Frederick Bassett

(C) 630-***-****

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Experienced procurement professional who has achieved significant cost savings building collaborative relationships with clients and suppliers with information technology, distribution, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and healthcare companies.

Mariano’s, Wheaton, IL 9/2021 - Present

Produce Team

Provide juices and platters made from fresh fruits and vegetables for customers and salad bar.

Dyson, Aurora, IL 1/2020 -3/6/2020

Inventory Specialist (Contract)

●Ensure consumer product and part orders are accurately shipped and billed.

●Correct and clear orders, process plant transfer requests, returns, and exchange orders.

●Work with Sales Order Analysts to identify and resolve order issues and manage discrepancies, order failures, status updates, and other key data.

Mariano’s, Wheaton, IL 4/2019 - 1/2020

Meat and Seafood Service Coordinator

●Assisted customers in product selection and focused on customer satisfaction.

Advocate Aurora Health, Downers Grove, IL 11/2017 - 02/2019

Parts Procurement Specialist

●Effectively purchased medical equipment parts in a timely manner for engineers at 13 hospitals and 350 clinics.

●Established strong and productive supplier relations leading to reduced pricing on proposals within supply chain.

●Negotiated with suppliers for cost savings achieving more than $50,000. Searched for process improvement to stream-line, and improve job processes.

Walmart, Glen Ellyn, IL 10/2016 - 11/2017

Inventory Specialist

●Managed an efficient inventory control of dairy and frozen categories for retail operations.

Molex Global Headquarters, Lisle, IL 01/2016 – 05/2016

Facilities Sourcing Engineer (Contract)

●Managed several projects for the Facilities Department for the construction of, and refurbishing of, Molex buildings in the U.S. Used SAP software. Worked with Molex Legal Department in the preparation of the associated legal documents including Statements of Work (SOW), Master Services Agreement (MSA), and competitive bid proposals.

BP Global, Warrenville, IL 06/2015 – 12/2015

Sourcing and Contract Analyst (Contract)

●Managed sourcing projects, coordinated project and bidding strategy, supplier capability analysis and spend segmentation.

Morton Salt, Chicago, IL 11/2014 – 05/2015

Processing Site MRO Buyer (Contract)

●Negotiated pricing for goods and services and tracked accumulated cost savings achieved during negotiations.

●Complied with contracts and sourcing strategies for existing vendors of goods and services.

AmerisourceBergen Technology Group, Buffalo Grove, IL 06/2012 - 3/2014

Purchasing Agent

●Purchased computers, related peripherals, software, customer site maintenance and repair services.

●Achieved $64,000 cost savings and resolved delivery issues.

●Reduced supplier base toward better pricing, quality and delivery.

●Visited supplier sites for tours and inspections of their machines and methods to achieve better efficiency.

Cummins Allison Corporation, Mt. Prospect, IL 08/2011 - 03/2012

Senior Buyer

●Procured electrical components for the on-site manufacturing of currency verifying and counting machines using ROI computer system

●Achieved cost savings and involved in new supplier development.

Various Short Term Purchasing Roles 03/2010 – 08/2011

IBM, Schaumburg, IL 02/1995 - 03/2010

Manager - Telecommunications Vendors 08/2008 - 03/2010

●Managed Telecom suppliers to ensure cost optimization, process improvements, maintain vendor relationships, and review monthly and quarterly vendor service performance reports.

●Assisted resolution of operational issue disputes, provided lead support for Qwest/Verizon Master Services Agreement (MSA), participated in MSA Amendment negotiations to ensure Network Services competency and Service Level Agreement (SLA) compliance.

●Led in the monitoring, review, and update of the Operations and Procedures Manual (OPM).

Procurement Contract Analyst - Connectivity/Telecom Equipment and Services 12/2007 - 08/2008

●Member Procurement AT&T Transition Team for analyzing customer contracts and comparing them with the IBM/AT&T Master Services Agreement to capture and flow down the terms from the customer contract not covered by the IBM/AT&T MSA.

●Created Customer Specific Subcontract - Transaction Document (CSS-TD) the new agreement between the customer and AT&T.

●Member of team responsible for collecting and transferring in-scope IBM supplier contracts over to AT&T.

Senior Buyer - Connectivity Equipment and Services 02/2006 - 12/2007

●Administered IBM contracts and supporting agreements, and negotiated Statements of Work.

●Achieved cost savings of $4,450,000 utilizing SAP.

Senior Buyer - Computer and Business Equipment 01/2004 - 02/2006

●Achieved cost savings of $2,985,000.

●Procured servers, laptops, desktops, monitors, and peripherals.

●Procured and leased A/V equipment, copiers, mail equipment, and fax equipment.

Senior Buyer - Business Equipment 10/2000 - 01/2004

●Achieved joint cost savings with IBM team member of $440,000.

●Procured A/V equipment, LCD projectors, mail sorting and inserting equipment, and meeting and classroom refitting and labor for total spend of $7,150,000. Rented (5000+) fax machines for US internal clients.

Senior Buyer - Workstation Hardware and Software 02/1995 - 10/2000

●Developed cost savings of 89% to core suppliers and Team 12.7% diversity spend versus 10.7% target.

●Placed $3,400,000 of purchase orders.

●Achieved hardware cost savings of $105,000.

Volunteer Experience

SCARCE, Addison, IL (July 2020 – August 2020)

Assist with donated educational supplies and equipment by sorting and boxing.

Grace Lutheran Church, Glen Ellyn, IL (March 2019)

I assisted in the Food Pantry with handing food items to clients.

People's Resource Center, Wheaton, IL (May 2015 – December 2015)

I assisted in the food pantry with handing out food items to clients; and assisted sorting donated food before opening hours.

Education:

●B.S. Management, University of Wisconsin – Stout, Menomonie, WI, Cum Laude

●Certified Purchasing Professional (CPP) - 03/2010 (American Purchasing Society) - IBM

●Certified Professional Purchasing Manager (CPPM) - 10/2010 (American Purchasing Society) - IBM

●Certification, Public Speaking / Communications – Dale Carnegie - 1990

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