Leonard “Lenny” Novak Email & Phone Number

United States

Des Moines, Iowa, US

Strategic sourcing of explosives and construction supplies. Inventory strategy and management sleep operations management and planning. Custom explosive truck, fabrication, assembly and maintenance.

Des Moines, Iowa, US

Quick Supply Co. / Bennett Explosives / ASP Enterprises / Bowman Construction Supply / Quality Blasting Services / Dole Explosives / Cascade Geosynthetics / Elite Blasting Services

Birmingham, AL, US

• Managed $2.5B in spend and generated total cost of ownership savings > $60M/year over the last 2 years.
• Increased savings as a percent of addressable spend by 40% from 2020 to 2021
• Supervised a team of 6 direct reports and 28 subordinates (20% reduction after the reorganization), across 21 US states and Mexico.
• Responsible for business process redesign of Procurement Operations under one leader; implemented standard work practices that reduced touch points and supported continuous improvement efforts.
• Completed an organizational redesign to separate sourcing activities from administrative procurement activities, increasing savings while simultaneously improving workflow and reducing errors and rework.
• Increased cross functional collaboration with internal and external stakeholders that grew procurement participation in project negotiations by 60%.

Birmingham, AL, US

• Implemented Jaggaer procurement solution and developed new procurement practices as a business process improvement.
• Provide procurement support to the 3 operating divisions with a spend of $840M and generate more than $8.5M in savings.
• Managed Strategic Sourcing for asphalt oil ($195M), electricity ($220M), diesel ($245M), and ready-mix admixtures ($10M) that resulted in nearly $13M in savings.
• Developed asphalt purchasing strategies that tied to Divisional goals generating over $10M in savings per year.
• Implemented remote fuel monitoring and eliminated purchase orders saving over 80K touches while greatly reducing runouts.
• Implemented large scale battery storage solutions at 7 California plants to mitigate peak demand charges resulting in an annual savings of $250K for the next 10 years with no capital investment.

Birmingham, AL, US

• Transitioned the Division procurement organization from administrative support into a sourcing partner. Supported better decision making by operations and engineering the resulted in over $2.5M in project savings.

• Negotiated strategic contract with explosives and shot service providers that reduced blasting cost by $720,000 per year / 22% reduction in cost.
• Identified manufacturing exemptions that reduced sales and use tax payments for explosives, diesel fuel and electricity by more than $330,000 annually. Initiated a tax refund of $500K.
• Negotiated electricity contracts resulting in a savings of 23.6%.
• Identified Outsourced Telecommunication Services opportunity anticipated to reduce costs by 33% / $110,000 per year while improving service levels and eliminating a barrier to growth.
• Implemented Alliance Agreements in the following areas: Fuel, Explosives, Drilling Services, Wear Metal, and Crusher Parts.

Bachelor’S Degree, General Engineering / Foreign Area Studies Latin America

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), General Mba, Executive Program