Warren R.

Bryant 821 Sugerman's Court * West Chester, Pennsylvania 19382 Home: (610) 696-6637 * Cell: (610) 755-1182 * wbd9b4b4@westpost.net Senior Manager: Purchasing / Procurement Extensive experience optimizing operations for companies within construction, en gineering, and electronics sectors through outstanding procurement, risk managem ent, and supervision expertise. Accomplished and tenacious professional with pro ven ability to direct diverse procurement operations with specialization in comm ercial, industrial, and government environments. Recognized contributor with kno wledge and skills needed to champion effective negotiations, legal review, and c ontracts / subcontracts; developing and maintaining consistent procurement and r isk management strategies organization-wide. Articulate and collaborative commun icator and leader with talent for establishing productive relationships with sen ior managers, suppliers / vendors, colleagues, and subcontractors and building s trong, motivated teams. CORE COMPETENCIES Procurement / Risk Management Expertise * Negotiation / Legal Review * Contracts / Subcontracts Commercial / Industrial / Government * Strategic / Analytic * Team Building / Le adership Productive Stakeholder Relations * Problem Solving * Union / Non-union Experienc e PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE BANCROFT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Wilmington, Delaware * 1997-2010 Leading regional construction management company. Manager of Procurement / Risk Charged with guiding wide range of procurement actions including purchases of se rvices, material, equipment, and consumables. Accountable for risk management fu nctions such as negotiation of all company insurance renewals and subcontractor terms and conditions. Issued solicitations, evaluated proposals, performed price analyses, awarded contracts / purchase orders, and facilitated litigation proce sses. Supervised 2 purchasing administrator direct reports. Developed and implem ented policies and procedures, training staff on various procurement-related iss ues. * Optimized company's operations by effectively guiding critical procurement fun ction with actions totally approximately $85M annually. Utilized expertise in va rious contract types including fixed price, guaranteed maximum price, cost reimb ursable, and incentive. * Strengthened company's bottom line by saving 20% on insurance renewals and eff ectively negotiating settlements or achieving successful litigation outcomes. * Played critical leadership role in negotiating with clients, subcontractors, s uppliers, and attorneys and briefing executive-level management on issues and ac complishments. FLUOR DANIEL GTI, West Chester, Pennsylvania * 1990-1997 Global environmental construction and remediation services company. Director of Procurement Guided company-wide procurement activities including all large negotiations of $ 1M+ including national accounts. Accountable for solicitation issuances on lar ge procurements as well as negotiating procurements involving high-risk areas su ch as environmental indemnity, insurance, and warranty issues. * Spearheaded high quality procurement operations for company, supervising staff of 10 procurement and subcontract specialists with annual expenditures exceedin g $100M and procurement staff located in various cities throughout US.

CAREER NOTE Additional positions include Subcontract Manager with Unisys Corporation, Senior Contract Manager with Stearns Catalytic World Corporation, and Manager of Contr acts for Catalytic, Inc. Details upon request. EDUCATION / CERTIFICATION Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Economics, East Stroudsburg State Notary Public, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS * President, Construction Finance Management Association (CFMA) - Delaware