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Procurement SpecialistThe Procurement Specialist evaluates vendors and negotiates to find replacement parts at a reasonable cost without sacrificing quality. After prioritizing parts requests based on urgency, the Specialist sources and orders parts from vendors, checks order statuses, and tracks packages to ensure timely delivery.• Preparation of formal bids for Precipitator Rebuild projects ranging $200K to $50M.• Worked with sales, engineering and vendors to obtain back-to-back terms between customers and vendors.• Outsourced to LCC (low cost countries) when necessary.• Compared bids from vendors and aggressively sought cost reduction on final product.• A cost reduction of 10.36% on a buyout budget of $7.5M. This was accomplished by aggressively seeking multiple bids and negotiations with vendors.• Recovered overpayment of $447,563 by AP to a vendor. This was done by tracking current orders and reducing payments until amount was recovered.• Recovered back charges to a vendor of $350,000 for poor quality product. By working with the vendor, I was able to recover this through direct payments back to my company or with holding payments on current projects.

B&W supplies products and services to a wide spectrum of industries and markets, Renewable Energy, Government Services, Fossil Power, Environmental and Commercial Nuclear Power.Combined experience indicated: January 2002 Hired by BHA. October 2005 GE acquired BHA. June 2010 Babcock & Wilcox acquired Precipitator Division from GE.; Evaluated vendors and negotiated to find replacement parts at a reasonable cost without sacrificing quality. Prioritized parts requests based on urgency, sourcing and ordering parts from vendors, checking order statuses, and tracking packages to ensure timely delivery.* Preparation of formal bids for Precipitator Rebuild projects ranging $200K to $50M.* Worked with sales, engineering and vendors to obtain back-to-back terms between customers and vendors.* Outsourced to LCC (low-cost countries) when necessary.* Compared bids from vendors and aggressively sought cost reduction on final product.* Enabled a cost reduction of 10.36% on a buyout budget of $7.5M. Accomplished by aggressively seeking multiple bids and negotiations with vendors.* Recovered overpayment of $447,563 by AP to a vendor via tracking current orders and negotiating reduced payments to the vendor to facilitate recovery. Executed by tracking current orders and reducing payments.* Worked directly with the vendor to recover customer back charges of $350,000 resulting from inferior quality product. Recovery accomplished via reimbursement from vendor and negotiated withholding of payment on current projects.Dearborn Mid-West Conveyor Company; DMW was a large scale manufacturer of material handling systems to the Automotive, Bulk, Industrial, and USPS markets since 1947. The company evolved from a small fabricating shop into a major material handling system provider, with full service locations in Michigan and Kansas.

Estimated hard bid and conceptual design-build projects, assessing project risks and assigning proper risk costs and strategy. Reviewed and recommended design changes, where applicable, to reduce cost where possible.* Prepared formal bids for material handling projects ranging $200K to $50M.* Devised bid materials, including drawings and specifications.* Solicited bids and consummated contracts for negotiated pricing for OEM materials to meet bid specifications and production schedules.

Associates, Civil/Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical

Associates Degree, Mechanical Engineering