David L. Falgout Procurement Specialist

***** ******* ******* ****** ~ Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70817 ~ 225-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Seeking permanent employment with a company that will allow me to utilize

the technical, practical and creative procurement and management skills I

have cultivated over the past eighteen years.

CAREER SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE

. Purchasing . MRO pricing structure negotiation

department management

. Creative/Critical . Formal bid preparation, issuance

thinking and analysis

. Major project cost . Extensive materials specification

estimation knowledge

. Business management . Scheduling & expediting

. Vendor relationship deliveries

maintenance . SAP, Excel, Word, Power Point,

TabWare

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

. Site Purchasing Manager for Invista SarL LaPorte, Texas

manufacturing facility

Identified material specification discrepancies on twenty-two heat

exchangers purchased during the 2010 shutdown that resulted in a

$500,000 savings.

. Aggressively sourced new pipe, valve & fitting vendors that saved

Murphy Oil Refinery over $250,000 on yearly PVF purchases.

. Lead Procurement Specialist for $35million project.

. Inventoried and cataloged a $3,000,000 surplus inventory which was

able to be utilized for current and future planned refinery purchases.

. Aggressively sourced new vendors for raw materials as purchasing

manager for Lenco Alloys which increased manufacturing profits by 20%

annually.

. Successfully worked in cross functional environment and lead

efforts to improve efficiency between purchasing, reliability,

engineering, maintenance and turnaround departments.

. Built and managed pipe, valve and fitting business.

CAREER EXPERIENCE

Invista SarL (Koch Industries)- June 2009 - Present

Site Purchasing Manager

Turner Industries - Murphy Oil Refinery June 2007 - June 2009

Buyer (Procurement Specialist)

Airgas Gulf States/Doussan Gas & Supply December 2005 - May 2007

Account Manager

Satsuma Valve & Controls September 2004 - December 2005

Account Manager

Lenco Alloys May 2000 - September 2004

Purchasing Manager

Louisiana Chemical January 1999 - May 2000

Division Manager

Cameron Flange & Fitting May 1991 - January 1999

Owner

United States Air Force August 1986 - December 1990

Avionics Technician

EDUCATION/ADDITIONAL SKILLS/CERTIFICATIONS

Northwestern State University

Current TWIC / OSHA card

Fluent French

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