Procurement / Supply Chain Management, Facility Engrg & Plant Maintena

EDWARD ROSSI, CPSM ** SCOLES AVENUE

**.*****@*******.*** www.linkedin.com/in/edrossi53 CLIFTON, NJ 07012

973-***-**** - Cell 973-***-**** – Home

MATERIALS MANAGEMENT and PROCUREMENT / CONTRACT EXPERIENCE

Materials Coordinator PSE&G Somerset, NJ April 2014 – Dec 2015

Contract position [Electric generating utility – Central Receiving facility]

Accomplishments as Materials Coordinator April 2014 – Present

Managed the PSE&G Asset Management database for Inventory Materials Management Department for all Incoming and Outgoing Capital Equipment/ Materials for all capital projects at the Central Substation Spares facility which includes 2 warehouses and 1 staging yard encompassing $35MM-50MM of inventory

Utilized SAP MM and packing lists to build a detailed database including use of Inventory Control System procedures, Excel and Word; introduced to Access Nov 2015

Arranged job site meetings with project teams to inventory leftover materials from completed projects; provided a comprehensive list to the project control engineering manager who distributes the list to several dozen DP&C project managers for their review with the goal to avoid duplicate purchases and expedite material transfers efficiently between closed projects/ upcoming projects

Liaison between MM and DP&C group [Construction Dept.] to transfer leftover materials between projects

Buyer / Procurement Analyst PSE&G Newark, NJ Jan 2010 - March 2013

Contract position [Electric generating utility]

Accomplishments as Buyer June 2012 – March 2013:

Processed POs, Change Orders [in SAP MM] and Contract Amendments [in SharePoint] for Environmental Remediation for 3 business units: environmental consulting, recycling / disposal and the remediation of contaminated and non-hazardous soil and water from over 40 former PSE&G gas sites throughout New Jersey utilizing 45 multi-year contracts with suppliers in a 3-tiered category arrangement

Utilized MS 2010 [9/12 thru 3/13] and MS Office Professional 2003 [6/12 thru 9/12]

Processed $121MM+ in spend [$58MM in 2012 and $63MM in 2013]

Contract Duties:

Developed the initial contract document and forwarded to legal and risk management departments for review and final document preparation prior to final document submittal to the appropriate suppliers

Interfaced with cognizant internal clients including DP&C, Environmental Remediation and former Gas Works personnel

Monitored contractor performances and advised internal clients unexpected delays or problems

Accomplishments as Procurement Analyst Jan 2010 – May 2012:

Managed procurement activities for over one dozen major, multimillion dollar EPC capital projects which all expand the Electrical Transmission capabilities for one of the largest utility companies in the USA for both capital

projects and Stimulus programs for Electric field operations; also managed procurement functions for several Utility Operations projects for electricity generating facilities [switching stations and sub-stations]

Sourced approved service providers and Arranged and Conducted the commercial portion of pre-bid meetings with contractors, engineering firms and internal DP&C teams at jobsite locations

Achieved total spend of $283MM [ 2010-2012] during a period of a substantially increased workload including Transmission Life Cycle, Northeast Grid and Susquehanna-Roseland projects

Upon receipt of documentation from the DP&C project teams, uploaded drawings, specs and SOWs into the Power Advocate system for RFP submittals to approved Engineering firms and construction contractors

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Contract Duties:

Participated in the development of original contracts for DP&C projects by gathering data and uploading the information into the ECM system for review and approval by the Legal, Risk and Tax departments

Negotiated with contractors; gained significant experience in business and technical writing skills

Upon release by Legal, submitted contracts to suppliers for their review and approval / signature and uploaded these documents into the SharePoint system; Processed POs and C/O’s in SAP MM module

Purchasing Agent-Engineering & MRO PLIVA, Inc. East Hanover, NJ Feb 2004 – June 2008

[Generic pharma manufacturer]

Accomplishments:

Presented Blanket PO program to management which reduced processing costs as well as saved time and efforts for both the Engineering and Purchasing departments

Restructured and standardized RFQ / Sourcing format for capital project and construction work which resulted in obtaining more information for internal evaluations; issued new construction, plant upgrade and maintenance contracts for various trades

Revised internal order forms for: cell phones and office furniture which forced users to be more accountable to their department management for budgetary purposes

Electrical Purchasing Agent Krupp Werner & Pfleiderer Corp. [now Coperion Corp] Ramsey, NJ Nov 1993 - Aug 2000

[Original Equipment Manufacturer of Extruders]

Accomplishments:

Established a monthly status report lists for Construction Management Project Engineering staff to identify all equipment delays which would possibly affect installation schedules for this ISO 9000 extruder manufacturer

Identified and eliminated duplication and redundancies in procurement forms and eliminated same which resulted in both processing time saved and cost avoidance for supplier-printed forms

NON-PROCUREMENT EXPERIENCE

Operations – Group Leader NY Red Bulls Giants Stadium & Harrison, NJ April 1996 – Present

Methods Engineering Auditor BAE Systems, CNIR Division Wayne, NJ April 2002 - Feb 2004

Contract Inventory Control DRS Technologies Oakland, NJ Nov 2001 - March 2002

COMPUTER SKILLS: •Current: -MS 2010, SAP Materials Management module, Power Advocate, ECM, SharePoint

•Former Operating Systems: Windows 7, MS Office Professional 2003 & 2007 including Excel,

Outlook 2010 and Word, MRP II, MP 2, Baan IV, PRISM, Sherpa, World View

EDUCATION

-Procurement Seminars Various facilities / companies / ISM-NJ 1985-2013 Various NJ locations

-BA Montclair State University 1975 Upper Montclair, NJ

-College Preparatory Clifton High School 1971 Clifton, NJ

CERTIFICATIONS:

CPSM Certification -2008-2011 Institute for Supply Management – NJ Hillsborough, NJ

AWARDS: -2014 Operations Volunteer of the Year New York Red Bulls

-2014-2015 Volunteer of the Year ISM-NJ

Confirming: I am a US citizen, possess a valid NJ driver’s license and am able to travel to field locations.

I am only looking for position in North NJ due to elder care responsibilities.

Periods showing gaps in employment are times when I was not employed full-time. Rev. Sept. 2016

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