Ryan McGlynn

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Cobourg, ON K*A 4M9

Home: 905-***-**** Cell: 905-***-****

E-mail: acqgpt@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

Over 17 years of professional experience in purchasing and inventory control

Excellent communication skills to effectively deal with all departments, suppliers and administrative management

Experience with negotiating contracts, blanket agreements, bulk commodity pricing agreements, production planning management and sourcing suppliers

Broad experience with Sage Business Vision management/accounting software, Trend business software, Argos management software, and Oracle JD Edwards business software

Proficient in Supplier Consignment Program (SCP) contract management

Skilled with Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel (including pivot tables)

Relevant Skills

Forecast Management

Manage and collaborate interdepartmentally all paper forecasts for North America

Report development and generation – MRP and Forecast Analysis

Conduct bi-weekly Forecast Management Review / Paper Transition meeting

Provide back-up support for various purchasing group positions and cross train within the supply chain

Purchasing/Buyer/Planner/Inventory Analyst

Material Requirements Planning (MRP) for paper and chemical major global vendors

Complete quarterly raw materials cost analysis

Customer Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) – order status management, purchase order issuance, release and inbound management for customer owned stock programs

Manage aged inventories through collaboration with inventory team

Provide supplier meeting support and attendance

Coordinate and participate in monthly physical inventory

Coordinate inventory balancing (cut downs, DRP planning site-to-site)

Held responsibility for procurement of all material and equipment needs for a vast quantity of customers, including large public construction and infrastructure companies, and private contractors

Source and negotiate pricing for approximately 4000 items from a very wide assortment of suppliers, manufacturers, other distributors and customers

Help expand strategic suppliers and negotiate contract agreements to reduce the number of suppliers resulting in cost savings

Manage stock needs, control inventory, maintain consignment inventory and schedule international shipments

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Interact with all departments to ensure the needs of their customers and/or contacts were met

Provide back-up support to the sales department, including contacting customers, entering orders and organizing delivery

Organize freight for a variety of shipments, including local, national and international

Work extensively with customs brokers and ocean carrier companies to ensure material had been received, booked and shipped to a variety of International customers

Ensure the company database had current pricing levels, delivery dates and contact information

Responsible for procurement of a variety of materials from a select group of vendors, and report to the Purchasing Manager

Source and help negotiate pricing from a limited collection of suppliers

Work extensively with the sales department to ensure dedicated customer stock levels are always on hand

Establish and maintain blanket purchase agreements

Purchasing Coordinator

Coordinate and perform cycle counts for pallets and packaging supplies

Material Requirements Planning for pallets and packaging supplies

Liaise with production and suppliers to manage design or engineering specification changes, substitutions or technical issues

Place and expedite Maintenance, Repair & Operations (MRO) supplies and packaging orders, providing feedback to production and maintenance

Source, using Request For Quote (RFQ) process and bid analysis all MRO and packaging supplies

Perform all Ebay purchasing and tracking for the maintenance, lab and IT departments

Related Experience

Materials Coordinator 2010 – Present

Arclin Surfaces Canada Inc., Cobourg, ON

Purchasing Agent 2006 – 2010

Lakeport Power Ltd., Colborne, ON

Buyer 1997 – 2006

HD Supply Utilities, Colborne, ON

Education

Computer Support Specialist 1996-1997

Toronto School of Business, Cobourg, ON

Environmental Technology 1992-1995

Durham College, Oshawa, ON

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