Engineer Manager

Jeff Magruder, MBA *** Porters Bluff Road, TN

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EXPERIENCE:

Category Specialist, Central Procurement Office, State of Tennessee

May 2013 - Present

Manage the full procurement process, including the negotiation and

management of statewide contracts.

o Negotiated the procurement of a Managed Service Provider (MSP) contract

that saved an estimated 15.4% or $19.9 million over five years.

o Negotiated over 6% in additional savings during the renewal of several

smaller contracts and the addition of lines to existing contracts.

o Moved over 100 existing contracts on the MSP contract, resulting in over

$3.9 million of validated savings over the first year of the contract.

o Met and worked directly with leadership in almost every State agency to

prevent disruptions in the implementation and management of the MSP

contract.

o Helped lead a cross functional team of State agencies to establish a new

statewide policy related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care

Act requirements.

o Worked directly with the Commissioner for Department of Human Resources

to implement a new plan for agencies to have complete control of

contingent labor.

o Led a cross functional team of IT, procurement and administrative staff

to restructure our website for statewide contracts to make it more

functional for agencies.

Campaign Manager, State Senator Mark Green May

2012 - April 2013

Managed all aspects of a three county wide campaign with over 210,000

citizens.

o Recruited and managed over 100 volunteers and 6 interns to work on the

campaign.

o Established a strong voter outreach effort by knocking on over 30,000

doors, making over 20,000 phone calls and attending over 200 events.

Trane Incorporated (subsidiary of Ingersoll Rand)

April 2007 - May 2012

Shipping, Receiving, Warehousing and Service Parts Operations Manager:

Led a team of 109 hourly and 9 salaried employees who shipped over $350

million of finished products and received, stored, and delivered to

production over $230 million in parts.

o Led a cross functional team that set up a warehouse controlled storage

program so each part is scanned in and out of stocking locations giving

real time knowledge of where every part is located.

o Implemented bar code receiving which reduced receiving time by over 60%.

o Developed a visual ordering and flow system that reduced designated part

inventory by 30%

o Managed the entire process for service parts from procurement/purchasing

of all parts, to production and shipping of the item to the customer.

Increased on time shipping from 61% to 94% by implementing a Lean

Operational Excellence Gemba Board process.

o Negotiated a heat exchanger outsourcing project that would save over

$1.13 million per year.

o Set up agreements with vendors that reduced plant obsolescence and scrap

by 18%.

Purchasing/Procurement Manager: Led a team of twelve buyers and planners

that purchased over $230 million dollars in parts and raw material.

o Negotiated over 5% in price reductions by data mining and using the data

to help set pricing.

o Implemented new processes that reduced inventory by 24% from $25.4

million to $19.2 million improving inventory turns by 15%.

o Process mapped, organized and led a cross functional scrap parts team

that gained accountability of plant scrap. Recuperated 35% more in vendor

defect part dollars.

o Increased productivity in the department allowing us to do the same work

with three fewer people.

o Managed the phase in/phase out process for a complete product change over

due to mandated refrigerant change; kept the amount of obsolete parts on

hand well below target.

Production Leader: Responsible for line and support production on a large

commercial manufacturing line with 80 hourly employees under my direct

supervision.

o Maintained a 98% on time shipping rate for emergency requisition orders

and top ratings on safety.

o Led a five why project on condenser coil damage; resulted in an

engineered process improvement.

United States Army, Captain, Combat Engineer

April 1999 - April 2007

Military Transition Team Engineer Advisor: Manned, trained, equipped and

mentored a 142 man Iraqi Engineer Company and a 106 man Iraqi Bomb Disposal

Company. Managed $2.4 million in contracts for a 27 person U.S. team living

on an Iraqi Army compound.

o Planned and executed training that increased Engineer Company combat

effectiveness from 0% to 72%, 22% over goal and two months ahead of

schedule.

o Expanded Bomb Disposal Company from 35% to 90% combat effective, 20%

above requirement; awarded Bronze Star and Combat Action Medal for

"Extraordinary" results.

o Negotiated contracts with Iraqi contractors resulting in 16% savings or

$400,000 on $2.5 million spend

Advisory Team Chief: Manned, trained, equipped, organized, and mentored a

600 man Iraqi Border Force led by an Iraqi Brigadier General on the

Syrian/Jordanian borders.

o Conducted negotiations between Syrian/Iraqi customs officials which

solved a humanitarian and security crisis along the border.

o Expanded span of control from 22 miles to 180 miles, exceeding 120 miles

requirement; resulted in smuggler arrests, vehicles confiscations and

weapons/explosives cache discoveries.

Assistant Public Affairs Officer: Planned/executed public affairs

operations for US Forces in Iraq Command, Office of Secretary of Defense,

and Interim Iraqi Government. Executed media events providing positive

images of detainee operations for 10 million Americans.

Unit Movement Coordinator: Coordinated and tracked movement of 300

vehicles, 80 trailers, 25 generators, and equipment for a 900 person

engineer brigade in Germany.

o Led the plan development to move the brigade from Germany to Iraq using

land, rail, sea, and air transportation.

o Implemented new tracking software that resulted in real time location of

all equipment as it moves.

o Developed new training management system that resulted in a 100% training

rating for the brigade.

Executive Officer/Platoon Leader: Second in command of a 67 person

headquarters company in Germany. Provided combat engineer support for 3,500

person armored brigade, employing and maintaining 23 vehicles and

equipment.

Education/Training

University of Mississippi, Oxford MS MBA Finance

University of Mississippi, Oxford MS BPA

Trane Gemba Board Development/Management Training

Trane Lean Operational Excellence Training

Trane Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training

Volunteer/Community

Kiwanis Member March 2007 -

Present

Rivers and Spires Leadership Team July

2008 - 2013

Mentor for Leadership Clarksville's Project Group

May 2009 - May 2011

Kiwanis Lodge Committee Chairman May 2008 -

May 2010

Leadership Clarksville Class of 2009 Apr 2008 -

Apr 2009

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