Purchasing Manager Relations Director
Resume:
Phillip P. Gibbons, C.P.M.
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SUMMARY
I am a highly motivated, versatile and creative professional with a broad range of business and sourcing and demand planning experience for Fortune 500 companies.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Hunter Douglas, Inc
Demand Planner / Forecast Analyst. October 2018 – September 2019
*Responsible for the Sourcing and Procurement of assemblies, sub-assemblies, power units, motors and components for motorized window shades.
Managed relationships with foreign and domestic suppliers as well as freight forwarders.
Wolseley Industrial Group / Ferguson Integrated Services
Wolseley Industrial Group / Ferguson Integrated Services (Industrial Products) 2007 – 2018
Strategic Sourcing Category Manager
*Responsible for developing supply partnerships with industry leaders, managing $500 million in industrial
products.
*Leveraged tools such as the Producer Price Index and Raw Material cost publications. Utilized systems such
as SAP, Excel and Access and with input from finance, IT, engineering and operations, was able to identify
potential supply interruptions or cost increasing events and act to mitigate the impact.
*Developed Compliance reporting for approved supply programs and published to the broader organization on a
quarterly basis. This is dynamic reporting in that it provides executive summaries that burst down to the division,
region, operation and product levels. This kind of reporting is useful to all levels of the organization.
Accomplishments
●Reduced Supply base by 18% resulting in cost savings of $1.9 million
●Improved Supplier payment terms by .75% resulting in a $1.8 million impact
●Reduced invoicing issues by 15% resulting in $81 thousand in reduced AP costs
●Reduced product cost by 5% or $12 million through market leveraging and achieving deeper discounts
●Improved cash flow by shortening lead time to rebate collection = $120 thousand
Ferguson Integrated Services (Industrial Products) 2005 – 2007
Purchasing Manager
*Managed procurement team. Developed and maintained measurable performance metrics, (KPI) for the
Procurement function.
*Periodic evaluation of inventory items to assure inventory turns are within acceptable levels. Make adjustments to
order controls where necessary.
*Kept abreast of events around the globe that could affect supply of product and move to mitigate the affect to
inventory. Events such as manufacturing plant strikes, environmental disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes
and tsunamis.
Accomplishments
●Reduced Inventory by $8 million eliminating capital charges of $420 thousand
●Reduced receiving errors by 12% saving $85 thousand in warehouse labor costs
●Reduced purchased SKUs by 10% through product standardization, reducing warehouse costs of $2.1 million
Compass Group, North America 1996-2005
Purchasing Manager
Managed purchasing team. Captured $2 billion in annual spend and managed rebate and deviated pricing programs.
Accomplishments
●Improved captured rebates by 1% = $20 million
●Improved cash flow by shortening lead time to rebate collection = $14.8 million
IBM Charlotte / Marriott Management Services 1989 – 1995
Purchasing Manager
Managed purchasing personnel from file clerks and buyers to contract administrators Monitored delivery, quality and cost to ensure best buy from suppliers. Interacted with production planning, engineering and manufacturing lines.
EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Professional Studies / Courses
Institute for Supply Management, Inc. C.P.M. designation
Dale Carnegie, Effective Communication
Franklin Covey, Time Management
Developing Dynamic Leadership
ISO Quality Standards Implementation
Institute for Supply Management, Inc. ISM-Cincinnati Chapter July 2009 – Present
President – Institute for Supply Management, Inc. Vice President - Institute for Supply Management, Inc Public Relations Director - Institute for Supply Management, Inc
Accomplishments
Improved portfolio of subject matter experts as key note speakers Increased membership by 8% Improved participation of monthly professional development meetings
Association for Operations Management APICS - Cincinnati Chapter November 2010 – Present
Member of the local chapter pursuing a board position.
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