Beth Wilson Email & Phone Number

Lancaster, Ky, Us

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Frankfort, Kentucky

• Responsible for management of supply chain team consisting of: commodity purchasing, MRO/capital purchasing, tool crib attendants, supplier quality engineering, incoming receiving, and material release.• Responsible for $150 million in global direct purchasing of stampings, electronics, plastics, foam, fleece, corrugated, fasteners, fabric, and resin for North America region.• Oversaw sourcing and PPAP activities for Mexico location.• Additional purchasing spend responsibility of $12 million MRO/Capital/Services annually.• Oversaw VA VE/continuous improvement cost reduction strategies and negotiations to achieve a 5% annual cost reduction KPI.• Implemented milk run with plastic suppliers that resulted in $200,000 in yearly savings.• Initiated resin supply chain for outsourced plastic suppliers resulting in 5% reduction in total purchased cost.• Initiated key performance indicator program to document cost savings, cost avoidances, material downtime, inventory reductions, on-time successful launches, supplier diversity, and excess freight.• Developed Supplier Diversity program in order to allow for a diverse supply group at award of business to include but not limited to WBE, MBE, and Veteran Owned businesses. • Streamlined department processes, and procedures to allow for better utilization of current staffing levels.• Collaborated with key departments to transition to IATF 16949 and remain compliant.• Consolidating from three purchasing/ERP systems to one in 2022. Successfully moved all MRO/capital purchasing to Plex system in 2021.• Key member of the Leadership Steering Committee.

Frankfort, Kentucky

Hebron, Kentucky

•Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and work instructions for product costing requirements to increase cost accuracy and reduce lead-time for product cost quotations•Facilitate on-time delivery of accurate/complete cost to internal sales department by utilizing cross functional teams for completion.•Analyze actual manufacturing and assembly costs in order to prepare periodic reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs.•Collect data to determine cost of business in regards to raw materials, inventory and labor.

Florence, Kentucky

•Solicited and evaluated supplier quotes for customer specific serial production•Utilized global supply base to establish most cost effective choice for entire bill of material•Negotiated all long term contracts with an average of 5% cost reductions for the first 5 years of the program •Participated in all APQP activities for nominated suppliers •Identified local suppliers in the NAFTA region to support at least 50% of the total BOM•Cooperated with a global purchasing team to nominate suppliers within the overall global strategy for the entire purchasing department

Hebron, Kentucky

•Obtained and analyzed supplier quotes for all new mass production and prototype projects•Negotiated all long term contracts for Tier 2 suppliers with a total spend of $34.9 million annually•Reduced overall value add costs by 3% for calendar year 2009•Managed all commercial, technical, and quality issues with Tier 2 suppliers•Assisted quality team in performing supplier approval audits and evaluations on their systems and processes

Bachelor Of Science, Organizational Leadership

Associate Of Science