Ashley E. Clark Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, Gb

Novi, Mi, Us

Hybrid Position: Dynamically oversaw multiple functional areas including directing procurement, customer service, sales accounts, price management, and key strategic analysis for the business.Led 5 direct reports across 3 functional areas. Coached team members in developing critical functional skillsets. Managed $60M in Direct and $16M in Indirect Spend for North America. Achieved twice the targeted cost savings in FY 2020 and completed $1.8M in cost savings through global sourcing and negotiation. Negotiated contracts for $7M, $5M and $1.5M commodity materials and drove $905K in savingsSettled a 3-year contract for key raw material with tight capacity and pushed for volume stability from suppliers during constrained COVID periods and widespread global chemical shortages. Managed supplier development and relationship management for quality and performance related material issues. Managed $50M in customer service management responsibility and $14M in Sales Account Management. Led key business analytics and projects including sales price increase ($1.2M improvement in P&L), international freight quoting/mark-up (policy $50K improvement P&L). Led 3-year sales and purchasing budget and collaborated across multiple functions and inputs. Handled entire chemical index pricing process including sales index calculators, developed a forecast model. Developed and launched department procedures for Purchasing, Customer Service and Sales, removing non-value added work and simplifying activities for departments.

Everett, Wa, Us

Managed product line and portfolio management including decisions to create new product and terminate failing products. Led advanced technical development of a new product, including voice of the customer and detailed competitor product analysis. Led strategic accounts and resolved historical service problems through relationship management and steadfast focus on resolving quality issues.Launched business strategies and product marketing initiatives to grow the business. Managed customer service department and troubleshooted long standing manufacturing gaps and quality issues. Relocated a remote sales office to the manufacturing plant.

Novi, Mi, Us

Created purchasing strategy with a focus on global sourcing and dual-sourcing initiatives for historical single-sourced products. Managed direct/indirect spend for the North America region and participated on Global Procurement Team. Handled supplier strategy, negotiations and relationships. Managed purchasing department with 2 direct reports and several functional connections across the business. Launched vendor portal system from the ground up to automate and reduce purchase order transmission errors and acknowledgements. Created department procedures and policies and streamlined decade old procedures and work flows.

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

- Managed $300M spend Steel Commodity for Eaton Vehicle Group- Led NA Steel Commodity Team across different facilities and groups. - Developed and launched Global Steel Commodity Strategy. - Negotiated globally to support 6 different Business Units in 4 different Regions. Worked effectively in matrixed organization to communicate and bridge gaps.

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

- Developed Global Commodity Strategy for plastic injection components and resin to support $33M in global plastics spend, with a total of 40 suppliers, spanning 4 business units across multiple regions including NA, EMEA, APAC. - Drove $1.2M in cost savings through negotiations with suppliers through LTA’s, YOY cost downs and inflation cost avoidances in 2011. • Created a cost model for injection molding driving leverage in negotiations and driving closure to cost gaps of $400K.- Managed a complex wire harness transfer project, successfully leading commercial negotiations, driving cross-functional support and leading program implementation from bank build to production kick-off.- Launched a dual source supplier for a high technology high growth item in support of Global Commodity Strategy.

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

- Developed and conducted materials management assessments of 20 NAFTA facilities and drove process standardization and cycles of improvement in inventory management, SIOP, logistics, packaging, material planning, scheduling and shop floor processes. • Initiated training plan for on-boarding new employees into the materials management organization covering processes, systems, and strategy. Trained 3 employees and implemented self assessment of 30 divisional employees. • Led change management investigation for engineering change requests highlighting 30 focus areas for the organization. Led cross-functional team to improve pre-production activities and BOM management.

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

- Managed 20 direct material suppliers and controlled production and inventory levels in 5 manufacturing facilities.- Developed and improved materials playbook to guide new and experienced employees in processes and systems further improving materials management practices.

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

- Implemented $3M of transportation cost saving projects for 8 NAFTA facilities. - Managed strategic LLP Penske partnership for prioritization of cost savings projects and closure of service issues. - Developed and controlled NAFTA logistics training, including global routing guidelines and process documentation for 8 NAFTA facilities. Served as process improvement champion for Global Logistics Council. - Managed freight data analysis with plant material managers improving compliance from 60 to 75% for NAFTA region.- Effectively developed and implemented Expedited Freight Approval Process for 8 NAFTA facilities.

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

- Led North America, Brazil and Europe steel surcharge reporting for Eaton Automotive.- Managed monthly metals and commodity reporting for supply chain organization.- Administered procurement operations to successfully provide raw material for 4 Eaton plants.- Managed steel negotiation with supplier Plymouth Steel and successfully negotiated level pricing structure for 2009.

Us

• Worked as assistant to VP of Human Resources and coordinated the organization and updating of 600 personnel and 401K files. • Interviewed and hired 50 warehouse workers. • Compiled 85-page due diligence report for acquisition project through interaction with cross-functional team. • Completed best practice process improvements in file documentation and interviewing process in warehouse.

Mba, Integrated Management

Bsba, Logistics Management And Marketing

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