in 3 years
• Developed and managed new market areas and relationships with Facilities and Contract professionals through contract negotiations and expense management
• Created and implemented numerous quality and communication enhancing policies and project management procedures that led to increased customer satisfaction
• Managed multiple commercial office furniture warehouse and distribution locations with staffs of up to 50 team members
• Total P&L responsibility

• Responsible for building and managing the Facility Department, Corporate Procurement and all entry level Operations staff
• Hired and managed Facilities and Operations staff of 25 employees during period of extreme growth
• Managed the planning, construction and procurement for a new 60,000 square foot corporate office and thousands of square feet of up-fit space
• Negotiated dramatic cost savings for overnight express contracts and for all corporate procurement including all capital projects
• Wrote and evaluated RFP’s as well as managed all contract services for the company such as mechanical, security, janitorial, electrical, furniture and others
• Responsible for all space planning and move management working with IT, architects and installers to coordinate