KENNETH R. BISSETT

**** *********** *****

Apex, North Carolina 27539

W- 919-***-****

H-919- 362-4779

Cell # 919-***-****

acbvu9@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

I am a highly qualified senior purchasing manager with extensive

experience in all aspects of resource planning, materials assessment,

business planning, vendor management, budget administration, lead-time,

scheduling, contract negotiation, volume purchase agreements, shipping

and receiving, and inventory control. I have significantly reduced costs

and generated system improvements through increasing efficient internal

communications, decreasing materials overstock, and partnering

purchasing programs with core business needs to support corporate

objectives.

With my excellent communication, leadership, management, organizational,

and mediating skills, I possess a demonstrated ability in devising

effective solutions to complex problems. I am goal-oriented,

resourceful, and committed to meeting and exceeding the goals of the

organization.

EXPERIENCE

AsteelFlash US (Formerly Catalyst MFG. Services)

Morrisville, North Carolina

Purchasing Manager

2005- Present

Manage 4 buyer/planners in procuring all active electronic and RF

components, including PWBs, sheet metal, plastics, and non-production

material. Ensure that buyers respond to changing lead-times, minimum

order quantities, on-time deliveries, and supplier performance. Maintain

and developed supplier relationships and/or partnerships. Managed

monthly reporting of inventory levels, days of supply, on-time delivery,

rejected invoices, open orders, cancellations, and de-expedites.

Implemented two in-plant stores with the two top distributors.

Avoided approximately $200k per month with daily deliveries.

Continue to look and implement strategic supply programs.

Assisted in company's legacy software change to MAX.

Negotiate annual pricing with top distributors.

Program Manager

2003 - 2004

Responsible for managing five Customer programs. Plan Customer orders

through ERP and insure material availability to support the schedule.

Review and adjust standard costs annually and report on purchase price

variance. Maintain strong Customer communications and build a

partnership with each Customer. Responsible for making sure the plant

makes money on each Customer.

Successfully maintained on time deliveries to all my Customers.

Provided continuous communications inside and outside the company

Maintained a 5-10% profit margin on all my Customers.

Creatively increased growth and added new programs with three of my

Customer accounts.

Celestica, Inc.

Raleigh, North Carolina

Purchasing Manager

1999 - 2001

Managed six buyer/planners in procuring all active electronic and RF

components, including PWBs, sheet metal, plastics, and non-production

material. Ensured that buyers directed lead-times, minimum order

quantities, on-time deliveries, and supplier performance. Provided

report queries in an Oracle-based environment. Maintained and developed

supplier relationships and/or partnerships. Held responsibility for

continuous improvement of cost, quality, and delivery. Managed monthly

reporting of inventory levels, days of supply, on-time delivery,

rejected invoices, open orders, cancellations, and de-expedites. Ensured

that MPS and MRP loaded correct data to accurately drive the supply

line.

Developed cross communication with program and materials management to

ensure MPS and master scheduler had all necessary information to create

production shop schedule.

Instituted sign-off process in BPCS purchase orders greater than

$10,000, reducing amount of rescheduling and canceling of purchase

orders. Decreased order actions by 45%.

Provided continuous strategic supply programs, such as supplier managed

inventory and Kanban to reduce material liability to company.

Led team to convert and implement company's legacy ERP Macola system to

BPCS. Trained buyer/planners in using system.

Implemented off site warehousing in less than 30 days as workload

increased.

Managed corporate PPV goals of five percent on all component spends.

Oversaw resale of inventory, worth $6,200,000, back to customer.

Kenneth R. Bissett

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Data General Corporation ( 21 years )

Apex, North Carolina

Purchasing Manager

1997 - 1999

Directed five buyer/planners for active, passive and RF electronic

components including printed circuit boards for both the corporation and

Valiiant, a corporate contract manufacturing division. Managed one

buyer/planner for all MRO activity. Quoted material for potential

Valiiant customers and coordinated quick-turn quoting on bills of

material submitted by potential customers. Held responsibility for

quarterly management reporting of PPV, on-time delivery, supplier

performance, lead-time, and quality.

Worked with management team to develop supplier performance management

report card, rating suppliers' ability to deliver material on time,

pricing versus industry, technology, quality, DPM goal versus actual,

and service.

Oversaw implementation of $12,000,000 active and passive component

package using distribution in-plant store to reduce corporation's

inventory liabilities. Saved company 12% of annual spends.

Developed and maintained checklist to ensure all data required to

process a quote was made available in the necessary format.

Implemented successful recycling program for cardboard and received

monthly rebates of 65-75% per ton on industry rate (annualized to

approximately $40,000).

Coordinated implementation of Oracle purchasing module to replace

existing purchasing system.

Managed PPV to maintained annual goal of 11-12% on component spends in

excess of $50,000,000.

Senior Buyer/Planner

1993 - 1997

Managed purchasing and planning of microprocessors, ASICs, memory

devices, and contract manufacturing. Held responsibility for business

planning, supplier selection, contract negotiation, volume purchase

agreements, and management of annual spends in excess of $50,000,000.

Provided training and support for materials community in use of PC

applications, including MS Office, production purchasing, ERP, and MRP

systems.

Developed just-in-time environment for ASIC and DRAM planning and

buying. Vendors stored raw material and only produced final component on

demand, reducing material liability by 25%.

Developed outsourcing strategies for completed controller boards by

analyzing in-house costs against supplier built products and realized

25% reduction in manufacturing costs by outsourcing.

Coordinated annual component product PPV budgeting activity for

purchasing department and generated management reports relative to

purchasing activities.

Held direct responsibility for annual semiconductor pricing negotiations

achieving 12-15% (approximately $600,000) standard improvement each year

for the past two years on a package of $40,000,000.

Served as member of inventory management team, reducing plant inventory

by 65%, using obsolete sales, supplier returns, and third party sales.

Developed contract manufacturing sources to supplement company's

in-house PCB manufacturing capabilities.

Senior Materials Planner

1987 - 1993

Held responsibility for managing MRP requirements for integrated

circuits for new products.

Worked closely with new products, engineering, and purchasing to ensure

on-time delivery of material.

Developed and executed inventory strategies for corporate manufacturing.

Championed efforts to close communication gap between materials and

engineering, allowing company to make informed component choices for new

products.

Created expedite path for corporate critical shortages, improving

internal communications and reducing reaction times by 50%.

Kenneth R. Bissett

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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Data General Corporation, Southboro / Westboro, Massachusetts, Logistics

Materials Planner, 1984 - 1987. Developed material plans for corporate

logistics, identified critical requirements, negotiated adequate

deliveries, and held responsibility for inventory management and

disposition. Project Analyst, 1983 - 1984. Created and maintained

logistics support programs and identified and resolved problems in

customer return system prior to implementation. Warehouse Management,

1978 - 1983. Worked in a variety of warehouse management roles including

packing, shipping, customer relations, order processing, and receiving.

EDUCATION

North Carolina Wesleyan College, Raleigh, North Carolina

B.S., Business Administration, 1997.

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION/SEMINARS

Supervisory Training Program

Motivating Employees Theory and Practice

Business Communication One on One

APICs Capacity Management

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Works

MS Project

Oracle EPR, Purchasing

Macola

BPICS

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