Wayne Lanham Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Indianapolis, Indiana

460 Virginia Avenue Indianapolis In 46203

Oversee National Agreement alignment with O+E and Milhaus projects. Purchasing director for Onyx and East.

900 East 96Th St. Suite 100

Restructured and streamlined daily purchasing operations for 6 divisional offices in a 9 state territory. Provided direct supervision of daily workflow for a 16-member purchasing processing center located in Indianapolis. Responsibilities included:· Strategic resource planning within a 4-member management team· Oversaw and tracked data input along critical path schedules· Project setup (new communities, option structure & JD Edwards integration)· Subcontractor compliance (MSA, pricing addendum & insurance)· Lot specific purchase order releases · Sarbanes-Oxley house cost audit compliance reporting

Provided leadership and direction in all aspects of new home residential construction purchasing for 6 divisional offices in a 9 state territory. Restructured and consolidated the 6 divisional offices into a central purchasing center located in Indianapolis. Provided leadership and supervision of a 25 member purchasing team.Responsibilities included:· Systematically restructured divisional purchasing into regional purchasing· Supervised 40% of the all purchasing and starts volume· Captured $2,000,000 in annualized savings through contract renegotiations· Orchestrated sourcing events for SF, MF, & commercial condo projects · Conducted lean blitz workshops capturing $3000 in savings per closing· Consolidated product offering from over 200 plans to a core offering of 75 · Designed a series of purchasing processing standards used company-wide

Directed the Indianapolis division-purchasing department in all aspects of new home residential construction purchasing. Provided leadership and supervision for a 5 member purchasing team.Responsibilities included:· Managed the purchasing work flow of 1000 lot starts per year· Reduced house cost 5% netting an average savings of $3750 per closing· Negotiated regional supplier and trade agreements · Reworked 6 product specifications into 3 buyer profiles· Restructured large turn-key operations into itemized SKU lists and components · Created a purchasing environment netting positive EBIT in 2009 & 2010

Member of a 3-person negotiating procurement team. Supervised and managed all aspects of trade activity for my assigned project cost codes within the team. Responsibilities included:· Solicited, Qualified and managing a trade partner base· Bid and awarded contracts for assigned category cost codes· Created cost comparisons and savings forecasts for project awards· Monitored commodity index and negotiated quarterly pricing schedules· Managed trade field performance in conjunction with the construction team

Oversaw the system data implementation of new product and component pricing. Organized and completed all trade partner procurement and placement.Responsibilities included:· Completed daily processing and estimating of build-to-order and inventory units· Constructed base operating budgets for plan styles and options· Negotiated subcontractor pricing utilizing market commodity benchmarks · Coordinated the implementation of new product releases· Executed material upgrades and supplier agreements

Contributed to the daily project engineering functions for multiple municipal and federal public works projects. Created daily site reports for White River Flood Retention, Kokomo wastewater treatment tertiary filtration upgrade, and TW Moses water filtration facility. Responsibilities included:· Onsite PE support of 3 municipal projects in excess of 35 million· Onsite QA/QC position with the Army Corp of Engineers · Processed all material submittals and requests for information (RFI) · Updated project As-builts and equipment compliance reports· Oversaw daily reviews for placed materials, site conditions, and trade workmanship

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