John Tate
Commercial Director at SA Recycling
- Role
- Director of Ferrous Purchasing at Newell Recycling Southeast
- Location
- Marietta, GA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Tate
Highly experienced secondary metals buyer and manager with over 20 years of scrap metals…
Experience
Director of Ferrous Purchasing
Jan 1992 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US
Manage team of experienced buyers to maintain existing supplier base while continually developing new business and prospects• Develop strategies to source secondary metals from new markets• Collaborate with executive management to establish and measure monthly goals• Communicate and interact effectively with key departments including operations, transportation, and accounting • Successful history of developing and maintaining professional relationships with various metal suppliers including dealers, industrial accounts, and demolition companies • Gather and maintain critical information on local markets, trends, and competitive environment• Manage daily and monthly volume goals by tracking tonnage and margin performance- provided reports for purchases- daily, weekly, and monthly to track progress• Proficient in price negotiation, payload analysis, and freight costs management
Education
Auburn University
Bachelor's degree
1988 — 1991
Skills
- Purchasing
- Process Improvement
- Team Building
- Supply Chain
- Supplier Development
- Sustainable Business
- Materials Management
- Commodity Risk Management
- Steel
- Procurement
- Waste Management
- Contract Management
- Continuous Improvement
- Business Process Improvement
- Materials
- Plastics
- Sales
- Supply Management
- Recycling
- Manufacturing
- Warehousing
- Microsoft Excel
- Product Development
- Metals
- Pricing
- Plastics Recycling
- Negotiation
- Logistics
- Budgets
- Scrap
- Inventory Management
- Operations Management
- Strategic Planning
- Supply Chain Management
- Automotive
- Strategic Sourcing
- Lean Manufacturing
- Contract Negotiation
- Manufacturing Operations Management
- Stainless Steel
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