Since 2009, Murray Karten has been working in FUJI Hunt Photographic Chemicals situated 7, 7. This professional is a high-skilled Corporate Purchasing Manager with over 39 years of work experience. According to Murray's CV and work profile, Murray Karten has worked at more than 14 places with numerous backgrounds and got different skills. Murray attended school at the Fairleigh Dickinson University from 1970 to 1975. Murray Karten can be found in Parsippany, New Jersey – where this person currently lives. You can search for Murray's email address and phone number. We can also provide you detailed contact information upon request.
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Murry Karten
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Last Update
Jul 7, 2022
Email
mu**@gmail.com, mk**@daughtersofisrael.org
Location
Parsippany, NJ
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Work History
Corporate Purchasing Manager
Allendale, NJ and Rolling Meadows, IL
Leading Purchasing and Procurement at this world-class photographic chemicals and graphics materials manufacturer. Generating significant cost savings and sourcing lower-cost, high-quality ...
from Sep 2009
President
Specializing in Supply Chain:
(1) Saving you MONEY
(2) Procurement, Purchasing, Sourcing, Buying, Materials Mgmt
(3) Customer Service, Inventory Mgmt, Consignment/SMI
(4) Change...
Apr 2008 — Feb 2010
Director, USA Purchasing Support Center
Rebuilt then led the collapsed 8-member Purchasing Support Center
Prevented Supply Chain Operations from shutting down when Accounts Payable collapsed upon being out-sourced.
Directed North...
Apr 2005 — Apr 2008
Director of Purchasing
Fair Lawn, NJ
Directed six employees spending $46 million at two NJ repackaging sites procuring raw & packaging materials, contract manufacturing services and indirect services.
Negotiated “high-tech...
Apr 2004 — Apr 2005
Purchasing Consultant
Tarrytown, NY
Assisted Akzo Nobel successfully divest their global Flame Retardants business to Supresta who flipped it to Israeli Chemical Limited three years later.
Jan 2004 — Mar 2004
Director of Supply Chain
Directed entire supply chain minus manufacturing, HS&E and QC: purchasing, procurement, imports & exports, customer service, inventory control, pricing administration and product co...
Aug 1998 — Apr 2003
Director of Purchasing
Directed Purchasing and Procurement for this family-run supplier to the cosmetics industry.
Completed a full-cost analysis of every product that was purchased for resale.
Solved a serious ca...
Jan 1998 — Aug 1998
Director, Raw Materials Purchasing
Supervised 10 employees spending $450 million annually.
Delivered $37 million cost savings (1996-7) that was reinvested in Dove and Wisk brand growth.
Directed the Global Surfactants Buyin...
Jun 1995 — Jun 1997
Associate Director, Raw Materials Purchasing
Supervised 5 employees spending $250 million supporting Colgate USA’s Dental Care, Soap, Household Surface Care, and Detergent businesses.
Outperformed management's zero base target by de...
Nov 1992 — Jan 1995
Director, Strategic Purchasing
Was on GAF’s Surfactants Management Team that Solvay's Rhodia subsidiary acquired.
Supervised 3 professionals spending $310 million annually for raw materials and tolling services.
Consol...
Feb 1990 — Apr 1992
Director of Raw Materials Purchasing -- GAF Chemicals -- ISP
Wayne, NJ
Supervised five purchasing professionals procuring $150 million of raw materials, energy, catalysts and tolling services.
Generated $3 million average annual surfactants raw materials cost...
Apr 1986 — Feb 1990
Olefins & LPG Supply Manager, Houston, TX
Supplied 4 billion pounds of olefins for Dow's Union Carbide chemical manufacturing facilities.
Procured 50k BPD LPG feedstocks valued at $350 million; negotiated contracts and exchanges.
...
Jun 1980 — Apr 1986
Global Transfer Pricing Expert & Business Analyst
NYC
Senior Financial Analyst for Aromatics, Chemical Specialties and Building Materials Business Vice Presidents.
Negotiated prices of chemical feedstock streams bought from the affiliated Petr...
Sep 1975 — Jun 1980
Senior Process Engineer
Did process improvement work at ExxonMobil's U.S. Gulf Coast and French Butyl Rubber and Chemical plants.
Optimized synthetic ethanol, isopropanol, oxo alcohol, benzene, toluene, paraxylene,...
Jun 1969 — Sep 1975
Education
1970 — 1975
1967 — 1969
1964 — 1967
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Executive
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Purchasing Manager
Engineer
Customer Service
Sales Specialist
Client Service Officer
Counselor
Supplier
Chief Executive
Purchasing Managers
Advisor
Services Professional
Sales Representative
Skills
Supply Chain
Strategic Sourcing
Procurement
Cross Functional Team Leadership
Manufacturing
Global Sourcing
Purchasing
Supply Chain Management
Product Development
Continuous Improvement
Materials Management
Logistics
New Business Development
Supply Management
Contract Negotiation
Project Management
Six Sigma
Product Management
Process Engineering
Contract Manufacturing
Demand Planning
Inventory Control
Spend Analysis
E Procurement
Packaging
Esourcing
Vendor Managed Inventory
Sustainability
Supplier Rationalization
Contract Management
Project Coordination
Customer Service
Action Oriented
Toll Manufacturing
Process Simplification
Indirect Spend
Mro Management
Continuous Improvement Culture
Consignment
Reduced Costs
Maintenance and Repair
Supplier Enablement
Online Catalogs
Far East Sourcing
Root Cause Problem Solving
Mentoring of Staff
Customer Oriented
Interpersonal Savvy
Order Out of Chaos
Vendor Contracts