Jeffery Layden Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

• The Category Manager is responsible for leading strategic sourcing activities across all aspects of Archaea strategic spend. This includes taking strategic ownership of entire category and/or sub-category spend.
• Develop and implement strategies within the assigned category, sub-category or project spend, including analysis of external markets.
• Execute savings and cash targets through leveraged spend projects.
• Lead complex commercial negotiations (pricing, payment terms, terms and conditions.)
• Drive streamlined standard process for Capital purchases.
• Develop strategic suppliers and purchase catalogues to reduce cycle time from demand identification to PO placement.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Operations purchasing

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Develop, implement and manage programs to maximize the value of supplier relationships via ongoing monitoring, measurement and management of supplier performance
• Handle all aspects of the procurement process for projects of moderate to high complexity including, but not limited to pre-qualification of potential suppliers, RFP issuance, proposal evaluation including complex.
• Identify cost savings opportunities through experience-based solutions focused on leveraging current and projected spend, product/service/supplier consolidation, analytics and market knowledge
• Negotiate and prepare purchase orders of highly technical long lead engineered equipment in excess of 50 million dollars

Pittsburgh

• Read and evaluate technical drawings
• Review terms and conditions established in purchasing contracts
• Review quotes to ensure accuracy to bill of materials
• Enter material requisitions for pipeline and compression projects into Oracle
• Utilize surplus material when possible to reduce overhead cost and increase profit
• Issue and track status of purchase orders

Canonsburg PA

• Demonstrated high levels of organizational ability and leadership through managing the open orders report, keeping track of the status of manufacturing, shipping and customer satisfaction
• Sourced products for clients and negotiated pricing
• Maintain close working relationships with vendors and field locations to problem solve and to reconcile pricing and quantity discrepancies
• Developed and maintained relationships with customers, vendors and manufacturers
• Organized logistics from several locations to source material for customers in a timely manner
• Managed inventory levels through reducing dead inventory and administering cycle counts to confirm accuracy

• Provided excellent service to people of all different types
• Improved abilities to work well in teams and communicate effectively
• Enhanced ability to successfully multitask and prioritize
• Managed and maintained large work loads
• Acquired ability to read guests and situations quickly

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General, 3.9

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business Administration, Management And Operations

Activities and Societies: Mock Trial, Spanish Club and Accounting Society

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business Administration, Management And Operations