• Provided detailed forecast data analysis and reports to various stakeholders within Gentex in a timely and accurate manner to minimize the risk of obsolescence costs.• Supported strategic planning activities by delivering organizational and industry analysis for vital internal functional groups, including manufacturing, scheduling and purchasing.• Ensured short and long-term forecast accuracy by leading semi-monthly meetings with sales, customer demand, commercial finance, and program management teams for 13 European auto makers, totaling over 1.3 million parts per month and over 500 part variations.• Maintained data integrity by managing program attribute information, yearly pricing updates and ship history volumes to help ensure forecast accuracy.

• Reduced ‘Cost of Poor Quality’ expenses by analyzing returned part data and leading negotiations with Toyota, Audi, Volkswagen and other ‘Fortune 500’ companies.• Co-created a ‘Global Sort Database’ to track global sorting costs and delivered product to company leadership and traveled to satellite offices to train global quality teams on the system.• Created quarterly ‘Customer Return Dashboard’ and 'Executive Dashboard’ to provide Quality Department and Executive Management Teams, respectively, with insights vital to company operations.

• Entered returned parts and their relevant information into internal software in a timely manner and with a high level of accuracy and detail. • Maintained returned part warehouse and created a tracking system for part storage and recycling. • Worked with satellite offices and customers to facilitate the return of defective parts.

• Worked in various areas related to inside mirror assembly, in both an individual and group setting.• Promoted to Team Member Support to help oversee production lines for Asian OEM inside mirrors.• Completed ‘Partial PCB Lid Storage’ and ‘Mini Helm Retest Limit’ projects to help reduce defective parts.