Gary Staggs Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Oh

Manage and direct all sourcing and buying activity for two buyers. • Plan and forecast all raw material requirements to fulfill customer orders using MRP system. • Oversee and negotiate all inbound freight including overseas shipments.• Manage production planning, scheduling, and inventory control.

Lebanon Ky -Pompano Beach Fl

• Provide procurement direction for two (2) manufacturing plants in an effort to reduce overall spending and control costs. • Reduced raw material inventory by two-thirds in the first six months aligning a substantial increase in corporate cash flow.• Manage and direct buying activity for two (2) buyers. • Global Sourcing for all spices. • Negotiate pricing and supply contracts for all raw materials, packaging material, ingredients, and meat products. • Successfully achieved $423,000.00 in documented cost savings in less than six months. • Completed internal auditor training to facilitate quality control and perform internal audits for SQF level 2.

Middletown, Oh

• Direct procurement initiative for eight (8) satellite yards and corporate office in an effort to reduce spending and control costs.• Streamlined purchasing of diesel fuel for all rolling stock as well as all cranes and equipment. This effort required daily monitoring of market and hedging.• Manage an effective maintenance and fuel supply for fleet of company cars and leased vehicles.• Spearheaded major project for reducing costs on gases used in cutting metal.• Negotiate pricing and supply contracts for all direct materials, new equipment, tooling, gauging, and energy.• Created and Implemented purchase order procedures and policies to improve efficiency of all buying.

Florence Ky

Purchasing Manager• Manage MRP planning for all direct materials (castings, forgings and components used in production).• Direct the purchasing initiative to include purchase order assignment process (blanket orders and spot buys) for all direct and indirect materials in company operating system. Review and approve all purchase contracts.• Manage 7 direct reports to include 3 in sourcing and procurement totaling more than $80M annually; and 4 MRO Crib maintenance staff. • Negotiate pricing and supply contracts for all direct materials, new equipment, tooling, gauging, and energy.• Instrumental in the negotiation and purchase of more than $120M of automated machines and equipment used in manufacturing process.• Oversaw the acquisition and implementation of new Auto Crib software and consignment inventory for the MRO crib. (Current inventory in excess of $2M). Apply continuous improvement and inventory controls as key factors in maintaining the MRO crib. • Controlling manager for all TS16949 vendor audits. These audits require travel to the vendor sites. • Accepted major role in Eagle’s initial TS16949 certification process and successfully completed the Internal Auditor training for the Automotive Sector (ISO/TS 16949:2002).

Cincinnati Oh

• Managed 3 direct reports in sourcing and procurement totaling more than $32M annually.• Implemented purchasing section for ISO 9002 manual. Provided ongoing facilitation of efforts to maintain ISO 9002 certification.• Instrumental member on BBA Corporate Purchasing Task Force in eliminating excess costs and process improvements.• Spearheaded global sourcing initiatives to procure specialty non-woven textiles in various countries to include Italy, United Kingdom and Germany. Handled all delivery and U.S. Customs issues as needed.• Coordinated company relocation efforts to include complete drawing and lay-out of office space configuration, negotiated new phone system and installation of same, selection/installation of office panels, organized physical move with outside moving entity.• Developed computerized purchase order procedures