In the past, I have continually exceeded my professional goals. My purchasing and sales experience is the key component to my success, whereas it has given me a vast amount of operational, project management experience and has taught me to communicate from both sides of the desk. I would welcome the opportunity to talk with further about my background and future career objectives and see how I could play a role in your company’s success.
Daniel J Tillman
5720 Creek Park Drive â–ª Minnetonka, MN 55345 â–ª Daniel.tillman[at]netzero.net â–ª 612-790-4443
Account Manager, Supply Chain Manager & Project Manager
“Experienced, dedicated, and motivated professional with a desire to succeed.â€
Self-motivated, skilled professional with a proven track record of success in purchasing capital equipment, and supply chain management. Adept in customer relations, time management & cost reduction programs. Ability to communicate effectively, between global and domestic vendors, to achieve desired goals. Strong leadership skills to drive revenue, maximize profit, and ensure quality. Ability to multitask, work under high pressure and maximize savings and revenues.
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Maintained 97-98% of Inventory data accuracy with strong analytical & problem solving skills. Approximately 3 years of inventory experience, including global and domestic purchasing, and capital expenditures and some paper products as well as ESD safe packaging for electronics.
• Experience with engineering changes ensuring changes are implemented in a timely basis without having obsolescence costs. Approximately 4 years of Engineering Change Coordination.
• Maintained 98-99% of on time delivery to commit & request to the customer by excellent planning and scheduling skills. Over 6 years of buying and planning experience.
• Excellent negotiation skills with supplier. Handling invoices rejections, supplier partnership, and rigorous follow up to ensure continuous flow of production and supplier excavation calls. Over 14 years of experience as a Material Manager overseeing Purchasing Department and Junior Buyers.
• Excellent knowledge of computer with over 9 years of hands on experience in MRP, MS Office (Excel, Word, Power Point) SAP R/3 (MM, PP and Lean Modules), Lotus Notes, KINAXIS, E-MATRIX, SHOP FLOOR CONTROL SYSTEM.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment or high pressure working environment while ensuring deadlines are met based on predetermined schedules. Able to multitask the job based on immediate business priorities, from capital improvements to purchasing items overseas.
• Maintained excellent working relationship with external and internal customers, suppliers, superiors and coworkers by strong organizational, interpersonal and team building skills.
PROFICIENCY
PROVEN METHODOLOGY:
• Driving business growth through aggressive cost reduction initiatives that result in increased revenue growth
• Establishing relationships between productivity and quality and determining root causes of rework
• Balancing engineering processes with team/project leadership via conceptual thinking and strategic planning
• Reviewing procedures used in production processes to determine more effective ways of operating.
• Successfully developing management control systems to aid in design/production planning and quality assurance.
• Conducting analytical functions to determine process performance and identify areas in need of improvement from global vendors and local vendors to capital to the aerospace industry.
CAREER PATH
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER/AS9102 NPD DOCUMENT SPECIALIST: (Contract Position)
Celestica International Inc., Arden Hills, MN Feb. 2008 – Dec. 2009
• Effective and timely communication with Upper level management relating to materials, production and shipping schedules from overseas vendors as well as capital equipment.
• Liaison between the customer, manufacturing and supplier of Aerospace and Military electronic circuit boards and component items in an AS9102, (SPOC) (NPI) environment.
• Evaluation of forecast and loading into BAAN, SAP APO DP after making the analysis
• Released the firm planned orders based on availability of in house inventory, price, quality, vendor delivery performance, factory capacity and customer firm orders.
• Production scheduling based on priority of customer order.
• Effective communication based on priority of customer requirements.
• Maintained the inventory level based on company directives.
• Responsible for availability of overseas components required for production.
• Negotiated long term purchase agreements with lower costs and more schedule flexibility
• Management of customer service team supporting tier one customers, including Honeywell & General Dynamics and the U.S. Government.
• Routinely represented the Supply Chain team in conference calls with tier one customers.
• Partnered with Quality Assurance to implement supplier performance reviews, quality audits and performance tracking.
• Worked closely with engineering team to quickly resolve quality issues, which impacted the flow of components to our factories around the world.
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE: (Lay off – down size in housing market)
Drywall Supply Inc. St Michael, MN 2005 -- 2007
Drywall supply Inc is one of Minnesota’s largest distributors of gypsum board, steel studs, insulation, and other drywall specialty products, strategically serving MN, WI, FL & IL.
• Responsible for overall sales of commercial construction projects within
Minnesota--generated $3.5 million in sales in 2007 while maintaining a 35% margin.
• Review the latest change orders and develop planning instruction to insure products were delivered to support the latest construction reconfiguration.
• Supported sales objectives by initiating proposal reviews and sequence planning.
• Coordinate with quality and inspection to ascertain all orders met operation standards prior to customer buyoff.
• Coordinate product requirements with multiple project managers to ensure quality and timely delivery.
• Maintained strong relationships with vendors, clients and internal clients during the preparation of sales quotes and long term bid cycles.
PROJECT MANAGER (Resigned –wanted to get back into purchasing/sales)
Hunerberg Construction, Maple Grove, MN 2003 -- 2005
Hunerberg Construction specializing in commercial construction.
• Reported directly to CEO.
• Oversaw project that exceeded in value of $3,000,000
• Managed all aspects of production; purchasing, budget control, quality control, customer care, warranty, vendor selection.
• Developed scope of work, procedural policy, changes and updates.
SR BUYER/SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER (Received an early buyout package)
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAYS, Minneapolis, MN 1978 -- 2002
Canadian Pacific Railway is a $986 million dollar transportation company.
• Responsible for all capital improvement expenditures from capital equipment to property.
• Responsible for the review, interpretation, decision-making & purchasing from MRP reports.
• Served as liaison between several Production Managers and supplier to assure availability of the materials required to meet daily production schedules as well routine commodity inventory levels.
• Responsible for the purchasing and price negotiation for critical-path inventory for daily production requirements.
• Sourced new supplier in 30% annual cost savings.
• Responsible for an annual cost reduction of approximately 25% of current commodities.
• Created and deployed a daily work order system for all manufactured production parts.
• Evaluated all current and potential suppliers.
• Responsible for the training and supervision of all junior buyers.
• Taught Windows2000 between U.S. and Canada to all CP Rail employees.
EDUCATION
• B.S. – BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION; Business Management, University of St Thomas – St Paul, MN
• Certification; Blue Print Reading, North Hennepin Vocation Technical College, Brooklyn Park, MN
COMPETENCIES
• Leadership
• Strategic Relationship Management
• Problem Analysis and Problem Solving
• Communication Skills
• Business Knowledge
• Conceptual Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
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