Jeff Wade Email & Phone Number

Haubstadt, Indiana, United States

• I am a proud franchise owner of Pillar To Post Home Inspectors located in Southwest, IN. With over 20 years of experience, Pillar To Post is the nation’s largest home inspection company and is ranked the #1 home.
• Fully trained and certified home inspectors
• E&O Insured
• Full color reports printed on-site for faster closings
• Convenient booking and scheduling options
• Three home inspection packages to choose from

Evansville, Indiana

• Develop and refine outsourcing strategy to ensure the lowest cost, highest quality components and weldments are sourced in a timely manner.
• Outsource the manufacture of robotics system components domestically and internationally in support of supplier base management strategies, improving cost, lead times, and payment terms.
• Negotiate price and discount with suppliers in support of product line cost control strategies.
• Communicate and resolve material non-conformances with suppliers.
• Develop methods and standard costs for assigned all outsourced fabrication.
• Monitor fabricator shipments continually to ensure those commitments are met.

Irving, TX

• Minimized risks associated with each order/project by negotiating international sales contracts for both goods and services.
• Counseled internal customers on legal issues and sought any required approvals from superiors and senior management, ensuring compliance and open communications.
• Maintained on time delivery rate for each contract which exceeded company requirements by 4 to 6 points.
• Closed complex international contract which required facilitating responses from multiple internal stakeholders who had divergent ideas and goals.
• Identified increased risks in customer's confidentiality agreements which initiated changes to internal review and response structure for such agreements.

Gainesville, Texas

• Performed risk assessment of contract terms and conditions, developing strategies to minimize potential risks.
• Worked with management, customers, and suppliers, resolving issues to ensure successful contract execution.
• Ensured adherence to contract policies, processes, and guidelines necessary to maintain secure contract documentation.
• Improved sales operations by assisting with review and preparation of RFQs, sales forecast, margin analysis, and NRE projections, and other financial analyses as required.
• Served as integral member of negotiating team for both domestic and international contracts. Communicated effectively with management, customers, suppliers, legal counsel, and affiliates.
• Facilitated and instituted outsourced supplier for just-in-time kitting process which reduced low-skilled labor costs and improved build efficiency.

• Negotiated contract terms and conditions for industrial construction projects, mitigating exposures to risks.
• Developed contract scopes of work, executed and managed subcontractor packages, and evaluated performance for project teams and department heads.
• Managed project to reduce $1M of annual shrinkage in tool crib.
• Developed best practices for contract and subcontract execution, mitigating unintended exposures to risk. Investigated change orders’ discrepancies and recovered 15% of project value.
• Managed two industrial cleaning teams at coal fired power plant.

Henderson, KY

• Managed seven inventory specialists ensuring warehousing functions and parts availability exceeded company standards.
• Sourced new component manufacturers resulting in 60% cost savings and increased system reliability.
• Maintained maintenance inventory, assuring system components were available in case of failure or scheduled replacement.
• Negotiated company-wide and municipal contracts to provide services and system components for multiple sites.
• Coordinated Western Kentucky Energy headquarters expansion in 2001 which included managing general contractor, negotiating various supplier contracts, and purchasing materials and furnishings, while finishing on time.
• Improved inventory turnover and reduced on-hand inventory 20%. Identified redundant components that were catalogued under different numbers and wrote obsolete inventory out of stock.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance, General

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics