Robert Luttrell Email & Phone Number

Athens, Ga, Us

Currently responsible for a team directly assigned to Supplier Management, Contracting, Negotiations and Strategic Sourcing for the Commodity Group of MRO/Facility Services/Quality Assurance

Responsible for Procurement Professionals at five (5) Steel Mini Mill operations throughout the Southeast United States with an annual spend ranging from 400 to 550 million dollars.Generated progressive documented savings of:1.8 million dollars in 20067.8 million dollars in 200712.7 million dollars in 2008 &15.9 million dollars in 2009 during the economic downturn and reduced production ship and spend rates.Successfully built and developed a strong, capable & professional procurement team from the ground up.Implementation of modern, technology based Central Stores facilities at all five (5) mills.Reduced MRO inventory levels and average of 40% across the southeastInitiated MRO stores component delivery direct to cost center operationsReduced supplier base by 27% since March of 2006.Corporate Procurement initiatives include:Installed at all southeast mills, during 2009, the SAP Procurement Platform.Approval process reduced by an average 300% Developed and implemented comprehensive Purchase Price Variance reporting.Developed and documented into procurement management systems - detailed procurement procedures that have been bench-marked across the organization to all 18 mills and the corporate systems.COO designated Corporate Cost Manager - Outsourcing and Mill Services (Utilization of 7 step Procurement Process):Accountable across the organization to all mill locations and the corporate structure for the administration and execution of the outsourcing and mill services accounts.

Macon, Georgia, Us

Power Train / Chassis / PlasticsResponsible for a commodity team of four, with an annual spend of 200 million dollars out of a total corporate spend of 400 million dollars. Initial savings out of this team within the first year exceeded 4 million dollars.Additional annual savings of in excess of 10 million dollars, within this commodity group, are drawn from a Strategic Sourcing Initiative directly tied to the power train components.Strategic Alliance Manager.Corporate Contract Administrator.Reduced the supplier base by approximately 25% through consolidation and re-sourcing.

Macon, Georgia, Us

Directly responsible for the power train commodities with an annual spend of 160 million dollars.Named to the Presidents' Corporate Strategic Sourcing Initiative.Presented the Corporate Strategy for Engines, Axles and Transmissions to an international audience, of 700 attendees, at the Georgia's World Congress Center - September 2004.Promoted to Corporate Global Commodity Manager in October of 2004.

Macon, Georgia, Us

Developed reporting formats, metrics and reported on the status and level of inventories corporate wide. These included; raw materials, work in process finished goods and product slated at "Ready for Delivery".Established and initiated corporate goals for the reduction of all inventory values in all categories.Reduced work in process inventories by 40 million dollars in less than five months.Promoted to Senior Corporate Purchasing Agent in November of 2003.

Macon, Georgia, Us

Supervision and full operational accountability for shipping, receiving, stockroom, warehousing and manufacturing line service logistics.Generated and measured performance to operational budgets for the above departments.Successfully implemented cycle counting through a cross-functional team with purchasing, finance, manufacturing and materials.Through the above cycle counting efforts we reduced work in process inventory by greater the one million dollars and improved cycle counting accuracy from 74% to 92%.Reduced shop floor materials personnel from 110 to 82 through restructuring and implementation of new procedures and processes.Major Note of Accomplishment:I was chosen to lead a recovery team at our North Georgia (Lafayette) Facility. This team was responsible for the completion of in excess of 1200 unfinished school buses. This was initiated in June of 2003 and ran through August of 2003. We were successful in completing all of the units ahead of time and all deliveries were met. The subsequent influx of cash flow through these deliveries prior to the end of the fiscal year was a major turning point in the success of The Blue Bird Corporation and helped lead the way for the effective company recovery.

Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Jp

Full profit and loss accountability for the overall plant operation.Supervision and development of the Production, Engineering, Maintenance, Production Control & Quality Assurance staff personnel.Areas of Improvement:Certified the MF1 plant under ISO 9002 standards.Established MF1 as a model 5-S program facility.Improved productivity overall by 9.5 % annually.Reduced finished goods inventories by 40% while maintaining and improving customer on-time deliveries.Reduced standard costs by 6.5%

Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Jp

Manager of Purchasing and MaterialsGlobal sourcing responsibilities for 140 million dollars of materials, services and capital acquisitions.Restructured and reorganized the purchasing function; reducing personnel and improving throughput.Sourced all commodity market raw materials; to include commodity chemicals (i.e. PTA, Ethylene Glycol, Acetel, Polypropylene and Nylon resins), copper, zinc and zinc alloys through the Comex and the LME international commodity metal exchange houses.Developed, monitored and maintained the forward pricing (hedging) statistical models and the policy and procedure parameters for the copper, zinc and zinc alloy commodity metals.Developed and executed all scrap sales and recycling programs for paper, metals, plastics and process materials.Certified Purchasing under ISO 9002 standards.Initiated the cross-functional team negotiation concept, saving in excess of 15 million dollars annually.

Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Jp

Assignments within the Superintendent rankings at YKK are progressive in scope and responsibility.

Bba Cum Laude, Management, Real Estate & Urban Development

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Business Administration And Management, General