CHRIS E. LINCOLN
Procurement Professional
Huntley,IL
Summary
Accomplished Senior Purchasing Manager with history of overseeing multi-million dollar procurement operations. Strategic planner offering demonstrated track record and core strengths in key relationship management and inventory management as well as persuasive contract negotiation skills.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Purchasing Manager
LENNAR HOMES
Chicago, IL
07.2021 - Current
- Sourced 40+ vendors, built relationships and negotiated prices
- Directed capture of $3 MM+ in U.S. government energy-tax savings
- Solved diverse supply chain problems involving numerous sources, logistics and scheduling factors
- Established clear lines of communication between new vendors and construction
- Decreased direct costs by obtaining unit-cost level transparency with new vendors
VP of Procurement
RYAN BUILDING GROUP
Chicago, IL
09.2016 - 06.2021
- Captured $1 M+ in negotiated National agreements
- Oversaw all procurement activities as well as system operations to ensure all home-building operations in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, and Wisconsin were supported to achieve all financial goals
- Coordinate with 3rd party IT company to ensure all systems, hardware, software, and overall Information Technologies are running at optimum and training for all employees.
- Spearheaded cross-functional initiatives across departments to achieve business goals for bottom-line profits
- Identified and solved issues with production, workforce and material sourcing to drive business objectives
- Established performance goals for department and provided methods for reaching milestones
Strategic Sourcing Manager
PULTE HOMES
Chicago, IL
01.2013 - 09.2016
- Manage mechanical and shell categories for Midwest Zone, which includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Kentucky and Ohio
- Leveraged more than $1.4 MM in savings for Midwest Zone in 2015.
- Developed and implemented strategic purchasing procedures and control systems to reduce direct costs and carrying costs
Procurement Specialist
AMBITECH ENGINEERING
Downers Grove, IL
08.2007 - 12.2012
- Responsible for development and execution of Project Procurement Plan
Managed assigned project procurement team for commercial negotiation, contract execution and acquisition of materials/equipment to meet project schedule
- Performed quality assurance in conformance with clients’ specifications in terms of deliverables, schedule, and cost
- Administered purchase orders for engineered equipment exceeding $150 million since 2007
- Administered hundreds of contracts with single subcontract values in excess of $30 million
- Developed and implemented technical, project procedures and policies for ExxonMobil, BP Oil, and Conoco Phillips exceeding clients’ quality, cost and schedule expectations
Purchasing Manager
PULTE HOMES
Estero/Chicago, FL/IL
11.2001 - 02.2007
- Managed all aspects of purchasing process from cost estimates through contract signing for more than thousand units, both single unit and multi-family Planned Unit Development
- Optimized and streamlined purchasing and construction procedure
- These procedures are now used for training hundreds of employees
- Department manager with eight direct reports and annual budget in excess of $20 million that controlled 30 plus planned communities
- Defined project controls and material acquisition processes for construction of 2,038 residential buildings that generated $737 million annual revenue
- Managed multifunctional cost-reduction team that assessed negotiation practices, reduction of overhead and elimination of material waste that lowered operating costs associated with home construction by 9%.
Education
Accreditation - Philosophy
John Paul The Great Catholic University
Escondido, CA12.2015
Bachelor of Science (BS) - Finance
Illinois State University
Bloomington Normal, Illinois05.1989
Skills
- Reporting knowledge
- Profit and loss understanding
- Procurement expertise
- Bid coordination
- Vendor sourcing
- Strategic planning
- Project Management
- Process Development
- Budget Management
- Document preparation
Accomplishments
- Spearheaded the capture of millions of dollars in energy-tax savings.
- Recruited and implement 40+ new vendors to help establish home-building operations in new market.
- Collaborated with team of vendors for cost-savings by completing value-engineering exercises with accuracy and efficiency.
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop best-practice method for bid campaigns.
Certification
U.S. Merchant Marine Officer Certificate in Philosophy Dale Carnegie Training Certified ACCA Certification OSHA Health & Safety Hazard Communication Planswift, Teams, OneNote, Excel, Tableau, Word, Power Point, Edraw Max
Timeline
Purchasing Manager
LENNAR HOMES
07.2021 - Current
VP of Procurement
RYAN BUILDING GROUP
09.2016 - 06.2021
Strategic Sourcing Manager
PULTE HOMES
01.2013 - 09.2016
Procurement Specialist
AMBITECH ENGINEERING
08.2007 - 12.2012
Purchasing Manager
PULTE HOMES
11.2001 - 02.2007
Accreditation - Philosophy
John Paul The Great Catholic University
Bachelor of Science (BS) - Finance
Illinois State University
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