Zachary J. Yandle
Procurement Manager, Direct Materials
Milwaukee, WI · (414) 555 0137 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/zacharyjyandle
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Thirteen years in manufacturing procurement, five managing a team
INDUSTRIES
Food and beverage manufacturing, agricultural ingredients, packaging
SPECIALTIES
Direct materials sourcing, commodity contracting, total cost of ownership, supplier scorecards
SYSTEMS
SAP, Ariba, Coupa, Power BI, Microsoft Excel
CREDENTIALS
Certified Professional in Supply Management, Institute for Supply Management
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in supply chain management, University of Wisconsin Madison
Results at a Glance
$8.6m
Savings over three
70%
Annual sweetener requirement
46
And improved payment
$740k
Contract pricing
Executive Summary
Procurement manager over 140 million dollars of direct materials for a food manufacturer with four plants. Thirteen years in sourcing, five leading a buying team. Negotiates ingredient and packaging agreements on total cost of ownership rather than unit price, and holds suppliers to a scorecard they have seen in advance.
Signature Achievements
- Delivered 8.6 million dollars of savings over three years across ingredients, films and corrugated packaging.
- Locked 70 percent of the annual sweetener requirement ahead of a market run that added 14 percent to spot prices.
- Cut supplier count in packaging from 46 to 19 and improved payment terms by eighteen days on the survivors.
- Raised supplier on time in full from 91 percent to 97.8 percent using a published quarterly scorecard.
- Qualified a second source on three single sourced ingredients and removed a plant shutdown risk.
- Recovered 740,000 dollars in off contract pricing through a purchase price variance audit with finance.
Professional Experience
Procurement Manager, Direct Materials
Badger Lake Foods, Milwaukee, WI 2021 to present
Direct spend of 140 million dollars across four plants, managed with a team of five buyers.
- Lead category strategy for ingredients, packaging and processing consumables.
- Negotiate annual agreements and run the request for proposal process on major categories.
- Chair quarterly business reviews with the top fifteen suppliers using agreed scorecards.
- Work with research and development on supplier qualification for new product launches.
Senior Buyer
Kettle Moraine Ingredients, Waukesha, WI 2017 to 2021
Ingredient buying for a two plant operation with 60 million dollars of annual spend.
- Managed dairy, grain and flavor categories through two periods of severe market volatility.
- Introduced supplier qualification audits that reduced quality holds on incoming material by half.
- Built the first spend analysis the company had by category and supplier.
- Ran the contract renewal calendar and opened negotiations ninety days before expiry.
Buyer
Great Northern Provisioning, Green Bay, WI 2013 to 2017
Purchasing for a single plant with 800 active items and 210 suppliers.
- Placed and expedited purchase orders and held raw material availability above 99 percent.
- Resolved supplier quality claims and recovered cost from the responsible supplier.
- Supported the plant on packaging changeovers so that new artwork reached the line on schedule.
Licensure and Certification
Certified Professional in Supply Management, Institute for Supply Management
Education
Bachelor of Science in supply chain management, University of Wisconsin Madison, 2013
Core Skills
Direct materials sourcing · Commodity contracting · Total cost of ownership · Supplier scorecards · Request for proposal management · Negotiation · Ariba · SAP · Team leadership · Bilingual English and Spanish