SCOTT C. PARKINSON

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PROCUREMENT LEADER

Procurement leader with extensive international experience and a proven track record of cost savings, team building, strategic sourcing, supplier management, and quality improvements. Extensive experience in many manufacturing industries and processes including steel, paint, automotive, plastics, electronics, and chemicals

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Negotiations/Cost Savings Reorganization & teambuilding Strategic Sourcing

Supplier Development International Experience/Manager Direct and Indirect Experience

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Reorganizations & Team Building – Lead multiple complete procurement reorganizations to focus on savings, supplier management and quality. Recruited and upgraded employees to create a customer focused organization that delivered value to the company

Proven Track Record of Cost Savings – Refocused goals and objections to drive competitive quotations and reverse auctions. Delivered record amounts of documented savings on multiple occasions that positively impacts the COGS

Strategy & Strategic Sourcing – Created a comprehensive commodity strategy that reduced the supply base by 30 to 40 percent that helped drive savings, quality improvements and on time deliveries

Innovation – Implemented some creative procurement strategies at CSI such as index-based resin that saved over $10 million and a cosigned inventory strategy for low-cost steel that was barged up the Mississippi that allowed MSM to reenter an compete in the Midwest agricultural market.

Driving Quality Improvement – Using quality as an integral part of our commodity strategies delivered a 90% reduction in PPM and saved millions of dollars in documented warranty savings.

WORK EXPERIENCE

RJ Corman Railroad, Nicholasville, KY

Senior Director of Sourcing and Supply Chain 2021-11/2023

RJ Corman is a $500+ million per year, privately owned manufacturing and transportation company that services and supports the railroad industry.

Created and implemented a Procurement reorganization that impacted 19 short lines (divisions) to deliver record savings, address serious ongoing supply issues with consigned inventories, and drive mandatory competitive quotations.

Added and trained new employees and existing employees on world class procurement strategies and tactics

Identified negotiated saving opportunities, sourcing events, and contracts to improve lead times, ensure supply, and deliver savings with key suppliers

Primax, Versailles, KY 11/2019 - 2021

Regional Sales Manager

Big Ass Fans, Lexington, KY

Global Director of Sourcing and Purchasing 2018-10/2019

Big Ass Fans is a $300+ million per year, privately owned manufacturing company that supplies the residential, construction and agricultural industry with a large range of high-end fans and lights on an international basis.

Identified and implemented over $7 million in cost savings in less than two years via negotiations, resourcing, and VA/VE.

Reduced the supply base by over a third to eliminate underperforming suppliers and drive cost, quality, and delivery performance improvement.

oWorked closely with the Quality and Engineering, to improved PPM by 90%, delivery (OTD) by almost 10%, and solved the largest chronic supply issue by identifying and qualifying new suppliers and sourcing nearly all our business to these suppliers in record time

One of 15 employees in the entire company on the long-term employee retention program. Received an 50% increase on my 2018 bonus based on extraordinary contributions to the company

Procurement and Supply Chain Consultant, Louisville, KY 2016-2017

Working on Procurement and Supply Chain projects with several consulting firms including Tenzing Consulting

Metal Sales Manufacturing, Louisville, KY

Vice President of Purchasing and Supply Chain 2013-5/2016

Metal Sales Manufacturing is a $350+ million per year, privately owned manufacturing company that supplies the construction and agricultural industry with metal panels and accessories. Metal Sales has 21 manufacturing facilities in the United States, but buys strategic materials on a global basis. This role is responsible for central procurement and supply chain across the company.

Implemented cost savings worth over $12 million via strategic sourcing and negotiations that reduced our COGS by 5% points. Delivered a record amount of savings in 2015 and early 2016.

Closure Systems International (formerly Alcoa), Indianapolis, IN

Executive Director of Global Procurement 2007-2012

Global Director of Procurement 2000-2006

Closure Systems International is a $1.4 billion per year business unit formerly owned by Alcoa that manufactures over 90 billion plastic and metal closures and equipment in thirty-two locations in 24 countries for the food, beverage, and personal care industry. CSI also manufactures proprietary production equipment, machines, and tooling. This position has international responsibility for 50 buyers and managers in six different regions.

Over the last five years, CSI Procurement delivered more cost savings than the other three, similarly sized packaging companies in the Reynolds Packaging group combined.

Delivered 5 to 8% cost savings per year while meeting all goals and objectives in all regions

Implemented over $16 million in EBITA cost savings in 2011 compared to a target of $10 million, including critical raw materials via leveraged negotiations, on line auctions, and low-cost country sourcing.

Ford Automotive Operations Purchasing, Dearborn, MI 1989-1999

Various roles including Purchasing Manager, Fastener Procurement, Body & Exterior Commodity Management

Purchasing Manager, Global Policy & Procedures, Purchasing Process Leadership

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Bachelor of Arts Degree, Economics

Certified Purchasing Manager 1991 & 2003

Certified by the Institute for Supply Management (I.S.M.) as a C.P.M.

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