DEANNA S. READ

**R Caswell Street 716-***-****

Lancaster, NY 14086 adki5a@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior Procurement professional with experience procuring a wide array of products and services in diverse industries. Effectively partnered with suppliers to introduce new products, resolve quality issues, drive cost savings and ensure on-time delivery.

Industry Experience

Medical (FDA Regulated), Metals Processing, Welding, Chemicals, Manufacturing, Mining, Quarry, and Cement Operation Functional Experience

Procurement, Operations, Inventory Management, International Shipping/Logistics Procurement Expertise

· Strategic Sourcing · Negotiating Contracts · Strong SAP skills

· ISO Quality Systems · MRP - Production Planning · KPI monitoring/reporting PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LAFARGE HOLCIM, LOCKPORT, NY 2017 - 2021

Mining, quarry, and cement manufacturing with worldwide presence. Regional Procurement Buyer, covering all Great Lakes Region Responsible for providing procurement service to over 50 mining and cement operations. Part of a team who lead procurement from simple PO creation, to vendor negotiating and cost savings implementation. Focused on building relationships with suppliers, plants, and cost savings. Aligned plant spends to reduce number of suppliers servicing the same region. Returned the focus of production to plants by instituting blanket PO’s and other automated ways of procurement.

● Increased the use of a safety monitoring tool, Avetta. This not only ensured that our suppliers were properly trained, but also allowed multiple plants to see other suppliers who were already registered to work on our sites.

● Assisted in cost savings by changing payment terms with suppliers. Brought multiple choices so smaller suppliers were not negatively impacted, and required contracts with extended terms and rebates based on T & M to other suppliers.

● Daily serviced over 50 plants remotely. Prioritizing each request and plants needs based on multiple factors including lead time, supplier availability, and status of production impact. Plants submitted a scope of work which allowed me to obtain quotes quickly, and procure the requirements regionally.

● Visited plants to learn their needs and production schedules. Scheduled maintenance services during downtimes so production volumes were not impacted. Seeing what was on site at each plant also allowed me to align suppliers with other regions.

● Created an average of 15 PO’s daily for services and items which maintained uptime. TMP TECHNOLOGIES INC, BUFFALO, NY 2013 - 2015

Foam and applicator company focused on medical and industrial equipment. Purchasing Specialist

Purchased $8 million in parts annually from a global supplier base. Visited and audited suppliers to maintain excellence in product. Worked closely with engineering in new product development to find suitable raw materials and supplier base. Wrote contracts with suppliers. Worked with inventory manager to keep inventory steady and accurate. Issued PO’s, expedited deliveries, and maintained purchasing files per ISO and customer driven procedures.

● Managed team put in place to reduce costs company wide. Worked with the operational team and management team brainstorming and reporting all cost reduction ideas. Implementation plans and success of all ideas was reported weekly.

● Updated all ISO instructions to reflect risk based procedures that involved contemporary and best practices.

● Debugged our foaming operation by inviting chemical experts who could show us where we could maximize efficiencies.

● Supported the practice of partnering project/engineering leads with foam suppliers to help expedite the process of choosing the best base product for each customer application. Negotiated with all vendors to ensure not only best price, but also best practice, delivery, and quality systems were maintained. 1 Page

● Assisted in registering with the FDA, some of our foam for ease of future medical applications. AMETEK (REICHERT), Depew, NY 2011 - 2013

Medical device company focused on ophthalmic products and equipment. Senior Buyer

Purchased $14 million in parts annually from a global supplier base. Visited and audited suppliers prior to offering manufacturing agreements. Wrote contracts with suppliers. Member of Value Engineering Committee. Issued PO’s, expedited deliveries, and maintained purchasing files per ISO and FDA procedures.

● Member of team that increased working capital by renegotiating payment terms with all suppliers and developing consignment programs.

● Strategically relocated the manufacturing of 10 pcba’s from Germany to Indonesia which resulted in a cost savings of 30% for one product line.

● Renegotiated payment terms from net 30/45 to net 60 with domestic, and net 90 with international suppliers where the annual spend was over $50,000 which improved working capital and cash flow.

● Developed consignment programs which specified that products manufactured in low cost regions must be stocked at U.S. facilities to ensure shorter lead times and reduced inventory dollars.

● Established the practice of partnering project/engineering leads with international suppliers to minimize the learning curve of moving from local to international suppliers. LITELAB CORP., Buffalo, NY 2008 - 2011

Privately owned manufacturer of custom specialty track and lighting fixtures. Buyer

Prepared/received purchase orders, and resolved purchase order/accounts payable discrepancies. Maintained inventory levels at outside processing facilities. Monitored internal and external vendors for quality and service. Expedited products worldwide. Member of Costing Structure Committee & Powder Coating Institute.

● Reduced inventory by $1 million in 18 months by creating VMI programs, blanket orders, and making people aware of the cost of goods and overhead.

● Introduced MRP and lean practices to Litelab.

● Created a visible purchasing system to function around these systems.

● Eliminated overbuying which cut the on hand inventory by $300,000 in 6 months and improved cash flow.

● Reduced rejected material by 20%by educating extrusion suppliers on how we used the raw material.

● Created an Access program with IT to mimic an MRP program which gave greater visibility to delivery dates, work order priorities, and increased our on-time delivery by just under 15%. SAMUEL SON & COMPANY, INC., Lancaster, NY 2007 - 2008 ISO 9001 certified processor and distributor of metals. Purchasing Coordinator

Prepared and received purchase orders, and resolved purchase order/accounts payable discrepancies, as well as quality problems. Facilitated transfers between company locations. Obtained competitive pricing for non-contractual plate purchases. Maintained inventory levels at outside processing facilities, including cycle counts and annual physical count. Updated and restructured ISO procedures within purchasing.

● Established an out for process system to maintain inventory for two customers in the heat exchange industry ensuring that they always had inventory to pull from, and there was a constant flow of product.

● Rewrote an ISO procedure with the Quality Director to include the out for process system.

● Initiated a cycle count program with outside vendors which enforced the responsibility required by these vendors with regard to product maintained at their facility.

● Sourced new suppliers who could provide services for two new customers whose sales would totaled $250,000 in the first year. Obtained audits, samples, and reference checks and together with a team consisting of engineering, quality, and operations a group of suppliers was chosen to bid on the project. 2 Page

EDUCATION

SAINT MICHAEL’S COLLEGE, Colchester, VT

Bachelor of Arts,1999

Other Educational experiences

● Dale Carnegie full 12 week course -communication, sales, and pushing your boundaries.

● Dale Carnegie assistant trainer for same 12 week course.

● American Management Association, 4 day course- manage communication with managers and as a manager.

● Gender studies business Macro-course to cover customs and important attire in countries I traveled too. University of Buffalo

● Several safety courses with regard to OSHA AND MSHA annually.

● Many other 1 day seminars with direct regard to procurement.

● Various training courses throughout the past 15 years to maintain and increase my procurement and communication skills.

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Docupax, Syteline, AS 400/Chempax EDMS/Keyfile, SAP, Made 2 Manage, Paperport, Ariba, Avetta, Lotus Notes, Quickbooks, Great Plains, Syspro, google based services such as google docs, sheets, and google mail, Dynamics Nav. As well several other “homegrown” ERP systems”. 3 Page

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