Al Farrar Email & Phone Number

Brentwood, Tn.

Listing and selling residential homes for qualified people in middle Tennessee.

Brentwood

Developing Life and Health Insurance solutions centered around the Customer. Is your employment situation changing, have your benefits been reduced, have you been denied health insurance? We have the answers at INSPHERE.

Franklin

I have put my 45 years of automotive expertise to good use! I am selling cars at Darrell Waltrip Honda Volvo and Subaru in Franklin TN on Murfreesboro Rd. If you are in the market for a car I would be honored to help you buy one. If you have a friend, neighbor, co-worker or family member that needs a car please refer them to me. Darrell Waltrip Honda is a Member of the Hendrick Automotive Group - We have access to over 5000 pre-owned cars of all makes and models in our inventory. Happy Honda Days and have a very blessed Christmas!!

Global Headquarters, Michigan

2004 to 2008 Staff Business Office Manager• Developed and delivered strategic and tactical plans and procedures as business units were segregated and positioned for spin-off or sale. • Liaison to Legal, Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing and Human Resources Departments.• Oversaw relevant company proprietary information rights and Engineering Data Base/Design Tool security. 2000 to 2004 Process Owner, Worldwide Product Development IT Support Spending• Developed, delivered and operated a new process for approval of Engineering IT expenditures, e.g. hardware, software, CAD.CAE design tools and licenses.• Reversed the past trend of over spending, and eliminated five to ten million dollars of wasted spending yearly.1999 to 2000 Supervisor, Staff Systems Engineering Department• Managed a team of Systems Engineers who maintained and delivered Engineering support worldwide.1998 to 1999 Lead Product Development/Engineering Expert for IT Team. • Translated engineering business needs and process requirements to the Andersen Consulting / SAP team with the SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software tool set.• Developed the SAP “Material Master” training plan package for engineering related departments and delivered class room training.1994 to 1998 Lead Project Manager, F-Series Commercial Truck• Developed cost, price and investment targets and budgets.• Coordinated Engineering and Manufacturing resources assigned to deliver over $2,500 price based vehicle content and an associated $150 million in facility/tooling investment.• Lead the Project Management from Clay Studio through vehicle launch.1990 to 1994 Lead Project Manager, Thunderbird/Cougar• Project Managed sourcing, cost/price targets, design & release of all Visteon products on the new Thunderbird/Cougar. Combined products accounted for $1,000 price based sourcing and an associated $60 million in facility/tool investment.

Dearborn Michigan

1978 to 1990 Experimental Engine Buyer, then Planning Analyst• Developed and bid, through Ford Purchasing, on new product sourcing for the division.• Negotiated in Japan and the U.S with Mazda Purchasing and gained product sourcing that generated over $35 million in revenue and $14 million in facility/tooling investment.• Initiated and influenced the design of a luxury car instrument panel that resulted in a $1.2 million savings to Ford prior to vehicle launch. • Spearheaded product capabilities and performance characteristics on blow molded fuel tanks resulting in over $10 million new revenues for the division.• Served as Staff Sourcing Analyst for the start up of a Ford/Visa Corp. joint venture parts plant in Mexico.• ‘78 to ‘80, Buyer for experimental Engine machined components and concept testing/development time and material contracts, $5 to $10 million yearly buy.

Plymouth, Michigan

1974 to 1978 Industrial Engineer, then Buyer• ’76 to ’78, Buyer for all Banking Systems Business Machines mechanical components. Responsible for $20 million per year via new buys and yearly releases against long term contracts.• ’74 to ’76, Industrial Engineer charged with re-engineering their existing Material Requirements Planning “MRP” software system and process. Also supervised production PCB component insertion and board flow solder areas.

Ecorse, Michigan

Conducted, summarized and implemented time and motion studies for hourly employee payroll incentive systems. Increased individual employee efficiency, lowered overall headcount and labor costs, while increasing production output.

Dearborn, Michigan

• Production Supervisor for various machining and engine assembly areas.• Analyst/administrator in both Hourly Labor Relations Office and Plant Safety Office.

Bachelor'S Of Science B.S., Industrial Engineering

Pursued Master Of Business Administration (Mba)