Manager Construction

Peter P. Skwarek

Madison Avenue ● Pleasantville, New York 10570

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Summary

Over thirteen years’ diversified purchasing management experience Excellent verbal and written communication Strong interpersonal skills Accomplished purchasing principles, procedures, contracts Preparation of complex technical specification bids and proposals

Large scale operations and organization structuring Strong analytic abilities Proven record for meeting timelines, exceeding expectations

Experience

10/09-11/11 Purchasing Director

Derecktor Shipyards CONN., LLC ~ Bridgeport, CT

New construction and service of large vessels both commercial and private.

• Developed purchasing policies, standards, procedures, and activities with annual purchasing budget in excess of $30M.

• Effectively managed purchasing department, shipping/receiving, stock rooms, material handling, and multiple location

warehousing at reduced cost levels.

• Provided complete purchasing /procurement support for construction and delivery of the largest 81 meter private yacht built

• in the U.S. in over 75 years.

• Coordinated purchasing of raw materials i.e. (plate, pipe, beam, extrusions), equipment, tools, parts, supplies, and

subcontractor services required for $13M waterfront site improvement and upgrade of drydock.

• Worked very closely with account payables personnel to ensure timely payment of invoices, resolve order invoice discrepancies, processed supplier returns, correct material/product redistribution for proper production workflow, and ensure costs are captured into jobs.

• Achieved significant cost savings of $120K on steel plate purchases thru material resource negotiations with suppliers.

• Conducted surveys to determine purchasing need requirements for new construction and service projects to obtain favorable cost discounts.

• Recommended the award of contracts and served as contract administrator for assigned commodity areas.

• Maintained computerized and manual procurement records on cost, delivery, product quality, performance, for materials, items, inventory, or services purchased.

• Researched and implemented installation of new lighting systems in fabrication and main assembly buildings that reduced annual electricity costs by $214K.

• Resourced M/WBE/DBE vendor/suppliers and subcontractors, conducted vendor evaluations, approvals, and selections.

8/06-10/09 Purchasing Manager

• Purchasing accountability and reporting for all corporate, production, service (repair), and new construction jobs.

• Negotiated with supplier/vendors, freight companies, and subcontractors to achieve desired quality, quantity, delivery, and

cost objectives.

• Discussed defective or unacceptable goods or service with quality control personnel, users, vendors, and others to identify

source of problem, taking corrective action to bring about positive resolution.

• Researched new products, materials, and vendor sources to identify usefulness, cost-effectiveness, and projected lead time.

• Introduced innovative construction concept that led to the fabrication of large steel building at cost savings of $240K.

• Provided support to engineering and estimating staff on pricing new bids helping to create production BOM.

• Responsible for freight forwarding and US customs broker coordination of all inbound and outbound ocean/air freight logistics to meet on-time delivery production schedules.

• Successfully expedited orders as required to maintain flow of material to meet rigid production schedules at low cost with highest quality of performance.

• Prepared Terms & Conditions specific to individual purchasing contracts for materials, products, and/or services required.

6/98-8/06 Purchasing Manager

Robert E. Derecktor, Inc. (Derecktor Shipyards) ~ Mamaroneck, NY

New construction and service of vessels both commercial and private.

• Effectively managed purchasing department, stock room, shipping/receiving, and warehousing.

• Reviewed bid proposals, negotiated acceptable contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority.

• Achieved goal of reducing annual inventory costs by 10% thru strategic vendor/supplier consolidation, price negotiating,

and cost restructuring.

• Provided Estimating Department with cost detail support in gathering material/product pricing and information.

• Introduced a sampling selection process of products to be purchased by testing, observation, and examination.

• Reduced inventory carry costs by identifying obsolete items, establishing min/max quantities.

• Purchased equipment and/or services requiring technical knowledge of supplier commodity sources, interpretation of

specifications and viable alternative substitutions.

• Implemented stockless inventory programs for office and cleaning supplies.

11/95-6/98 Subcontractor (Self-Employed)

Madison Home Improvement ~ Pleasantville, NY

Commercial/residential construction contract services.

• Provided construction and home improvement services for commercial/residential industry sector, worked

closely with real estate companies, commercial businesses, and private home owner.

• Managed the development of design, technical scope and specifications of work to be performed.

• Identified construction resource availability to oversee subcontracted work necessary for project execution.

• Evaluated potential safety issues associated for each project and ensured that appropriate hazard mitigation measures were

implemented.

2/91-5/95 Plant Manager

Ruben Bead Importing Co. ~ Brooklyn, NY

Textile manufacturer.

• Managed daily production planning, workload scheduling, order processing, product shipment, and supervision of 65+ union

employees.

• Collaborated with product marketing team, engineering, and sales personnel in the development of new products.

• Restructured and reengineered work flow processes and achieved improved efficiencies by utilizing team based

manufacturing techniques.

• Improved operations by evaluating production machine failures and providing corrective repairs, methods and upgrades for production support.

• Established and implemented buying, planning and inventory processes focused on achieving cost reduction and

inventory turn and improvements.

EDUCATION

BYU, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Physical Plant Engineering

SBCC, General Studies, A.A.

Nassau Community College, General Studies

COMPUTER SKILLS

Maxwell Systems ERP (Accounting, Finance, Purchasing)

Microsoft suite (Office, Outlook, Excel)

Windows, AutoCAD

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