Joe C. Macieunas

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Barnesville, PA 18214

570-***-**** (home)

adxpdj@r.postjobfree.com

Procurement professional with many years experience in supply chain. Looking to continue my career with a progressive company that will allow me to develop and utilize my skills. Looking for the perfect place to carry out the last years of my career.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DESIGN GROUP AMERICAS Berwick,PA

Purchasing Manager Apr.2021 - present

Establish maximum benefit for a multi-site company creating and driving category-

specific supply management strategies for materials and services. Work with stakeholders

to determine the company-wide vision for category strategies while accounting for

regional and local adaptations. Manage my time between strategic and tactical duties.

Assign work to a procurement administrator while also taking responsibility for

miscellaneous ordering duties on multiple business systems. Lead contract negotiations for

the organization working with finance and legal reviewing contracts and agreements.

Proactively drive process improvement and policy development initiatives that impact the

company globally. Attained initial cost avoidance goals within the first seven months.

Grew savings to over $250k by 14 months.

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS Trexlertown,PA Buyer Apr.2020 – Apr.2021 Purchase equipment, materials, and services for major projects following established

policies and procedures. Execute and manage the procurement contracts on purchase orders

and contracts including bid list prep, solicitation and evaluation of quotes, and the

negotiation and award of contracts. Lead or collaborate as needed to resolve major

complex claims or other issues. Heavily experienced in managing multiple projects

simultaneously. Liaise with supply chain in the timely execution of requisitioning, bid

evaluation, contract award, expediting, inspection, and final transportation arrangements.

Manage spare parts coordination to purchase required construction, commissioning, capital

and operational spare parts.

ALTADIS CORP. USA McAdoo, PA

Technical Procurement Lead Aug.2019 – Apr.2020

Company went through a historic $12M investment ramp-up. Worked with engineering, maintenance, production, and finance developing scopes and sourcing qualified suppliers to participate in RFP events. Documented savings of $172k based on value analysis of issued awards. Areas include capital equipment, facilities equipment and services, and OEM major product replacements. Worked on documenting and streamlining procurement processes in conjunction with the Quality group to prepare for ISO and FDA certifications.

Developed department budget based on financial history and reviewing forecast with planning and finance. Planner for chemical additives and MRO materials. Conduct supplier audits and present annual global supplier review for MRO and capital projects.

TALEN ENERGY, LLC. Allentown, PA

Procurement Supervisor Jan.2017 – May 2019

Supervised multi-site matrix organization of buyers. Maintained a flexible and efficient team. Combined efforts in all aspects of operations to gain aggregate material discounts and normalization of service contracts.

Worked closely with site warehouse and engineering to optimize inventory levels and minimize the supplier base. Over $500k inventory reduction in 2018. Actively executed materials and services bids. Implemented RFP’s for major projects and negotiated favorable terms and conditions for company business in conjunction with legal. Coordinated and resolved accounting/payment issues. Conducted both strategic and tactical purchasing initiatives.

PPL ELECTRIC Allentown, PA

Senior Buyer May 2011 – Jan. 2017

Commodity specialist for specialty parts, mechanical parts, and electrical items. Participated in other commodity realms as a power plant ambassador. Developed commodity playbooks for strategic sourcing initiatives. Conducted contract RFP’s on major projects for facilities, unit upgrades, and major repairs. Issued tactical agreements for daily service requirements. Completed a Lean Project in 2013 that assisted fleet with outage planning. $150k savings. Developed and maintained MSA’s and blanket contracts for best-cost/service advantages.

FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR Mountaintop, PA

Purchasing/Logistics Specialist March 1996 – May 2011

Buyer of chemicals, gases, specialty production materials. Executed all capital purchases and leases. Initiated VMI programs for electrical and MRO parts. Inventory manager for precious metal targets and sputtering materials. VMI and consignment inventory manager.

Oversaw all domestic and international transportation. Export compliance officer.

Purchasing representative on Corporate Quality Council. ISO9000, TS16949, ISO14000.

Facilitator for union employee work groups. Oversaw shipping responsibilities.

SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA Delano, PA

Purchasing/Production Planning May 1990 – Feb. 1996

Acquired raw materials for audio manufacturing. Sourced domestically and internationally.

Planned flow of materials for four production lines and finished good distribution to multiple US warehouses. Responsible for inventory management and cycle count program.

A trained management person for union employee-empowered work groups.

EDUCATION

Villanova University

Masters Certificate, Commercial Contracts 2011 – 2014

Misericordia University

M.S., Organizational Management 1999 – 2001

Penn State University

B.A., Political Science/Pre-Law 1985 – 1989

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