Michael T. Srodes Email & Phone Number

Kalamazoo, Mi, Us

Michigan, United States

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

Managed commodity areas including steel, cabs, electrical, fluid power, fire suppression working with both suppliers and process partners to source, plan, stock and purchase parts for production and sales needs• Planned and implemented cost out and sourcing strategies to reach best total landed cost to support company goals• Tasked with training new hires including purchasing manager both in person and virtually; training included MRPsystem, Epicor functions, SOP’s, commodity briefs• As a purchasing team, worked on a company campaign to bring payment terms of all suppliers to NET 90• Identified key suppliers critical to needs of the company to grow supplier relationships and develop and negotiatelong term agreements• Work with and mentored less experienced members on the team on best practices and purchasing responsibilities• Completed online course, Powerful Negotiation For Successful Buying through the NLPA

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

Adjust product pricing and distribute pricing to chain store contracts on a continuous basis.Work in multiple different databases and programs including Eostar to complete contracts in a timely manner. Follow up with customer inquiries and issues, as well as support sales and delivery staff with pricing discrepancies. Communicate with both suppliers, customer and fellow employees effectively to maintain understanding of pricing information and handling day to day problems.

Marquette Michigan

Train new employees of the restaurant in safety practices, personal bookkeeping, and Aloha program. Completed WCT Corporate training program (including leadership, communication, corporate branding).Worked in a team environment to achieve the speed and success of service when entertaining restaurant guests.Accepted multiple promotions during the duration of employment with the company.

Developed a student giving campaign bringing in donations to sustain campus food bank for two yearsRecruited and lead a team of six student volunteers through the campaign processPlanned event platform and created a marketing schedule for a Giving Tuesday campaign Collaborated with the executive staff as member of the leadership planning committee

Marquette, Michigan

• Develop leadership and community building with housing staff and residents• Provide direct assistance and resource information on an on-going basis • Lead a variety of educational, social and health-related programs throughout the year• Organize and lead community service projects for NMU and the Marquette community• Effectively promote strong communication skills and resource information to residents, staff and supervisor• Completed extensive college staff development training

Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Business Management