Douglas K.

Weaver
Elkhart, IN 46514

DougKWeaver@gmail.com cell: 574-315-6337 home: 574-293-4960

SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Global purchasing and strategic commodity management of raw material spend in industries of Tier 1 automotive steel, recreational vehicle, manufactured housing, truck body, municipal water treatment across multiple nationwide manufacturing and distribution centers Extensive contacts, integrated global sourcing contract implementation and supply chain development in Asia, South America & Europe for major commodities of steel, magnetite, iron ore, steel, commodity chemicals , specialty forgings and castings, MRO heavy manufacturing, and RV/MH building products Experienced consultant in materials and supply chain management, policy and strategy development, and metallurgical knowledge in strategic sourcing and application of prime (NSF) & byproduct chemical commodities from mining, steel mills, fertilizer, production processes for application in municipal and automotive applications Reliable consignment program, increased velocity and inventory turns to 52 per turns year, reduced risk $500K per year chemical commodity cost savings and process improvement $300K per year water treatment commodity cost savings and capital expense reduction $1.7m per year forging and casting cost saving, process improvement and capital expense reduction Past total cost (TCO) reductions and process / engineering improvements resulting in $2.5 million average savings per year to the bottom line through the development of long-term supplier partnerships Raw material, capital & MRO supply chain commodity management and global negotiation experience: equipment, processes, chemicals, steel, services, industrial gasses, fabrications, logistics & etc. Consulting in change leadership and mentoring of multiple cross-functional value-added (VA/VE) supply teams (engineering, operations, maintenance, sales, quality) in a union and non-union environments QS9000: certification processes, lead internal quality system auditor, early supplier selection & development, qualification and compliance for QS9000-certified supply base Elkhart Community Schools (ECHS), Board Trustee Member, responsible for leadership in the continuous educational excellence and lifelong learning of 13,500 students, 1,450 faculty & staff members with an annual budget of $126M. Consultant community advisor to Superintendent

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PENCCO, Inc. March 2009 June 2013 Purchasing Manager, Sealy, TX Managed a cross-functional corporate team (finance, operations, engineering, maintenance, sales,
marketing, transportation). Built four (4) strategic production facilities and develop new major product lines thru collaboration with sales, R&D, operations and suppliers to engineer value into new and existing products at a competitive cost. Supply chain & materials management of distribution and raw material commodities, iron ore, magnetite consignment program, energy, scrap, chemicals, acids (sulfuric, hydrochloric, fluoride, hexafluorosilicic acid), byproduct acids, capital equipment, MRO (pumps, piping, motors, building materials, fabrications, engineering services, industrial gasses, chemicals), transportation (rail and trucks), logistics (domestic & international), office equipment/technology, with annual spend of $15M - $20M National distribution of fluoride & water treatment chemicals for municipal bids to major metropolitan cities from five (5) domestic production facilities and international sources Material management of raw materials, distribution products, MRO, JIT and key consignment inventories (levels, turns, & obsolete material) for the production of water treatment chemicals. Negotiated global sourcing of raw commodities from Northern Europe, South America & the Middle East for water treatment applications July 2007 March 2009

PATRICK INDUSTRIES Director of Distribution Purchasing, Elkhart, IN

Oversaw corporate purchasing team with annual spend of $75M - $90M involving six strategic suppliers of key building product groups (USG, Beaulieu International, Masonite, James Hardie, Alcan, Berry Plastics, and GAF - IKO) with national distribution to ten remote branches Material management of distribution product and JIT inventory (levels, turns, & obsolete material) for recreational vehicles and manufactured housing industry. Worked directly with sales and marketing to research/develop new major product lines/suppliers by collaboration with sales and suppliers. Global sourcing of products from Europe and China for manufactured housing and recreational vehicle applications. 1

UTILIMASTER CORPORATION Purchasing Agent, Wakarusa - Bristol, IN

Jan. 2007 July 2007

Directly responsible for the strategic procurement of production materials ($50 m/y) of castings, composites, doors, glass, electrical/electronic/lighting, fasteners, graphics, hardware, fiberglass hoods, HVAC, lift gates, and services for the assembly of commercial vehicles and trucks. Involved in material management and lean manufacturing to reduce inventory levels, scrap & improve turns & also with engineering teams to improve process efficiency while enhancing function and reducing cost associated with redesign of hoods, electrical harnesses, HVAC systems, hardware and glass

KEMIRON COMPANIES / KEMIRA OYI March 2001 March 2006 Procurement Manager Corporate Purchasing Strategic Sourcing Raw Materials
Kemiron Companies, Div. of Kemira Oyi, Bartow, FL, East Chicago & St. Louis Managed cross functional supply teams involved in the sourcing of key raw materials and the development and qualification of new supply sources for Kemirons eleven decentralized production sites in North America involved in the production of iron based municipal water treatment coagulant chemicals

CONSULTANT: Kemiron, I/N Tek/Kote/Mitttal-Nippon Steel, ICL, GRQ Independent Purchasing Consultant Representing I/N Tek and I/N Kote

June 2000 Present

I/N Tek and I/N Kote, JV Partnership of Mittal Steel USA and Nippon Steel, New Carlisle, IN Provided strategic consulting services and MRO procurement representation & materials management for I/N Tek and I/N Kote through Adecco to support Mittal Steels process of procurement redesign

Independent Chemical Consultant for Kemiron, ICL, GRQ, Key Chemical

Provided strategic consulting services for market research/forecast, materials management and customer / supply chain development, policy development / implementation to expand key supply sources of raw materials from steel mills & international sources

NATIONAL STEEL Senior Procurement Strategist Corp Purchasing Raw Materials-MRO

Oct 1992 June 2000 Integration of global supply chain management into a vision for National Steel and NKK (parent company) enhancing the value & synergies of NKK's global Tier 1 market resources, logistics and commodity (MRO mill rolls and steel slabs: $300 million) leverage positions through implementation of B2B, E-commerce, and ERP system (Peoplesoft/SAP). Prior strategic $56 million MRO supply chain and material management with cross-functional teams & materials management authority for goods and services: Global procurement of large fully finished castings and forgings, mill roll repair shop services, process chemicals (HCL, sulfuric and byproduct ferrous chloride), steel strip cleaners, lubricants, surface treatments, EDT and chrome plating, coil packaging, - strapping, rubber and urethane process rolls Project management & leadership of continuous improvement processes (Kaizen), lean production, and cost reduction activities for cold mill pickling, temper mills, customer service line (CSL), packaging/shipping floor areas, materials management and customer stamping plants. Prior experience in management of operations and maintenance- varied assignments Electrogalvanizing (EGL) Team leader. Great Lakes Steel Zug Island iron-making operations (boiler / power house, sinter plant, cast house, water treatment, ore dock, coke plant). Special assignments for Cold Mill Operation Managers & Director

Plant Operations, Technology and Maintenance Great Lakes Steel

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT / AFFILIATIONS

Past member of Institute for Supply Management (ISM), American Society for Quality (ASQ), Iron and Steel Society (ISS), conferences & training including Tom Peters seminar Metallurgical Sciences Training, Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI STAT-A-MATRIX ISO /QS9000, RAB certified training (40 hrs.) and Lead Auditor Training certification # LRA-10-3362 TRI-TECH SERVICES INC., Auditing of QS 9000 Quality Systems Three-week intensive training in Fukuyama, Japan on Kaizen, EGL steel operations & team leadership Indiana University at South Bend, CPM certification course Elkhart Community School Corporation (ECS), Board of Trustees Member 2013 PURDUE University, School of Technology, Bachelor of Science West Lafayette, IN 2

EDUCATION