THOMAS SWIFT
Doylestown
Summary
Dynamic Senior Manager in Purchasing and Material Management with a proven track record of optimizing inventory and procurement processes to achieve cost efficiency while maintaining quality and reliability. Expertise in strategic business planning and team leadership has facilitated significant improvements in operational efficiency and productivity. Strong communicator with a data-driven approach to decision making, consistently delivering results through innovative management strategies. Committed to fostering employee engagement and driving organizational success through effective training, team building, and conflict resolution techniques.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager, Procurement, Maintenance of Equipment, Modifications and Programs
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Amtrak
01.2020 - Current
- Senior manger over eight (8) buyers controlling daily and inventory spend of 100,000+ purchase orders equating to nearly $100,000,000.00 in operating spend and $100-200,000,000.00 in capital ventures/expedetures
- Responsible for Daily KPIs for the team for throughput, on time performance, past due measurements, Vendor partnerships, Contractual negations, Automation efficiencies, Supplier performance meetings for nearly 1500 suppliers
- Head of procurement for Postive Train Control systems, across 336 locotmotives and 900 locations on the wayside of the business to ensure passenger and employee safety
- Procurement Project Manager for all major initiatives, such as but not limited too: LCPM Repair events, Preventative Maintenance events, Corrective Maintenance Events, Warranty programs for major procurements, TSSSA establishments and fundamentals, engineering projects (both soft goods, maintenance and equipment requirements)
Purchasing Manager, PMC
Crystal, Inc.
02.2011 - Current
- Company Overview: Leading chemical manufacturer for numerous industries such as tires, personal care and defoamers
- Responsible for all facets of purchasing commodities, maintenance, vendor relations, internal customer relations and expense items
- Railroad management and scheduling
- Inventory control (Physical), Materials Management, Help desk, Global sourcing and production auditing
- Accomplishments specific to Crystal: Waste reduction, packaging sourcing and primary vendor allocations that saves the company over a quarter of a million dollars yearly
- Leading chemical manufacturer for numerous industries such as tires, personal care and defoamers
Procurement Contract Manager
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Amtrak
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Strategic Procurement & Tiger Team lead – on contract utilization, material management functions and improvements for Streamlined contract management and utilization
- Lead time reduction and inventory impact reduction initiative
- Vendor Management and score card initiative for over 400 suppliers
- VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory initiative) for 74 sites and hundreds of machines
- Material management support and supervision for 30 main sites and support for the entire network of 900+ sites within the Amtrak network
- Responsible for oversite of 7-10 buyers and 10 analysists on daily functions such as PTO recording, performance discussions, procedures for Federal and local government procurement and union negotiates and resolutions
- Daily reconciliation of Material Management sites, Daily calls on order status for all major locations for supply and demand
- Responsible for guidance, signing and negotiations on $300,000,000.00 supply chain requirements
Lead Contract Administrator
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Amtrak
01.2014 - 01.2018
- Perform procurement assignments in Diesel locomotive parts, continuous expense spare parts, e-catalogue and procurement
- Vendor management/relations with companies such as General Electric, Electro-motive Diesel, Alstom, staples, Siemens and state organizations such as IDOT, WSDOT and Caltrans
- Controlling and monitoring national contracts with vendors, Staples, Heart Sine (Amtrak requirement for Automatic External Defibrillators) and various projects such as a national project for an industrial supply e-catalogue, vendor managed inventory and vending machines, PTC Projects and state owned/Amtrak supported projects
- Provide purchasing services for Amtrak including cross-functional team planning, negotiation of contract pricing, terms and conditions of purchase and development of sources supply to ultimately support operations, but support all internal customers as well
- Administration of contracts; develop and prepare bidder’s lists, solicitations, awards, change orders and contract renewals or the exercising of available option years
- Aggregate inventory commodities into annual blanket contracts by analysis of competitive bids, historical data and market trends
Contract Administrator
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Amtrak
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Perform procurement assignments in small tools, safety items, welding supplies, office furniture, office supplies, abrasives, building materials, electronics, fire extinguishers, inventory fuels, sand, shipping supplies and numerous expense items under these commodities
- Provide purchasing services for Amtrak including cross-functional team planning, negotiation of contract pricing, terms and conditions of purchase and development of sources supply
- Administration of contracts; develop and prepare bidder’s lists, solicitations, awards, change orders and contract renewals or the exercising of available option years
- Aggregate inventory commodities into annual blanket contracts by analysis of competitive bids, historical data and market trends
Purchasing Manager & Inventory Control
Heights-USA, Inc.
11.2007 - 01.2011
- Company Overview: Global leader in flex-o-graphic and litho-graphic plate processors for the graphic arts industry
- Responsible for global sourcing of custom manufactured parts
- Interpret CAD and Solid works engineering prints to work with local metal fabricators to design quality machined parts for our units
- Contract negotiation across multiple continents and languages
- Accomplishments include low cost country sourcing, vendor management and contract negotiations saving the company tens of thousands of dollars per month while still meeting our standards
- Global leader in flex-o-graphic and litho-graphic plate processors for the graphic arts industry
Purchasing & Inventory Control Supervisor
Therm-Omega-Tech, Inc.
09.2004 - 05.2007
- Company Overview: Industry leader in custom temperature control valves and mechanisms
- Responsible for total inventory control and management systems
- Re-invented all procedures and storing space design
- Purchased and managed supply chain on 200 to 300 individual items for the many bills of materials
- Instituted various ISO changes in order to encompass the total company vision for inventory control
- Industry leader in custom temperature control valves and mechanisms
Senior Inventory Control & Materials Manager
Transcontinental CC3
05.2000 - 09.2004
- Company Overview: Managed various inventory accounts for this direct mailing and fulfillment firm for clients such as JC Penny, Best Buy, Sears, American Express and Visa
- Managed various inventory accounts for this direct mailing and fulfillment firm for clients such as JC Penny, Best Buy, Sears, American Express and Visa
- Scheduled and maintained stock at seven different buildings within the transcontinental group
- Worked with scheduling to order and turn all stock and to recycle older materials back to customers for compensation
- Correspondent between the buildings and our USPS facility
- Managed various inventory accounts for this direct mailing and fulfillment firm for clients such as JC Penny, Best Buy, Sears, American Express and Visa
Education
H.S. DIPLOMA - General high school studies
NESHAMINY HIGH SCHOOL
P.A. CERTIFICATION - Studies in computer repair and maintenance, Small electronic diagnosis and repair, Audio and visual repair and production
BUCKS COUNTY TECHNICAL SCHOOL
ASSOCIATES IN BUSINESS - Starter courses in business arts
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
B.S. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - Core classes for undergrad, Pertaining to business, global supply chain and logistics management
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
Skills
- Negotiation Expertise
- Supply Chain Coordination
- Procurement Oversight
- Rail Logistics Coordination
- Procurement Management
- Strategic Sourcing
- Supplier Optimization
- Material Sourcing
- Inventory Oversight
- Inventory Management
- Spend Analysis
- Data analysis
- Cost reduction
- Project management
- Quality assurance
- Vendor management
- Contract negotiation
- Supply chain management
- Procurement management
- Cost-Effective Sourcing
- Market Pricing Evaluation
- Operational Audit Review
- Project Estimation
- Supply Chain Management
- Global Supply Chain Management
- Help and Network Desk Support
- Microsoft Office
- Oracle ERP/MRP Systems
- SAP ERP Expertise
- SYSPRO ERP Proficiency
- Elliot MRP Expertise
- Ariba Software Proficiency
- Tailored Mainframe MRP Solutions
- NAFTA
- 3D Design Evaluation
- Efficient Forklift Handling
- Multi-Language Interpretation
- ISO Standards Knowledge
- Product Development
- Lean Production Techniques
- APICS Supply Chain Management Certification
- Accounts Payable Management
- Inventory control
References
Available upon request
Communication Skills
Capable of delivering a comprehensive presentation/background on various aspects of current purchasing processes within the company. Including, yet not limited to supply chain management, material management, cost analysis, project development and estimations.
Affiliations
- Treasurer for Private Austim School
Timeline
Senior Manager, Procurement, Maintenance of Equipment, Modifications and Programs
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Amtrak
01.2020 - Current
Procurement Contract Manager
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Amtrak
01.2018 - 01.2020
Lead Contract Administrator
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Amtrak
01.2014 - 01.2018
Contract Administrator
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Amtrak
01.2014 - 01.2016
Purchasing Manager, PMC
Crystal, Inc.
02.2011 - Current
Purchasing Manager & Inventory Control
Heights-USA, Inc.
11.2007 - 01.2011
Purchasing & Inventory Control Supervisor
Therm-Omega-Tech, Inc.
09.2004 - 05.2007
Senior Inventory Control & Materials Manager
Transcontinental CC3
05.2000 - 09.2004
H.S. DIPLOMA - General high school studies
NESHAMINY HIGH SCHOOL
P.A. CERTIFICATION - Studies in computer repair and maintenance, Small electronic diagnosis and repair, Audio and visual repair and production
BUCKS COUNTY TECHNICAL SCHOOL
ASSOCIATES IN BUSINESS - Starter courses in business arts
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
B.S. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - Core classes for undergrad, Pertaining to business, global supply chain and logistics management
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
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