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Ferndale, MI, US

Detroit, Michigan, United States

• Improve and maintain an ETL process with over 30 data feeds coming from multiple countries
• Coordinate front end development with software engineering team to ensure successful deployments on a bi-weekly basis
• Meet with clients weekly to manage change requests and plan capacity accordingly
• Oversee daily, weekly, and monthly data processing to ensure quality inputs for web applications, dashboards, excel reports, and raw data extracts
• Manage direct reports and plan capacity for multiple deliverables and change requests using SCRUM methodology
• Maintained and contributed to a data warehousing process that supports a web tool and program used by GM to track service lane performance for their global dealer network

Detroit, Michigan

Farmington Hills

• EMAG LLC is the US based subsidiary of EMAG Holding GmbH, a European leader of integrated, high volume manufacturing systems for the automotive, aerospace, and oil field industries.
• Analyzed spend by vendor and linked them to commodity groups for the purpose of strategizing the pooling of spend
• Manage relationships with over 300 existing vendors and sourced 26 new vendors
• Interface with proposal engineering and design team to gather information pertinent to strategic sourcing
• Negotiate shipping terms, penalty clauses, payment terms, project scope, pricing, and delivery to best fit the project’s unique circumstances
• Analyzed plant handy stock and collaborated with a team to catalog parts and assess the value of these parts

Dearborn

• New Rex Packaging is a privately-owned restaurant distribution warehouse and full faceted animal product company with a wide array of value added products and its own delivery fleet
• Place/receive purchase orders and manage the workflow process ensuring JIT practices are adhered to
• Utilized historical purchase history to forecast demand using Holts-Winters Method (aka triple exponential smoothing)
• Analyzed demand to determine the correct EOQs for perishable and non-perishable goods
• Integrated QuickBooks Premier software into a bookkeeping process that was previously done with paper and pen
• Increased service quality to customers through better buying practices, operations oversight, and a better understanding of customer needs

Plymouth, Michigan

• Advanced Purchasing Dynamics is a purchasing consulting firm, third party recruitment firm, and software provider specializing in automotive manufacturing companies
• Created custom attribute-based cost breakdowns for thirteen different commodities
• Reconciled database discrepancies between Oracle ERP software and custom eRFQ software by working with buyers and commodity managers to ensure consistency
• Designed the layout of electronic quotes per customer as to enhance excel based analytics, primarily linear regressions intended for should cost modeling
• Conducted supplier surveys and used pivot tables to create graphs that visualized responses

• Entice new potential customers through marketing promotions
• Survey the market and provide information regarding competition
• Add positive value to the external face of campus food

Brighton, Michigan

• Ensure lines ran smoothly with as few defects as possible
• Manage an inspection team of 15-5 people along with processes related to dealing with on-hold and rework inventory
• Supervise projects to increase product quality
• Take part in daily conference calls with customers to provide statistics and metrics regarding line performance
• Utilize Minitab to generate downtime Pareto charts
• Utilize Informance line performance measurement software for the purpose of enhancing a line's Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) ratio

• Inspect products to verify that specifications were met
• Ensure machines operated without frequent minor failure -
• Give daily feedback to supervisors

• Budget spending to maintain a monthly operating cost less than four hundred dollars
• Create value for our target market, which was people seeking low cost landscaping and lawn management
• Create a temporary competitive advantage through penetration pricing strategies
• Gained wisdom and understanding regarding the trade-offs between cost and quality