Goal results driven leader specializing in global supply chain consulting. Excel in RFP/RFQ/RFI, risk management, strategic sourcing, and negotiations. Additional services include LinkedIn coaching and profile optimization. Classes include:Dealing with SuppliersNegotiationsLinkedIn Profile DevelopmentNetworking with LinkedIn

LORD Corporation is a diversified technology and manufacturing company developing highly reliable adhesives, coatings, motion management devices, and sensing technologies that significantly reduce risk and improve product performance. Target markets include oil and gas, aerospace, defense, automotive and industrial solutions.Responsible for global strategies and negotiations on a defined set of chemical commodities that support current corporate and regional metrics including, but not limited to, profitability, cash flow, sales growth and risk reduction.• Managed annual negotiations of assigned commodities resulting in over $100,000 savings.• Introduced the Microsoft Dynamics 365 xRM platform to better manage our supplier base resulting in geopolitical risk monitoring and better management of our supplier base.

Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions (ACS) is a $14 billion strategic business group providing customers controls for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning, security systems, fire alarm systems, and energy management solutions. Responsibilities include defining semiconductor sourcing strategy (emphasis on wireless technology) in partnership with engineering and other stakeholders. Negotiate agreements to meet Honeywell’s aggressive productivity and performance needs across our semiconductor spend with assigned suppliers, production sites, and design sites. Strategic and tactical support as needed with assigned suppliers, production and design sites. • Managed 2nd-source program for semiconductors and passive products, resulting in $1MM annual savings.• Conducted annual negotiations with top spend suppliers, resulting in annual cost savings exceeding 9% or over $5M.

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With operations in multiple countries including the USA, Germany, the UK and China, Sensus is a world leader in utility infrastructure systems and resource conservation making smart meters for water, gas, and electric markets. As the Global Commodity Manager for Sensus headquarters, my responsibilities covered all the electronic spend for the company including integrated circuits, printed circuit boards, and contract manufacturers. Key achievements include:► Annual supplier negotiations with key suppliers resulting in 3 million dollars annual savings. ► Management of the preferred supplier database resulting in a consolidation of Sensus supply base to improve cost and quality of Sensus’ product lines.► Manage the second source process resulting in faster second source product approvals.

The Mobile Impact Group (MI Consultants) is a consultancy providing answers to address technology challenges and improve business operations of our clients. Define and establish solutions based product strategies for wireless markets. Take leading roles for the successful launch of wireless products across the USA while managing project scope, timelines, and cost.

RFMD builds semiconductor products to enable customers to launch wireless next-generation designs even faster. Our unique combination of talent, technology, scalability and innovation helps you eliminate barriers to bringing your most powerful ideas to market,Manage the life-cycle of multi-million dollar product lines for high-performance semiconductor components, specifically high-speed power amplifier modules. Responsibilities include managing ramp of new products moving from design approval to full scale production, cost reductions, internal and external customer quality issues, and customer interface.► Customer interface for the company.► Defined and executed project schedules, quality, and scope to launch new high performance GaAs, pHEMT, CMOS and BiCMOS semiconductor power amplifiers and switches.► Managed cost, quality, and performance of new product launches and production released products resulting in average portfolio gross profit margins of 35%.

Manage new product launch activities to insure timely coordination between engineering, sales, materials procurement and supplier functions. Lead activities and support functions of both materials and supplier teams to insure successful introduction of new products into multiple high volume manufacturing sites worldwide.► Managed new product launch activity (NPI) by leading development efforts between engineering, procurement and multiple suppliers resulting in on-time product delivery for multiple high volume manufacturing sites worldwide maintaining critical product launch timing.► Led design-to-cost activities resulting in the lowest bill-of-material cost of assigned mobile phones achieving additional cost reductions in excess of 10% of the target purchase price.► Supervised international factories in China, Malaysia, and Japan to insure a coherent supply of material for mobile phone pre-production and production builds.

Defined and established solutions based product strategies for the TDMA and GSM wireless market globally. New product development for cellular phone accessories and product acceptance of mobile phones with key customers. Directed and managed all product line management functions for Data, Hands-Free, and Bluetooth products through entire product life cycle. Responsibility for over 50 different cellular accessory products with annual revenue over $50 million.Brice, Gingrich, Ginger, Gingerick