Construction Planning / Purchasing Specialist
Resume:
ROBERT CHAULK
Woburn, MA *****
*******@*****.***
Summary:
Extensive experiences in Material Procurement, Inventory Control and Manufacturing Planning across various industries contributing to each company’s profitability and productivity. Possess excellent personal communication skills and a strong work ethic.
Experience:
DiPierro Construction Inc.
Purchasing Manager - 2012
• Implemented and trained personnel on how to use the Procurement module of the new Sage software package.
• Established a Purchasing Manager only preapproval policy throughout the company eliminating uncontrolled employee and sub-contractor purchases.
• Worked with suppliers to no longer allow walk in purchases using company name only. All purchases required a Purchase Order or phone approval by Purchasing Manager.
• Worked with Project Managers by doing take-offs and estimating project costs.
E.G. Barker Lumber Company
Outside Sale Representative – 2011
• Reading blue prints and doing material take-offs and estimates.
• Identified potential new contractors by visiting town and city building departments and stopping at job sites.
• Purchased non-stock materials as required per job.
Consultant - 2009 – 2011
• Clients
o Harvard Architectural Association: (2011)
Material take-offs, pricing estimations, establishing vendor contacts, placing purchase orders.
o Myriad Custom Homes:(2009 – 2010)
Idaho-based custom home manufacturing company (Caribou Creek Log Homes) looking to create an East Coast division.
• Estimating material costs, manufacturing requirements and processes, establishing vendor contacts, projecting freight costs, researching new products including the use of “Green Materials,” and assisting with Website development.
Empyrean International LLC
Materials/Purchasing Manager 1997 – 2008
During my first 24 months reduced annual purchases of $10 million down to $5.1 million by:
• Purchasing more economically utilizing JIT and Max/Min practices.
• Monitoring building materials weekly/monthly dollar trends utilizing Random Lengths to assist in purchasing at the right time and right quantities.
• Taking advantages to “piggy back” loads from the West Coast reducing freight costs and the need for unnecessary material purchases just to fill a truck.
• Creating KANBAN purchases with suppliers to stock specific materials at their facilities for JIT deliveries.
• Working with largest N.E. Mill Work Company by taking scrapped moldings / trims and re-milling them into useable materials.
Reduced inventory from $4.3 million to $2.1 million within an18 month period by:
• Developing a nationwide “Job Site Drop Shipment Program” with West Coast mills which generated an annual saving of $100 K in freight charges plus reduced inventory by $600 K.
• Identifying slow moving, seasonal and high dollar items by making them Special Orders per job.
• Implementing an ABC product classification to identify the high dollar items to assist in the MRP planning.
• Out sourcing Insulated Glass Units eliminating entire Insulated Glass assembly department. Cost savings annually of $600 K in raw glass purchases. Moved employees to other departments.
Manufacturing:
• Introduced “Work Cell” practices throughout manufacturing to improve on efficiency and labor costs.
• Utilizing West Coast mills, to manufacturer finished goods at a lower manufacturing cost.
• Used Microsoft Excel and Access to create MPS weekly/monthly production schedules to accurately project long term labor and material requirements.
• Maintained BOM, Item Master files and Change Orders.
• Worked with design to choose the best products at the best prices.
• Team leader of “Kaizen” Continuous Improvement Programs.
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Certificate in:
Microsoft Excel and Access
Marvin Windows and Door take-offs
Crystal Reports
Trained to use:
Pella PDQ
Anderson IQ
Macola MRP/ERP
Sage
Spruce – retail
Addition software knowledge:
Microsoft Word and Outlook,
EDUCATION
Wentworth Institute - Drafting Technologies
Merrimack College: specific courses in Accounting, Math, Business Law, computer programming.
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