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• Responsible for benchmarking and cost estimating materials, parts and assemblies for passenger vehicles for interiors: instrument panel, door panel, center console, & surface activation applications for all OEM gas and.

• Responsible for benchmarking and cost estimating parts and assemblies for On-Road, Off-Road and Industrial aftertreatment applications in support of new business acquisitions, in addition to measuring FCM competition.
• Manage Cost Savings projects during acquisition phase and during early introduction of programs for On-Road and Off-Road systemso 2019 - $1.8Mil Lifetime savings identified for Customer Program (various components)o.
• Innovation Cost Estimating of new technologies, including introduction and assessment of supplier locations and capabilities
• Innovation Purchasing lead through project phases including developing Bill of Material cost for new technologies

Reinach, Basel-Country, CH

• Manage direct and indirect strategic and operational sourcing for E+H Flowtec, including external services.
• Responsible for maintaining and growing North American (NAFTA/Mexico) supply base including the expanding global sourcing for sales to E+H Flowtec global divisions.
• Manage Sourcing Department consisting of Technical Strategic Buyer (global) and Procurement Analyst (local/indirect).
• Manage and oversee global and local direct product sourcing, indirect operational support, production projects, continuous improvement initiatives and sourcing alliance activities for E+H Flowtec in collaboration with.
• Establish Mexico sourcing as part of NAFTA and global growth goals adding two commodity categories since 2016.
• Maintain and improve supplier development processes in collaboration with Quality Assurance to support and maintain the growing NAFTA supply base.Savings and Accomplishments

Pendleton, Indiana, US

• Responsible for global strategic sourcing of copper wire, solenoid and switch assemblies, plastic & rubber components, plastic assemblies, powdered metal components, ferrite, rare earth magnets and electro-mechanical.
• $2.9 million in savings and cost avoidance over 7.5 years o Negotiations, Step Down Implementationo Cost Reduction Projects – Material change and re-sourceo Establishment of Escalation/De-escalation Clauses related to.
• Monitor cost, quality, delivery, response/service and financials with supplier base.
• Conduct negotiations for long-term contracts and pricing agreements, and cost reduction efforts. Manage $100 million spend in copper wire, solenoid assemblies, magnetic switches, ferrite & rare earth magnets, and.
• Work with Supplier Development on sourcing strategy in seeking and improving global supply base
• Project manage cost down and supplier change/transfer projects

Farmington Hills, Michigan, US

• Responsible for global sourcing of speaker components ranging from plastic brackets, plastic speaker baskets, and multi-liter sub-woofer enclosures to voice coils, magnets, terminal assemblies and electronic.
• Achieved over $3 million in savings over 4 years o Annual Negotiations & Harman Contracting System (HCS) – $2 milliono Cost Reduction Projects – Material and supplier changes - $1 millionMain Responsibilities:
• Monitored cost, quality, delivery, response/service and financials with supplier base.
• Conducted Annual Negotiations for contracts and pricing agreements and cost reduction efforts. Co-manage $34 million in plastic components and materials purchase for automotive speaker applications for North America &.
• Team member in global supplier development for suppliers who met HBAS audit standards.
• Project managed cost down and change/transfer projectso Managed 9 Supplier Closures and Business Transferso Moved 120+ plastic injection molds and equipment while determining new suppliers, qualifying parts (PPAP) and.

Torrance, CA, US

• Main Responsibilities:
• Increased localization of 68 mechanical components ranging from subwoofers to metal stamped radio chassis and brackets for Indiana and Mexican facilities
• Negotiated supplier cost reduction of $180,000 due to localization.
• Achieved localization of approximately $1.89 million in purchased components over two years
• Worked with Supplier Quality Development Engineer and Product Design & Engineering at Japanese Headquarters: Purchasing, Design Engineering and Quality Assurance Groups from development through start of production.

• Main Responsibilities:
• Overseas Liaison and New Product Development Assistant with Joint Venture partner and overseas customers related to Operations, Finance, Purchasing, Development, Quality Assurance and Production Engineering.

Master’S Degree, Business Administration - Applied Management

Bachelor’S Degree, International/Global Studies - Diplomacy