MARTIN LINDESKOG'S RÉSUMÉ

SUMMARY

Over 10 years of experience in purchasing and cost analysis. Strengths include: vendor analysis, value analysis and computerized priority purchasing system. Able to establish positive relationships with vendors while achieving bottom line results with on time deliveries.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ITW HOBART BROTHERS (Troy, OH) 2000 - 2002

Cost Analyst
Assisted in the development of standardized cost measures for internal business units.
Performed inventory analysis of slow-moving and obsolete finished goods.
Assisted in the control of fixed assets.
Coordinated special projects as required, e.g. national purchasing contracts, analysis of the business units’ maintenance, repair, and operations vendor sources.
Produced part of the monthly management report, including other variable costs per pound produced, months on hand inventory, top ten list of slow-moving and obsolete products.
Prepared month-end journal entries.

SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY (Manchester, NH) 1997 - 2000

Student / Work Study Activities
Monitored the maintenance of the computers in the library training room.
Created web sites for the library at the Southern New Hampshire University and the company, New Paradigm Design.
Researched data base information for the library at the Southern New Hampshire University.
Tutored students in Economics.

ELGA AB (Gothenburg, Sweden) 1989 - 1997

Purchaser
Purchased raw materials for the production of welding electrodes according to a pull system.
Involved in the purchasing cycle and the supply chain, decided what to purchase by a computerized priority system, placed and monitored orders, and checked invoices.
Maintained a 96% service and capital level of the raw material inventory.
Evaluated sources of supply (vendor analysis), found new competitive suppliers, negotiated purchasing contracts with suppliers (<$40,000).
Conducted value analysis on all vendor contracts.
Implemented critical supplier partnerships based on JIT system.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Southern New Hampshire University (Manchester, NH). Graduated Magna Cum Laude, May 2000.

Computer Skills
Microsoft Office (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
Microsoft Netmeeting
Microsoft FrontPage (HTML programming)

Languages
Swedish (fluent)
English (fluent)
German (conversational)