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Jeffrey R. Brodsky

4515 Happy Hollow Road

Asheboro NC 27205

(336) 873-7550, cellular (727) 439-4040, [email protected]

Profile

Proven ability to reduce costs through vendor improvement and improvedproduction techniques. Certified Purchasing Manager with lifetimecertification. A leader who adds value to management and increasesprofitability. Professional with extensive purchasing, production andquality management experience and problem solving skills.

Qualifications

A diverse set of job skills combined with years of experience in thematerial management area in manufacturing, service and medicalorganizations. In addition to purchasing and production management,created customer service departments, have run production schedulingand traffic departments and have assisted in ERP implementation.

Improved total costs for companies in many different fields of theservice and manufacturing arena while owning own consulting business.Extensive experience in the RFP, RFI & RFQ area. Experience withcapital expenditures. Negotiated long term, 7 figure nationalcontracts. Familiar with contract laws and state and federalrequirements.

Experienced negotiator Budgeting expertise

Problem solving expertise Inventory Management

Quality management Published Writer

Total cost containment/reduction Experienced in RFP process Professional Experience

Brodsky Consulting Asheboro NC 27205 Current

Production Manager/Purchasing Manager

Comark Building Systems Pembroke NC 28359 January 2009 - January 2010

Ran 90 person production department for Commercial Modular builder.Moved to Purchasing Manager with 2 buyers in August 2009to beginimplementation of new ERP system designed to reduce expenses by a

minimum of 15% and increase productivity by 20%.

Brodsky Consulting Greensboro NC 27410 July 2008 - January 2009

Reopened business to assist North Carolina based companies betterutilize their purchasing and human resources areas and improve supplychain and administrative functions. Targeted companies have sales from$1,000,000 up and/or materials and services purchases of at least$500,000.



Director of Purchasing

Portrait Homes Greensboro, NC 27407 January 2007 - July 2008

Head of purchasing and estimating department for the GreensboroDivision of a top 30 builder with a 26 million dollar purchasingbudget. Responsible for contract negotiations for all commodities andtrades. Negotiated hard costs savings and cost avoidance nettingcompany a 3.5% overall cost reduction. Budgeted for purchasingdepartment, managed manufacturer rebates for division and managedsupport staff.

Purchasing Manager

Kimball Hill Homes Sarasota, FL 34241 September 2005 - December 2006

Managed Sarasota and Tampa purchasing areas for top 25 builder. Alsomanaged Design Center.

Negotiated regional purchases for commodities and trades. Through RFPprocesses, reduced costs for major components of construction budget.Formulated and began vendor certification process and quality program.Part of architectural review team charged with developing new plans.

Managed team of purchasing coordinators, permit coordinators anddesign center personnel.

Director of Purchasing

Eckerd Youth Alternatives, Inc. Clearwater, FL 33709 October 1999 -July 2005

Directed all materials management functions and corporate purchasesfor a 75 million dollar not-for-profit. Personally responsible for alltelecommunication (wired and wireless) for corporation.

Oversaw construction of 2 million dollar wilderness facility and

negotiated and oversaw a 10 million dollar construction and capitalbudget. Designed and installed new on-line materials management systemfor programs located in 8 states. Partnered with IT to negotiate andimplement a frame relay and VoIP system corporate wide. Obtainedrefund for more than $100,000 in telecom overcharges. Awarded andimplemented national office supply contract with savings of 22%.

Brodsky Consulting Orlando, Florida 32822 June 1992 - October 1999

Consulting to assist Florida based companies better utilize theirpurchasing and materials management areas as well as improvingadministrative functions. Companies ranged from service (banks,attorneys, physician groups, automobile groups), to manufacturing and

residential and commercial builders.

Analyzed customers needs in the areas of materials management,purchasing and customer service. Used purchasing knowledge, RFP's,RFQ's and system improvements to save client organizations an averageof 20% of their total purchase volume. Administrative costs werereduced by an average of 15%.

Purchasing Manager



Philip Crosby Associates Winter Park, Florida 32792 1989 - 1992

Managed purchasing function for the largest quality managementconsulting firm in the world. Responsible for the operation ofwarehouse and all accompanying receiving and warehouse functions witha staff of 4.

Managed 2 million dollar inventory with annual purchases exceeding 12million. Negotiated national contracts and annual budgets. Reducedsupplier base by 15% and overall costs by 25%.

Education

College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, Illinois Associate in Arts, Management

American College of Education Glen Ellyn, Illinois Bachelor ofScience, Business

Awards and accomplishments

1989, 1994 Certified Purchasing Manager, National Association ofPurchasing Management

1999 Lifetime Certification - Certified Purchasing Manager, N.A.P.M.

1992 Published article - National Association of Purchasing ManagementInsights

Published article - Production and Inventory Control Magazine

1994, 1995 Published articles - N.A.P.M. Insights

1995, 2001 Published articles - Orlando Business Journal

1999, 2003 Published articles - South Florida Business Journal

2005 Published articles - Tampa Bay Business Journal

2010 Green/Black Belt training in progress

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