Kent T. Llewellyn, CPSM

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Brookfield, IL. 60513

708-***-****(cell)

acvii5@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Excellent communications

Have worked with Kanban and Lean operations

25+ years of experience working in various purchasing/procurement functions in various industries

I have a can do attitude and a team player that gets the job done.

EDUCATION INFORMATION

Bachelors of Science in Business Administration and Economics, Culver-Stockton College, Canton, Mo. May 1980

Master in Science in Management, National Louis University Evanston IL. I am 3 hours short of Master, May 1988

CPSM Certification from ISM 2011

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kustom Seating International, Inc. Bellwood, Il 2015- Present

Manufacture of passenger seats

Buyer

Purchased metal fabricated parts and fabric for current needs.

Started saving program to reduce fabricators and decrease pricing. Had saved 20000 dollars already.

Opto International Inc Wood Dale, Il 2015

A PoP company make displays for retail industry.

Purchasing Manager

Purchased and supervised the purchasing needs. Helped reduce inventory from 2.5 to 1.8 million dollars

Reviewed contract to put more inventory on floor at vendors or in facility at cheaper cost.

J.P. Bell Fabricating, Inc Wood Dale, Il 2014-2015

A small metal fabricating company.

Material Manager (July 2014-June 2015)

Purchased and supervised the needs of a small metal fab company

Decreased inventory and increased turns on inventory. Updated lead times and saved about $100,000 dollars. I was saving about $5000 per month compared to the year before 2014.

FEDERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION UNIVERSITY PARK, IL 2008-2013

A leading global designer and manufacturer of products and total solutions that serve municipal, governmental, industrial and commercial customers

Buyer/Planner (October 2008-September 2013)

Provide support to the Announcing Notification Systems division.

Reduced inventory from 1.5 million to 750 thousand dollars.

Increased inventory turns from 20 turns to 30 turns

Handled 2000 SKU’s

Went through system change over from Wintegrate to JDE/SAP in May 2013

CVS/CAREMARK INC MOUNT PROSPECT, IL 2006 –2008

CVS Caremark is dedicated to helping people on their path to better health as the largest integrated pharmacy company in the United States.

Material Supervisor (January 2007-September 2008)

Supervised 30 people both office and material- handlers.

Supervised the day to day operations of stocking the pharmacy with product and shipping product to customers

Pharmacy Tech (January 2006- January 2007)

Assisted on two teams to get things caught up and helped increase order output to our patients.

Responsible for ordering and keeping patients up to date on there needed medications.

Maintain reports needed by suppliers and federal government to make sure the company was compliant with the law governing the medication.

PAIGE PERSONNEL SERVICES OAKBROOK, IL January 2002 – January 2006

Contract Positions consisting of:

Customer Service Representative

Parts Manager

Sales & Marketing

Internet Car Sales

Assisted in the straightening out of the parts department before it was moved to a supplier.

Assisted on the SBC team on servicing their benefit package for enrollment and ongoing problems.

Assisted auto auction in 2 sales per week to dealers and public. Set up and ran 1 of these sales that was open to public and dealers

Assisted on set up and sold cars over Internet and sold cars on lot.

UNIVERSAL AUTOMOTIVE INC. ALSIP, IL January 2001- January 2002

A 25 million dollar manufacturer/distributor of automotive drums and rotors

Purchasing Manager

Eliminated a problem of past due items

Ordered product to fill inventory needs, which had not been done in four months using the SAP system installed already.

Set up with broker a quality control system to check product before it would come to our facility. If the product did not pass inspection the company would not pay for product.

Maintained physical inventory for the company. Set up reporting system on arrival of material from overseas

Supervised a Junior Buyer and Receiving Clerk.

SYMONS CORPORATION, INC DES PLAINES, IL January 1998- January 2001

A 500 million dollar manufacturer of foundation products for the construction industries

Divisional Purchasing Manager

Created a saving program for steel and plywood. The savings for 2 years was one million dollars.

Set up a new foreign plywood supplier that saved 200,000 dollars in one year.

Supervised three physical inventories in plant.

Ordered product per SAP requirements

Co-coordinated a consignment inventory on the top 50 items used on a yearly basis.

Increased turns and decreased downtime and straightened up the warehouse

AEC, INC. WOOD DALE, IL January 1997-December 1997

A $100 million dollar manufacturer of robots for the plastic industry and commercial refrigeration units

Buyer

Eliminated a problem of past due items

Set up a savings program on waste removal, recycling and separating garbage to save and estimated $100,000 per year.

Ordered product per SAP updating system on arrivals and delays.

Set up a cost savings program estimated savings $250,000 per year

JOSLYN MANUFACTURING COMPANY CHICAGO, IL January 1995-December 1996

A 150 million dollar electrical manufacturer of components for electrical power poles

Buyer

Responsible for purchasing all metal shapes needed for metal fabrication via SAP requirements.

Established goal savings of $750, 000 for a year

Set up consignment program with major suppliers of top items. Decreasing total Po’s and invoices to one bill per month

Supervised implementation of Kanban ordering system in warehouse.

Eliminated past due items by setting up tracking system for all open items using the existing SAP system in place.

PERINI/ICA/O & G – A JOINT VENTURE MORTON GROVE, IL January 1994-December 1995

A $170 million dollar Deep Tunnel project contractor

Purchasing Agent

Responsible for all purchasing needs on project. Ordered all needs for the job from nuts and bolts to 35 foot bearing for tunnel boring machine. Negotiated prices for products.

Established an inventory level on all safety supplies needed on a weekly schedule

Responsible for reorganizing entire warehouse

PITTSBURG-DES MOINES, INC. MELROSE PARK, IL January 1992-December 1994

A multi-million dollar fabricator and erector of building and bridges in Chicago

Purchasing Agent/Manager

Responsible for estimating material cost, purchasing products while staying within budget.

Established a computer program for purchasing metal products which speeds up time on ordering by 50%.

Established a tracking chart to assist with employee’s productivity

Responsible for pricing jobs for proposed building projects.

Reduced inventory from 2000 tons to 750 tons in eight months

JOSEPH T RYERSON & SON, INC. CHICAGO, IL February 1985-December 1992

A billion dollar steel service center and fabricator

Associate Buyer

Responsible for purchasing, marketing, and inventory of products, as well as controlling and supervising non-stock inventory of materials worth 3 to 5 million dollars.

Maintained an inventory of products within company goals. Using existing SAP technology

Innovated and managed the inventory of finished materials using computer techniques

Resolved inventory problems by doing inventory cycle counts.

Maintained the physical inventory count for a 250,000 square foot warehouse. Presented solutions to problems encountered in using computers during conversion to new system.

F.W. Woolworth’s Calumet City, IL September 1980- January 1985

A billion dollar retail store

Manager/Assistant Manager

Supervised sore doing 750,000 dollars

Remodeled store while keeping it in operations.

Increased sales from 500,000 to 750,000 dollars

COMPUTER SYSTEMS USED

SBC MAS90 SAP

MRPII VISIONPOINT-SBT/ACCOUNTING ERP

MAX EXCEL JD EDWARDS / SAP

WORD OUTLOOK WINTEGRATE

JOB BOSS

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