Kevin Gunn Poulsen

1466 North 250 East                                                                                                                                             Cellular

♦Strategic Implementer of new Ideas in Manufacturing (Purchasing Expert)♦

● Highly successful buyer of all products “A-Z” used in the manufacturing of synthetic diamond, etc. ● Concrete knowledge of negotiating in the best and worst of circumstances ●An expert in communicating with companies I have either worked with for years, or I am just calling on for the first time.

♦Areas of Expertise♦

●Active Listener ●Negotiating Prices ●Team Leadership  ●Communication  ●Inventory Operations  ●Managing Inventory Levels  ●Adjusting Individual Part Inventories to Maintain and Increase Monthly Turns  ●Always Learning New and Innovative ways to Maintain Inventory Levels  ●Worked Well, Cross-Functionally with other teams in the Company●

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♦Professional Employment♦

♦US Synthetic Corporation, Orem, UT ●April, 2004 – November, 2012♦

♦ Buyer/Purchasing Agent: April, 2006 – November, 2012

●Managed and purchased 3,500 and 4,000 parts each month

●Responsible for thinking of new ideas that assisted our vendors with speeding up delivery, managing their inventories, all while maintaining the highest quality of our finished parts

●Negotiated the best prices per part possible

♦ Chamfering Department: April, 2004 – April, 2006

●Put the chamfer on each part, as directed by the “prints”

●Worked “Graveyard Shift” and within six months was assigned “Lead Operator”

●Managed myself, and four other employees, responsible for hitting a specific quota each night, so the “Day-Shift” ran smooth

♦Hatfield Masonry: Salem, UT ● September, 2002- April, 2004♦

♦Safety Manager/Hod Tender: September, 2002 – April, 2004

●Responsible for going through the OSHA Handbook and giving a 15 – 30 minute lesson about safety as it pertained to masonry

●“Hod Tenders” were responsible for making sure the masons had everything they needed to make their job run smoothly

♦Education and Credentials♦

♦ Bachelor’s Degree: Utah State University, Logan, UT ●December, 1996 – August, 1998

●Major: Language Arts/English ●Minor: Business Information Systems ●Minor: Secondary Education

♦ Associate’s Degree: Utah Valley University, Orem, UT ●December, 1994 – December, 1996

●Major: Language Arts/English ●Minor: General Education