Thomas Davis

Senior executive leading Schumacher’s global sourcing and procurement strategy, focused on delivering cost efficiencies, strengthening supply chain resilience, and driving innovation through strategic supplier partnerships.

Strategic Sourcing Director. Responsible for leading and managing a team of Strategic Sourcing Managers

Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Steel

Manages all Corporate Indirect Strategic Sourcing for LII

Expediting manager on multiple projects with various clients. Responsible for leading all expediting activities on multi-million dollar projects. Prepares execution plans, budget estimates, and procedures in accordance with the project and the company. Coordinates all expediting activities with client management, project directors, engineering, construction, startup, planning and scheduling, and others assigned to the project team. Provides on-the-job training to junior procurement staff. Maintains relationships with suppliers at senior management levels to monitor the progress of material and equipment orders. Maintains relationships with clients at management levels to monitor the progress / execution of project. Maintains strong market knowledge of the best sources, pricing trends and latest technological developments in the area of expertise for which assigned. Stays abreast with current events and changing economic conditions such as market trends, lead time indexes, base material price and availability fluctuations, currency fluctuations, and emerging third-world supply sources concerning specialized global business unit equipment and materials.

Plans, develops, coordinates and reviews Procurement work within a discipline on projects or assignment in support of a global business unit. Prepares execution plans, budget estimates, and procedures in accordance with project or global business unit functional scope and implements accordingly. Highly regarded in the functional area of work and is sought out for advice by subordinate grade level and supervisory individuals. Responsible for expediting multimillion dollar packages valued at more than 600 million dollars. Provides on-the-job training to Procurement specialists Coordinates expediting activities with project management, project procurement, engineering, construction, startup, planning and scheduling, area expediting, and others assigned to the project team. Maintains strong market knowledge of the best sources, pricing trends and latest technological developments in the area of expertise for which assigned. Stays abreast with current events and changing economic conditions such as market trends, lead time indexes, base material price and availability fluctuations, currency fluctuations, and emerging third-world supply sources concerning specialized global business unit equipment and materials. Maintains relationships with suppliers at operational levels to monitor the progress of material and equipment orders

Assisted with the finalization and closing of purchase orders, and successfully communicated with vendors, accounting personnel, and contacts at various job sites in order to retrieve the correct information necessary for the proper conclusion of purchase orders. Worked alongside purchasing, expediting, and traffic and logistics personnel where I learned the software needed to carry out tasks, as well as the important aspects of negotiations.