Todd Smith

Frankenmuth, MI ***** - ad4ib6@r.postjobfree.com 1-810-***-****

I have more than 28 years of experience in governmental, manufacturing, and industrial environments, working with diverse groups and clients. I am seeking a position that will build upon my strengths of strong personal communication and organizational skills. I have managed advanced supplier sourcing stateside and overseas, as well as coordinated purchasing with facilities across the country to achieve cost savings. I understand the value that effective purchasing and sourcing can bring to a company. I have experience establishing and securing long-term contracts, preparing detailed requests for quotations and handling internal leasing and quoting for warehouse facilities.

Work Experience

Crisis Management Buyer

Kongsberg Automotive - Novi, MI

January 2022 to December 2023

I am responsible for Monitoring current supply constraints Worldwide for Kongsberg.

•Manage and attend several meetings via MS Teams to review the status of component supply on various programs.

•Update key shared tools in Teams – Alternatives Investigations, Crisis Suppliers.

•Anticipate the needs for Spot Buy inventory and work proactively to satisfy the need.

•Address email requests from the organization and suppliers regarding supply issues.

•I must be able to solve problems quickly to prevent any production stoppage.

•Great at building and Maintaining Supplier Relationships.

•Great Communication Written and Verbal.

•Always available for my Canadian, Chinese and European Teams.

•I was a Key Member of a Ukraine/Russia conflict Team to watch supply issues resulting from conflict

•Set-up Quality audits with new suppliers.

•Frequent use of SAP, Jaggaer, and Microsoft applications.

•Kongsberg downsized in December 2023. 250 white collar workers layed off worldwide and the Michigan branch closed.

Purchasing Manager

Mersino Dewatering/Global Pump - Davison, MI August 2019 to November 2021

•Responsible for all purchasing activities for a manufacturing plant and the service division.

•Developing, leading and executing purchasing strategies.

•Tracking and reporting key functional metrics to reduce expenses and track cost savings.

•Monitor and forecast levels of demand.

•Negotiated a 2.5% cost reduction on CAT Engines for the pumps ($325,000.00 Cost Savings 2020)

•Negotiated with vendors locally as well as China and India.

•I set up numerous national contracts to lower shipping costs for service contracts.

•Started a supplier bin management system.

•Installed supplier vending machines-Supplier owned all inventory until used.

•I was layed off due to financial issues from Covid.

Purchasing Manager

Roberts Sinto Corporation - Grand Ledge, MI March 2017 to August 2019

•Responsible for all purchasing activities for 2 manufacturing plants and Headquarters.

•Establishing Buyer goals based on corporate inventory needs and sales projections.

•Negotiating with vendors and partners.

•Monitor office supply requests and spending limits.

•Owner of all cost savings records.

•Managed suppliers located in Germany, China and Japan.

•Supervised 3 buyers and all stocking levels

•Achievement- Led a task force to lower purchase parts/make in house parts. Found out it would save us $100,000.00 in parts made in house plus selling of the machines used to make these parts- $75,000.00. We were able to utilize the employees on the production line.

Buyer Level 13

State of Michigan - Lansing, MI

October 2015 to January 2017

•Responsible for preparing, processing, and monitoring requisitions, direct purchase orders, blanket purchase orders for Michigan Health and Human Services (MDHHS).

•Technical expert in developing, coordinating, and monitoring Requests for Proposals (RFP).

•Processed and Monitors CS-138 requests.

•Responsible for monitoring large contracts and keeping all documents up to date (BAA, Certificates of Insurance, etc.) and coordinating with the contract administrators for new fiscal year purchase order releases and Contract Compliance Reports (CCR).

•Great working relationship with Budget and Accounting.

Purchasing Manager

Hagemeyer North America - Charleston, SC January 2000 to October 2015

•Integrated supplier to General Motors (GM) plants located in Michigan and Texas. I was the main point of contact for day-to-day operations for GM personnel. I managed all spare parts and MRO material for 3 GM plants along with issuing purchase orders for services needed.

•I know General Motors plants well and the manufacturing environment.

•I was responsible for all Indirect material.

•Achievement- A large Cost Savings I was able to plan, and lead from parts purchased from Germany. GM didn't purchase the prints to make locally, so I led the team to reverse engineer the first year of about 200 parts achieving over $900,000.00 in cost savings (Lower inventory, no shipping charges from overseas, and shorter lead time with better control of our higher dollar parts and/or higher usage parts). We were able to populate these prints into the GM database and started purchasing locally at lower costs.

•I was responsible for training buyers and customer service representatives. I also traveled to Portland, OR to train a new branch manager and other new employees in 2014.

•Coordinating and working with suppliers in Europe.

•Achieving and documenting supplier protocols and cost reductions, warranties and repairs for all spare parts.

•Required strong communication skills to effectively work with plant managers, engineers, maintenance, union and other vendors.

•I traveled to Arlington, TX for 4 years to supervise 5 buyers located within the plant. I also was responsible for Account Management along with the Purchasing Manager duties. I would interact closely with the customer (GM) and entertain customers. I had two company credit cards, one for travel and one for purchasing ($350,000 limit).

Education

Master of Science in General Administration

Central Michigan University

December 2012

Bachelor's in Industrial Management

Saginaw Valley State University

December 1999

Associate's in Accounting

Baker College

June 1996

Skills

•40+ hours of classroom training of FOIA. standards and procedures.

•Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, skilled with Excel and Databases

•Purchasing and negotiating

•Karrass Effective Negotiating Training

•Dale Carnegie Management Training

•Sourcing

•I have India and China Visas

•Budgeting

•Reading and understanding blueprints

•Account Management

•Databases-SAPSyteline

•Michigan Administration Network( MAIN)

•ADPICS

•ITRAC

•Buy4michigan.com

•Contract Tracking Software (CTS)

•ERP Systems.

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