Project Manager Management

Arthur D. La Mountain

S** W***** Depot hill Road, Waukesha, WI. 53189

***********@****.*** 262-***-****

Objective: A Purchasing Management position with a progressive company, where individually and

through effective team management, help achieve the companies current and next level sales goals

leveraging extensive management and leadership experience, best practice implementation along with

commodity and manufacturing knowledge.

Summary

An experienced manager with broad commodity experience including electrical and electronic

components and assemblies, metal forming and machining methods, motor and motor controls and plastic

molding and fabrication. Additional experiences in international business, quality systems

implementation, project management, leadership of cross functional and international teams and

managing of direct reports. Manufacturing management experience in machining, fabrication, assembly

and plant and facility start-ups.

Proven Abilities and Results

Communication

• Proficient in Forecast, Budget, Project management development and presentations.

• Organized and managed international cross functional technical and business team meetings with

major suppliers, coordinated reporting, follow-up and presentations to senior management.

• Established supplier measurement, and assisted in department measurement, reporting and

communications.

• Experienced in development, implementation and auditing of Quality Systems procedures and

work instructions.

Problem Solving/Analysis

• Resolved credit extension problems with suppliers, avoiding material shortages do to credit hold

while extending terms with 95% of the dollar impact suppliers from 45 days to 2%60/Net 90.

• Mitigated major supplier surplus inventories, caused by an accelerated production transition to

China, pacifying potential costly material shortages.

• Successfully managed conflicting interests and goals international team members and central

corporate departments.

Project and Team Leadership

• Managed timely product and commodities transfer to China, average 38% cost savings.

• Organized and managed and international synergies team, negotiated major commodities with

suppliers in USA, Asia and Europe.

• Coordinated cross functional new product development teams, specific to major components and

buyout products.

• Provided purchasing support, including supplier selection, negotiations and supply chain

management for a start-up electronics manufacturing division.

• Represented the corporate purchasing department, as a team member, for the management and

implementation of an ISO 9001 Certified Quality System.

• Managed the business transfer of AC & DC motors to China, savings in excess of 48%.

• Managed materials & manufacturing transfer for an OEM company, savings of 30%.

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Technology Application

• Electronic division start-up member, responsible for facilities, equipment and materials project

management.

• Millennium software replacement team member, including selection and implementation.

• Strategically supported power tools first full Li-Ion product development and launch, taking the

industry by surprise, providing a spring board for gaining substantial market share.

• Motor manufacturing automation team member.

Negotiating

• Established annual cost reviews with all suppliers, average annual savings in excess of 15%.

• Negotiated an average total cost reduction of 8% during the recent high material cost inflation.

• Consolidated supply base by nearly two thirds, amounting in improved quality and substantial

supply chain savings.

• Managed transfer of production for a MRO manufacturing company, and completed transition of

supply base and contract product shipments, providing a 30% component cost reduction within

three months.

Experience

ACS Group, New Berlin, WI

International Supply Manager 2010 - 2013

The Brewer Company, Menomonee Falls, WI

Project Manager Operations (Contract Position) 2010 – 3 Months

Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI 1981 - 2009

Senior Supplier Manager

Education and Training

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Purchasing Management Certificate, Florida State University

Practical Auditing Assessment & Registration of Quality Management, Alan A. Griffin & Associates

Supplier Certification, Saddle Island Institute

Legal Aspects of Purchasing, Nahabit & Associates Inc.

Intermediate Global Sourcing, Waukesha Area Technical College

Siemens-Allis, Management Development Program

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Arthur D. La Mountain

S37 W31876 Depot hill Road, Waukesha, WI. 53189

***********@****.*** 262-***-****

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