Charles Rossman

**** ******* **** **., ******* MI 49306, 616-***-****,

abmslp@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Qualifications

. A proven, adaptable, and self directed individual with proven

successful experience in all facets of Purchasing and Materials

Management.

. Global Supply Chain Management experience including, Low Cost

Countries.

. Demonstrated expertise in the areas of Negotiation, Cost Reduction,

Inventory Optimization, Lead Time Reduction and Project Management

while effectively maintaining mutually beneficial long term

relationships with suppliers.

. Accomplished in Cross Functional Facilitation.

Selected Professional Accomplishments

. Negotiated long term contract with steel supplier that saved

$2,000,000 in the first year and approximately $300,000 per year for

the next 4 years.

. Reduced tooling inventory in one plant from $500,000 to almost zero.

. Shingo Prize Team Award 2006 (dubbed "the Nobel Prize of

Manufacturing" by Business Week).

. Played a major role in implementation of ERP system, (MFG-PRO).

. Selected and implemented an e-commerce procurement system for cutting

tools.

. Reduced steel inventory from months to days.

. Responsible for developing and implementing QS-9000 procedures and

work instructions.

Education / Professional Development

. Aquinas College BS/BA, Business Administration.

. Dale Carnegie Leadership Training.

. Lean Manufacturing, Value Stream Mapping, 5S and Deming Management

Methods.

. Proficient in MS Office, MRP/ERP, and Database queries (Dbase, Crystal

Reports).

Keywords

Bid Review

Buy versus Lease Analysis

Capital Equipment Acquisition

Commodities Purchasing

Competitive Bidding

Contract Administration

Contract Change Order

Contract Negotiations

Contract Terms and Conditions

Cradle-to-Grave (CTG) Procurement

Cost Reduction

Distribution Management

Economic Ordering Quantity (EOQ) Methodology

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Fixed Price Contracts

Indefinite Price/Indefinite Quantity

International Sourcing

International Trade

Inventory Planning/Control

Just-in-Time (JIT) Purchasing

Logistics Management

Materials Management

Materials Replenishment Ordering (MRO) Purchasing

Materials Resource Planning (MRP)

Multi-Site Operations

Negotiation

Offshore Purchasing

Outsourced

Price Negotiations

Procurement

Proposal Review

Purchasing

Regulatory Compliance

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Request for Quotation (RFQ)

Spend Analyses

Sourcing

Specifications Compliance

Subcontractor Negotiations

Supplier Management

Supplier Quality

Value added Engineering (VA)

Value Engineering (VE)

Vendor Partnerships

Vendor Quality Certifications

Warehousing

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Career Experience

Ashworth Brothers, Winchester, VA

Supply Chain Manager, 6/2008-4/2009

. Responsible for the Purchasing, Materials, Shipping and Traffic

departments.

. Primary commodities stampings, stainless flat roll and strip.

. Five direct and five indirect reports.

Consultant, Self-Employment, Belmont, MI

Training/Teaching Consultant, Contract, 1/2008-6/2008

Autocam Corporation, Kentwood, MI

Materials Manager (Dowagiac Facility), 12/2006-12/2007

. Master schedule/MRP implementation using MFG-PRO.

. Supervision of Shipping and Receiving.

. Coordinating supplier schedules.

. Customer contact.

. On time customer delivery/schedule attainment.

. Support and implementation of lean strategies.

. Two direct and five indirect reports.

Purchasing Manager -Corporate, 1990-2006

. Total Purchases of $65,000,000

. Directly responsible for purchase of steel and outside

processing.

. Responsible for annual inventory, cost and price reductions.

. Maintained close interface with all departments to ensure

efficient working relationship.

. Lead Purchasing Continuous Improvement team.

. Responsible for Supplier Development Engineer, four buyers and

an MRO crib attendant.

. Responsible for all direct and indirect purchases for four North

American Plants.

Materials Coordinator/Buyer -Corporate, Prior to 1990

. Purchased all direct materials and MRO components for two plants

with approximately $60 million in sales.

. Purchased indirect products and services including, IT and

Telecommunications services

. Supervision of Purchasing Assistant.

. Inventory accuracy, flow and optimization.

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