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Holly, Mi, Us

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Northville, Michigan, Us

- Create RFQs in support of company and team goals to reduce cost, widen margins and build for future competitiveness that has amounted to about $950k in savings annualized- Successfully launched new coating that enabled the company to gain leverage with suppliers and resulted in a $150k annually save- Work with suppliers to identify and implement engineering changes that save cost by reducing material need or complexity- Work cross-functionally with Finance, Application Buyers, Program/Project Management, Engineering, Material Analysts, and Supply Chain Management to achieve objectives- Monthly updates on cost save initiatives' progress and adherence to forecasts- Create bids to global set of suppliers with parts, prints, forecasted volumes, and any other necessary information detailed- Update Scheduling Agreements for North American plants to include pricing, incoterms, tax status, and lead times by supplier- Participate in Global Round Table in which product pricing and positioning is discussed- Key Role in keeping Global Strategy for my commodity updated- Manage projects from inception to implementation when re-sourcing or new engineering change has occurred- Assess individual suppliers and respective plants to populate bid-lists used to determine which vendors should be included in projects- Analyze and approve/reject invoices that have gone unpaid due to pricing or quantity discrepancies

Northville, Michigan, Us

- Lead during emergency line-down situations to get production back to normal through innovative and timely solutions utilizing risk management analysis of costs to expedite, hand carry, fly, produce with alternate materials- Work with commodity and program purchasing in assisting with timeliness of new program execution- Register new suppliers into TITAN system by working with the supplier to get necessary information

- Annualized savings of approximately $1M+ and cost avoidance of $3.6M- Established innovative material which incorporates recycled material in foams that have never had recycled material before. Yielding a 5% reduction in material and 2% reduction in cost- Create RFQs to lower cost and determine if materials are at the lowest cost with highest quality- Conduct market analyses to understand cost drivers of commodities- Maintain material cost files and negotiate cost savings with suppliers- Found errors in Material Economics calculations that saved $180k- Developed new suppliers to give more competition to the existing network and drive Ford FCSD packaging to efficiency and best cost- Manage annual budgets, material economics, purchase orders, contingent liabilities, and special projects- Lead cross-functional teams involving Operations, Logistics, Packaging Engineering and any other stakeholders to find efficiencies and cost saves that benefit FCSD and Ford Motor Company- Received 3 Ford Recognition Awards

- Work with kitting packagers to bring automotive components together as one new part to be sold- Review back-orders and past due lists to create a plan to get current- Conducted root cause analysis to stop parts from becoming past due, bringing down back-orders by 40%- Negotiate pricing on components- Verify authorization given for parts that need to be scrapped- Manage Cost of Money and Customs Fees invoices and POs- Find cost reductions through negotiation, MOQ changes, and/or process improvements

Houston, Texas, Us

- Contract negotiations for contract supply labor- Review colleagues aptitudes and abilities for yearly review- Establish meetings with teams in Europe, North America and Asia to accommodate schedules while generating meaningful outcomes for set objectives- Set and manage monthly, quarterly and yearly budgets- Perform Account SWOT assessment to recognize weaknesses in processes and create a plan of action for strengthening those processes or creating new ones that will adhere to standards more acutely.- Management of 8 accounts in the energy industry, worth approximately $100M- Forecast revenue, expense, and profit for the year on each account based on contractual agreements and sales' forecasts for the year- Contract Management of Master Service Agreement, Country Level Agreements, Statement of Work, Invoicing and any schedules, addendum or amendments applicable to the aforementioned items- Work with sales, delivery and finance teams to keep track of operational revenue and expense changes as they occur

Detroit, Michigan, Us

- Created reports and dashboard on location of trains, utilization, and maintenance costs on 8,000 cars, which was used to find missing cars valued around $50,000 each and enabling the ability to save millions as maintenance could be tracked on cars that were in need of certain repairs or that were leased and needed to be returned by a certain time and date- Took all Six Sigma Continuous Improvement classes required for yellow belt and conducted huddles, but was ineligible for the test as a co-op- Updated literature to reflect new goals of the organization and how changes I had implemented would help to achieve those goals- Tracking levels of coal inventory by plant and from which means the coal is delivered

Troy, Michigan, Us

- Reconciled Labor and Burden, Freight, and Inventory accounts- Spearheaded project to find correlation between external factors and their ability to help predict manufacturing cycle within a 6 week time frame- Collaborated with international team to discover best practices on workforce labor hour accrual

Chicago, Il, Us

- Conducted valuation of businesses, assets, stocks, intellectual property and other items using valuation models that included the Market Approach, Cost Approach and the Income Approach- Performed research necessary to conduct Market Approach valuations- Learned important information regarding ASC 350, 360, 718, and 805

Detroit, Michigan, Us

- Reconciled accounts of past project worth $4M that spanned 2 plants- Central to a team effort to improve timeliness of documents necessary to the project management process which resulted in an increase from 31% on time to 100% within 3 months- Managed and improved 5 year plan of large capital projects that were worth tens of millions of dollars per year

- Balance drawer nightly- Logistically plan routes for drivers to get to customers efficiently and profitably- Assigned to make monetary exchanges between the store and bank

Bingham Farms, Mi, Us

- Researched companies’ financial information through 10(k)s and 10(q)s along with any other pertinent information that could be found on S&P Capital IQ, Pacer, company investment pages or general internet searches- Presented relevant information to financial analysts for further considerations of creditworthiness- Updated databases with new information on company and industry information

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Finance, General

Business Administration And Management, General

High School Diploma