CEDRIC HILDRETH

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Collierville, TN 38017

Home: 901-***-**** – Office: 901-***-****

CAREER OBJECTIVE

Seeking a challenging and responsible position with a notable company that would allow me to grow professionally

and personally.

HISTORY OF EMPLOYMENT

CARGILL INC. – Memphis, Tennessee

Regional Sourcing Manager (January 2008 – Current)

• Develop and execute contract implementation and supply chain strategies to realize the full value of

corporate, divisional and local contracts for three facilities.

• Analyze cost of goods sold for savings opportunities. Develop and execute negotiation plan using

the nine step sourcing process to achieve the savings.

• Achieved savings of over $700k in last fiscal year. Categories include MRO and Services.

• Lead supplier diversity initiatives for facilities.

• Manage supplier performance for facilities that I am responsible for. Document corrective action

and ensure supplier improvements are made. Develop and maintain supplier relationships.

Facilitate innovative supplier solutions.

• Initiate and coordinate the approval and legal review of all supply and service agreements for

facilities.

SERVICEMASTER – Memphis, Tennessee

Strategic Sourcing Manager (December 2005 – December 2007)

• Facilitate highly specialized and multi-disciplined resources to redesign sourcing and supply chain

processes to better support key business units across the company.

• Provide leadership to Sr. Executives and operations management about sourcing opportunities to

capture the greatest cost savings.

• Act as an advisor to Sr. Executives on the selection of suppliers and facilitates extensive market

research and internal data collection.

• Establish and direct strategic sourcing objectives to sustain continuous cost reduction programs for

the company’s largest controllable expenditures.

• Achieved over $700k in savings in leading projects for copiers, printers, toner, etc. Also led MRO

projects and conducted reverse auctions.

• Benchmark with leading supply chain practitioners, internal and external, to identify and develop

world class practices and methodologies in supply chain optimization, e-commerce and system

utilization.

HALLMARK CARD, INC. – Kansas City, Missouri

Sr. Strategic Buyer (January 2001 – December 2005)

• Procure goods and services using the strategic sourcing process. Goods and services totaled

approximately $13 million in annual volume. Areas of focus include MRO, Aviation, Services and

New Product Development.

• Utilize online competitive bid events (reverse auctions) to achieve market price and savings.

• Write favorable contracts for Hallmark Cards Inc. Contracts typically range from $5,000 to

$3,000,000.

• Utilize Oracle Financial for accounts payable.

• Utilize Ariba Buyer purchasing system.

• Utilize Micro Strategy software for data collection.

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint.

• Managed approximately 250 supplier relationships to ensure goods and services were acceptable.

• Documented more than $1.4 million in cost savings in the year of 2003 and 2004.

Printing Supervisor (September 1997 - January 2001)

• Supervised 15 employees in a press run operation

• Managed $2 million budgets that included salaries, equipment maintenance and supplies

• Ensured timely execution of workflow to meet tight deadlines

Packaging Supervisor (September 1994 - September 1997)

• Supervised 27 Counter Card Packagers packaging an average of 300,000 cards per day.

• Maintained an annual budget of $1.7million.

• Met deadlines; ensured quality control; processed to provide orderly distribution.

Page Insert Supervisor (September 1993 - September 1994)

• Supervised 21 employees operating 10 machines in a Page Insert Cell.

• Maintained annual budget of $1.5 million.

Quality Inspector (July 1989 - September 1993)

• Inspected and audited 1% of all production to ensure they meet quality standards.

UNITED STATES ARMY (July 1985 - October 1988)

• Field Artilleryman – Sergeant

EDUCATION AND SPECIALIZED TRAINING

BAKER UNIVERSITY – Baldwin City, Kansas

• Bachelor of Business Administration – GPA: 3.4 Graduated 1994

ELECTRONICS INSTITUTE – Belton, Missouri

• Microprocessor Technology – Outstanding Achievement Award – Diploma 1991

OTHER TRAINING

Negotiation for Procurement Professionals

Sourcing with Online Markets

Total Vendor Management

Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Six Sigma Green Belt

MEMBERSHIPS

Institute for Supply Management

National Contract Management Association

Project Management Institute

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