DON DUNCANSON
**** ****** **** **. ? Orlando, FL 32835
407-***-**** ? acd4tt@r.postjobfree.com
CAREER SUMMARY
Seasoned professional with Industrial Engineering degree, accomplished in
managing projects, processes, and people, including 18 years of
estimating, purchasing, scheduling, and vendor relationship management,
providing excellent service delivery for external and internal clients in
multiple industries. Highly organized with great attention to detail and
follow-up to ensure successful execution and results. An intelligent,
quick study with strong communication and analytical skills and a
continuous focus on process improvements. Specialties include:
? Implementations ? Project Management ? Client Services
? Estimating ? Purchasing ? Scheduling
? Problem Solving ? Process Improvement ? Vendor Relationships
? Operational Standards ? Systems Integration ? Financial
Analysis
? Electronic Payments ? Negotiations ? Job Costing
Key Accomplishments:
. Implemented nearly 350 new government and utility clients onto Point &
Pay electronic payments platform, including implementing integrated
payments with more than two dozen third-party software applications.
. Developed new estimating procedures for commercial printer
manufacturing operations and created complete documentation and
training, resulting in significantly enhanced accuracy and consistency
of job estimates, provided better scheduling, increased manufacturing
productivity, and increased profit margins.
. Scheduled, procured, and arranged more than 600 custom commercial
printing jobs annually requiring over $2M/yr. of outside purchases.
Managed vendor relationships to consistently meet delivery targets.
. Consistently planned, scheduled, estimated, purchased, produced and
delivered semi-annual $300K advertising projects involving nearly 200
member advertisers on target and per quoted price.
. Managed the bid and procurement process, scheduling, print production,
and shipping of printed marketing materials for Disney Vacation Club
and Disney's Group & Convention Marketing group.
. Negotiated acquisition of competing advertising agency, expanding
scope and increased market share 12%.
. Successfully planned and delivered large IBM computer installation
projects per plans.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, Kissimmee, FL January 2012 - July 2013
Supply Chain Strategy and Operations - Project Manager
Contractor through Superior Technical Resources, provided quarterly
Merchandise Supply Chain metrics for fiscal years 2010-2013 for multiple
parks in dashboard reporting format along with drill-down line-item
details. Streamlined former two-month update process to one day using
integrated spreadsheets and complex formulas.
POINT & PAY, division of North American Bancard - Troy, MI August 2007 -
August 2011
Privately held Electronic Payments Provider; 12-15 employees at Point &
Pay, 400+ at North American Bancard
Implementations Manager, Account Manager - Project Manager for new client
implementations. Implementations included customized internet and
Interactive Voice Response (IVR) phone payment options, Point-of-Sale, and
systems integration with agency software applications to exchange customer
and payment data using API, web parameter passing, and data file import and
export methodologies.
. Project managed nearly 350 new merchant implementations, including 150+
in last 12-month period. Tracked status, details, and communications for
as many as 50 implementations simultaneously.
. Implemented greater than 200% more merchants and 400% more payment
modules in most recent 12 months vs. number achieved prior to assuming
Implementations Manager position.
. Introduced approximately two dozen new ISVs to using Point & Pay and
completed integrated implementations for more than 100 new merchants
across POS, internet, and IVR channels.
. Performed as Account Manager and primary contact for more than 250 new
merchants across the country. Increased revenue by adding new merchant
departments, products, and payment channels.
. Performed pre-sale and post-sale merchant and ISV support, answering
technical integration and implementation plan questions and provided best
references to match new sales opportunities.
. Created detailed implementations status file to track implementations
backlog and current status for all.
. Created detailed implementation task list template used to ensure
completion of all implementation tasks.
. Designed customized IVR call flow templates and created detailed
documentation for implementing IVRs.
. Created monthly summary reports to measure implementation and backlog
counts for senior management.
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THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, Celebration, FL March 2006 - March 2007
Print Production Manager
Contractor through Aquent Professional Staffing, managed the bid and
procurement process, scheduling, print production, and shipping of printed
marketing materials for Disney Vacation Club, Disney's Group & Convention
Marketing, Disney Institute, and Disney's Youth Markets groups.
QUEBECOR WORLD - CENTRAL FLORIDA PRESS, Orlando, FL June 2000 -
December 2005
Commercial printing company of $48M and 200 employees specializing in
menus, catalogs and direct mail
Outside Purchases and Materials Purchasing Manager (2003 - 2005)
Scheduled, procured, and arranged more than 600 custom jobs annually
requiring over $2M/yr. of outside purchases. Managed vendor relationships
to consistently meet delivery targets. Provided a single point of contact
for job schedules, purchase orders, materials, logistics, problem
resolution, and invoice reconciliations.
. Successfully performed workload that previously required two people.
. Reduced A/P overtime 50% through proper reconciliation of purchase
orders and inventory.
. Established and maintained production materials inventory levels that
provided consistent P&L impact.
. Reduced carton expenses 15% by capitalizing on quantity price breaks and
pre-allocating cartons to jobs.
Estimating and Purchasing Manager, Special Projects Manager (2000 - 2003)
Managed departments responsible for providing all estimating and purchasing
functions for the company.
. Developed and implemented new press standards in estimating system and
successfully achieved a neutral effect on overall pricing. Improved
press productivity with run speed tables to measure performance.
. Converted all manufacturing operations estimating standards to new Hagen
system and successfully performed a detailed comparison analysis showing
achievement of a neutral effect on overall pricing.
. Developed new estimating procedures for all manufacturing operations and
created complete documentation and training, resulting in significantly
enhanced accuracy and consistency of job estimates, provided better
scheduling, increased manufacturing productivity, and increased profit
margins.
. Accomplished detailed pricing analysis to achieve targeted overall profit
margin increase by determining a new mix of markups to use for labor,
materials, and outside services for cost-based estimating.
. Reduced paper inventory $300K (17%) within one year of establishing
proper purchasing procedures.
BRANDON ADVERTISING, Myrtle Beach, SC July 1988 - June 2000
Privately held $14M advertising agency of 40 employees, specializing in
tourism and real estate markets.
Operations, Administrative, and Financial Manager
Managed all operational aspects of advertising agency as it grew from $4M
to $14M in billings, including accounting, job costing, pricing,
estimating, purchasing, production, scheduling, IT, facilities, and HR.
Performed as Account and Project Manager for large cooperative advertising
projects with 200 advertisers.
. Consistently produced and delivered annual projects involving nearly 200
member advertisers on target.
. Performed as Production Manager and achieved targeted profit margins
on all agency project work.
. Negotiated acquisition of competing agency, expanding agency scope
and increased local market share 12%.
. Created integrated spreadsheet budgeting model with departmental and
consolidated P&L statements.
. Planned and executed new computer and phone network installations and
physical move to new facility.
. Serviced agency personnel and business volume increases of 250% over a 12-
year period with only a 35% increase in production and accounting staff.
IBM CORPORATION, Jacksonville, Florida January 1982 - June 1988
Systems Engineer (1982-1985), Account Marketing Representative (1986-1988)
Member of sales teams responsible for selling and installing IBM's full
range of computer products to large regional banking, insurance, and
manufacturing clients in the Jacksonville area, including Prudential
Insurance, Florida National Bank, American Heritage Life, and
Allied/Bendix.
. Team exceeded sales quota objectives each year.
. Planned and led installation projects of mainframes, storage peripherals,
and software per target dates.
. Recipient of five Branch Manager Awards
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL
Postgraduate courses include Management, Marketing, and Dale Carnegie's
Leadership Training for Managers