Management Manager
Resume:
Timothy Williams, C.P.M.
**** ***** ***** ****, *. Charleston, SC 29405
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WORK HISTORY
**/** – Present State Garden, Inc., Chelsea, MA
Director of Procurement
Responsible for the purchasing of 238MM units of packaging material that had a value equal to $16MM.
Created programs with suppliers to hold inventory and deliver on requests, utilizing a time frame of 60 days.
Successfully reduced the inventory levels from 15MM units to 12MM units and reduced the number of days to clear inventory from 26 days to 16 days.
Negotiated costs savings of over $1MM in 2013 by reducing material specifications and another $900MM in 2014.
Successfully managed supplier relations to ensure that we received the best available product that met our cost.
Tracked and charted raw material and packaging pricing for monthly reporting.
Assisted with the introduction of new items via a Product Lifecycle Management team.
08/07 – 01/12 J-Pac Inc, LLC, Somersworth, NH
Manager Supply Chain
Reporting to the VP Operations, responsible for inventory accuracy for raw material, packaging and outside supplier locations.
Participates in the Sales and Operations planning process to develop mid to long range operating plans. Assist in capital expenditure (CAPEX) justification and approval, working with peers within operations.
Responsible for production order execution and working with operations to insure that our on-time delivery, cycle time and fill rate goals are met.
Responsible for site procurement activities (raw materials, outside service as well as expense items).
Supplier Performance Management – responsible for working with site operations quality on supplier report cards to insure that plans of action are developed and implemented for improving poor performing suppliers.
Manage department to meet all quality and financial system requirements.
Participate in the contract review of all new products / processes
03/04 – 08/07 New England Confectionery Company, Revere, MA
Director of Corporate Purchasing
Responsible for the Purchasing of over $9MM of packaging material and $15MM of raw material to support production.
Maintain, re-evaluate, and expand reliable sources of supply and secondary sources to promote appropriate competition and insure continued production.
Successfully obtain information necessary to assess short term and long term pricing trends, raw material availability, and industry trends.
Assist in the resolution of supply problems and supervise the follow-up and expediting of suppliers deliveries.
Maintain and update policies and procedures for the purchasing function
Coordinate necessary projects as directed by management to improve the overall efficiency of the purchasing and material functions.
Maintain close coordination with production planning so that adequate quantities of commodities will be scheduled for arrival while maintaining the lowest possible inventory.
Recommend improvements in the company’s internal procedure when required.
4/89 - 5/03 Lindt & Sprungli (USA) Inc, Stratham, NH
Purchasing Manager
Responsible for the Purchasing of over 9MM units of packaging materials, having a value of over $10MM.
Responsible for the Purchasing and contracts of over 500K units of raw materials, having a value of over $8MM for company wide production.
Assisted with the development of a quality control and quality assurance program for both in-house and supplier levels.
Assisted with the reduction of inventory levels by 7% with the implementation of safety stock programs, coordinating efforts with Production and Marketing.
Successfully managed supplier relations to ensure that we received the best available service for minimum cost.
Implemented a certified supplier program that placed inventory levels back to the supplier and alleviated in-coming inspections at our facility. This had immediate savings to our production department.
Provided new packaging options, I.E., new print board, materials, reduction of corrugate, to our Marketing department that had an immediate savings of $70K.
Education
Certification (C.P.M.) in Purchasing Management
Certificate in Transportation Management
Pace University, White Plains, NY
University Center of New York:
Computer Skills
MS Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MRP, JDE
Professional Affiliations
National Association of Purchasing Management (member)
Council of Logistics Management (member)
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