Strategic Purchasing Manager Resume Example

• Lead a facilities management team and site operations to create a new $60M, 240K sq.
• ft.
• product development and prototyping campus.
• Selected architectural firm and construction general contractor for site demolition, architecture design, and construction.
• Worked with suppliers during design, construction, and post construction phases.
• Cultivated relationships with community leaders, city officials, and media organizations to build brand awareness.
• Created Strategic Purchasing Manager and associated staff job descriptions for a new procurement organization.
• Lead site indirect procurement for Facilities, supplier selection and development, developed and managed KPI's, defined key projects such as MRO supply standardization across seven sites.
• Setup indirect supply base, implemented lean, facility and maintenance best practices.
• Formulated a site scorecard with metrics and goals and restructured the site leadership team.

• Lead a team of managers and supervisors with 325 USW (United Steelworkers) union assembly workers in production of specialized fighting and armored vehicles.
• Identified and resolved labor concerns and negotiated mutually beneficial work rule changes.
• Oversaw safety, health, and environmental (SHE) programs.
• Worked closely with military and civilian customers.
• Managed $25M annual operating budget.
• Garnered 25% increase in productivity to attain and eclipse monthly production targets.
• Designed materials and parts shortage reporting mechanism for Supply Chain with out-of-stock forecasts and estimated replenishment times to improve visibility by shift, line, and station, reducing downtime by 50%.
• Instituted lean training for assembly workers, empowering them to implement changes for productivity and working condition enhancements.

Lead a team of managers and supervisors with 325 USW (United Steelworkers) union assembly workers in production of specialized fighting and armored vehicles.  Identified and resolved labor concerns and negotiated mutually beneficial work rule changes.  Oversaw safety, health, and environmental (SHE) programs.  Worked closely with military and civilian customers.  Managed $25M annual operating budget.

• Garnered 25% increase in productivity to attain and eclipse monthly production targets.
• Designed materials and parts shortage reporting mechanism for Supply Chain with out-of-stock forecasts and estimated replenishment times to improve visibility by shift, line, and station, reducing downtime by 50%.
• Instituted lean training for assembly workers, empowering them to implement changes for productivity and working condition enhancements.

• American motorcycle, services, parts, and accessories manufacturing company.

• Lead a team of supervisors, engineers, packaging and supply chain with 250 IAMAW (International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers) union employees across four locations to deliver products using a JIT pull system and receive finished goods for dealer shipments.
• Crafted formal supply chain management and materials operations strategies with detailed action steps in alignment with organizational objectives.
• Engaged union leadership to identify and remedy concerns and labor disputes.
• Oversaw $15M annual operating budget.
• Responsible for over $1B in finished goods.
• Appointed to a Six Sigma Quality Problem Solving Council to focus on quality improvements and cost savings.
• Secured more than 15% increases in productivity through Six Sigma Green Belt initiatives.
• Formed Inventory Review Board by engaging key stakeholders plant-wide to drive inventory integrity and maximize inventory turns.

• Lead a team of purchasing engineers for high and low volume powertrain & chassis component and system sourcing, global commodity strategy development and execution, cost modeling, supplier selection and early supplier design involvement.
• Responsible for prototype build and new product launch readiness for product development procurement.
• Collaborated with engineering for early-phase design activities including global sourcing, BOM and specification development, Life Cycle Management (LCM) phase gate exits, PPAP, and quality analysis for new vehicles.
• Lean practices used to develop supplier cost saving solutions resulting in average savings of $30M annually for 4 consecutive years.
• Designed and implemented a supplier selection checklist that streamlined sourcing processes.
• Global commodity strategies developed and executed with on-site supplier business system evaluations.
• Conducted market surveys at vehicle customer events to pursue business growth and developed business cases.
• Administered multi-million-dollar capital and operating budgets for vehicle programs.