Derek Schlotterback Email & Phone Number

Greenville, South Carolina, Us

Greenville, South Carolina, Us

Greenville, South Carolina, Us

Senior Buyer of Direct Material

Spartanburg, Sc, Us

• Manage $70 million annual spend and a procurement staff of eight with procurement responsibilities for over 25,000 SKUs with categories ranging from electronics (PCB assemblies), wire and electrical components, machined metal parts, welded fabrications, ASME pressure vessels, springs, plastics & rubber components, pneumatic valves & switches, miscellaneous hardware, ferrous & non-ferrous castings, stampings, metal bar stock, MRO and R&D prototyping and development. • Annually exceeded material cost saving initiatives of $2 million plus using strategic sourcing and competitive bidding activities.• Lead a total of 4 company wide kaizen events resulting in a total cost savings of over $1 million. The kaizen teams included members from all areas of the company with projects spanning all functional areas.• Created and track monthly Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for each supply chain professional such as supplier on-time delivery, supplier quality, material cost savings goals and PPV to create accountability and ownership.• Contract preparation and negotiation for all international and domestic contracts with values up to $2.5 million.

Spartanburg, Sc, Us

• Commodity Manager for $10 million Sub-Contract Machined Components spend.• Reduced commodity supply base from 50 plus companies to less than 10.• Created annualized cost savings of over $3.5 million during two year period by supplier consolidation and the creation of a strategic sourcing plan.• Category Manager for corporate commodity team responsible for category management and contract negotiation of a $4 million corporate bearing spend with year over year cost savings of 5%.

Spartanburg, Sc, Us

• Lead Procurement Officer for Pneumatic Controls Division responsible for the purchase of OEM assembly components and spare parts using Oracle MRP system.• Responsibilities include developing bid packages, receiving bids, order conception, issuance, order maintenance, expedition, inventory management and disposition of non-conforming inventory.• Implemented over $90,000 in yearly cost savings as a member of Pneumatics Value Analysis Team. • Coached and developed purchasing assistant employees in all daily activities to prepare them for promotion to purchasing agent.

• Led the day to day operations of spin-off textile spare parts and refurbishment company (Crosrol America, LLC) with annual sales of $1.2 Million. Responsible for management of all employees and all activities of this business including accounts receivable, customer service, purchasing, and order fulfillment. • Decreased standard parts inventory from $850,000 to $130,000 while increasing inventory turns by 400% by identifying aged/obsolete inventory, using Max/Min values on dynamic inventory, and using competitive bidding to insure the lowest cost per unit.• Increased overall gross margin per unit by 15% thru competitive bidding with strategic suppliers and manufacturers

• Responsible for raw material procurement with an annual spend of $4 million. Materials purchased included aluminum (bar stock and castings), steel, cast iron and other non-ferrous materials. • Lead a $657,000 manufacturing project consisting of 46 mechanical and electrical sub-assemblies for fiberglass winding machines. Each mechanical assembly consisted of over 500 manufactured and purchased components. Responsibilities included all aspects of project management including preparation of customer quotation, cost estimating of all purchased and subcontract work, liaison to the customer’s engineering and purchasing departments, procurement of raw material, subcontract work of mechanical/electrical components, scheduling of manufacturing/assembly and on-time delivery of finished goods.• Directed outside subcontracting servicing of machined parts such as heat treat, painting and plating.

• Responsible for procurement of all mechanical and electrical components based on engineering designs and specifications for projects up to $1 million.• Project Manager for over 10 projects ranging from $10,000 to $500,000. All projects managed came in under budget with an average 10% increase in gross margin.• Developed cost accounting tracking system and procurement procedures for automation projects resulting in a 15% increase in gross margin.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Civil Engineering

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