Manager Supply Chain

Claude B. Cusson

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Edmonton, Alberta, T6T 0P7

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Res: 780-***-**** – Office: 780-***-**** – Cell: 587-***-****

Skill Summary

- Twenty eight (28) years experience as a purchasing specialist and contracts

analyst

- Eight (8) years experience in inventory control management

- Fifteen (15) as manager, mentor and administrator

- Excellent communication skills in both official languages

- Trained in PMAC, ISO 9002 and ISO 14001

- Excellent negotiation skills and professional work ethics

- Knowledge of purchasing best practices on international markets

- Proficiency in strategizing, prioritization and time management

- Excellent leadership skills

- Extremely adaptable

- Extensive computer background in Windows 95, 98, XP, NT, MS Office, Oracle,

Empac (Indus), Maestro, JD Edwards, Toolbox (in house system)

- Keyboard skills @ 60 wpm

Professional Experience

Supply Chain Experience

- Develop company supply chain policies, processes and procedures

- Plan, organize and control the purchases of supplies, equipment and services

- Negotiate agreements with sub contractors

- Organize vendor selection for tenders and assist in product selection

- Evaluate cost, quality, service and after sales service

- Perform quotation analysis and review

- Negotiate and award contracts for successful tenders

- Develop and implement: “Blanket Purchase Order, Consignment Agreements,

Volume Rebate Agreements, Vendor Managed Inventory, Vendor Managed Owned

Inventory” for four (2 ON, Canada and 2 SC, USA) OSB plants

- Assess, review, develop and optimize departmental standard operating

procedures (SOP)

- Monitor and evaluate vendor/sub contractor performance and code of conduct

(KPIs)

- Implement and optimize warehouse/inventory software program

- Institute local vendor development program

- Responsible for Thermo Mechanical Pulp project materials ($125M)

- Responsible for mechanical project purchases ($52M)

- Responsible for $17M warehouse inventor

Management/Human Resources

- Develop departmental budgets

- Develop full ISO certification program

- Operate within departmental approved budgets

- Organize and chair employee information meetings (standard operating

procedures, best practices, safety, etc…)

- Prepare, assign and monitor corrective action plans

- Organize, implement and monitor employee professional training

- Responsible and accountable for up to twenty-six (26) employees

- Participate in employee hiring process

- Assist in the development of health and safety programs and recommend

changes when required

- Develop and implement lines of progression within supply chain group

departments

- Review, recommend and implement purchasing procedures as per Corporate

Standards

- Manage warehouse inventories

Administration

- Ensure continuity and flow of business processes

- Maintain accurate database (contracts, purchase orders, inventories,

chemicals, vendors, etc..)

- Develop internal working relationships with all support groups (engineering,

quality, asset management, accounting, IT) and operation project teams

(estimating, project controls, project management)

- Preparation and reporting to VP Corporate Resources monthly and quarterly

results versus benchmarked targets

Highlights:

- Responsible for $200M annual spend

- Negotiated buy back of MRO items valued at $2M

- Negotiating lead on $125M expansion project savings of $3M

- Purchasing/Warehousing SME on new platform implementation (JD Edwards)

- Developed and Implemented a Purchase card program for small purchases

- Developed and Implemented full purchasing to payables process (P2P) (where

none existed)

- Developed and Implemented strategic cost savings program and business

improvement initiatives (i.e vendor base consolidation and product cost

reduction valued at $4M)

- National agreements negotiation (rentals, consumables, freight, etc..)

directly resulted in annual rebate checks totaling $490K

- Responsible for implementing supply chain process and procedure for US

offices (four in total). Restructured the procure to pay process to mirror

the company’s Canadian standard.

Related Work History

Purchasing Manager Graham Group Ltd (2011-present)

Operations

Director Purchasing Graham Group Ltd (2009-2011)

Regional Purchasing Manager Graham Group Ltd (2008-2009)

Purchasing Manager Mill Ops Grant Forest Inc. (2006-2008)

Purchasing Manager/

Warehouse/Yard & Grounds Tembec Inc (Pine Falls) (2001-2006)

Purchasing Project Lead Tembec Inc (Pine Falls) (2000-2001)

General Adm. Manager Minesteel Fabricators Ltd (1995-1999)

Senior Purchaser Tembec Inc (1984-1995)

Industrial/Mechanical

Support Staff Tembec Inc (1981-1984)

Education:

Laurentian University Education

CEGEP Rouyn Noranda

De Lasalle High School

Additional Training:

PMAC Tembec Temiscaming

ISO 9002 Minesteel Fabricators

WHMIS Minesteel Fabricators

S.T.O.P Tembec Temiscaming

S.P.C. Tembec Temiscaming

Continuous Improvement Tembec Temiscaming

Six Sigma Grant Forest Products

Basic First Aid Tembec Pine Falls

Railway Safety Tembec Pine Falls

ISO 14001 Tembec Pine Falls

Foundations of Estimating Graham Group

Alberta Construction Safety Association Graham Group

Project Fundamentals Graham Group

Basics of Job Costing Graham Group

Quadrus Business Processing Graham Group

References available upon request

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