Supply Chain Raw Materials

Paul J. Kennedy C.P.M.

Saint Johns, FL ***** ************@***.*** 270-***-****

PURCHASING MANAGEMENT

Versatile, results-driven, and highly accomplished Purchasing/Procurement professional with over 30 years of experience sourcing, developing and purchasing raw materials, production tooling, MRO, services, and capital equipment, while implementing cost reduction strategies, with SLA’s, to improve the bottom line. Proficient in working across diverse cultures and economies while developing performance-based, low-cost solutions through aggressive negotiations with new and existing suppliers. Adept at interacting with domestic and international manufacturers to negotiate pricing, streamlining operations to improve bottom-line, and conducting research to determine trends and market values. Key strengths and relevant skills are as follows:

Purchasing & Sourcing

Supplier/Vendor Relations

Budget Administration

Performance Enhancement

Inventory Control

Strategic Planning

Supply Base Reduction

Supply Chain Management

Lean Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement

New Product Launch

Process Engineering

Price Negotiation

Working Capital Turns

Cost Benefit Analysis

Risk Management

Quality Improvement

P&L Accountability

Staff Training/Supervision

Change Management

PPV/VAVE Savings

Strategic Sourcing

Material Management

EXPERIENCE

Technetics/Enpro Incorporated / Senior Buyer/Supervisor 2020 – Current

Manage a portfolio of commodities, in which I developed key strategic

partnerships, while understanding the cost structure, in order to drive costs down.

Re-negotiated current supplier contracts, introduced quality audits, and conduct commodity market tests, achieving over $1.8MM of cost savings.

Minimized supplier disruption and global cost increases during Covid, by leveraging the spend in each commodity and maintaining constant contact with all global and domestic suppliers.

Revised all policies and procedures, in order to adapt for significant increases in spend, over the last five years. Trained all new procurement personnel, on interpreting and analyzing all of the MRP systems reports.

ZF/TRW Active Safety and Electronics US LLC / Purchasing Manager 2018 – 2020

Managed a team of four buyers and a portfolio of products/services, in which I developed key strategic partnerships and derived the cost structures, in order to drive costs down.

Negotiated over three million dollars’ worth of realized savings.

Drove change to enable cost savings both internally and externally with the suppliers.

Lead the supplier sourcing process and contract negotiations, for the global suppliers that were within my portfolio.

Significantly reduced supply base by 33% through implementation of strategic sourcing and cost reduction strategies, for over $83MM spend in raw materials, tooling, components, MRO, and service purchases.

Innophos Incorporated / Global Commodity Manager 2014 – 2018

Responsible for all Supply Chain and Purchasing activities to meet cost objectives of raw materials, MRO materials, and services, for 6 manufacturing facilities.

Performed multiple complex purchasing projects to completion, on a timely basis.

Significantly reduced supply base by 21%, through implementation of strategic sourcing and cost reduction strategies, for over $5MM in raw materials, tooling, components, MRO, and service purchases.

Successfully negotiated over $21MM worth of capital equipment purchases and plant expansions, which resulted in saving $3.36MM for the capital projects.

Successfully facilitated and served as the Project Manager to a third-party service provider for the outsourcing of all the plants MRO storerooms.

Bridgestone Metalpha USA Inc. / Corporate Purchasing Manager – Contract 2012 – 2013

Lowered raw materials, component and capital purchase costs by $4MM through development and implementation of cost reduction strategies for $112MM in purchases.

Achieved over $8MM in savings and cost avoidances by overseeing the $100MM product and plant expansion and negotiating over $45MM in capital equipment and general expansion costs.

Produced annual savings and cost avoidances of $2MM in MRO and commodities, by showing my team of three buyers, how to conduct market studies, to understand where dollars were being spent and provide improved pricing, within those commodities.

Gerdau Ameristeel Incorporated / Procurement/Materials Manager 2007 – 2012

Reduced material purchase costs by 7 percent, for two consecutive years, by initiating cost reduction strategies, for $170MM in purchases.

Increased dollars spent with preferred suppliers from 5% to 67% by executing national contracts.

Led a team of four buyers to accrue annual savings and cost avoidances of $12.8MM through market tests for all commodities.

Negotiated over $32MM of capital equipment purchases and avoided $3.2MM in costs.

Facilitated the plant implementation of Maximo inventory control software and SAP 6.1 (SRM) procurement and ERP software.

Briggs & Stratton Corp. / Divisional Supply Chain/Purchasing Manager 2002 – 2006

Reduced supply base by 36% within two years, while directing a team of 15 buyers to work with engineering and quality, that resulted in 20 successful new product launches.

Re-negotiated current supplier contracts, introduced quality audits, and conducted commodity market tests, achieving over $10MM of cost savings.

Saved $5MM in costs by negotiating over $50MM worth of capital equipment projects.

Facilitated the plant implementation of SAP 4.5 (SRM) procurement and ERP software.

ADDITIONAL / RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Aerospace Industry Senior Buyer/Supervisor

Medical Device Industry Senior Buyer/Supervisor

Semi-Conductor Industry Senior Buyer/Supervisor

Healthcare Industry Procurement Manager

Chemical Industry Global Commodity Manager

Steel Industry Procurement/Materials Manager

Magna Interior Systems (Automotive) Purchasing Manager

Excel Industries Inc. (Automotive) Purchasing Manager/Corporate Purchasing Manager GKN Automotive Inc. (Automotive) Senior Buyer – Tooling and Capital Equipment

EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Beloit College

B.A. in Business Administration and Management

Minor in East Asian Business/Japanese Language

Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.)

Former Tool, Die, and Mold Maker

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Institute for Supply Management (ISM)

American Production Inventory Control Society (APICS)

Member of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Executive of the Year - Murray, Kentucky, 2005

Honorary Kentucky Colonel – Presented by Governor, 2005

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