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Purchasing Manager

Objective


Negotiate for low cost equipment and deliver high quality products with accurate specifications within designated timelines. Institute quick ship strategies to meet deadlines.


Experience


Purchasing Manager: HVAC Industrial Equipment, Construction Equipment and Supplies

May 2006 to May 2009: B&I Contractors, Fort Myers, Florida



• Support Project Managers on critical issues related to materials, equipment management and delivery within engineering, procurement and construction industry

• Work with Project Management to ensure equipment manufacturing timing and delivery schedules are met

• Negotiate with suppliers and create cost optimization opportunities for projects

• Plan, organize, direct and control the project material management function

• Centralize purchasing creating leverage opportunities for pricing, quality and logistics

• Group commodity buys for reductions where segmentation exist

• Standardize tools and material accessories for process and price improvements

• Design procurement policies for company adherence

• Develop supply base (VMI) Vendor Managed Inventory for consumables

• Create and implement process improvements for logistics delivery scheduling on multi phase projects

• Negotiate pricing for, PVC,CPVC, Steel Weld Pipe, Black Malleable, Steel Coils, Copper, Cast, Domestic and Imported pipe and fittings

• Establish quick shipping for rush orders

• Evaluate new vendors for opportunities and risk management

• Implement price hedging for optimal pricing

• Review equipment specifications and material takeoff list for accuracy

• Create terms and conditions for sub contracts, pricing, warranty, logistics

• Negotiate payment terms improvements for cost reductions

• Provide lease buy analysis for large equipment movers

• Order necessary equipment to offload and install delivered equipment

• Release equipment and supplies with the vendors as requested per the Project Managers and the job schedule

• Manage equipment rental process

• Monitor and adjust pricing and labor variables to manage list price multipliers for Estimation Software

• Reconcile Equipment receipts for payment

• Contact Manufacturers for problem deliveries and ship dates

• Return damaged equipment to vendor



Lead Buyer: Industrial and Special Gas Blends, Robotic Welding Supplies

June 2004 to May 2006: Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan



• Negotiate national contracts for the procurement of Special Gases: Hydrogen, Argon, Helium, Propane, Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen… for Body & Assembly, Casting, and Stamping plants. These gases are used in plant production, engineering of new vehicle development and as energy to provide power or heat during natural gas curtailment

• Manage the procurement of parts related to Robotic Welding, Industrial Materials, Raw Materials, Welding Consumables and Special Gases for all Ford North American automotive production

• Develop risk management strategy for gases affected by natural disasters and force majeure with primary and secondary suppliers

• Implement Supply Chain Management for optimal product quality, price, inventory management and delivery logistics across North America

• Assist Engineering in the development of Hydrogen fueling stations

• Update and assist end-user in timing and project completion status

• Negotiate delivery timing, delivery terms and communicate with project management and engineering. Assist and expedite emergency orders

• Assist end-user in the completion of the "Statement of Work"

• Review part specifications with engineering and process Purchase Orders, Blanket Release Orders ensuring audit compliance

• Support Accounting, Centralized Purchasing, and cross functional departments for achieving overall corporate objectives

• Participate in Team Value Chain Management and Lean Manufacturing cost savings opportunities and quality improvement

• Collect and analyze data, manage vendor relationships, track storage of excess equipment and oversee the disposal and obsolescent equipment

• Establish supply base rate and rank assessment process for supplier selection and continuous improvement

• Drive supplier quality on-time delivery through the Q1 process, rating and ranking matrix

• Single point of contact for Focus Database, TSO1 Data consolidation reports for the department

Evaluate process for Six Sigma improvement opportunities

• Monitor and facilitate internal and external Electronic Data Interface (EDI) users to ensure system communications is performing accurately

• Auditor for Supplier Q1 Certification using ISO 9001:2000 QOS assessment and compliance



Lead Buyer: Chemicals and Raw Materials for all Ford North American Casting and Forging

Plants. May 1999 to June 2004: Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan



• Purchase all foundry raw materials, sand, limestone, aggregates, resins, chemicals, gases, alloys, tanks and filters for all North American Casting and Forging plants

• Negotiate multi-year (LTA) contracts for fossil fuel-Coal, Coke for all North American casting operations

• Design and support toxic waste management programs

• Develop quality improvements for material issues

• Organize best in class logistic improvements for materials

• Develop risk management programs and secondary suppliers for continuous supply programs

• Develop preferred supplier programs for to establish best in class processes supply base management

• Design process improvements to insure that all raw material specifications are met and on time deliveries are achieved to maximize production

• Implement Coke Breeze and Triethylamine recycle programs for environmental conservation

• Resource critical dunes sand management to non-critical areas, promoting green footprint

• Maximize heat treat production within a limited supply base for casting aluminum heads and casting blocks for Ford, Jaguar and Mazda

• Champion Multi Million inventory reduction for Cleveland and Windsor Casting plants

• Drive e-commerce auction initiatives with Fuci Metals USA / cmXchange and Covisint for the Foundry Alloy auction management program

• Purchase services for the machining, cubing and heat treating of automotive engine blocks, heads, flywheels, and components



Education: Wayne State University and University of Hawaii /B.A. Economics 1990

Computer Proficient: Maxwell Buyout, Estimation, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, CPARS, CMMS, CCAPS, Everest, WIPS, FOCUS, TERA Data Reporting. (Including Using- Spreadsheets, Word Processing, and Purchase Order processing)


Education


BA Economics 1990


Certification


Six Sigma Greenbelt Quality


Skils


Negotiations, Strategy, Leadership, Organization, Delivery


 


No relocation necessary.

Cape Coral, FL,
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