William L. Grundy

South Bend, IN

574-***-**** (cell) 574-***-**** (home) acvjkh@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Purchasing/Materials Management professional, trained as Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt, with demonstrated negotiation skills and a record of cost reduction, vendor and operations performance improvement, inventory management and employee development; experienced in contracting for mechanical and electrical components, raw materials, capital equipment, plant services and supplies, and business software acquisition and implementation within MRP environments.

EXPERIENCE

AM General, LLC (contracted through Career Transitions), Mishawaka, IN May 2016 to present

Contract Purchasing position with AMG Military Assembly Plant, producer of military vehicles including HMMWVs (Hummer®).

Koontz-Wagner Custom Controls, South Bend, IN 2014 to April 2016

Four-site, $100 million, division of Global Power Equipment Group (NYSE: GLPW) that designs, manufactures and integrates power control room solutions for energy, oil and gas, and electrical industries, supplying customers worldwide.

Procurement Director (position eliminated during corporate reduction in force)

Oversee Procurement function for four sites (five plants) in Indiana, Tennessee, Idaho and Texas, with nine Purchasing personnel and annual spend of approx. $55 million.

Negotiated five-year supply agreement, consolidating paint supply to one vendor for all KW plants. The contract involved an up-front payment to KW of $500,000 “pre-bate” and resulted in ongoing annual savings of $100,000.

Negotiated $259,000 savings for project involving relocation (rigging and transport) of 62 completed, customer-owned control buildings to off-site indoor storage.

Developed and introduced monthly tracking of material cost performance against budget (Actual vs. Estimate) for all projects closed during the period. Performance to materials budget in 2015 was 7% favorable, $3.0 million.

Initiated and published monthly scorecard showing Buyers’ cost savings projects at four plants. Team savings and avoidances for 2015 totaled $580K with carry-over into 2016 of $202K.

O’Tech Compounds Corp, Rolling Prairie, IN 2013 to 2014

$40M firm that engineers and manufactures custom thermoplastic compounds for extrusion (wire/cable) and molding (footwear) industries.

Purchasing Manager (position eliminated for budget-cutting purposes)

Responsible for leading Purchasing function and raw material inventory management.

Introduced tracking of inventory turns, improving from 7.9 to 9.9 in six months by implementing practices and controls that reduced O’Tech’s raw material inventory $291K (13%).

Negotiated expansion of annual rebate program with a key supplier resulting in an annual savings of $31K.

Participated in implementation of new integrated MRP software system.

Remis America, LLC, Elkhart, IN 2010 to 2013

Firm that assembles and installs glass doors and covers for mid-temperature and freezer cases used in supermarkets and retail stores. Start-up joint venture, $6 million, between Remis GmbH and Dehco, Inc.

Purchasing Manager

Supervise Purchasing function and coordinate supply from German parent/partner.

Achieved net 25% BOM cost reduction for components used in primary door model introduced in US, changing supply from German parent to domestic suppliers, approx. savings of $5,000 per store ($1 million annually), reducing dependence on supply from Germany from 42% of spend in 2010 to less than 10% in 2013.

Negotiated claim settlements of $185,000 with LED lighting supplier due to field quality failures and $115,000 with international freight carrier ($165,000 total charge) for tardy deliveries that caused delayed installations.

Designed and implemented ISO-9000 compliant procedures for Purchasing. Earned listing by NSF and UL for several product lines by defining agency requirements and coordinating submittal of samples and documentation.

Hess Industries, Inc., Niles, MI 2006 to 2010

$40M designer and builder of metalforming, welding, assembly equipment sold worldwide to automotive, HVAC and white goods customers.

Director of Materials and Logistics 2007 - 2010

Assigned expanded management responsibilities of Scheduling & Production Control. (11 personnel total).

Achieved 2009 cost reductions of $720,000 (6% of spend) through negotiations with key suppliers.

Led negotiation for 2009 cost avoidances of $250,000 for custom-fabricated machines integrated into Hess equipment.

Managed downsizing of Materials Dept. (three personnel) in 2008 during company-wide restructuring.

Ensured supply continuity by negotiating with vendors for delayed payments during chronic periods of severe cash flow constraints.

Director of Purchasing 2006 – 2007

Supervised Purchasing ($15M annual spend) and Shipping/Receiving functions, reducing staff by two people and managing merger of those departments from two plants into one.

Integrated two separate ISO 9000 systems into single, certified set of procedures.

Universal Bearings, Inc., Bremen, IN 1994 to 2006

Manufacturer of loose rollers and bearing assemblies, supplying the automotive industry, $30M annual sales.

Purchasing Manager

Responsible for supervision of two Buyers and the Receiving clerk.

Managed purchasing of all direct material ($12M), including steel, principally from overseas, and custom-fabricated components, to support manufacturing and assembly operations.

Achieved continuous supply of material during steel shortage of 2004 – 2005 by negotiating increased allocation from two incumbent mills and leading a team which qualified three new off-shore mills.

Negotiated raw material cost savings totaling $3.0 million from 1996 through 2005 by leveraging currency exchange rates, decreased feedstock costs and global competition.

Improved leadtime from five months to just-in-time by negotiating agreement with largest steel supplier to establish a U.S. warehouse in 1998 with no increase in price.

Participated on business software project team, including analysis of need, qualification of candidates, vendor selection, and successful system implementation.

Prior Experience

Bosch Automation Products (div. of Robert Bosch GmbH), Buchanan, MI

Purchasing Manager - $30M manufacturer and distributor of factory-floor conveyor systems and workplace equipment.

Western Consolidated Technologies, Goshen, IN

Marketing Manager - Four-plant manufacturer of rubber, plastic and PTFE (Teflon) products sold to automotive and industrial accounts with $40M sales.

Allied-Signal, Inc. (Bendix Automotive), South Bend, IN

Progressive Purchasing Assignments - $500M division, three-plant manufacturer of automotive brake components and systems with centralized administrative, sales and engineering.

EDUCATION

Masters in Business Administration – Indiana University South Bend.

Bachelor of Arts, Economics – University of Notre Dame.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt training (August 2014), Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.), Effective Negotiating (Karrass).

AFFILIATIONS

Beta Gamma Sigma, national academic honor society for business students.

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