Christopher Fitzpatrick

Duties

- Serve as Agency Procurement Officer, responsible for all agency purchasing

- Manage team responsible for all agency IT, direct and indirect spend

- Support 25+ separate program offices (business units) purchasing initiatives
- Agency Officer for MBE, VBE and Edge Programs responsible for ensuring equitable opportunities for Minority, Women, and Veteran Owned Businesses
- System Administrator for Agency ERP system
- Final approver for all agency RFPs and contract awards
- Maintain compliance with Ohio Revised Code and CFR
- Vendor recruitment, scoring and retention
- Oversee and maintain agency contracts for: travel, event planning, staff augmentation and office supplies
- Train, develop and grow my staff into well rounded procurement professionals
- Hosting Mentor for the Ohio Vocational Apprentice Program

Duties

- Manage team responsible for all agency direct and indirect spend of $700 million annually
- Support 25+ separate program offices (business units) purchasing initiatives
- Develop RFPs/RFQs, scoring requirements and contract deliverables
- Agency Diversity Officer supporting minority and veteran owned businesses
- Lead vendor recruitment, scoring and retention efforts
- Oversee and maintain agency contracts for travel, event planning, staff augmentation and office supplies
- Train, develop and grow my staff into well rounded, customer service oriented procurement professionals

Accomplishments
- 2018 “Fiscal Employee of the Year” award winner
- 2018 member of “Fiscal Team of the Year”
- Lead agency integration from Oracle to AWS ERP system
- Over $7 million and counting in savings/cost avoidance

Duties

- Negotiation and management of contracts and leases for railcars, class 8 trucks, sales vehicles and plant equipment

- Responsible for all North American freight contracts
- Vendor relationship management, recruitment and score card
- Responsible for $20 million in annual spend
- Rail, truck, and intermodal logistics support
- Excel, Access, SAP, and Qlickview report creation
- Leader of North American Logistics Vendor Data Governance Team

- Responsible for driver safety, tracking and C.F.R. compliance

Accomplishments

- 2016 Ashland High Achievement Award winner for work on manway securement and NARs reduction
- Created a 15% reduction in truck maintenance cost per mile in first 18 months in role

Duties

- Customer support and call scoring
- Customer Quality issue reporting and tracking
- SAP purchase order placement and invoicing
- Trained new employees on soft skills and order entry
Accomplishments

- Maintained 98% positive call rating

- Promoted from a CSR I to CSR II during initial on-boarding training for being the top scorer in customer service exams