1. David Ridout A Purchasing Professional Use Page Down button to advance frames

2. OBJECTIVE A challenging position where my experience and organizational and problem solving skills can be utilized to add to the bottom line

3. SKILLS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS Selected, hired and trained three buyers for Goss Graphics, supervised and guided employee performance and development Results: Two employees became senior buyers within four years. SUPERVISING and GUIDING

4. SKILLS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS Negotiated three year agreement with supplier of drive controls, strengthened negotiating position by developing alternate supplier Results: Supplier committed to three year contract. Price in first year was reduced 7% Additional 11% reduction in years two and three. Negotiations resulted in annual savings of $200,000. NEGOTIATING

5. SKILLS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS Established procedures for inventory control, shipping, receiving, raw material requisitioning and cycle counting functions at new fastener manufacturing plant. Trained and supervised personnel for those functions. Results: Functions were performed accurately and smoothly from start-up with inexperienced personnel. PLANNING and ORGANIZING

6. SKILLS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS Initiated effort to standardize basic control units to reduce lead time and cost Devised methodology of structuring engineering drawings to define common and variable elements of a group of machine controls. Multiple drawings were consolidated into two with fixed and variable elements. Results: Reduced cost of controls from $16,000 to $14,000 each and reduced lead time from 18 weeks to 14 weeks. INITIATING ACTION

7. SKILLS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS Developed customer spare parts kit purchasing capability rather than buying individual components. Coordinated with accounting, production control and inventory control and assisted in modifying their procedures to accommodated change. Results: Savings of $75,000 were realized in material handling costs and accounts payable labor on first application Process was subsequently adopted across entire range of purchased commodities. ESTABLISHING SYSTEMS

8. EXPERIENCE Group Leader Senior Buyer Buyer Goss Graphic Systems, Inc. Rockwell Graphic Systems Cedar Rapids, IA 1979 - 2001

9. Responsibilities at Goss/Rockwell Graphic Systems Managed group of four purchasing personnel with responsibility for numerous and varied commodities, outside services, facility service contracts and MRO

10. Responsibilities at Goss/Rockwell Graphic Systems Purchased electrical and mechanical auxiliary systems for customer sites and contracted and scheduled installation Purchased electrical control systems, assemblies and components. $15-20 million annual spend responsibility

11. Responsibilities at Goss/Rockwell Graphic Systems Teamwork with engineering, project management, and finance on a local and corporate basis from inception of quotation to customer through completion of installation at customer site

12. EXPERIENCE Purchased OEM commodities, including motors, controls, printed circuit board assemblies, sensors, sheet metal assemblies, hose, pneumatics, molded plastics … and others. Buyer Century Engineering Co. Cedar Rapids, IA 1977-1979

13. EXPERIENCE Buyer Camcar Textron Decorah, IA 1975-1977  Purchased all plant MRO materials and outside production services.  Established purchasing function for plant  Developed consigned tooling program

14. EXPERIENCE Production Control Coordinator Camcar Textron Decorah, IA 1973-1975 Supervised material handling, shipping and receiving, and trucking personnel Created and Implemented all related procedures at new plant

15. EDUCATION MBA in progress Regis University, Denver, Colorado Bachelor of Arts Luther College, Decorah, Iowa 1970 Political Science and History

16. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Received CPM 1984 Chair of Professional Development for Eastern Iowa Purchasing Management Association Taught CPM Review courses Currently working on Lifetime CPM

17. David Ridout A Purchasing Professional 4007 Treeline Ct NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52411 Ph: (319) 395-7633 Fx: (530) 364-7965 E-mail: dave@ridouts.net Back to beginning