Customer Service Cost Control-procurement-

Gregory Suiter

$*A W Ohey Avenue-Laveen AZ BS**g

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Cross-Functiona! Experience & Cross-lndustry Experience Highly qualified Executive Manager offering more than 20 years of financial management and cost control experience within manufacturing, industrial, and service industries. Results oriented and effectual leader with the proven ability to contribute a broad-based perspective. The talent to identifu problems or negative trends' Served as a catalyst for creating pragmatic operating strategies and implementation plans desftned to maximize perfonnance increases at the lowest possible costs. Stiengths in: t P&L Management/ Finances . Time & Resource Optimization

' Profitability Improvement . program and project Management

' Vendor & Contract Negotiations . Supply-Chain Integration

' Productiviry Enhancement . Acquisitions / Capital Expendifures

' Inventory Control Systems . ISO 900 I / TQfyi / BOM

' Cost Control Programs . MRP Administration

' Strategic Financial Planning ' Forecasting / performance Assessment

' Team Leadership & Collaboration ' operating policies & procedures

' Distribution Systems i Logistics . Customer Service / CR\.{

' Board Collaboration & Liaison . HR Development & Training PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

(xxxx) corporate Headquart@rs, orange counry, cA l ggg to present

(America's fourth largest lender of auto loants -surpassed only by the top auto manufacturers. Founded in 1 983,

publicly traded on NYSE and lv4s AO, grown to 22 states. subsidiaries include 24 banking tocations) CORPORATE PURCHASING MANAGER

Spearheaded all procurement, negotiations, contracts, & daily operations for a large lending and banking entity ofover 2100 employees and over 50 locationi. duided a 4-person purchasin-g team in op^timizing cost savings & gross margins, speeded inventory turnover, ana lmpiovea end*user satisfaction, Produced associate training resulis. Managed P&L while cultivating strong vendor relations and forged strategic alliances.

Selected Results:

' Pioneered & oversaw the one ofthe first online purchasing accounts for major corporations with Staples.com, successfully resuliing in a:br rebate in 70K savings in offrce supplies equaling $100,000.00 in annualized savings.

' championed a 50% reduction ofmaintenance contract costs by seJuring an altemative vendor (rvith a per call billing for office equipment).

' Boosted corporate savings 6.2%by multiple bidding piocess imple*entations for IT Dept.; equipment, softrvare, repair and part ordei placemeni process.

" Assisted in the execution of a multi-million dollar eeoptesoft implementa

'Piloted a study resulting a net savings ofat least 20% onupgraded digltal Anchor Pad lnternationat, lnc., Ventura, CA 19g6 to 19gg

Z{,r1972,the teading desigrner and'manuractur", oi pnysica! securitysysrems for computers, and theft.educational ) equipment with over 2 miltion device sotd to date. securing expensive equipment from PURCHASING AGENT

Responsible for all procurements for this manufacturing / die cast I &injection molding entity. Selected Results:

I Reduced buying staff and increased vendor contributions by 5o%by utilizing administrative I r Manufacturing Instrumental associates in & net operations profit u,ithin contributions improvement cornpany by for 35%with a net . Intelligent savings of90K part Numbering. /,vr. Operating and working capital allocation

GlobalMarine (f r"slre Drilling svsrems Companyl and Components Ensearch Corporation, usect in oit and Houston, gii-aritting TX 19go ana proaiciion. to 19g6 HeadquarTered in markets MATERIALS worldwide, MANAGER member of s&P 400 Mid-cap, backed by a workforce of more than B,0oo employees) Managing tasks included inventory contror, business process reengineering, fixed asset accounting, financial reporting, expense analysis, financial una,tit.li.-fianning . . worldwide parts materials and management supplies in excess encompassing of six million an accurate dollars. accounting Enforcediuditing of induiriaj & Compliance offshore equipment with Accounting Guidelines. p&L Management / Budget Management R-eview/ Charge off. Selected Results:

I controller of 150 manufacturers spare parts, reorder data, reorder lead-time. and all I Established facets of parts order administration quantif,v levels and ABC inventory classifications, rogistic monitoring, I I Altered Improved Decentralized and taxation capital structure equipment purchasing (by reducing record to centralized system. applicable to streamrine taxes). operations / costs. EDUCATION & CREDEI{TIALS

Bachelor of science, Business Management & Administration Universiry of Montana-Billings, Billings, Montan{1 9g0) Advanced University of Montana-Upper Billings, Lgyel studies: Billings, Montana systems (19g6) ilontrol, Auditing, Logistics, and operations inClUding: Motor classes Extensive School, ... Trade Industrial Goodyear Schools, Trade Belt and Shows Hoses Business equal Training, 2g0-+ Workshops, Karass hours. Fafuir Procureurentiystem, Bearing Techniques School, Negotiation/ US & Industries purchasing Material Electric seminars Improvement, Management Business Goursesl Operations. over Small 350 hours Business with Improvement. highlights of Hellman performance, coaching, Technical Correction. ISO 9001 Training: 300+ hsu15 of technical training & systems Management including Audit /Audir Co.lndustrial ) Training: 1200 hours of offshore Drilling and Materialrraining (Global Marine Drilling Certified Travel Agent (19e3)

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