Management Sales
Resume:
CHRISTOPHER B. TRACHSEL
North Huntingdon, PA 15642
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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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