Thomas “Greg” Martin

**** ***** ** ** ~ Salem, OR 97304 ~ actj65@r.postjobfree.com

503-***-****

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

More than fifteen years experience in contract management and purchasing

Over fifteen years experience of maintenance and repair contract oversight

Fifteen years experience in inventory management and logistics

Develop and maintain inventory/supply chain management programs

Develop and maintain Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) programs

Maintain consignment inventory reporting.

Twenty-five years of operational management and employee oversight

Safety team management skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point, Outlook, Access and Windows

Skilled at Inventory spreadsheet control and management

EDUCATION

Rancho Alamitos High School - Garden Grove, CA

Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA - History Major, Business Minor

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Transportation Logistics and Marketing

Cascade Warehouse 1996~ June 2015

Contract program purchase initiation and management

Initiate, negotiate, and maintain contract programs for national freight rates to include all facilities, more than $13.0 million in freight invoicing

Negotiate product cost with each supplier on a program and/or market basis

Build new contract programs with customers at multiple company locations

Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) administration on a daily basis with month-end reconciliation

Strategic Planning for growth and growth forecasting

Oversight of daily Facility production management and worker productivity

Manage and resolve any disputes between our company (accounting) and suppliers

Direct interaction with transportation sales and marketing to enhance procurement, logistics and productivity

Interacting with other members of the transportation industry in company and public functions

Senior Purchasing Agent

Las Plumas Lumber 1992 ~ 1996

Purchase and maintain inventory for high volume contract sales (commercial lumber sales), and company owned truss plant (commercial building truss manufacturer)

Initiate, negotiate, and maintain purchasing contract programs for more than $3.9 million in purchases per facility, separate from market based purchases

Negotiated contracts for freight rates with the three western class one railroads to control cost and to assure consistent volumes of material (Union Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad and the Santa Fe Railway)

Negotiated subcontract pricing with suppliers on a program and/or defined market basis

Managed a team of subordinate buyers at separate locations

Maintained a Pacific Northwest trans loading network to enhance our material supply

Manage and balance inventories for three separate company facilities

Responsible for maintaining a payable/receivable balance to govern the inventory level

Resolve any disputes between our company (accounting) and our suppliers

Senior Purchasing Agent and Marketing Manager

H&E Home Centers 1989 – 1992

Purchase and maintain inventories for the company’s Distribution Center and all seven retail facilities

Managed purchasing contracts and programs

Managed Supply Chain for store direct purchases and distribution purchases

Responsible to maintain company owned and consignment inventory reporting

Managed the logistics for each store

Merchandise management for each location

Association and Hobbies

Published author since1989

Committee member, Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society

Hiking with my wife

Enjoy golf

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