Clayton E. Wiseman

QUALIFICATIONS

. Facilitator, keeping people on track to get assignment done on time.

Proactive, follow-up to keep assignments on track, able to react to

any roadblock that may jeopardize the company's goals.

. Vendor Management: Develop vendor relationships to ensure on-time

deliveries, J.I.T. Kanban systems, aggressive cost reductions,

engineering specifications, vendor contract negotiations and reviewing

supplier's performance and making sure the supplier is a good fit.

. Government regulations.

. Contract Negotiation.

. Experience with MS Word, Office, Excel.

EDUCATION

. Associates of Arts in Business.

EMPLOYMENT

2010-Apr- 20015 Camtek, Inc

Purchasing Manager/Senior Buyer-

Managed 2 other buyers in the purchasing Department.

Accomplishments:

1. Reduced MRO cost by 60%

2. Set-up in-house suppliers to cut down on hand inventory

dollars.

3. Negotiated longer payment terms for better cash flow.

4. Set up MRP systems so our suppliers could read our forecast

and production schedule to reduce long lead-time components.

5. Reduced yearly spend by 1.7 million dollars of a 7.9 million

dollar spend over the last fiscal year.

6. Reduced our in bound shipping cost by 45% with the

cooperation of our large suppliers shipping consolidated

shipment. Reduce LTL cost by brokering our LTL shipments to

get the best cost depending on shipping lanes.

2008-2010 Independent Contractor.

Held various positions in Purchasing.

2008-Dec-08 Alamo Group

Purchasing Manager-

Responsibly- Managing (5) buyers in the procurement

department.

Budget planning, vendor relationships, outside

service contracts, inventory

Turns, forecasting, contract negotiator, sourcing

both foreign and domestic

Commodities, reducing shipping cost both UPS and

LTL. I worked with the

Marketing. Other responsibilities included public

peaking, hiring and

Corporate Trainer.

2004-2008 Decatur Electronics, Inc.

Director of Purchasing - Managing buyers and the production

process. Responsible for Kanban system and J.I.T. inventory.

Negotiations with vendor on pricing and deliveries. Working

with engineering to assure vendors are able to produce and

supply product consistent with guidelines set by all government

agencies as well as engineering specifications. Working with

plant production to keep supplies in house to insure on-time

production. Inventory control, on-time deliveries and inventory

levels, inventory rotation and cash flow.

Accomplishments:

1. Reduced on hand inventory of over $400,000

2. Instituted an M.R.P. system

3. Set up Kanban system

4. Set up over 70% of suppliers on contract pricing

5. Successfully set up the purchasing department to maintain

I.S.O. 9000 certification.

6. Reducing vendor lead-time for more responsibility for our

vendors to carry the inventory.

7. Instituted a program for vendor returns, nonconforming

material at a cost savings of $129,000 over a 12-month

period.

1993-2004 Grain Systems, Inc.

Product Manager of Swine and Poultry Ventilation. Ensuring

quality of raw materials, production line productivity and

finished product testing. Worked with CGA and other government

agencies to ensure all government guidelines are met through

product installation and manual instructions.

Accomplishments:

1. Made design changes to our ventilation heating systems to

become the #1 high efficiency heater in the marketplace.

2. Went from the #3 in the marketplace to #1 in sales in just

over one year.

3. Traveled throughout the United States teaching how to

correctly size the heating systems through pipe and gas

tank sizing and how LP gas will vaporize in different

temperature changes for poultry and swine buildings.

Buyer Negotiations with vendor on pricing and deliveries.

Working with engineering to assure vendors are able to produce

and supply product consistent with guidelines set by all

government agencies as well as engineering specifications.

Working with plant production to keep supplies in house to

insure on-time production. Inventory control, on-time

deliveries and inventory levels, inventory rotation and cash

flow.

Accomplishments: Negotiated over $1.7M in cost savings

through vendor negotiations and contracts.

Inside sales- Inside support to four district sales managers.

Quoting of equipment, trucking schedules, job costing, working

with production scheduler, on-time deliveries. Technical

support services and troubleshooting.

Accomplishments: Serviced the top 3 Dealers in the swine

product line. Combined yearly sales of $12M.

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