Management Microsoft Office

Brian Livingston C.P.M.

**** ******* ******** **, *****, TX 75098 469-***-**** ********@*****.***

AT A GLANCE: Offering more than two decades of leadership and hands on experience in Supply Chain including management, buying, planning, forecasting and warehousing. Experience in International buying and shipping of products. Committed to client satisfaction. Expert negotiator, seeking the lowest price component without compromising quality for the company. Continually promoted throughout career. Specialty: inventory control and forecast, vendor management.

SKILLS: Microsoft Office, Excel, SAP, MFGPRO, Movex, M3, Access, Lotus Notes, Outlook, Sharepoint, Jira

Professional History

ATLAS COPCO 2005-Present

Company manufactures compressors, construction and mining equipment, power tools and assembly systems.

Buyer/Planner

Selected as a Super User Lead for a company-wide two-year project to replace our current business operating system with Movex M3. Developed procedures and work instructions for all purchasing functions for new system and in charge of training the rest of the purchasing department and other departments as needed

Responsible for track and undercarriage products for CAT and Intertractor

Serves as liaison between customers, suppliers and management in resolving any purchasing problems and invoicing discrepancies

Manage inventory control function, maintaining daily inventory accuracy goals

Responsible for annual cost savings, delivery/schedule adherence, quality control.

Support and process any engineering change orders and product change requests

Forecast and safety stock for approximately 5000 active parts

Create po’s for several domestic locations plus suppliers in Belgium, India, Japan, France, Brazil and Sweden

Work with warehouse to resolve any purchase order discrepancies

Help the quality control department in resolving rejected material

Promoted to lead buyer for Dynapac product line with several thousand parts assigned to me and gave me the opportunity to work with SAP

VERIZON (2 yr contract, contract completed) 2003-2005

A publicly traded company with $100 Billion in revenue that delivers broadband and other wireless and wire line communications

Supply Chain Expediter

Total purchase quantities, approve them, upload parameters and process generated inventory demands

Collect inventory calculation data

Conduct scenario analysis to support inventory decision for management

Turn material requests from the field into purchase orders for PBX voice systems and supporting hardware

Expedite orders with numerous vendors to meet on-time delivery and ensure customer satisfaction

Responsible for maintaining accurate and current information on the RMA and VACP databases

Verizon Logistics

A publicly traded company with $100 Billion in revenue that delivers broadband and other wireless and wire line communications. In 2000, GTE and Bell Atlantic (nation’s largest local phone company) merged to form Verizon Communications.

Senior Buyer 1997-2002

Promoted from Expediter to Sr. Buyer in March 1997

Supervised three material control associates

Monitored purchase orders being received from an area covering 30 states, which accounted for approximately $20 million to $30 million annually

Acquired new vendors and established their products with the assistance of contract management and standardization management

Negotiated lead-times with vendors and customers to achieve best on-time delivery results

Resolved accounts payable issues, ensuring quick payment for all invoices

Exceeded all goals: Resolved procurement match errors over 90 days by 100%; 92% of customers satisfied according to survey; turned 100% of material requests to purchase orders within 24 hours; updated 95% of all open purchase orders with current status information

Expediter 1993-1997

Developed material requisitions from customers into purchase orders for numerous vendors

Tracked each order to ensure it was delivered on time

Resolved issues with transportation, manufacturing, or accounting as necessary

Trained new employees coming in at the Expediter level

EDUCATION

Elkhart High School Elkhart, Ks

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) – lifetime certified

Professional Development

Training: Achieving Extraordinary Customer Relations, ISO 9001 – Quality, ISO 14001 – Environmental, ISO 18001 – Occupational Health and Safety, Effective Supervision, One-on-One & Developing High Performance Teams, Management Development Series, Problem Solving and Decision Making, Managing Employee Relations, Time Management, Leadership Development, and Workplace Diversity

ASSOCIATIONS:

ISM (Institute for Supply Management)

APICS (Association for Operations Management)

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