Robert Schroeder Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, PA, US

Miami, FL, US

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Primarily responsible for leading the development and implementation of National purchasing strategies for labor and materials in key categories including, but not limited to designing and implementing supply solutions.
• Lead National contract alignment and coordination with all Areas, Zones and Divisions to assure competitive leverage.
• Monitor and communicate performance issues, price and product changes and strategy-impacting variables to the organization.
• Design and develop supply solution strategies to reduce cycle time, eliminate waste, standardize practices and reduce costs through value engineering and lean practices and principles.
• Develop and implement comprehensive standards for “should costing”, analytical tool application and systems.
• Develop specification and option solutions in assigned categories for all new product plan offerings.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Responsible for entering into negotiations with suppliers by reviewing terms and conditions, contract formulation, and any supplier management conditions affecting the division.
• Provide accurate and timely local supplier contracting based on defined category selection criteria (i.e., cost, quality, productivity, service)
• Manage supplier performance monitoring within the division (i.e., cost, quality, productivity, service)
• National: manage compliance to agreements, scopes, etc.
• Local: manage and execute contract agreements consistent with sourcing guidelines
• Collaborate with Local Design, Scheduling, Field Operations and Process Improvement

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

Associate'S Degree, Office Automation & Technology

Accounting