Todd Thompson

Source high-quality materials, manage supplier relationships, and ensure timely deliveries. Procure goods and services globally to meet engineered design, quality, and delivery requirements. Create and manage purchase orders and supplier data in the ERP system, including pricing and terms. Negotiate with suppliers and monitor vendor performance while identifying cost-reduction opportunities. Read and interpret technical specifications to ensure purchased materials meet requirements. Oversee domestic and international freight selection and coordinate logistics to expedite orders as required.

• Transitioned from negotiated long-term steel and aluminum contracts to transactional pricing due to a high mix / low volume and achieved 12.5% cost savings and improved on-time delivery. • Partnered with engineering, IT, operations, and product management to support NPD, ECNs, and SAP based procurement processes. • Managed day-to-day purchasing for 65+ suppliers, including five international vendors, ensuring material availability and supplier accountability. • Led cross-functional collaboration to streamline supplier returns, payments, and blanket order conversions for greater efficiency and cost control. • Oversaw MRP-driven purchasing operations and implemented annual stocking programs for legacy components that cut costs by 5% to 50%. • Managed a large underperforming national supplier by resourcing domestically and internationally, when possible, sourced from a third-party dealer, and amended our product offering to satisfy our customers’ applications. • Led team to find new ductile iron and gray iron casting suppliers. Managed supplier onboarding including selection, pricing, lead times, tooling approval, priorities and production orders.

Procured mechanical, electrical, and MRO components for aerospace, defense, and medical applications under ISO 9001 and AS9100 standards. Custom designed parts and assemblies and COTS. • Managed outside operational processes, including expedites when required. • Initiated new quotes from approved suppliers for individual parts and part families to reduce overall costs, when design prints allowed. • Maintained 100% on-time customer delivery for 18 consecutive months while reducing inventory through enhanced MRP parameters. • Conducted blueprint reviews, ITAR/EAR compliance, internal audits, and vendor performance evaluations and managed annual quality surveys. • Maintained and updated ERP (Epicor Vantage) data to improve accuracy of part/vendor records and support lean operations. • Managed over 260 suppliers including an international supplier. Used MRP purchase history and Excel to effectively execute accurate po’s for infrequent purchase orders.

Managed raw material, MRO, window hardware, packaging, and service contracts, procurement totaling $7M+ annually. • Achieved $100K+ annual savings by consolidating vendors, implementing packaging efficiencies, and renegotiating supply terms. • Led ERP (PICK) enhancements to improve EOQ recommendations, freight optimization, and vendor transparency on POs. • Supervised and trained purchasing staff; developed SOPs, implemented 5S standards, standard requisitions for MRO items by department and performed Gemba walks. • Applied lean manufacturing principles including value stream mapping, root cause analysis, and mistake proofing.

Directed supplier quality initiatives for 60+ vendors, saving $500K-$1M annually in mill energy and chemical costs. • Designed automated reporting tools and authored technical troubleshooting manuals to improve incoming material quality. • Managed timber purchasing and harvesting operations, ensuring regulatory compliance and budget adherence. • Taught resource management and safety programs to students and contract truckers.