Purchasing Manager Project

Career History & Value Impact

Randhahn Enterprises

• Project Management • Road Mapping • Packaging • Operations • Reports & Presentations • Negotiation Executive Consultant 8 years

Led intermittent projects in the U.S. and Philippines consulting on strategic sourcing and procurement operations planning for start-up and established companies in the beverage, irrigation, and financial investment sectors. Developed comprehensive recommendations on operations policies, best-practices, compliance reporting and financial tracking.

Nestlé Waters North America 4 years

• Category & Sourcing Strategies • Product Engineering • Quality Improvement

• Competitive Process • Requirements Analysis

National Purchasing Manager 4 years

Managed North American purchasing expenditures, quality improvement programs, and engineering redesigns. Employed cost reduction measures including make-versus-buy modeling, supplier negotiations, and reverse auctions. Trained international colleagues and advised international Home and Office development group.

• Directed $113M in annual purchasing in a matrixed organization

• Scouted and consulted cross-divisional experts on a technically superior solution for a competitive product, saving $2.7M annually while negotiating the most robust equipment warranty in the industry

• Designed and deployed a spill-proof bottle cap reducing 65% of design complaints from customers

• Persuaded executives to pursue a new method of contract bidding, saving over $200,000 on an annual contract CHRISTIAN RANDHAHN 801-***-****

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LinkedIn.com/in/ChristianRandhahn

Bedford, MA 01730

Global Sourcing & Supply Chain KPI & Financial Performance GMP & Compliance Cost Reduction / Cost Modeling RFQ / RFP, Vendors, Contracts Operations & Trend Analysis Product Development Quality System Integration Business Development Workflow Design & Upgrades Negotiation & Stakeholder Relations Lean and Six Sigma Processes PURCHASING MANAGER • PROCUREMENT & OPERATIONS

Driving Company Firsts via Transformative, Forward-Focused Implementations Tenacious, international leader formulating strategies for sourcing, purchasing, and operations with an extensive history delivering solutions that save millions without compromising quality. Champion for pragmatic, efficient business operations for start-up and Fortune 500 enterprises. Superior project manager adept at developing, leading, motivating, and aligning teams. Networked leader who ties in cross-divisional resources to guide strategic decisions. Leadership Highlights

• Completed the largest concurrent facility inventory migration in SAP history with negligible write-down on $425M

• Persuaded Nestlé Waters to open its first

state-wide contract auction and to use a new

bidding method saving $15.2M+

• Influenced delay in state legislature, saving

$1M and positioning Nestlé Waters for economic

and ethical success

• Regularly negotiated $2M – $15M in annual

savings while adding best-in-class value for

Nestlé Waters customers

Education

MBA, University of Connecticut

BS, Industrial Engineering, W. New England College Technical Skills

SAP Implementation

Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

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