Sales Supply Chain

CHRISTIAN N TAMACK

**** ******** ****** **, ******, TX 77388 - Phone: 832-***-****

e- Mail: ********@*****.***

Professional Profile: highly motivated multilingual and results-oriented business professional with extensive experience in Strategic sourcing, Purchasing, Contract Management, Business Management, material Management, Financial Analysis, Sales, Investment Recovery, ERP Oracle and SAP, Global Markets, Supply Chain, Project Management, and Cost Control.

Key Competencies gained through Experience and MBA Program:

- Planning and Sourcing Management - Capital and OE Project Management

- Total Cost of Ownership Savings Initiatives - Contract Negotiations – Leadership

- Change Management – Suppliers Relations Management - Supply Chain

- Inventory Management - Logistics - Foreign Exposure

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

General Electric Oil & Gas, Houston, TX 2009 –Present

Sourcing Program Leader

 Provide leadership for sourcing activities in Houston, TX, Canada, Mexico and Latin America for the Service Centers, Global Field Service (GFS), Contractual Service Agreement (CSA), Inquiry to Order (ITO), Order to Remittance (OTR) with about $145MM buy ownership.

 Lead a team of 7 procurement professionals.

 Negotiate purchase transactions and place orders and contracts at terms favorable to the company, considering price, quality standards and delivery. Follow up to ensure on time delivery to meet the business objectives.

 Align and execute business metrics to deliver on customer fulfillment targets related to external sourcing.

 Own all execution based metrics related to sourcing supplier fulfillment including supplier delivery and performance to promise dates.

 Maintain current market knowledge and changing material conditions and advises management of current trends in prices and purchasing availability. Notify management of unusual conditions.

 Streamline and drive process improvements to gain productivity and cycle reduction both for internal processes and external suppliers.

 Drive business cash initiatives including Accounts Payable.

Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH 2007 2009

Manager Purchases

 Led all global sourcing activities for specialty surfactants with a yearly spend of $250MM going to P&G plants around the globe (incl. Asia, Europe, and Latin America).

 Developed sourcing strategies for upstream (Design, innovation) processes, as well as downstream (application) processes.

 Delivered competitive advantage through strategic sourcing, cost savings, Design integration, negotiation, and Supplier Relationship management.

 Leveraged judgment, experience and data to develop strategies and tactics that deliver value.

 Managed a variety of specialty surfactants sourcing projects, lead multiple category teams around the globe, and influence a multifunctional group consisting of Design, R&D, Process Optimization, QA and Manufacturing.

 Incorporated learning and insight from suppliers, competitors and consumers to deliver breakthrough results.

Union Pacific, Regional Office, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

Manager Supply Operations 2005 2007

 Oversaw the day to day internal operations of a class I railroad regional division with three office locations, 1500 locomotives, 20000 cars and over 2500 moving and non-moving equipment.

 Directed Operations of clerical staff, purchasing, investment recovery, warehousing, human resources, accounting, safety, planning, budget, inventory, logistics, computer network, audit, quality, and contract management services.

 Managed 15 professional staff employees.

 Managed cross functional team in cost savings initiatives.

Union Pacific, Headquarters, in Omaha, NE.

Asset Sales Manager 2002 2005

 Brought in over $100MM in sales revenue.

 Led the UP- DJJ partnership that consists of maximizing the return on rail gang sales ($6MM yearly revenues initiative).

 Negotiated and implemented a $12 MM marketing partnership agreement with Tysmi for rail sales

 Negotiated with Australians, Canadians and East Europeans customers the sale of locomotives.

 Negotiated with Asians and South Americans the sale of second hand rail.

 Led cross functional team in inventory reduction resulting in $20 MM savings.

 Completed the Six Sigma Green Belt certification (with the objective of working later towards the Black Belt certification).

Asset Sales Senior Analyst, 2001 2002

 Created and administered the Corporate Website page displaying the information about the sales of surplus equipment and material.

 Conducted the market research program that led to the first Union Pacific locomotive auction.

 Monitored Market and competition for critical commodities.

 Performed field audits.

 Forecasted and budgeted yearly revenues.

Supply Chain Analyst 2000 2001

 Designed a supply chain based process ($12MM project) to sell 1,500 retired locomotives and get some parts back in order to reduce the cost of material intended for the fleet maintenance.

 Designed, conducted and interpreted (sales, inventory, purchasing & warehousing, investment recovery) benchmarking studies and surveys.

 Performed profitability and cost and benefit analysis for new business opportunities.

 Audited the billing processes at several supplier sites.

FOREIGN EXPOSURE

 Speaks fluently French, German, Swahili and Bassa.

 Lived and worked: Germany, France, Luxembourg, Hong Kong.

 Traveled to: Italy, Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, Luxembourg, UK Switzerland, Canada, UAB, Cameroon, Thailand, China.

SYSTEMS

ERP, ORACLE, JD Edwards, SAP, MS Office

CERTIFICATION

Lean, Six Sigma, TQMS

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, Omaha, NE

MBA 1999

UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, Trier -Germany

BS International Business, 1998

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