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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

• Lead the standardization of the production scheduling and component planning processes.• Develop tools and processes to aid in the planning process to assure production is building product to best support customer requests, inventory goals and planned runs rates.• Establish parameters within the ERP system and through additional tools to drive the raw material ordering system based on true production needs.

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

• Manage a team of eight direct reports working to address Commodity Management with responsibility for strategic sourcing, PPV management and overall direct material supplier relationships.• Lead the development of supplier selection and relationships to best support the key factors of our success: Quality, Availability, Service, Innovation, and Cost• Manage supply chain activities that meet the company's forecasted demand and strategic initiatives.• Develop and use strategic sourcing tools to proactively conduct spend analysis, maintain cost models and metrics by suppliers and communicate overall supplier performance and trends.

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

• Managed a team of four direct reports to address supplier communication including forecast reports and dashboards, Excess and Obsolete, Material Transitions, Cost Reductions and Purchased Finished Goods.• Facilitated development of processes and tools to support the above through team collaboration and development events. Some of these processes used global personnel to support data updates on a regular cadence.• Led the development of material planning tools including Plan For Every Part (PFEP), Planning Databases and Excess and Obsolete tools.• Taught the plants and support groups to implement the above tools to control safety stock and control inventory levels.• Contributed to the daily operation of DRP / MRP controls.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

Responsibilities:• Led Franklin Electric’s efforts on Plastic, Rubber and Sintered Metal Components including quoting, supplier selection and overall commodity strategies. Manage the company’s relationships within these commodities including the purchasing and technical relationships.• Produced monthly and quarterly reports defining commodity performance and current items of interest including quality issues, piece price variance and opportunities.• Led cost reduction opportunities for Franklin Electric related to my responsible commodities.• Led the product development team’s interaction with my commodity suppliers. This included quoting of new products and program management of new products being developed from tool launch through samples and approval.• Assisted the daily production control personnel from multiple plants in issues above their ability to resolve including quality, delivery and cost. These facilities are in the US and Mexico.Additional Accomplishments:• Created several databases to function as a tooling database and quote system.Skills Gained:• Improved my knowledge and focus of financial impacts and opportunities the sourcing group is capable of making to the organization overall.

Responsibilities:• Developed sourcing strategies, negotiated agreements and managed supplier relationships both domestically and globally.• Traveled globally approximately four times per year to select sources, evaluate production processes and negotiate contracts.• Supported / Managed an effective MRP system and day-to-day sourcing responsibilities for a $40 million manufacturing operation.• Functioned as a supply chain program manager with responsibility for finding sources, quoting sources, matching new development opportunities to suppliers, launching the components, maintaining time lines, tracking program costs and planning for production.Additional Accomplishments:• Created a central database to maintain quotes, launch tracking information, bills of material, supplier contact information and cost savings data.• Established ‘Launch Meetings’ to bring together engineering, manufacturing and the supplier at the start of each component in support of a program to review prints, expectations, costs and timing.Skills Gained:• Improved my understanding of machined components, castings, electrical assemblies, soft goods, packaging to support consumer products and elaborate plastic moldings including visual parts.

Responsibilities:• Platform Solutions’ Coordinator to the Commodity Management Organization (CMO). • Created a database to assist with purchase folder audits as required for Federal contracts.• Coordinated multi-plant supplier relationships / problem resolutions.Additional Accomplishments:• Created a Database driven supplier scorecard. This new system added functionality including trending, detail reports and the ability to score more than 1,000 suppliers. Worked with the iSIS team to build a corporate based scorecard system.• Managed large scale supplier interaction with high priority suppliers including those representing significant risk to essential programs.Skills Gained:• Gained a basic understanding of the government / military / aerospace business and related contract requirements.

Responsibilities:• Requested prices for all purchased components, market tested current purchased components on an as needed basis, and searched for new suppliers globally.• Selected suppliers to be quoted for purchased component pricing based on quality, capabilities, pricing and service. Traveled internationally regularly to evaluate prospective suppliers throughout Asia.• Worked as a supplier program manager between Cooper and our international supply base. This responsibility included organizing / managing suppliers on programs from launch through PPAP of the supplier’s product to Cooper.• Responsible for purchasing material from global sources in excess of $25 Million. Additional Accomplishments:• Created a class to define global sourcing differences to assist in the education of the Cooper workforce and the transformation of Sales, Engineering, Quality and Manufacturing into a globally thinking and operating organization.Skills Gained:• Increased my knowledge of global sourcing, international culture and the significant factors that affect all items from pricing through the complete sourcing decision.

Responsibilities:• Performed quality process reviews of complex future purchased components for the NVH division.• Conducted quality audits in conformance with QS9000 / TS16949 for perspective Cooper suppliers.• Facilitated problem resolution to supplier caused systemic quality concerns.Additional Accomplishments:• Developed all supplier evaluation material for Cooper-Standard Automotive’s NVH group to evaluate suppliers to current standards while also focusing on continuous improvement.• Traveled regularly to suppliers, predominantly in North America, but including globally to perform process, system and component reviews.• Created and taught classes for supplier evaluation and development including FMEA / Control plans, statistical process control, measurement system analysis and lean manufacturing evaluation (J4000).Skills Gained:• Realized the need for a system that encourages continuous improvement then captures it to allow all to use the information for growth. This concept was put into direct use in the process review system developed.• Completed training as an ANSI-RAB NAP Accredited Lead Auditor with specific reference to ISO/TS 16949:2002 on 11/4/2002.

Responsibilities:• Organized and structured all efforts toward creating an understanding of lean manufacturing, a lean culture and a lean process.• Taught, facilitated, led and managed all Kaizen projects and activities. Assisted department managers in implementing and maintaining a 5S program.Additional Accomplishments:• Created a lean simulation to aid in the cultural transition from a traditional manufacturing environment to that of a lean organization. Earned recognition throughout Cooper Tire & Rubber Company as recipient of the Chairman’s award in 2003. One of 23 individual Chairman awards in the history of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company.• Facilitated more than 30 kaizens / 5S projects to improve systems with an accumulated cost savings of more than $500,000.Skills Gained:• I learned to create classes using a variety of teaching styles / tools. Additionally, I developed several of the classes into Train-the-Trainers with multiple sessions taught to spread these new standards across Cooper in an effort to build systems.

Established a warranty program for Cooper Tire & Rubber Company’s Engineered Products Division.Coordinated teams to analyze warranty information, determine root cause and find a permanent corrective action through Kaizen and Global 8D problem solving techniques.Molding Supervisor: Cooper-Standard Automotive.; Supervised 45 union employees in the operation of injection / transfer molding presses and assembly machines with complete responsibility for meeting shipments and other production requirements.

Auburn, Indiana

• Supervised 45 union employees in the operation of injection / transfer molding presses and assembly machines with complete responsibility for meeting shipments and other production requirements.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mathematics

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management

Certificate In Quality Process Engineering, Quality Process Engineering

Certificate In Lean Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing