purchasing manager, supply chain specialist, commodity manager

KENNETH J. KAPKO

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Chesapeake, VA 23322

Telephone: 757-***-**** ******@***.*** Mobile: 757-***-****

SUMMARY

Senior manager with expert knowledge of procurement, finance, and personal computing. Skilled in supply chain management, global commodity management, and strategic sourcing. Excellent project planning background, able to generate optimum results for all stake holders, regardless of project size or scope.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FLOWSERVE CORPORATION, Irving, TX 2000 – 2009

Global Procurement Manager

• Manage procurement of assigned commodities globally, at times by creating a web based reverse auction resulting in annual savings of $600K in transition incentives and rebates in one instance.

• Negotiate/manage agreements with suppliers resulting in $950K in annual material savings.

• Working in cooperation with corporate IT department, designed, built, and administered departmental intranet web site.

• Managed creation and implementation of all phases of a web based centralized procurement data acquisition and reporting application, allowing management to monitor savings performance of participating facilities.

• Collect data required to report forecast and actual material spend and savings globally allowing the implementation of a complete spend/savings actual/forecast process for 50 reporting sites worldwide.

INGERSOLL-DRESSER PUMP CO., Huntington Park, CA 1991 – 2000

Strategic Cost Leader, Personal Computer Network Coordinator 1997 – 2000

• Created, presented, and implemented cost reduction plans allowing the purchasing department to achieve its 10% material cost reduction goal.

• Recommend component standardization where compliance with internal and industry specifications can be maintained, generating a savings of $90K.

• Reviewed major fabricated component requirements prior to purchase, netting a savings of $180K.

• Created component requirement demand system, realizing a savings of $28K.

• Negotiated fair market pricing for all material requirements, thereby earning $250K savings on major project sub-assemblies.

• Team leader of members representing all functional areas to establish standardized bills of material causing a savings of $190K for this productivity project.

• Created savings reporting tools using Microsoft Access to document a cost reduction of $110K on mechanical seals and auxiliary systems.

• Maintained purchasing and accounting department LAN with up time greater than 99.98%.

• Earned Six Sigma Green Belt certification from Qual-Tec, Inc. Project used to demonstrate skill proficiency reduced costs by $120K.

Technical Buyer, Personal Computer Network Coordinator 1993 – 1997

• Prepared and issue purchase orders for components in various commodities 98% on time to request date.

• Negotiated pricing agreements generating a minimum of $500K savings.

• Acted as materials department liaison with M. I. S. department and project leader for procurement system conversion to Oracle.

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• Forecasted personal computing requirements and recommend solutions to ensure department was up to date with most current technology.

• Was responsible for creating outputs used to more effectively manage material flow as well as reports no longer available due to system conversion.

Financial Planning Analyst, Office Services Sup., PC Network Admin. 1991 – 1993

• Prepared and submitted all required financial reports, both actual and forecast (100 per cycle). Automating this process gained efficiency and reduced errors.

• Reviewed all departmental expenses, advising management of major variances, making adjustments once approved.

• Reconciled all capital expenditures to project and budget and report results to facility management.

• Prepared “special” financial reports, meeting user requirements as needed.

• Procurement and distribution of all office related supplies and mail, where savings of $150K were obtained via negotiations with suppliers.

• Developed application to automate office supply requisitioning system that supported the $150K savings.

• LAN system maintenance, data security, and data backup, recommended and installed upgraded server, converted LAN from IBM to Novell, and designed and implemented a LAN disaster recovery plan.

DRESSER INDUSTRIES-PACIFIC PUMPS, Huntington Park, CA 1988 – 1991

Accounts Payable Supervisor

• Restructured remittance schedule to improve cash flow and reduce the number of checks printed by 30%.

• Project lead for AP system conversion, completed successfully.

• Implemented procedures to take advantage of early discount payment terms offered while maintaining cash flow optimization. $108K discount earned.

• Process non-system (manual) remittances so a PC based application was created to process and post these payments.

• All the above contributed to process improvements allowed a workforce reduction from 5 to 4.

EDUCATION

Business Administration, Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA, 1973 – 1975

Six Sigma Green Belt certified

Proficient in: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Word,

Ariba Reverse Auction and Spend Visibility software

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