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"Where Work Gets Done" - Focusing on end users' needs drives Werner’s success. Our entire product design process—from engineering to manufacturing—creates a climbing system that ensures productivity, durability, and safety for the user. On job sites across America, Werner is preferred more than any brand because innovation, safety, and durability are built into every product. https://www.wernerco.com/us

Powertrain Purchasing: procurement responsibility for $2-Billion Transmission Commodity Strategy across all vehicle segments including: conventional automatic & manual transmissions, Heavy Duty Gas & Diesel, mild-hybrid electric vehicle (MHEV), and high-voltage plug-in hybrid (PHEV).

Auburn Hills, Mi

Manage 4-5 direct reports to execute regional strategy and negotiate $150-million annual spend: Aluminum Billet 6xxx + 7xxx, Profiles / Extrusions, Tubes / Tubing, Castings (semi-permanent mold, weldable HPDC, sand, low-pressure, and investment). Deck rotations with Steel Coil, Tailor Rolled Blanks, Rubber + Metal, Forgings, Stainless & Carbon Tubes, and other Engine Exhaust Parts. Strong history of success, exceeding continuous cost savings with focus on quality and data-driven decision making.

Rochester Hills, Mi

Execute global strategy and negotiate supply contracts for $45-Million Metal Commodity: Stampings, Die Castings, Tubes, Shafts, Springs, and raw material steel (coil, strip, stainless, and rod). Lead $1.25-Million annual cost reduction project ideas for purchasing.

Execute Commodity Strategy and Strategic Sourcing of Metals (ferrous and nonferrous), Electrical, and Plastic Parts used in Solar Renewable Energy Products. Negotiated annual supply contracts representing $50-Million spend.

Senior Buyer: $100-Million annual buy of production parts for 24 Plants from 130 global suppliers: Vinyl, Foam, Cloth/Fabric, Lamination, Plastics, EPP, PU, Impaxx, Rubber/Santoprene, Insulators, Tape, Tubing, Netting, Straps, Hard Board, Watershields, Seals, Weatherstrips, Rolled Foam, Foam In Place, Molded Foam, and Energy Absorbers. Automotive parts.

Automotive Interior Systems and Trim Components: Engineering, Design, Cost Reduction, Technology Optimization, Lean Manufacturing, Design for Six Sigma, DVP&R, GD&T, DFMEA, PPAP, BOM, DVP&R, Quality and Warranty issue resolution. Most recently: Center Console, Door Trim, and Sun Visors

Small Car Platform - Interior Trim Engineer and Launch Coordinator

Project Engineer for complex vibration and ultra-sonic weld systems with budgets ranging from $10k to $300k.

Absolutely awesome rotational experience ranging from Drafting, to Auto Cad Detailing and Layouts, to Electrical Assembly and Programming, to Mechanical Assembly and operating a Bridgeport, Welding Steel Structures, CNC, and Lathe, to Finite Element Analysis (FEA), to Sales and Marketing. Undergraduate Thesis: Standard Parts Coding System for Part Transfer Automation.

Mba, Business

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma Graduated in Top 10% of Class

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Theta Xi Fraternity, Kappa Sigma 1020 Kettering University was formerly GMI Engineering & Management Institute

Renewable Energy

Solar, Wind, Geothermal. Hydro-Electric, Wave, Tidal, Co-Generation and Back-up Power.