Purchasing/ Plant/ Project/ Maintenance/ Facilities Manager

Dean Leensvaart

**** *. ***** ******, ****** Park, IL 60477

H: 708-***-**** C: 847-***-****

***********@*****.***

PURCHASING MANAGEMENT

Project Management – Plant Management – Maintenance/ Facilities Management

Results-oriented Purchasing Manager with extensive experience in Project and Plant/Facilities management. Decisive leader with excellent team building, organizational, and analytical skills. Delivered significant, sustainable cost efficiencies on best quality materials. Maintained reliable inventory (MRP) control and highest customer satisfaction. Achieved improvements in cost and delivery through “vendors as partners” philosophy. Strong technical and communications skills.

• Purchasing/Project Management: Streamlined purchasing for multiple plants utilizing strong vendor relationships. Created procedures that improved the buying process.

• Plant and Facilities Management: Managed an organization of over 500 people, maintaining excellent retention rate. Achieved a high level of customer satisfaction with an on-time delivery rate exceeding 95%.

Other Relevant Skills

• Hiring, Training and Team Building

• Improving Buyer Processes and Procedures

• Solving Complex Business Problems

• Negotiating Contracts

• Developing New Business Opportunities

• Increased Profits

• Budgeting and Financial Analysis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Hospital Laundry Services, Inc., Wheeling, Illinois 1987 – 2007

Largest healthcare linen processing plant in North America

Materials Manager – Purchasing & Project Management (1995 – 2007)

Effectively managed all purchasing of supplies and services for four plants. Improved delivery resulting in increased productivity. Promoted “vendors as partners” philosophy and created a consignment model that insured inventory was always available to meet customer emergency needs. Received highest customer service satisfaction survey responses. Controlled costs by analyzing trends and developing excellent vendor relationships. Created all processes, procedures, and purchasing standards for team of two direct reports. Responsible for managing to budget and providing purchasing approvals. Conducted usage and longevity testing to insure quality.

Plant Manager (Warehouse/Maintenance Management) (1987 – 1993)

Directed an organization of over 500 people and eight supervisors. Responsible for interviewing, hiring, training, evaluating, and maintaining staff morale. Mobilized team toward improved productivity resulting in 25% growth of company market share and increased retention. Increased customer satisfaction by improving on-time delivery rates to greater than 95%.

Negotiated all company material and service contracts to maximize price/performance delivery. Established and enforced strict safety procedures. Implemented “green” policies for recycling resulting in 30% savings for the company. Established measurement and management processes that resulted in reduced water and energy consumption. Responsible for managing to budget for all plant expenses.

Hartless Linen Service, Inc., Chicago, Illinois 1986 – 1987

$7 Million Linen Processing Company

Plant Manager

Directed an organization of 15 employees and 2 supervisors. Effectively administered all aspects of day-to-day production, including monitoring goals and budgets, communicating with multiple levels of management and customers, and establishing and enforcing strict safety procedures. Responsible for taking plant from loss to consistent profitability by increasing production capacity, adding equipment, and updating technology.

COMPUTER SKILLS and TRAINING

Computer Skills: Microsoft Office 2007 (Excel, Word, Outlook, Access); Great Plains Purchasing

Additional Training: Inventory control, negotiation techniques, leadership skills, time management, MSDS requirements, safety in the workplace, extensive experience using audio/visual equipment.

Stationary Engineer License, City of Chicago

EDUCATION and MEMBERSHIPS

Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL – Business Administration courses

Membership: American Purchasing Society, Institute for Supply Management, American Product & Inventory Control Society

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