Purchasing Manager Soccer Coach

KEN TAYLOR

************@***.***

630-***-****

OBJECTIVE

To contribute my skills and

expertise to a manufacturing

company and advance their

continued success.

SKILLS

Expertise in management of

daily tasks and training new

hires.

Experience with Plex Systems

(MRP).

Knowledge of engineering/blue

prints.

EXPERIENCE

STAINLESS STEEL BUYER

CENTRAL STEEL & WIRE COMPANY

MAY 2017- PRESENT

• Purchasing, expediting, scheduling, and planning for all Stainless-Steel bar and structural shapes

• Purchase the metal at or under a Price book budget while maintaining a quantity level that reflects 90 days or less inventory in 5 branches located in Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, and Greensboro.

• Reconcile invoice discrepancies with the supplier and the account payables department as needed.

• Resolve quality issues with the mill or depot to obtain credits and/or facilitate returns.

• Quote pricing & current lead-times to the inside and outside sales staff. Pricing includes Base price, Sur-charge, freight, and tariff.

PURCHASING AGENT

PRINCIPAL MFG, BROADVIEW, IL

2010 – 2017

• Order and expedite conventional and blanket order per print

Fasteners, seals, pumps, fittings, castings, and sensors

Steel bar, steel coil, copper coil, and plastic resin

• Schedule deliveries for raw materials

Plastic resin, steel, and copper

• Extensive experience with Plex Systems Material

Requirements Planning (MRP)

• Initiate all production part approval process (PPAP) logistics and arrangements

Submitting samples to suppliers

Submitting PPAP documentation to Quality

Engineering

• Responsible for RFQ’s

• Working in depth with quality, engineering, outside processing, and sales departments

• Evaluate and recommend qualified outside processors 2

VOLUNTEER AND

LEADERSHIP

Licensed Illinois High

School Wrestling

referee since

2010-present

Head Wrestling coach-

Brooks middle school,

Bolingbrook, IL

1997-2005

Head Soccer coach-

Bolingbrook High

School

2004-2005

Member of Bolingbrook

Soccer Club

Board of directors

1992-2004

EDUCATION

Joliet Junior College

Joliet, IL

1987-1991

Bolingbrook High School

Bolingbrook, IL

1974-1978

Heat-treating, plating and coating

Responsible for substantial cost savings within specific commodities

Supplier Auditing on a regular basis.

CORPORATE PURCHASING AGENT

PLAINFIELD PRECISION, PLAINFIELD, IL

2005 – 2010

• Negotiate yearly contract agreements and blanket orders for procurement of slit coils and plating

Brass, copper, bronze, stainless steel, carbon steel, and titanium

For stamping companies in Plainfield, IL, El Paso, TX, Sturgeon Bay, WI

• Procure and expedite various resins for the plastic injection molding facility in Plainfield, IL

• Provide daily updates regarding estimates and pricing to: sales, estimating, engineering and production departments

• Report directly to the Corporate CFO with progressive cost reduction efforts and lead time efficiencies

PURCHASING MANAGER

BERRY FABRICATING/MOTION INDUSTRIES,

CHICAGO, IL

1994-2004

• Manager of shipping and receiving department

Trained and managed three employees

• Purchased: Carbon steel, Aluminum, and stainless steel

For fabricating and modifying gears, chassis, and power transmission equipment

plate, structural, and bar form

• Worked alongside company engineers to procure carbon steel burn-outs, forgings, and castings

• Ordered components and replacement parts from 110 branches and the two distribution centers required to repair and modify customer orders

• Initiated and oversee blanket orders for hardware 3

MATERIALS MANAGER

CHUCKING MACHINE

FRANKLIN PARK, IL

1992-1994

• Procured strict military specification bar stock for an Aerospace Component CNC manufacturer

• Negotiated purchases

Titanium, exotic stainless steel, mil. Spec

Aluminum and unique nickel alloys

• Maintained records of strict military certification documentation for all metal and outside services procured

• Qualified new suppliers for adherence to mil. spec requirements.

• Successfully maintained supplier schedules within highly critical manufacturing environment

JR. BUYER

COURTESY MANUFACTURING

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL

1981-1992

• Procured carbon steel sheet, tool steel, custom packaging and outside services

• Perform on-site surveys of plating and powder coated painting suppliers for new part approval process

• Developed integral relationship between purchasing, production and engineering to assure customer

requirements were met

• Reported directly to Vice President of manufacturing 4

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