Gerald (Jerry) Ford Email & Phone Number

240 Holiday Inn Drive, Unit R, Cambridge, On N3C 3X4

The QCsolver offers a simplified way for our staff to help you to keep track of your suppliers with our services and our Supplier Control Panel. All of your critical supplier data is now gathered by our staff and is view-able on one screen. Customized reminders ensure that you don't miss key dates. We offer an independent third party verification of the supplier data with a unique strategy for a cost effective and seamless implementation process.Simplify these processesInsurance and WSIB TrackingContracts DatabaseRisk & Performance MonitoringVendor Performance ManagementSupplier CredentialingAudit/Internal controlsReduce your riskThe QCsolver process helps you to reduce your risk and exposure when choosing one of our existing qualified vendors. These vendors are being used by other clients and we can provide you with up to date reports and rankings with a click of a mouse. Customize our service Depending on your needs we can adapt our services and reporting portal to ensure an administratively efficient and effective solution.

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

My new role will allow me to continue to help grow Kinetic to the next level. Over the last 7 years, Kinetic has been there for our members and providing them with trade compliant contracts. We are now in every province and every sector. All of this growth has now provided us with an opportunity to visually report the data and determine how best to assist our members and allow our suppliers to gain further insights. This new initiative will allow Kinetic's team to focus on what is important and strategic.

Cambridge, Canada Area

Kinetic GPO is a Canadian group purchasing organization that makes national cooperative purchasing as simple as possible. We follow all governmental compliant processes and our goal is to help reduce procurement costs by leveraging the purchasing power of group buying and saving our members time by simplifying the steps to procure.As part of a very knowledgeable and experienced team of professionals, I am working at advancing the purchasing power of entities across Canada by taking what has worked, expanding on those strategies, and offering our portfolio of compliant contracts to a full range of organizations. This is an exciting opportunity that I wanted to share. Please feel to contact me if you want to hear more.

Cambridge, Ontario

Project Management: • Scope of work analysis• Monitoring & reporting of vendor/contractor activityERP Software Selection & Implementation:• Research, review & analyze software requirements for scope of work• Data conversion, synchronize item information (combine multiple branch information)Procurement Consulting:• Contract negotiations• Purchasing support & outsourcing servicesProductivity Implementation Initiatives:• Assistance in implementing vendor portal application• Consolidate spending to reduce costs & increase productivityWe are a Supply Chain & Management organization that leverages our experience & the talents of our associates to provide a wide range of services & solutions. Our team offers a unique combination of Supply Chain, Information Technology & Human Resources skills in order to provide you with value-added projects. We are proud that we think out of the box & focus on exceptional customer service. We use the term SCORS to help describe the outsourcing capabilities of Cambridge Solutions Inc. (CSI). What we offer is Supply Chain Outsourced Resources which include Services, Systems & Staffing. CSI can provide you with many options to allow your company to better manage existing workloads. This includes contract & project management; commodity-based purchasing support & productivity improvement initiatives. The list above outlines some of the options CSI has offered clients in the past. This list is not limited as we have the capability to expand our horizons & adjust to meet any company’s needs. Most of all we believe in "work & have fun"

POSITIONS HELD IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF CANADASCMA is a professional purchasing organization representing 8,500 members across Canada.2021 Honourary Life Member1981-present Member and volunteer2005-2006 President Greater Wellington District of SCMA1998-1999 President of the Greater Wellington District of SCMA1997 National Professional Accreditation Committee member1994 President of SCMA Ontario (2,700+ members)1989-1994 Regional Director and on the Board of Directors 1987-1988 President Central Ontario District of SCMA1981-1993 Member of Central Ontario District of SCMASeminars Taught:Managing Supply Chain Relationships, Outsourcing, Contracts Post Award & Tendering and Request for ProposalAWARDS2016 Volunteer of the Year Award Supply Chain Management Association of Canada2007 Twenty Five Year Award Supply Chain Management Association of Canada 1995 Award of Excellence Supply Chain Management Association of Canada1995 Award of Merit Supply Chain Management Association of Canada1993 Certificate of Service Supply Chain Management Association of Canada

Worked on a sub-committe and prepared a position paper which was submitted to the Ontario Ministry of Government Services on Vendor Performance management.

Cambridge, Ontario

What Sustento is…•It’s a Collaborative Hub or Central Connection place created to support local businesses & initiatives focusing on Food: specifically on Supply Chain, Process, Distribution, Education, and Construction•It’s about Connecting People to promote & leverage each other’s skills, talent & resources•We want to include People who want to collaborate and have diverse backgrounds: Business Partners, Mentors, Academic Institutions, Students, Entrepreneurs, Workforce Experienced individuals, Associations and other similar minded organizations

Hamilton, On

Kitchener, Canada Area

2018: Instructor Operations 8080 Capstone Project (Supply Chain Management-Global)2017: Instructor Operations 1420 Introduction to Supply Chain2017: Instructor FOOD 8150 Supply Chain Functionality 2017: Instructor HRM 2040 Human Resource Management January 20162016: Instructor HRM 1010 SupervisionInstructor BUS 74060 Consulting/Integration Project IIInstructor BUS 73130 Consulting/Integration Project 1Instructor from 1984 to Jan 2001 for the following groups: Human Resources Association of Ontario. Ontario Management Development Program. Toyota Motor Manufacturing in house management courses. Linamar Corporation Guelph Supervisory/Management Training Program. Microcomputer Applications Certificate Program. Development Dimensions International Instructor

Kitchener, Canada Area

Established in 1985, Car-san Manufacturing Limited is a contract manufacturing company nestled in the Kitchener/Waterloo hi-tech sector. We specialize in rapid prototyping for electronic products, printed circuit board design and production and surface mount low to mid volume manufacturing. We are looking at expanding business opportunities with existing and customers, creating our own industrial products and partnering with post secondary institutions to help develop new tech manufacturing leaders.As part of the Cambridge Solutions team, our goal is to work with the Car-san Senior Leadership Team and assist them by reviewing and suggesting improvements to their business processes. We will also be upgrading their existing software system in order to continue to add value.

Guelph

MandateThe Guelph Chamber of Commerce has identified workforce development as one of our key strategic elements. Employment streams to be considered are:•people new to Canada•graduates from educational institutions•workplace advancements through job site training•retraining unemployed workers•accommodating people with disabilities to meet the needs of the coming workforce shortageAims and Objectives •To partner educational institutions with the business community to provide training programs within industry, or from within educational institutions•To connect students with job placements•To provide a forum for business to communicate workforce development needs•To provide strategy for integrating new Canadians into Guelph businesses•To address employment of people with disabilities•To integrate people who are unemployed or laid off into second careers•To develop programs and activities that help transition from shrinking labour needs to increasing labour needshttp://www.guelphchamber.com/explore/committees/workplace-development-committee

Helping with the Innovation conference in February. Also working with the student chapter on new innitiatives.

Worked on second SXe implementation in 15 locations across the United States which was completed in Feb 2010Project Lead for ERP Implementation of Infor SXe Enterperprise software in 5 locations across Canada in 2007.

Membership Chair 2006 & 2007Communications Chair 2008

Accomplishments:Managed the budget for the new Waterloo Headquarters ($21m)Negotiated savings in excess of $750,000 usd Successfully negotiated a new Internet services contract with a total contract estimated savings of $478,000 usd

Worked in the Facilities Management department. Involved in purchasing, construction project management and Xerox Contract Management

Markham Ontario

Responsible for ordering software and peripheral products for all of Canada

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Cscmp, Certified Supply Chain Management Professional

Certificate, Human Resources

Diploma, Business Administration

Ba, History And Business

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