Experience

Treat America Food Services

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director Of Purchasing

  • 2009 - Present

  • Responsible for $50 Million+ in annual purchases spanning across 115 locations nationwide. Location types include: Vending, B&I, College and University, K12/Sr. Feeding, Commissary operations, & Restaurants. • Member of the company’s leadership committee. Review monthly financial statements, future financial projections and KPI reports. • Control and maintain product order guides for 110 food service locations, which includes 17 separate Sysco operating companies. • Currently negotiating broad-liner distribution contract worth $20 million in annual purchases. • Negotiate short term and long term contracts with food manufacturers and brokers. • Negotiate promotional activities with manufacturers and implement in food service accounts. • Successfully negotiated a wide range of short and long term contracts with beverage suppliers. o Contract types range from revenue growth, case volume and “fair share” contracts. • Preform annual contract bids for $3 million in CN labeled food purchases for school programs. • Completed small-ware RFP and vendor transition resulting in a 12% savings and consolidated purchases to one vendor company wide. • Assisting our corporate chef to implement a farm-to-table program in a majority of our food service operations. • Solving supply chain issues with a number of local farmers in each region. • Maintained cogs at or below budget over the last 3 years while increasing volume allowance/marketing funds earned. • Use KPI reports to review warehouse purchasing activities, proficiencies and improvement opportunities. • Provided leadership, direction, mentoring, and support to on-site and remote purchasing personnel. • Lead vending team through inventory reduction project which resulted in a 15% decrease in average monthly inventory. This project also resulted in a 5% increase in vendor delivery performance. • Lead merchandising team to a 9% average sales increase over control group. Show less



HALDEX BRAKE PRODUCTS LIMITED

• Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Purchasing Manager/Supply Chain Analyst

  • 2005 - 2009

  • Track record of significant achievement, to include reducing costs, improving sales and profits, developing and improving purchasing programs to meet corporate objectives. • Lead distribution wholesale purchasing team working with Haldex manufacturing facilities as well as external vendors and suppliers. • Review KPI reports on daily basis to understand purchasing proficiencies, improvement opportunities, supplier performance, inventory turns etc. • Develop strategic suppliers and negotiated contract agreements to reduce the number of vendors by 10% resulting in cost savings due to reduced administrative cost as well as quantity price breaks. • Assemble quote packages, solicit bids, and analyze quotes. • Provide assistance to project staff at the division’s other manufacturing locations in the areas of material sourcing, technical support, and vendor relations. • Co-manage $5 million of product inventory. Maintaining sufficient inventory levels to improve company cash flow while meeting customer delivery demands. • Site coordinator for company’s 5S policy that ensures lean principals were met. Show less