Customer Service Sales
Resume:
David Larsen
Somerset, Massachusetts 02726
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SUMMARY
Experienced purchasing and inventory specialist with proven ability to consistently improve cash flow, inventory management, and pricing deals through vendor/supplier negotiations and contract management. Ability to communicate specifications quickly and accurately, inside and outside an organization. Work effectively with all staff members including: management, service, sales, engineering, production and finance to improve performance to the bottom line. Coordinated forecasts with sales and production to assure appropriate inventory availability. Developed systems and processes to ensure JIT, vendor/supplier management and inventory control including ISO9000 requirements.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Federal Electronics, Cranston, RI 7/10-10/10
Buyer/Planner (temporary position)
Evaluated MRP reports, placed orders and set-up delivery schedules to meet with production schedules.
AESCO Manufacturing, Taunton, MA 5/06-2/08
Buyer/Planner
Responsible for material requirement planning, purchasing housings, circuit boards and cable components. Evaluated MRP reports, placed orders and set-up delivery schedules to meet with production schedules.
NES Technologies, South Easton, MA 2/06-5/06
Purchasing Agent (temporary position)
Agent for sub-contract manufacturer of Circuit Board components.
Raytheon, Portsmouth, RI 11/05-2/06
Expeditor (temporary position)
Assisted Purchasing Department with year end requirements.
Screenmobile of Bristol, Westport, MA 2003-2005
Owner/Operator
Produced, installed and repaired of household screens.
Pemstar, Taunton, MA 2000-2003
Senior Buyer
Sub-Contract Assembly of Circuit Boards and Enclosures
Purchased hardware and housing fabrication for computer control systems. Worked with ISO9000 providing the availability of products and supplies to maintain production and forecasts to accomplish JIT implementation. Evaluated MRP reports, place orders and set up delivery schedules to meet with production requirements.
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205 Lepes Road
Somerset, Massachusetts 02726
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Caldor, Weymouth and Taunton, MA 1995-1997
Department Manager
Responsible for supervising and scheduling employees for household/consumer electronics department. Improved customer service and reduced employee turnover. Managed inventory and merchandising to an alternate facility.
Monet Group, Inc., Pawtucket, RI, (Manufacturer of costume jewelry) 1985-1995
Senior Buyer
Negotiated contracts amounting to $1 Million per year in chemicals which allowed plating department to release from supplies as needed. Provided price stability and enabled the operation to become more self-sufficient and approach JIT inventories while implementing ISO9000. Produced savings of $100,000 in blanket contracts the first 2 years. Negotiated blanket orders to ensure timely availability while enabling reduction of inventories. This stabilized costs and encouraged compliance with JIT. Researched and successfully negotiated an annual contract for fuel oil which stabilized annual costs and saved $40,000 in the first year.
Achievements:
• Developed and managed a Chemical Contract by identified products and quantities while providing procedures to organize contract.
• Implemented procedures to control consumption and interacted with Engineering, as
well as Facilities and Accounting Departments to assure equity.
• Devised procedures and interacted with users to assure that the correct products were
available in a timely manner.
• Made requirements expediently available by coordinating forecasts, histories and actual orders resulting in the reduction of on-hand inventories.
• Educated operations management by showing MRO requirements to as a fundamental
part of operations.
• Made appropriate supplies readily available to production thus eliminating the excuse
of MRO supplies limiting production.
• Provided sources and users expertise allowing product availability to be in line with
productions anticipated requirements.
• Presented "Employee of the Year" Award in (1990) for handling of MRO supplies.
• Provided expedient response to perceived problems and resolved adeptly.
• Added relevant MRO items to an on-line inventory/production control system (IS400).
EDUCATION
Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
Bachelors Degree in Business Administration
Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA
Associate of Arts Degree, 1968
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