Manager Purchasing

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Buffalo, NY *****

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Curtis Boyd Jr.

Objective

Summary of

Qualifications

Success driven, intelligent with strong business acumen and natural leadership talents to steer a team in new directions. I offer over 7 years in the field of procurement. Within this field I will bring to the table strong negotiating skills for machinery, materials and contracts. Locate vendors and evaluate suppliers based on cost, quality, service, availability, reliability, and selection criteria. In addition, I also offer other valuable administrative skills such as being a creative problem solver, selling equipment, coordinating activities of personnel engaged in purchasing and monitoring weekly to monthly inventory. I would like to bring these skills to a company that would like to become profitable and promote company growth.

Employed as a Chief Compliance Officer for Environmental Health and Safety / Purchasing Manager and QC Manager purchase on monitor procurement within three companies. Facilitate Corporate Company and Safety Administrator for all three locations. Other certifications include HAZMAT Waste Operation, Emergency Response, First Aid / CPR / AED, ITAR Trained and DOT shipping of dangerous goods. Supervising a staff of 6 in research lab making sure our products meet all specifications according to our COA’s.

Employed as a Representative to the Trustee of Bankruptcy Court for the Law Office of Penney, Maier and Wallach. As Representative to Trustee my responsibilities included facilitating the pick-up of leased equipment by the appropriate leasing company, securing facility and assets, my role also required liquidating machinery and assets at competitive and consummative prices. Negotiating with the leasing company to return the facility back to its original state at the time of leasing. Handled the outsourcing to local construction firms for dismantling machinery and structural compartments at cost savings to the Bankruptcy Court. Facilitating the release certain assets pertaining to the Bankruptcy Court for monetary compensation to leasing companies. Acting as a consultant for the chemical removal off facility site and creating an inventory of assets for auction.

As a Corporate Purchasing Supervisor of a major Corporation in Nanotechnology, I am capable of maintaining and directing a staff that can work effectively toward a goal of becoming cost conscious and acquiring quality materials from vendors (industrial equipment, chemicals, raw and standard materials etc.) that would allow a company to operate in a highly productive manner. Negotiate purchasing contracts; manage inventory and maintaining vendor relationship.

As a Research and Development Technician Supervisor of two major Corporations I’ve supervised a staff of 15-21 personnel. In this role I maintained inventories, provided production schedules for staff, I was also responsible for compiling and entering data into spreadsheets and distributing daily and weekly reports to required management.

Certified in CPR, First Aid, AED, and HAZMAT (hazardous waste management)

Employment

1/2013 – PRESENT WPC Technologies Milwaukee, WI

Chief Compliance Officer of Environmental Health & Safety /

Purchasing Manager and QC Manager

Implementing safety rules and regulations for production facility and office to ensure compliance with OSHA standards.

Provide safety training to comply with OSHA standards.

Overseeing chemical and waste inventory.

Coordinating with production management and other purchasing managers to make sure we are getting the best cost saving materials for our Company.

Negotiating vendor contracts and approving purchases to ensure we have the proper materials to operate efficiently.

Overseeing research lab QC to ensure all specifications are being meet to ensure our customers receive our best quality materials and to meet our COA’s.

8/2011 – 1/2013 Crosslink Fenton, Missouri

Manager of Purchasing and Administrations

Monitoring and purchasing equipment and materials, locating and evaluating vendors. Coordinate activities of personnel…

Safety Administrator responsible for coordinating safety training, inspections and certifications for employees for three facilities to ensure compliance with OSHA regulations.

4/2010 – 4/2011 Penny, Maier and Wallach Buffalo, New York

Representative to the Trustee Bankruptcy Court

Negotiating, sourcing out for cost saving, acting as a chemical consultant, securing facility and distributing Bankruptcy Court assets.

Overseeing dismantlement of machinery and structural compartments

2003–2009 NanoDynamics Inc. Buffalo, New York

Corporate Purchasing Supervisor

Approving and monitoring purchases for three subsidiary companies in addition to our Buffalo based headquarters.

Negotiated vendor contracts and ensured all purchases were cost saving yet materials purchased were of high quality standard

Coordinating with department management to ensure they have the proper materials to operate efficiently.

1994-2002 MA/COM Buffalo Advanced Materials Buffalo, New York

Research & Development Technician Supervisor

Supervision of Research Technicians in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Lab, also supervision in Advanced Thin Film Coating Department where high vacuum deposition reactors were in use for biomedical applications.

Computer Skills

Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel

Education

1976-1977 Buffalo State University Buffalo, New York

1973- 1976 Bennett High School Buffalo, New York

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