Todd A. Kraker

Holland, Mi. *****

acxo6r@r.postjobfree.com

616-***-****

Purchasing/Operations Executive

Pricing Negotiations * Leadership * Continuous Improvement

Highly motivated Purchasing and Operations Executive with a proven track record in leading change with Innovation. Experienced success in pricing negotiations and program development with OEM Suppliers and International Suppliers to help achieve and exceed profitability and growth targets. Skilled in securing and building relationships with both internal and external Supply base. Customer focused, with the ability to drive change for return on investment. Dynamic and creative team player with capacity to build and develop a highly focused, ambitious and successful work team.

COMPETENCIES

Strategic Planning * PR and Crisis Management * Forecasting

Quality * Inventory Management * Sourcing

* Continuous Improvement

Professional Experience

Valley Truck Parts Inc., Wyoming Mi.

A 45 Million Dollar a year Rebuilder of Transmissions and Differentials for class 8 Trucks.

Director of Purchasing 2014 – 2016

Responsible for Purchasing and Inventory Management for Production, inside and outside sales, for 5 locations.

oNegotiated Pricing/ Programs/ and rebates with Vendors – $320,000 annual rebates from OEM Suppliers.

oAnalyzed min/max stocking levels for Product Overview Purchasing model – reduced slow-moving Inventory by 22% and decreased lost sales by 14%, while decreasing Production downtime by 8%.

oCoordinated Product returns of obsolete, or slow moving Inventory with OE Suppliers – reducing on hand obsolete Inventory by over 25%.

oWorked with Shipping/Receiving areas to minimize lost Product – results; increased sales and decrease Production downtime.

oDeveloped relationships with, and negotiate pricing programs with International Supplier base for reduced cost – annualized cost reduction of over $300,000 a year.

oAnalyzed and realigned Supplier base for existing business model needs – reduced freight cost and Operational overhead cost by over 6%.

oTrained team to succeed in being both effective and efficient – cross functional and diverse work team to align with current business model needs. Reduced overtime cost, and covered absence/vacation times with 0 impact on organization.

oReduced cost where applicable – Production downtime, lost sales, Product cost, overtime, etc.

oUtilized tool sets: Toyota Production systems, Lean Manufacturing, 5S principles, for continuous improvement.

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HME Inc., Wyoming, Mi.

A 43 million Dollar a year Distributor of OEM aftermarket parts.

Inventory Manager 2001 –2014

Inventory Management for OEM aftermarket truck parts.

oPurchased from OE Suppliers in excess of 19 million a year.

oInventory returns for Obsolete and slow moving materials – 10-12% reduction annually.

oAnalyzed min/max stocking levels for Purchasing model – the right Product on the shelf at the right time, reducing lost sales over 12%, increasing customer specific sales over 18%, decreasing cost of goods over 8%.

oBuilt and analyzed forecasting models for customer base, and sales base. Increased Inventory turns over 7%

oSecured Freighting logistics for on time and cost effective incoming and out going deliveries. Reduced freight cost’s 16%.

Herman Miller Inc., Zeeland, Mi. 1989 –2001

An over 1 Billion Dollar a year Manufacturer of Office furniture and Office systems.

Senior Manufacturing Work Team Leader

oResponsible for 100% daily completions on fully automated Production line

oDeveloped and proposed facility re-alignment to Herman Miller Executive team for increased ROI and increased efficiencies. Savings of over $260,000 annually in Operating costs.

oWorked on continuous Improvement teams utilizing Toyota Production Systems to increase daily completions of 100%, reduce operational cost, improve efficiencies throughout manufacturing, reduce safety incidents, and provide employee training for standard operating procedures.

oLed monthly work team meetings for Production teams – responsible for 1st and 3rd shift Production areas in excess of 60 employees.

oWorked with Mechanical, Industrial and Maintenance engineers on work cell layout for increased Production, and lower cost, increasing ROI. Utilized tool sets like, Toyota Production Systems, HMPS, 5’s, etc…

Education

Coursework towards Business Management - Davenport University, Grand Rapids, MI.

Electronics Engineering - National Institute of Technology, Wyoming, MI.

Technology Summary

MS Office (Word/Excel)

ITrack Manufacturing Systems – ERP software system

IBS/ASW Software systems – Purchased and Implemented web ordering, Inventory Management software system

Office 2000 (Windows)

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