Kevin Pedersen

Inventory Management. Work with over 400 vendors with some from foreign countries. Quoting and procurement for raw materials and finish goods including metals, aluminum and plastics. Work with MRP/ERP system. Enter purchase orders. Deal with quality control working with engineering. Review monthly purchase variance in order to update new standard and list cost of goods sold. Work closely with the Production/Plant supervisor to maintain proper inventory. Developed the safety program from scratch. Run safety meetings and the safety committee. Hire and fire employees when needed concerning safety. Sales of parts and finished product.

2013 Finalist Governor's Exporter of the Year State of Kansas

2014 SBA Kansas Exporter of the Year

2014 Finalist Governor's Exporter of the Year State of Kansas

2014 "How It's Made" - Grain Dryers (Youtube)

2015 Finalist Governor's Exporter of the Year State of Kansas

2016 Governor's Exporter of the Year State of Kansas Winner

2016 World's Greatest - Episode 222

2017 SBDC Kansas Exporter of the Year

2018 Presidential "E" National Award for Excellence in Exporting (only 25 awarded nationwide per year)

Roughout framer. Crew Leader.

Work with MRP system. Help manage inventory and procure supplies for a company of 125 parachute infantry soldiers. RTO (radio operator) for CO (company commander) while training in the field or in real world situations. Jump out of airplanes.

Inventory management. Enter purchase orders. Run a supply department consisting of two buyers. Expedite when needed. Work with ERP Syteline. Report on KPI's, new cost saving measures, problem areas within the department and overseas vendor issues monthly to division. Travel to meet with vendors. International travel (2 weeks in India to audit vendors). Report on audits within the company and on vendor scorecards. Work with Engineering, Quality & Production closely. Speak with vendors on open CAR's. Schedule internal meetings. Schedule oversea meetings using Teams. Deal with spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations. Correct invoice discrepancies. Be in VIN and SC Procurement Council meetings with global purchasing professionals within the corporation once a month. Before leaving, created a $180,000 cost savings by switching to a different electrical motor supplier. Quoting out many commodities in order to go local for local. Creating more vendors for dual sourcing. Manage the purchasing credit card. Work as project buyer until division project buyer could locate to the US.