CHRISTOPHER B. TRACHSEL

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North Huntingdon, PA 15642

ab6qvn@r.postjobfree.com

724-***-****

PROFILE

I am an analytical management professional whose dedication to organization

and efficiency cuts costs, improves processes and solves problems.

KEY SKILLS

Problem-Solving: Assigned special problem-solving project for energy

efficiency program group because of recognized skill in organization,

developing an electronic file sharing structure to store, retrieve and

report crucial data.

Productivity: Succeeded in challenging new position, using organization

skills to prioritize backlogged work left by predecessor, correcting the

result of months of inefficiency within 30 days without need for additional

resources.

Process Improvement: Removed human error factor from expense reporting by

improving the function of Microsoft Excel spreadsheet used for recording

and reporting.

Analytical Thinking: Analyzed outsourcing costs and identified in-house

resources that saved an annual amount that exceeded my yearly salary.

Communication: Tapped to resolve new equipment problems due to positive

relationships built with vendors and internal team members, leading a cost-

effective conference call with sales rep and maintenance manager to

identify and correct complex problems affecting productivity and overtime

costs.

Prioritization: Used organization and prioritization skills to avoid late

fees on past due invoices.

Organization: Developed form to organize a problem log process to gather

data about equipment failures that facilitated system-wide improvements in

productivity.

WORK HISTORY

Procurement, Equipment Specialist, FirstEnergy/Allegheny Energy,

Greensburg, PA, 12/2000-12/2012

Administered contracts: researched equipment vendors and purchases,

developed RFP's, analyzed technical portions of bids, prepared purchase

requisitions and verified invoices.

Negotiated and managed equipment and maintenance contracts for over 50

locations.

Communicated with internal customers to develop

equipment/material/maintenance contract specifications.

Fielded vendor questions relating to the bid requirements.

Performed technical and financial analysis of submitted bid responses.

Produced purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and subsequent change

orders.

Collaborated with the legal, insurance and corporate risk departments to

ensure contract compliance.

Ensured that all aspects of the delivered equipment, services, or materials

met with the specifications, and approved costs as outlined in the purchase

orders.

Worked closely with the AP department to resolve invoicing issues.

Expedited orders as necessary to ensure a prompt delivery.

Maintained clear, detailed and accurate files (electronic and hard copy) of

all transactions and contracts.

Operations Management, Bill Inserting

Effectively managed daily department operations of the bill inserting

dept., including direct supervision of 6 exempt employees, to reduce

overtime demands.

Produced and maintained a departmental budget including monthly variance

and year-end projection reports.

Controlled inventory of production materials, supplies and repair parts.

Served as member of 3 Six Sigma analytical teams.

Led corporate safety efforts as a departmental safety committee chair and

secretary, earning annual Safety Excellence Awards.

Participated in Allegheny's departmental diversity awareness team.

Owner/Operator, Action Printing, McKeesport, PA, 05/1984-12/2000

Operations Management

Responsible for: customer interaction including every aspect from sales to

delivery and ensuring customer satisfaction.

Ordering all production materials & supplies.

Producing employee work schedules, tracking time worked and all payroll

activities.

Creating and adjusting the production schedule.

Overseeing equipment and facility maintenance.

All accounting procedures including accounts receivable, accounts payable

and production of balance sheets using Excel software.

Worked at typesetting, design and page layout using Pagemaker, Photoshop

and Illustrator.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook and

SAP enterprise software systems

EDUCATION

Business and Computer Coursework, Westmoreland County Community College

Completed business management classes to improve my management skills, as

well as accounting courses, time management courses, efficiency study

courses, advertising and marketing classes, and computer science courses.

Diploma, Norwin Senior High School

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