David Wetterlin is a global sourcing manager with over 20 years of experience in contracting and sourcing roles in both the public and private sectors. He has extensive experience managing contracts, identifying cost savings opportunities, streamlining sourcing processes, and developing innovative sourcing strategies. Wetterlin obtained over $8 million in savings in his first year as global sourcing manager at Mallinckrodt Corporation by strategically sourcing key packaging materials and identifying process efficiencies.

1. DAVID R. WETTERLIN
GLOBAL SOURCING MANAGER
121 School Street
Fairview Heights IL 62208
618-978-4087
wetterlindavid@yahoo.com
Professional Summary
A forward thinking leader with extensive experience in contracting both in the public and private
sectors. Both top-level managers and co-workers alike describe me as innovative, responsible, and
one that can get the job done.
Core Competences
Business Operations: Project Management: Business Development:
- Reverse Auction experience - Integration - Strategic Planning
- Budgets - Business Analysis - International Sourcing
- Contract Administration - Personnel Management - New Business Development
- Team Leadership - Team Interaction - R&D with potential Suppliers
- Policy Development
- Site Facilitation
- Conflict Resolution
- Lean Supply Chain
- Supplier Auditor
- Industrial Specialist
- Resource Allocation
- Contract Negotiations
- Cost Containment
- Training
- Formal Source Selection
- Risk Management
- Vendor Relations
- Mentoring
- Change Management
- Total Quality Management
- Master Facilitator
- Cross Functional Team Builder
Contract Management
EXPERIENCE:
Global Sourcing Manager Direct Packaging– Mallinckrodt Corporation Oct 2013 – Present
• Obtained Savings through the strategic sourcing methodology in access of over $8M in the first
year within the first year in possition. Reduced costs in key packing produces: glass bottles, plastic
bottles and closures, molded components, labels, and folded cartons obtaining an average of 32%
reduction in cost of goods sold.
• Idenified Process Effeciencies by streamlining the order process provided suppliers with forecast
information resulting in more econonimical production runs. This in turn reduces set up costs and
ultimatly low unit prices.
Global Sourcing Manager – EMD/Millipore Corporation Jan 2008 - Oct. 2013
• Streamlined material souring methods reducing a 5 persons system down to one while idenitfing
numerous savings opportunities.
• Created a new method to put together a Branding package using a sheltered workshop to assemble
logos, warranty packages, and bezels saving the company $400K annually while reducing miss-
branding
by 25%.
• Restructured the purchasing function for 5 sites after Millipore with acquired by Merck Germany.
Even though there were two different purchasing operating systems (Oracle and SAP) was
consolidated from 5 people to one and continued to provide timely support for the sites.
• Negotiated an $850,000 agreement where equipment would be purchased and drop shipped to
customers providing a 35% margin to the business without adding to inventory levels.
• Developed an innovative method for purchasing pipettes where supplier would provide support
material, calibration, maintenance, and repair all under a fixed price reducing overall cost for the
processes by over 50%. This approach was so successful that the supplier now uses this as a
major selling point in the product brochures
Global Sourcing Specialist – NORDYNE Corporation Apr 2004-Oct 2007
• Managed contracts for component parts to support four manufacturing plants producing commercial
heating and air-conditioning equipment. Identified and implemented a program that changed the
entire “look” and quality of the air conditioning units while saving the company $1.5M.
• Selected sources globally to complete in both negotiated requests for proposals and reverse

2. auctions, reducing cost of production on my commodities by over 23% in an inflationary period.
• Engaged team member to resolve quality problems with corrugation at the plants. Identified new
source, re-wrote specifications, transferred parts to the new supplier, reduced cost and eliminated
quality problem in only three months.
• Audited suppliers globally to ensure their capability to meet requirements. Worked with Quality
Assurance personal to develop inspection criteria and provide auditors with clear guidance on how
and what to inspect.
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Chief Contracts Directorate - Defense Information System Agency Scott AFB IL Nov 1999-Apr 2004
• Motivated team members to perform at peak efficiency supporting a 24 hour a day vigil providing
telecommunication support world wide to the DOD, the U.S. Congress and the President of the
United States. The team won The 2002 Excellence In Government Award from St Louis Federal
Executive Board.
• Created a Cost Improvement Proposal (CIP) tool with the IT staff that would allow the tracking of
CIPs from the inception to completion and track and quantify organizational savings.
• Evaluated and Managed 170 contracting professionals responsible for the purchase of over $2B
annually.
• Restricted the way IT software was distributed and maintained thought the Defense Logistics
Agency with central contract support and decentralized administration. A method still in use ten
years after implementation.
Director Corporate Contracting – HQ Defense Logistics Agency Ft Belvoir VA Aug 1997-Nov 1999
• Developed a new customer when a Federal Government program was terminated, I pulled
together diverse functions to achieve outstanding business case and capital investment package to
bring in a new customer to replace the lost work.
• Established a system for the Site computers that included software maintenance, computer
hardware maintenance and repair, and system interfaces that maintained state of the art systems
without additional investment in equipment. The system had the supplier own the equipment in a
lease argument saving over $100,000 annually.
• Revamped the labor pool and made the difficult but necessary reductions to streamline the
processes and reduce labor costs while increasing site efficiency 26%.
Awards: • Saint Louis Federal Employee’s Team Of The Year
• Department Of The Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
• Department Of The Air Force, Inspector Of The Year
• Department Of The Air Force, Outstanding Contracting Officer Of The Year
CONTINUOUS
TRAINING:
• Level Three Certified Contract Professional
• Air War College
• Air Command And Staff College
• Squadron Officers School
• Advanced Contract Administration
• Education With Industry
• Total Quality Management Facilitator (TQM)
• Supply Chain Management
• ARIBA (Free Markets) Reverse Auctioning
• ERP Systems and sourcing applications such as SAP and Oracle Sourcing
• Trained in 6 Sigma
Education:
Webster University
Masters Business Management
University Of Wisconsin

3. Bachelors Business Administration