DAVID W. CRAIG

303-263-5340 Westminster, Colorado 80021 craig9895@comcast.net

SUMMARY

Procurement Specialist / Scheduler with 26 years’ experience in the Marketing and Printing industries.

Excellent leadership, communication, organizational and time management, intuitive and analytical skills.

Known for developing and executing innovative policies and procedures, great at streamlining work flow and

creating a team environment to increase productivity. Track record of significant achievement including

reducing costs, improving sales and profits and developing and improving purchasing programs to meet

corporate objectives. Demonstrated areas of expertise include:

Price Reductions Contract Negotiation Warehousing and Distribution

Bid Analysis Multi-site Operations Team Development

Component Analysis Sales Forecasting Supplier Identification

Cost Avoidance Marketing and Promotions Vendor Relations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Vision Graphics-Eaglexm, Denver, Colorado 12-2007- 7-2016

Procurement Specialist – Scheduler

Manage daily operations of business including cost control, Purchasing and Scheduling. Monitored and

purchased inventory, ensuring sufficient levels to accommodate demands.

Support the collateral print, fulfillment and warehousing activities for multiple product lines and multiple

states.

Deliver accurate monthly collateral and directory usage tracking reports for management review.

Manage collateral and enrollment kit fulfillment process to promote consistency and ease of use while

meeting budget parameters and customer expectations.

Manage work flow for multiple department managing deadlines across several business units.

Track database and worked with account managers to prioritize team workload ensuring

adequate resources

Remove work flow obstacles by soliciting competitive vendor quotes, approving pre-production

proofs and evaluating, selecting, managing and negotiating contracts pricing with vendors.

Oversee day-to-day activities related to budget management including entering requisitions to generate

purchase orders. Monitored accounts payable transactions and submitted necessary month-end accruals

and expense transfers. Verified invoice submissions and check request processing.

Supports enterprise-wide initiatives involving vendor selection, production and fiscal management of

complex multi-piece projects including mass mailings. Organized and promoted a number of events in

the multiple states.

Includes working with vendors, obtaining prices, writing purchase orders, receiving products,

and working in the database system to manage the materials/inventory.

Manages the sourcing, procurement, inbound scheduling, and overall logistics of materials

through the production process.

Negotiate cost, quantity and delivery with suppliers to provide best price/quantity for the

company

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CITY OF WESTMINSTER, Westminster, Colorado 1998-Present

Printing Technician (Part-Time)

Operate offset presses (AB Dick 9869 & 9910XCS with T-51AE) and other standard reproduction equipment

reproducing forms reports, bulletins and other material.

Operated paper cutter, folder and related equipment. Cleaned and made minor repairs and adjustments to

machines. Bound forms, reports and similar items. Printed one, two and three colors, mixing inks.

ANTHEM BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF COLORADO, Denver, Colorado 1998-2007

Traffic Manager/Purchasing

Managed daily operations of business including budgeting and cost control. Fostered a team atmosphere

through improved training, communication and motivation. Monitored and purchased inventory, ensuring

sufficient levels to accommodate demands.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

MS Word PowerPoint Project Publisher Adobe Acrobat

Excel Visio Outlook Access Monarch