Dave Dessureault Cscmp(Cpp), Cim Email & Phone Number

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

• Liaison with multiple Ministries (Ontario Health, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery), ensuring the COVID-19 Pandemic PPE stockpile can support the Provincial agencies
• Responsible for a team of three implementing Vendor Management for new Provincial vendors with emergency purchases with delivery and payment schedules
• Taskforce leader for sourcing and negotiating a 21% savings for six high-volume COVID-19 testing platforms in Ontario
• Led Canada’s most extensive RFP of Arthroplasty Hips & Knees valued at $560 million with 50 plus hospitals, including Teaching centers

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

• THE NIAGARA PARKS COMMISSION (NIAGARA FALLS, ON)Director, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement (2017 to 2020)
• Responsible for all procurement activities throughout the Parks, a Provincial Crown Agency - operational enterprise governed by a Commission of 1,800 employees for the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport
• Implemented an eSolution procurement management system from cradle-to-grave to improve quality management and efficiency by 35%
• Directed and coached staff to transition from purchasing to Strategic Sourcing and Procurement with longer-term contracts, spend analytics, collaborative buying, and category management
• Rewrite and implement a new Procurement Policy adhering to CFTA and CETA with updated procurement sourcing techniques for outcome-based strategies with negotiations, and Vendor of Records (VOR’s)

4056 Meadowbrook Drive

• Responsible for over 400 Operating Rooms with 30 Hospitals in Ontario, New Brunswick and PEI; valued at $160 million in spend per year
• Partnering with Physicians, Legal and hospital members to design a new sourcing strategy with negotiations of awarding multiple contracts for clinically complex products while delivering savings between 22% and 45%.
• Facilitator of the OR Committee, leading monthly conference calls, webinars and biannual committee meetings
• Facilitator of focus groups for process improvements
• Facilitator and leader of managing strategic sourcing initiatives with Physicians, CFO’s, Directors and front line staff to deliver positive results

Responsible for Purchasing Services. Team leader P2P of the Pcard program with cost savings of one million by increasing Pcard spend from $3 million to $14 million in 9 months and increasing reconciling from 75% to 99% with a 30% reduction in small value purchase orders. Streamline vendor uploads by removing non-value added activities and standardizing to.

Full responsibility of start up of the welding department from Japan to Canada utilizing the Toyota Lean Production System. Developed training plans for recruiting, hiring, training and traveling to Japan for the startup of the new Woodstock facility for the welding seating department. In working with CSA standards created work flow design, work sequences.

Teaching part time courses in Principles of Quality and Leadership Management. Using real life, hands on experiences and tools to prepare students for the work force.

Successful leader of a team which includes 9 supervisors and 400 hundred unionized employees within a diverse multicultural environment.Increased production and capacity from 72% to 83% while reducing scrap from.72%/Sales to.27%/Sales and reducing union grievances from 69 to 15. Responsible for $200 million in sales and meeting budget requirements monthly.

London, Ontario, Canada

Facilitation of international team to improve Mexico’s quality from 55% to 88% within one year; restored effective communications between the Siemens site in London and Reynosa, Mexico.Trained and audited suppliers on implementing cost reductions with: reducing scrap: fast response, layered process audits, error proofing, standard work and training, 8D and.

B2B & B2C Wireless Solutions.

Sourcing, expediting of Electronic Hard goods such as Electronics, Small Appliances, and Toys.Responsible for lowering inventories to just-in-time and conflict resolution with Suppliers.

Cpp An D Cim, Purchasing

Activities and Societies: CPP and CIM attained in Continuing Education

Accounting, Business