Stephen Horvath
Painesville
Summary
Innovative, strategic, and results-oriented Supply Chain professional with over 11 years of experience in buying, planning, and executing cutting-edge supply chain strategies to support the needs of the
organization. Focused on cost reduction, product quality, and strategic planning. Skilled at project management, using data for decision making, continuous improvement, and working towards common goals that support the organization’s mission, vision, and values.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Buyer/Planner
Ranpak
Painesville
03.2022 - Current
- Developed supplier base by identifying new vendors to enhance quality, reduce costs, and improve lead times.
- Utilize the SAP system for purchase orders, returns, and inventory management.
- Achieved $300,000 in cost savings in 2024, the majority of which came from establishing a new subcontractor for remote box assembly.
- Led year long project to subcontract machine assembly of 120 machines in order to uitilize $100k worth of idle parts in storage
Senior Buyer Planner
Park Place Technologies
Mayfield Heights
03.2019 - 03.2022
- Spearhead international sourcing efforts to include coordinating parts
delivery through various internal departments and partner network - Administer and process returns for vendor credit when inventory deliveries are damaged, incomplete, or obsolete.
- Develop training materials and administer training and onboarding of new teammates
- Administered all duties held in previous role
Buyer/Planner
Park Place Technologies
Mayfiled Heights
03.2014 - 04.2018
- Orchestrated the process of sourcing and buying computer hardware for maintenance customers, in addition to coordinating with courier services to ensure product delivery.
- Negotiated pricing and placed orders with suppliers to achieve the lowest possible cost consistent with quality and reliability.
- Implemented a product planning system using data to determine which hardware components needed to be stocked locally.
Pricing Analyst
Park Place Technologies
Mayfield Heights
04.2009 - 03.2014
- Generated the pricing strategy within each product line by performing analysison conversion rate, product mix, retention rate, and support cost
- Created, tracked and analyzed pricing models to price products and servicescompetitively
- Researched pricing, equipment specifications and configurations
- Recommended deviations from standard pricing based on volume, competitordata, and customer need
Business Development Representative
Park Place Technologies
Mayfield Heights
08.2008 - 03.2009
- Executed on lead generation strategies including cold calling and following up on sales leads
- Demonstrated excellent customer service while resolving service issues
Education
MBA - Masters of Business Adminstration
Lake Erie College
Painesville, OH05-2011
Bachelor of Arts - Managerial Economics
Allegheny College
Meadville, PA05-2008
Skills
- Purchasing and supplier management
- Negotiation and planning
- Continuous improvement strategies
- SAP and Microsoft Great Plains
- Attention to detail
- International sourcing
Accomplishments
- President's Club Winner- For outstanding work in Procurement
- Kaizen Initiative Leader- First in company's history
Timeline
Buyer/Planner
Ranpak
03.2022 - Current
Senior Buyer Planner
Park Place Technologies
03.2019 - 03.2022
Buyer/Planner
Park Place Technologies
03.2014 - 04.2018
Pricing Analyst
Park Place Technologies
04.2009 - 03.2014
Business Development Representative
Park Place Technologies
08.2008 - 03.2009
MBA - Masters of Business Adminstration
Lake Erie College
Bachelor of Arts - Managerial Economics
Allegheny College
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