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Denton, Texas, United States

• Assumed management of the purchasing department of growing manufacturing company in Dallas area to help them through massive growth at a time they did not have the resources to manage.• Led and was project manager on dozens of cost savings initiatives at a company that was expanding saving them millions of dollars and over 10% of the cost for that product line.• Created work instructions, procedures, and scoreboards for multiple emerging companies.• Directed and managed a rework process at a local manufacturing facility. Wrote the rework instructions, trained the workers and managed the staff during the process. Set up delivery of the fixed product and provided detailed quality report.• Conducted the selection of MRP/ERP software for multiple companies. Helping to keep the overall cost down and still fulfill their needs.

Carrollton, Tx

• Managed 5 employees in the purchasing of TurboChef parts for the assembly of ovens. Total purchases by the team were over $70 million.• Led the implementation of MRP process (Great Plains). Previously, all orders were done by spreadsheets. Wrote all procedures and did all training. Transition went forward without any major glitches or stock problems.• Procurement department averaged 5% savings each year during a period of time where 4 new ovens were introduced, growth was at 15% annually and another division was absorbed at the facility.• Improved system processes adding work instructions and processes that were either extremely loose or did not exist previously.

• Managed 17 employees in the production of Flow Design’s products. Met on time delivery and budget targets.• Oversaw the revamping of the warehouse and inventory functions focused on improving accuracy and drastically reducing the value of warehouse stock without an impact on product availability.• Worked on the mergers and acquisitions team for IMI Indoor Climate Group in North America.• Negotiated consignment agreements with overseas suppliers bringing 50% of all inventory in as consignment.• Worked with engineering on value engineering products on cost savings averaging over 5% annually.• Implemented supplier scorecard program to evaluate suppliers on a quarterly basis.

Supply Chain Manager (Feb '06– Oct. '09)• Restructured a loosely run department; created work instructions and supply chain procedures: began enforcing checks and balances on purchased parts.• Immediately negotiated contracts with largest suppliers saving 12%-20% annually on those purchases.• Created and maintained metrics for the department to track cost savings, inventory turns and inventory accuracy. Used these metrics to set goals and project targets for the first time.• Cost reductions averaged 10%; on time delivery improved over 50%.• Inventory accuracy improved by 11% while streamlining and documenting the shipping and receiving process.• Avoided any budget overruns while meeting difficult cost-cutting targets.Operations Manager (Sep '07 – Oct. '09)• Directed department of 12 people during a critical time of constrained capacity.• Through coordinating temporary help with other departments and reorganizing the scheduling function, managed to bring capacity back in line within three months time without adding headcount.• Improved on time delivery from 50% to more than 95%.• Consistently came within quarterly budget while adding equipment to improve efficiency, yields and quality.• Set up cross training to minimize lost production time due to vacations and absences.ISO 9001 Certification Leader and Management Representative (Feb '07 - Oct. '09)• Put in charge of project after it had fallen six months behind schedule.• Reorganized project and led company to a successful certification on the original timeline.• Corporate auditors gave the site the highest initial audit score in the company’s history.• Wrote over 50% of all the procedures and ran all training and management meetings.

Purchasing Manager (Jan '05 – Feb '06) • Responsible for buyers purchasing machine parts, equipment and supplies, castings, forgings, extrusions and paint.• Organized first company initiative to outsourcing in China.• Led office products improvement team that consolidated office supplies from 4 vendors to 1 while reducing cost 44%. Streamlined the buying process, eliminating purchase orders and saved 100 man hours annually.Sr. Machine Parts Buyer (Feb '03 – Jan '05)• Responsible for purchasing and strategic sourcing of castings, extrusions, machined parts and paint.• Project manager of a team that reduced screw machine vendors from 40 to 18 and saved 17% in the process. Only the top quality suppliers were picked and it was expected quality would improve by 60%-75%.• Managed the team conducting Hunter's first online reverse auction reducing costs on steel by over 12%.Sr. Steel Buyer (Feb '01 - Feb '03)• Responsible for purchasing and strategic sourcing of steel sheet, bar, tube, aluminum, laser cut and formed parts, steel cable, packaging and paint.• Initiated and implemented restructuring of the steel commodity that reduced the purchase price by 14%, decreased the number of suppliers from 12 to 3 and improved quality from 7% rejection rate to 1.2%.• Supervised two separate projects with the IT department. One allowed shop floor employees to electronically release material from suppliers off of blanket purchase orders eliminating the need for purchasing intervention while reducing inventory and lead time. Another designed a more user friendly purchasing interface that allowed users to see inventory and production trends, recent quotations, forecasts and other information while placing purchase orders. It was estimated that this reduced the time each week that buyers placed orders from 9 hours to 1-1/2 hours. Conservatively, this project saved the purchasing department 2,100 hours a year.

Strategic Sourcing Leader (Jun '00 - Feb '01)• Responsible for formulating sourcing strategies and coordinating their implementation across 29 different manufacturing sites.• Managed the strategic sourcing of corrugated, paint, office products, packaging, MRO and chemicals.• Negotiated $50 million dollar MRO contract with guaranteed minimum savings of $5 million when fully implemented and an additional $2.5 million savings each year.Commodity Manager, Hoffman Enclosures subsidiary, (Aug '98 - Jun '00)• Responsible for sourcing decisions, price agreements for five North American plants producing electronic enclosures. Commodities included paint, chemicals, gaskets, packaging and instruction manuals. Accomplishments included reducing supplier base in the above areas from 98 to 25, reducing price by as much as 40%, and streamlining delivery and order processes.• Implemented and coordinated cost improvements in materials. 1999 cost savings were $1.5 million on an annual spend of $13.8 million.Supplier Logistics Planner, Hoffman Enclosures subsidiary, (Nov '97 - Aug '98)• Worked on Pentair corporate program for corporate cost reduction. Negotiated a series of contracts throughout the company that saved $2.6 million - over 25% of the total spend.• Duties included reading and interpreting MRP, placing purchase orders, scheduling deliveries and expediting. Reduced lead times from supplier by providing forecasts and inventory reports.• Accomplishments include putting corrugated in a point-of-use system that reduced lead-time from two weeks to five hours while eliminating stock outs and reducing inventory to a fraction of its previous level. Set up system of visual inventory for metal stampings that eliminated expediting and inventory outages without increasing inventory. Simplified reordering system with roll form supplier that reduced lead-time from six weeks to one.

• Responsible for procurement of materials necessary to make tank trailers. Primary responsibilities included purchasing and contract negotiations for aluminum extrusions, pipes, tubes, fittings, fiberglass insulation, gauges, steel plate and shapes, electric wiring and lighting.• Coordinated contracts between three manufacturing plants and six service centers throughout the country.

• Responsible for steel purchases and deliveries to companies in the United States, Japan and Mexico. Duties included negotiating delivery and price, arranging for customs work, storage facilities and transportation.• In charge of supervising, motivating and training several different assistants. Conducted periodic progress reviews with subordinates and completed annual reviews.• Executed steel procurements totaling more than $27 million annually. Responsibilities included purchasing steel, maintaining inventories, arranging trucking, processing, and packaging in a "just-in-time" environment.• Implemented a new integrated software package which combined accounting, invoicing, inventory tracking, sales order processing and purchase order management functions under one system. Wrote work procedures and instructions and conducted group-training sessions upon implementation of the system.

Masters In Business Administration, Operations Management Emphasis

Activities and Societies: Member of Beta Gamma Sigma which accepts only the top 20% of MBA graduates.

Bachelor Of Science In Business Administration, Procurement And Materials Management, Operations Management, Administrative Management