Procurement Management

Randal C. Born

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Easton, PA 18045-5428

610-***-**** ******.****@*****.***

SUMMARY

Highly motivated, creative and organized Procurement Professional with experience across the supply chain in Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) for the petrochemical and power industries and the technology and industrial gas manufacturing industries. Skilled at building effective, efficient working relationships with staff, suppliers and clients. Excellent management and negotiation skills combined with market and technical expertise.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Linde North America, Inc. Murray Hill, NJ 2012-2015

Senior Buyer II

Category management position, developing Master Service Agreements (MSA) and supporting Projects and Operations with services and equipment in the industrial gases industry.

Developed MSA(s) for the maintenance/re-lifes of field erected and packaged cooling towers with a 32% decrease in spend.

Successfully developed a RFQ for crane & rigging services to cover facilities across North America.

Veeco Instruments Inc. Somerset, NJ 2010-2011

Purchasing Manager

Management of seven tactical buyers in the manufacture of high volume LED wafer production machines.

Promoted to Purchasing Manager in 2011 with procurement oversight of 400M in annual spend. Primary suppliers included; contract manufacturing, fabrication, OEM components and software.

Originally employed as a Commodity Manager with strategic responsibility for primarily OEM components & contract manufacturing during an extremely challenging 240% increase in sales in 2010 on a record 2009.

Foster Wheeler North America Corporation Clinton, NJ 1989-2009

Strategic Supply Manager 2007-2009

The Procurement of critical commodities

Successfully renegotiated Master Purchasing Agreement for a critical commodity in a market many manufactures had abandoned, enhancing overall product sales and insuring price and schedule certainty in a volatile market.

Developed new and maintained strategic contacts of critical commodities.

Developed a tracking system to inform management of pricing and scheduling trends for critical commodities.

Regional Procurement Manager 2003-2009

Managed Procurement for the engineered aftermarket services group procurement supply chain

for power utility boilers.

• Maintained service level for the engineered aftermarket group after the closure of three of four regional offices and replacing three managers with a Buyer and a Junior Buyer.

• Brought the engineered aftermarket group into compliance with SOX requirements while maintaining service and efficiency.

Senior Buyer 2001-2003

Various assignments for transitioning organization

• Purchased major equipment and commodities for utility power projects.

• Transitioned an underperforming onsite construction procurement group to a highly regarded asset on a highly successful and profitable project.

Project Procurement Manager 1994-2001

Managed assigned staff in all stages of purchasing, expediting, inspection and traffic activities of major Power Plant and Petro-Chemical EPC projects and initiated appropriate actions to insure on schedule and budget performance

• Presenter in pre & post contract presentations to reimbursable clients.

• Reviewed major contract before and after agreement to insure ability to requirements and project compliance with contracts.

• Maintained a 90% plus bonus rating for the procurement effort with a single client over several projects spanning five years.

• Managed the purchasing of; pressure & storage vessels, rotating equipment, material handling systems & equipment, instrumentation including DCS systems, electrical equipment & commodities, pipe & tube as commodities & fabricated, structural steel fabrication, design, deliver & erect equipment & systems and major project construction support.

Project Procurement Coordinator 1989-1994

Promoted from Expediter. Numerous procurement responsibilities including the maintenance and content of Inquiry Status and Material Progress Reports

Marcal Paper Mills, Incorporated Elmwood Park, NJ

Plant and Machine Maintenance Supervisor Supervised 12 to 20 union craftsmen

EDUCATION

B.S. Business Administration, Materials Management (Magna Cum Laude) Bloomfield

College Bloomfield, NJ. Two years majoring in Civil Engineering at the University of Arizona Tucson, AZ. Certificates in numerous management, supervision, computer & technical training programs and seminars

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