Doug Burnette
Indirect Purchasing & Facilities Manager @Delta Faucet Company
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WORK HISTORY
Indirect Purchasing & Facilities Manager @Delta Faucet Company
Responsible for all indirect spend for the Corporate Headquarters and the three manufacturing facilities. Annual spend in excess of $180M. Manage procurement of indirect materials, ensuring quality materials and services are purchased at optimal costs and quantities. Acts as liaison between supplier and the rest of the company, ensuring effective communication and that supplier performance meets or exceeds company expectations. Manages indirect purchasing personnel for all manufacturing operations. Develops and qualifies new supply and vendor sources as needed to support new products or services, to supplement existing suppliers and or to replace low performers. Recently implemented a company-wide competitive bid / market test policy. Practice lean and six sigma tools when applicable to the procurement process. Successful with target round negotiations and one on one negotiation practices. Recent Projects:Converted 92% of indirect suppliers to EOAP terms, generating a substantial one favorable cash flow position. Consolidated all manufacturing locations to one PTB, power, transmission, bearing supplier to obtain an 18% annual savings in addition to standardization of products throughout all locations. Reduced plant inventory $1M, by consolidating, standardizing and reevaluating EOQ. Consolidated company paper usage and negotiated a paper agreement directly with mill. Several success stories of negotiating in the areas of value added and value engineering cost reduction opportunities. Successful with strong negotiating skills in demanding year after year cost reductions via price or added value and or service. Implemented internal and external sourcing boards to obtain company-wide approval for sourcing strategies prior to marketing test and then pre-award approval. Currently leading a company-wide cross functional indirect cost reduction initiative with YTD results of $6M.
EDUCATION
University of Indianapolis
Bachelor, Organizational Leadership
Indiana Wesleyan University
Masters, Business
SKILLS
ABOUT DOUG BURNETTE
Manage Indirect Category portfolio sourcing efforts and aggressively seek opportunities…
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