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Roy Woods
905 Clubhouse Drive, McPherson,Kansas 67460
roywoods@cox.net
• Cellular 620-480-1127
Purchasing Manager; Materials Coordinator; Materials Supervisor
Summary Professional with over 11 years of experience managing domestic and international transportation and distribution of goods, purchasing and
inventory control. Excellent problem-solving skills and proficient in customer service, satisfaction, and retention. Experienced in analyzing
and streamlining product delivery systems to increase productivity, quality and efficiency. Proven ability to manage projects from planning
through execution and completion.
Experience
2008 to 2015 Buyer
American Maplan Corp / McPherson, Kansas
 Liaison between client, vendors, and operations in the production of custom finished goods.
 Increased Spare Part sales by getting vendor to privatelabel heat bands
 Purchase MRO items for Operations.
 Purchase Safety items for Safety Manager.
 Planned purchasing to meet operations shippingschedule.
 Increased domestic purchasing by sourcing US vendors.
2006 to 2008 Purchasing Manager
CJ Foods, Inc., Bern, Kansas / Pawnee City, Nebraska
 Oversee and manage the purchasing functions of two purchasing agents in a multiple plant custom production environment
of a super-premium pet food co-packer.
 Liaison between client, vendors, and operations in the production of custom finished goods.
 Member of ERP project team in soliciting, selecting, and implementing of a new ERP system.
 Reduced on hand company owned inventory by 33% since August of 2006.
 Reduced operations down time due to supply chain malfunctions.
 Created Bill of Materials Report that simplifies and tracks large customer orders.
 Started 10 day forecasting schedule so purchasing agents can have better control of needed materials for operations.
 Started weekly team meeting to address current issues and to try and prevent bottlenecks in upcoming production runs.
 Responsible for making sure customer reports are completed and accurate and sent to customers within 5 working days
after completion.
 Source, contract and purchase commodity and exotic ingredients.
 Track daily averages of on hand finished goods, WIP materials, RAW materials, and quantity of finished goods shipped in
both plants.
 Provide reports to operations director that shows dollar amount of on hand raw material inventory by plant, purchase price
variances, and customer reports completed.
2004 to 2005 Materials Supervisor
Serologicals Lawrence Inc., Lawrence, Kansas
 Qualified Professional with over 6 years of purchasing and inventory control with experience in sourcing, contract
negotiations, vendor relations, cost control and management in a manufacturing environment Experience sp ans successful
implementation of ISO Purchasing Procedures for ISO 9001/2000 and cGMP procedures for Bio-science warehousing
Successfully implemented SAP for purchasing and warehouse applications Excellent leadership, problem solving,
communications, and interpersonalskills
 Set up a new Bio-science warehouse facility. Supervised one materials clerk.
 Implemented SAP, MRP, and Cycle counting to support process work orders. Achieved a 99% in cycle counting for $300k
inventory. Responsible for all receiving and shippingfunctions associated with a warehouse. Created movable labels with
company logo, material number, HMIS, PPE, packaging sizes, and location. Implemented cGMP for warehouse as well as
rewriting company SOP's to detail warehouse operation procedures.
 Founded and co-chaired company safety committee. Developed inventory model to forecast one year inventory budget.
Member of lean manufacturing team. Improved bulk unloading procedure that saved time during delivery and flexible during
production runs. Introduced plasticpallets vs. wooden pallets that could go into clean room area and also eliminated extra
handling of product and was better for customers. Same price as wooden. Team Project leader for local purchasing functions.
Developed MSDS program.

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2001 to 2004 Buyer
Surface Specialties, Inc. UCB Films, Tecumseh, Kansas Responsible and oversaw all purchasing requirements for $30 million
budget. Served as the direct report for out sourced MRO and Stores company located on plant site. Created Purchasing position
and procedures for Tecumseh plant.
 Created and developed purchasing responsibilities for cellophane manufacturing plant Directed the biding process that
resulted in a $1.6 million plant savings in 2002.
 Implemented contracts for major chemical products that resulted in a further 5% savings in budget for 2003. Created and
instructed a step by step print out for training and personal use on creating a purchaserequisition using SAP.
 Created excel spreadsheet reports that verified purchasing performance. Started weekly communication meeting with
department managers to assist in further department savings opportunities and to provide status of current projects.
1999 to 2001 Plant Materials Coordinator
Surface Specialties, Inc. UCB Films, Tecumseh, Kansas
Responsible for controlling, ordering and reporting all raw and essential materials needed in cellophane manufacturing.
 Created excel spreadsheet reports that resulted in tighter control of materials on hand, re-order times and quantities, and
consumptions.
  Created department inventory documents.
  Created excel delivery schedule showing, material name, purchase order number, delivery date, and material number.
  Placed on network shared drive - read only - for department manager reference. Processed invoices for payment and handle
discrepancies.
1997 to 1999 Tank Farm Operator
Surface Specialties, Inc. UCB Films, Tecumseh, Kansas
Used distribution experience to set up and operateTank Farm that was used for the unloading of bulk materials.
 Engineered the use of air for unloading liquid materials from truck and rail cars.
 Distributed materials to plant for department usage.
 Tracked usage and reported daily levels to Plant Materials Coordinator for ordering.
1994 to 1997 Wirer Drawer
Essex Wire and Cable, Pauline, Kansas
Operated two Rod Mills which drew thecopper rod down to the proper sizefor customer.
 Trained to operatefive different rod mills.
 Operated forklift for overtime material handler.
Education & Professional Licenses
2005 State of Kansas Licensed Insurance Agent
Licensed in Health and Life Ln# 8468336 – in-active – no affiliation
2001 Friends University Wichita, Kansas
B.S., CIS - Computer Information Systems
Major GPA: 3.75.
Attended TopekaCampus on nights and weekends to finish degree. Already had manufacturing experience and was looking for
knowledge in technology to be a well rounded employee that understands how technology can be used to improve
manufacturing efficiencies
Skills
  Purchasing Administration
 Contract Management

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 Budget Hours/Dollars Analysis
 Accounts Receivable/Payable
 Direct/Indirect Costs Analysis
 Policy / Procedure Development
  Strategic Planning
 Team Building and Leadership
Training
2004 to 2004 SAP01 overview, SAP, Chicago, ILL First Course in becoming SAP Super User.
2005 to 2005 Department of Transportation Hazardous Material , Department of Transportation Hazardous Material, Online Training
Course - CDCompleted annual training for DOT Hazardous Materialhandling training. Used in shippingand receiving
materials that require HMISlabeling.
2004 to 2004 A+ Hardware & OS, Foss Training & Consulting, Topeka, Kansas Computer course.
2004 to 2004 Network +, Foss Training & Consulting, Topeka, Kansas Computer course in networking.
2004 to 2004 2153-Win2000 Network Infrastructure Implementation, Foss Training & Consulting, Topeka, Kansas Computer course.
2002 to 2002 Negotiation Course, Karass , Kansas City, Mo. Negotiation course for Purchasing and Sales.
1985 to 2001 Served in US Army & Kansas National Guard