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Pittsburgh, PA, US

Richmond, Virginia, US

Richmond, Virginia, US

Richmond, Virginia, US

Richmond, Virginia, US

Duderstadt, Niedersachsen, DE

• Aggressively marketed North American production plans by building relationships with North American OEMs, Tiers and customer base
• Expanded presence in NAFTA automotive market through extensive travel and trade shows that demonstrated company’s commitment to the market; increased visibility by networking at customers, Tiers and OEMs; delivered.
• Providing superior customer service
• Made customers aware of the quality / performance difference of high-quality ester foams that Otto Bock produces and gained product approval and acceptance.
• Positioning company as frontrunner for the next generation of vehicles.
• Selling total value over lowest pricing and winning business by supplying quality and repeatedly demonstrating and quantifying the total cost savings of using Otto Bock foam.

Duderstadt, Niedersachsen, DE

• Account Management, Project Management - IT, ERP, Supply Chain
• Increased sales with successful trialing that proved product quality, timely quoting, supplying better supply chain service.
• Designed / implemented IT infrastructure at new molded parts plant.
• Migrated SAP to cost center then to profit center; implemented SAP at sister company.

Duderstadt, Niedersachsen, DE

• Strategic planning, process improvement SAP MM/SDCustomer satisfaction
• Managed the NAFTA supply chain; oversaw inventories that increased from $500,000 at three locations to $2.2 million at ten locations to accommodate business growth.
• Trained and developed personnel that ensured responsive, aggressive, innovative supply management capability; supervised customer service representatives.
• Supervised month-to-month reconciliation of material sales, purchases, inventories, adjustments.

Duderstadt, Niedersachsen, DE

• SAP Key user, network admin, SharePoint development, reporting, MRP
• Transitioned Foam Systems production from US to Mexico; created sales, cost and budget reports through SAP that met management requirements; prepared costing for RFQs.
• Maintained intercompany, vendor and customer pricing in SAP and SharePoint; implemented document management in SharePoint; monitored customer portals that met customer requirements.
• Led development, initiated and aligned company policies for supply chain, IT and reporting that ensured cost improvements and synergy (multiple warehouses reduced costs, implemented EDI, barcode labels, detailed.