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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• Synthesized data to create EOQs and safety stock levels for higher value project stock that was previously bought using a pull demand method• Relying on internal PO header notes I coordinated a new set processes for shipping and receiving to allow for a more intelligent material flow process• Negotiated an over 50% cost reduction on Siemens breakers, drives, and relays using system wide purchasing data• Generated savings of 25% on domestic trucking freight, and 22% on large international cargo• Using feedback and hypothetical quotes from machined component vendors I pushed management to begin a standardization initiative

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