• Developed and maintain an effective safety program in compliance with state and federal regulations, including a new DOT program• Established new employee on-boarding procedures• Oversee all material and equipment for projects to support construction• Collaborate with supervisors to facilitate on-site visits and safety training for field construction crews

• Establishing systems and best-practices for purchasing and inventory control. • Primary company resource for import and purchasing questions and issues. • Monitor import process and compliance, with regard to proper classification. • Develop a strong inventory control environment within the organization. • Manage inventory with designated goals and avoid stock shortages/overages. • Monitor shipments to ensure products are delivered on time and help resolve any delivery, quality, or invoice related issues and optimize delivery procedures.

o Understand contractual agreements with manufacturers, ensuring compliance and taking corrective action when required.o Monitor key performance indicators to assure target objectives are met regarding inventory usage trends, new stock additions, turnover and obsolescence.o Manage purchasing and inventory levels in accordance with company policies and goals. o Develop and implement inventory control procedures according to company guidelines. o Coordinate with distribution branches to ensure inventory and purchasing activities are consistent with company policies.

o Reviewed, negotiated and executed all contracts and agreements to ensure the company’s best interests were always maintained.o Developed high-level relationships with key clients, and managed contract resolution to maintain a high degree of customer satisfaction.o Established and implemented uniform management policies and procedures to ensure a high level of performance, profitability and accountability for all departments and staff.o Monitored sales profit margins, contract profitability, installation and service department billing, all labor expenses, delinquent account receivables, and all operational expenses.o Developed continuing education programs for the technical and sales staff. Accomplished this by consolidating resources from multiple locations to maximize training effectiveness.o Established annual and quarterly sales quotas, and provided monthly and quarterly sales forecasting and business trend report to corporate management.o Reviewed and disseminated all monthly and quarterly financial reports to ensure maximum business profitability

o Planned, Purchased, and managed all equipment/parts/supplies for entire company using MRP software ensuring timely and adequate flow of materials.o Processed, tracked and expedited emergency orders as required.o Negotiated national contracts with vendors for best pricing, terms and lead times and leveraged multi-branch buying power.o Lead company-wide quarterly physical inventories.o Established and implemented the Centralized Purchasing program, consolidating all purchasing activity to the corporate procurement department.

o Managed the distribution purchasing, logistics, and inventory in multiple distribution warehouses across the Midwest.o Lead warehouse managers, service representatives, and sales representatives, ensuring products and services met the needs and expectations of all customers.o Drove improvements with existing supply base in the area of cost, quality, and delivery for both supplies and services.o Established procedures and standards for Purchasing, Supplier Quality Assurance, and Shipping and Receiving, with a continuous improvement process built into the system.o Facilitated meetings with Finance and Management Team to review monthly policy and correct implementation of business plan.

o Drove improvements with existing suppliers in the area of cost, quality, process capability, throughput, RFQ response time, and cost recovery in conjunction with the Supplier Quality Assurance department.o Established specific goals and objectives for supplier with time-lines for implementation of improvements.o Analyzed existing commodity group suppliers and implement strategic re-sourcing within assigned commodity groups to lower total cost of ownership utilizing Value-Added Value Engineering meetings.o Assisted TEAM Plant Purchasing personnel to resolve supplier related quality, delivery and service related issues.o Developed and implemented strategy for effectively leveraging company purchased volume in commodity groups ranging from raw materials and machine equipment to MRO supplies and services.o Provided leadership for Plant Buyers, ensuring required commodities and services meet the needs and expectations of all facilities.o Organized and lead the Process Team during implementation of Demand Flow Technology® while maintaining ISO 9001 compliance.