David B. Weeks

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Watagua, TX 76148

Phone: 817-***-****

Home: 817-***-****

E-mail: ac2pra@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Accomplished Buyer with 20 plus years experience in various commodities in the manufacturing industry and Municipality sector. Offer strong negotiating skills along with a proven ability to master purchase order systems and participate actively in cross-functional project teams. Proficiently use creative methods to manage purchases and supply agreements. Expertly understand complex equipment and construction projects. Maintain effective presentation and communication skills as well as strong finance, quantitative, and analytical skills. Outgoing and personable with a proficiency in cultivating excellent relationships with both clients and colleagues. Solid background in computer based analytic tools. Purchasing skills and knowledge includes Category Management and Supplier Relationship Management Processes, ISO, Quality Assurance and TQM standards.

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

SAP r3, Oracle 11i, MS Office 2003 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access), Tradebeam I-Supply, MRP II, BuySpeed and BSO, Citrix.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SHIPPING AND QUALITY ASSOCIATE AMAZON, HASLETT, TX 06/2016-12/2016

loaded trucks per shipping ladels and method chosen by system.

addressed packages and solved shipping issues before sorter.

did quality cycle counts and bin counts to verify iventory and correct bin counts.

SUPERVISOR QUALITY CONFINEMENT REGAL STAFFING 08/2014 – 09/2015

Supervise employees who perform a variety of work in a warehouse setting. Recruit, hire, train, motivate, and discipline employees to ensure proper work rules..

Responsible for coordinating, assigning, and reviewing work

ASSEMBLY TECHNICIAN ZODIAC AEROSPACE GAINSVILLE 03/2013 – 6/2014

Assembled seats using drawings on First Class / Business Class line.

Worked on Incomplete seats in Triage area to finish and complete and sell.

TIRE LUBE TECHNICIAN WALMART HICKORY CREEK 11/2012 – 3/2013

Using skills from life experience do minor work on vehicles. Oil changes, tire mounting and Battery installation.

CONTRACT SR. BUYER CITY OF FORT WORTH FT. WORTH 6/2009 – 8/2011

Purchase a diversified range of supplies, services and equipment for City departments, expedite the delivery of purchased materials, make necessary adjustments with suppliers regarding replacements, incomplete orders or damaged shipments.

Commodities managed: Heavy Machinery, electric motors, pumps, concrete, asphalt, rock and aggregate fill, concrete pipe, street lights, emergency vehicles, chemicals, industrial gases.

Managed service contracts for: Vehicle repair, Heavy Duty machinery repairs, plumbing, electrical, painting, flooring, carpet cleaning, HVAC repair and installation, housing emergency repair, facility maintenance, Biohazards cleanup and various others as assigned.

Prepare purchase orders, requests for proposals, bids and other necessary documents related to the purchase of supplies, equipment, services and materials.

Evaluate and analyze bids, make recommendations on pricing, compliance with City purchasing ordinances, standards, policies and procedures.

Contact vendors to obtain quotes for stock and special order items; research availability, quality and price of equipment and supplies;

.Investigate and develop new supply sources, stay abreast of new trends and innovations of routinely purchased supplies, material, services, and equipment.

Maintain a variety of logs and records relating to purchase and procurement of materials, supplies and equipment.

TECHNIPOWER ENGINEERING SERVICES - FORT WORTH, TX 6/2008 - 4/2009

PROJECT MANAGER

Contract Project Manager for Andritz Separation Inc. in Ft. Worth TX..

Handled up to 40 projects in various stages of completion..

Worked with Engineering, Shipping and vendors to ensure timely completion of milestones.

AEROTEK ENGINEERING SERVICES - FORT WORTH, TX 6/2007 - 3/2008

PRODUCTION PLANNER

Contract planner for American Airlines Maintenance Base.

Responded to AOG's and expedited as required to close AOG's in a timely manner.

AVCHEM, INC. - Hurst, TX 3/2006 - 3/2007

BUYER/PLANNER

Buyer/Planner for a Chemical Management company contracting with Bell Helicopter.

Purchase, maintain and adjust inventory to match production demand for all chemical materials on contract.

Adjusted Min Max levels to keep warehouse levels of items that were maintained at Point of Use sites throughout 5 Plants in the DFW metroplex.

PERLOS, INC. - Fort Worth, TX 6/2005 - 3/2006

BUYER/PLANNER

Buyer/Planner for an International Injection molding and assembly plant. Used Oracle R/3 to purchase, maintain and adjust inventory to match ever-changing production demand.

Responsible for Automotive production including issuing work orders to the presses, maintaining forecasts and inventory levels as directed by customer and shipping parts from inventory to the customer using Tradebeam I-supply to maintain a lean inventory position.

CELESTICA, INC. - CARROLLTON, TX 10/2004 – 06-/2005

SENIOR MRO BUYER/PLANNER

Purchased all MRO products and Capitol equipment both purchased and leased for an International electronics repair company.

Worked on transition from MFG-Pro to SAP ERP system.

Used SAP to monitor and adjust values on high use consumables including packaging, office supplies, electronic supplies for soldering and ESD safe equipment.

Prepared competitive bids for capital asset purchases for senior management approval.

EDUCATION

B.A. History 1984 University of Texas – Arlington, TX

Work on MA 1985-1986 incomplete Archives and Records Management 12 hours with 3.5 GPA Work done at University of Texas – Arlington, TX

Certification Paralegal Studies-- ABA Approved course work, March 2003

Denver Career College – Denver, CO

CERTIFICATIONS / TRAINING

APICS Training

Materials and Supply Chain Management

Master Planning of Resources, Detailed Scheduling and Planning Execution

Control of Operations Strategic Management of Resources

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