Procurement Manager, Purchasing Manager, Sourcing and Contracting

PROCUREMENT CAREER PROFILE

I am a Certified Purchasing Manager with over 15 years of procurement and business experience. I have been directly involved with all aspects of the Procurement function; including negotiations, buying, logistics, inventory control and reduction, and vendor relations. I have a proven cost savings record in both materials and processes.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SKILL AREAS

• Established a corporate wide transportation program, resulting in 10% cost savings

• Development and implementation of a procurement card program for MRO purchases

• Authored ISO 9001 procedures to completion and ISO certification for the Purchasing, and Shipping and Receiving departments

• Supervised a Procurement Staff of 4 Clerks/Buyers

• CPM accreditation from the National Association of Purchasing Managers

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation, Indianapolis IN

Contract Specialist October, 09-Present

• Responsible for procurement process for all contracts, from writing of bid documents, release of procurement, negotiation and award, and final execution of new contract, using IFB, RFQ and RFP procedures.

• Monitor all Contracts for adherence to terms of agreement and FTA Guidelines, Amendments, and closeout.

• Vendor negotiation and relations, facilitate meetings with Contracted Vendors, and internal users, resolving contractual issues.

Stimsonite Corporation/Avery Dennison, Niles IL

Purchasing Manager June,1995 - June, 2000

• Supervised staff of 3-4

• Managed the purchasing functions for 2 manufacturing divisions of an $80 million annual sales company

• Negotiate all purchasing contracts, day to day purchasing and outside manufacturing

• Negotiate all transportation contracts both inbound and outbound

• Resolved quality issues

• Sourced new products for Product Development

Purchasing Agent June, 1991 – June, 1995

• Sourced and purchased raw materials for a manufacturing operation

• Full responsibility for all MRO requirements

• Worked closely with scheduling to establish a just in time purchasing program

• Worked closely with vendors to resolve quality issues

Graphic Products/Cardinal Office Products, Chicago IL

Buyer October, 1988 – June, 1991

• Purchased raw materials for a manufacturer of office products

• Purchased “shared commodities” for other divisions and set up procedures for distribution from vendors warehousing/manufacturing

LabLine Instruments, Melrose Park IL

Production Analyst/Assistant Buyer August, 1987 – October, 1988

• Expedited for buyers using an MRP system

• Purchased MRO and Class “C” inventory items

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Winona State University. Winona, MN

• Certificate in Purchasing Management from Depaul University, Chicago IL

• CPM from NAPM

• Completed 4 of 4 modules of NTI (National Transportation Institute) Procurement Series (completed 2010, 11)

• NTI course on DBE/MBE/WBE programs and requirements

Personal and professional references are available upon request

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