Timothy Williams, C.P.M.
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WORK HISTORY
**/** - **/** *-Pac Inc, LLC, Somersworth, NH
Manager Supply Chain
• Reporting to the VP Operations, responsible for inventory accuracy for raw material, packaging and outside supplier locations.
• Participates in the Sales and Operations planning process to develop mid to long range operating plans. Assist in capital expenditure (CAPEX) justification and approval, working with peers within operations
• Responsible for production order execution and working with operations to insure that our on-time delivery, cycle time and fill rate goals are met.
• Responsible for site procurement activities (raw materials, outside service as well as expense items).
• Supplier Performance Management – responsible for working with site operations quality on supplier report cards to insure that plans of action are developed and implemented for improving poor performing suppliers.
• Manage department to meet all quality and financial system requirements.
• Participate in the contract review of all new products / processes
03/05 – 08/07 New England Confectionery Company, Revere, MA
Director of Corporate Purchasing
• Responsible for the Purchasing of over $9MM of packaging material and $15MM of raw material to support production.
• Maintain, re-evaluate, and expand reliable sources of supply and secondary sources to promote appropriate competition and insure continued production.
• Successfully obtain information necessary to assess short term and long term pricing trends, raw material availability, and industry trends.
• Assist in the resolution of supply problems and supervise the follow-up and expediting of suppliers deliveries.
• Maintain and update policies and procedures for the purchasing function
• Coordinate necessary projects as directed by management to improve the overall efficiency of the purchasing and material functions.
• Maintain close coordination with production planning so that adequate quantities of commodities will be scheduled for arrival while maintaining the lowest possible inventory.
• Recommend improvements in the company’s internal procedure when required.
01/03 – 03/05 Thermo Electron Corporation, Newington, NH
Buyer
• In conjunction with our suppliers, develop, implement, and track programs for improving supplier quality, delivery performance and total cost of ownership to ensure that supplier standards are met.
• Responsible for understanding developments and changes at the supplier level that may affect the commodities purchased.
• Solicit, analyze bids, and negotiate binding contracts with suppliers.
• Obtain quotes and actively participate in the development of end-item product costs.
• Participated in various special projects (WEE/RoHS) including supplier visits as a representative of the Supplier Management Department.
• Manage and complete all activity and performance reporting assigned by management.
4/89 - 5/01 Lindt & Sprungli (USA) Inc, Stratham, NH
Purchasing Manager
• Responsible for the Purchasing of over 9MM units of packaging materials, having a value of over $10MM.
• Responsible for the Purchasing and contracts of over 500K units of raw materials, having a value of over $8MM for company wide production.
• Assisted with the development of a quality control and quality assurance program for both in-house and supplier levels.
• Track and chart raw material and packaging pricing for monthly reporting.
• Assisted with the reduction of inventory levels by 7% with the implementation of safety stock programs, coordinating efforts with Production and Marketing.
• Successfully managed supplier relations to ensure that we received the best available service for minimum cost.
• Implemented a certified supplier program that placed inventory levels back to the supplier and alleviated in-coming inspections at our facility. This had immediate savings to our production department.
• Provided new packaging options, I.E., new print board, materials, reduction of corrugate, to our Marketing department that had an immediate savings of $70K.
Education
• Certification (C.P.M.) in Purchasing Management
• Certificate in Transportation Management
• Pace University, White Plains, NY
• University Center of New York:
Certificate Program in Logistics
Academy of Advance Traffic, New York, NY
Import/Export Management
Computer Skills
MS Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MRP, JDE
Professional Affiliations
National Association of Purchasing Management (member)
Council of Logistics Management (member)