Bob Stevens Procurement Director

Robert M. Stevens

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Woodbridge, CT 06525

Home 203-***-****

Cell 203-***-****

Email: kdw4ll@r.postjobfree.com

I am a results oriented procurement professional with extensive experience in the electronics, pharmaceutical, medical instrument, and aerospace industries. I am experienced with high volume Kan-ban systems and low volume specialized manufacturing. My procurement experience includes both direct and indirect procurement with an emphasis on contract negotiation, project management, and cost reduction.

2008 - Present Hubbell Incorporated, Milford, CT

Director of Global Sourcing

• Directed the activities of a Sourcing department responsible for managing suppler selection, pricing, supplier performance metrics, and business relationships with over 200 suppliers covering annual spend in excess of $140M. Coordinated activities of plant purchasing functions at 4 offsite manufacturing and distribution locations. Managed total spend of $150 million covering in excess of 22k sku’s.

• Developed standard procedures for conducting strategic sourcing activities

• Coordinated the development of strategic sourcing strategies for commodities on a global basis with an emphasis on low cost country sourcing to China and Mexico

• Identified savings in excess of $4million

• Managed inventory reduction programs resulting in the avoidance of $900k in excess inventory

• Worked with planning and plant purchasing personnel to manage supplier lead times, minimum order quantities, and safety stock levels

• Negotiated with suppliers to establish stocking arrangements and vendor managed inventory

• Developed metrics to track commodity price fluctuations and their impact of purchased part pricing. Commodities tracked included plastic resins, steel, copper, gold, and oil using indexes such as the American Metal Market and London Metal Exchange

• Developed a process to address purchase price variances

• Worked with suppliers to establish pricing tied to commodity indexes

• Adjusted the department organizational structure to help facilitate strategic productivity in part by defining tactical Plant Purchasing responsibilities and Sourcing strategic responsibilities

• Developed milestone tracking and reporting system to facilitate project management

• Interfaced with manufacturing plants and internal departments to coordinate sourcing activities including the transfer of major categories of spend to alternate source suppliers

• Utilize SAP for material ordering and Ariba for RFP, reverse auction activities, and project management

• Pursued freight cost reduction by ensuring supplier compliance to the company’s routing guide

• Teamed with plant purchasing, quality, and accounts payable to establish a defective material process that included procedures for returning defective material to suppliers and debiting them for the value of the returned material

• Commodities include: plastic molding, metal stamping, screw machine, cold heading, castings, forgings, and purchase for resale items

• Developed raw material cost reporting system to track cost fluctuations related to raw materials including in order to determine the impact of price fluctuations on the cost of purchase materials

2007 - 2008 Affinion Group, Norwalk, CT

Director of Purchasing

• Established a Corporate Purchasing department to leverage procurement activities on a global basis. Categories included IT Hardware, Software, Consulting, Treasury services, P-Card and others.

• Introduced strategic sourcing practices including reverse auctions resulting in significant savings

• Developed a Vendor Management function to audit and monitor vendor performance.

• Achieved annualized saving in excess of $3 million by conducting strategic sourcing initiatives in areas such as Telecom, IT, Facilities, Freight, etc.

• Managed the Purchasing Card program by adding new vendors, negotiating rebates and signing bonuses resulting $1.2 million contribution to the bottom line.

• Developed a Purchasing Manual and set policy regarding purchasing involvement and responsibilities.

• Managed the implementation of the Lawson Procurement module.

2000 - 2007 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, CT

Purchasing Manager – Research & Development, Medical Administration, and Facilities

• Manage a direct reporting staff supporting the Research and Development, Medical Administration, and Facilities Departments. Major responsibility for Research and Development including Chemical Synthesis, Capital Equipment, Equipment Service, Scale up, and Contract Research.

• Achieved successes by conducting spend analysis, performing strategic sourcing initiatives for key commodity areas, e-commerce, and coaching and mentoring staff.

• Negotiated major contracts on a local, regional, and international level resulting in significant savings. Agreements included multi-year, blanket supply, and complex contract research.

• Developed off-shore Low Cost Country sources for Chemical Development and Contract Research in India, China, and Singapore.

• Conducted strategic sourcing initiatives that utilized sourcing and reverse auction tools targeting the areas of Industrial Safety, Industrial Gas, Hazardous Waste, MRO supplies achieving significant savings.

• Global Category leader for Laboratory Equipment commodity. Conducted a Strategic Sourcing initiative achieving $2.8 million in annual savings on $20 million spend.

• Supervise the direct staff responsible for the company’s Minority Business Contracting program including government reporting and audits.

1995 – 2000 United States Surgical Corporation, North Haven, CT

Commodity Manager – Strategic Sourcing

• Managed direct material spend in excess of $80 million in a high volume, MRP, JIT, pull system manufacturing environment.

• Conducted web based reverse auction for machined components that resulted in annual savings of $3 million.

• Kaizen Facilitator – performed Kaizen events in plastic molding, stamping, machined parts, and warehouse operations achieving significant process improvements and cost avoidance.

• Responsible for integrating the purchasing activities of new company acquisitions including rationalizing supplier base, transferring tooling, and ensuring production schedules were met. Conducted this activity for the acquisition of 3 companies’.

• Savings achievement in excess of $5 million over three year period based on negotiations, developing alternate sources, and value engineering.

• Implemented bar coding, just in time inventory, EDI payment with suppliers, and supplier FDA registration.

• Negotiated multi-year price/supply agreements.

• Managed commodities including machining, plastics, finished instruments, and some packaging.

1980 – 1995 Sikorsky Aircraft, Div. United Technologies Corp., Stratford, CT

Progressed through various positions including Program Business Manager, Subcontract Manager

• Responsible for negotiating and managing Major Subcontracts for large scale tooling programs, aircraft instrumentation, computer navigation systems, flight controls, ground support equipment, and raw materials including titanium sheet, advanced composites, and aluminum.

• Responsible for coordinating the financial activities of a $50 million aircraft production program.

• Monitored billing milestones for aircraft delivery.

• Coordinated the preparation of cost proposals to customers with Finance, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and Design Engineering.

• Responsible for aircraft revenue budget including cash management, sundry sales, and restoration of funds withheld by the customer.

• Division value assurance winner based on achieving savings of $3.8 million which was the largest individual savings.

• Reduced inventory carrying cost by managing the supply chain for high cost items on a JIT basis.

• Managed “Design & Build” programs working closely with engineering to develop supplier designs for aircraft tooling and subsequent supplier fabrication.

• Reduced customer delinquencies for ground support equipment from 300 to zero within one year through vigorous expediting and problem resolution.

• Negotiated multi-year contracts.

• Participated in Kaizen events for metrology laboratory workflow and process improvement with a Titanium supplier.

EDUCATION

University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT

Master of Business Administration

Central Connecticut State College, New Britain, CT

Bachelors Degree in Administrative Science

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