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Chicago, IL, US

Harvey, Illinois, US

Oak Brook, Illinois, US

• Promoted to lead a centralized team to develop sourcing strategies and manage the Procurement of all direct components & Indirect goods/services for North America.
• Leveraging MPS economies of scale across 110 facilities to strategically conduct and execute RFPs within various spend categories for direct goods leading to harmonized sourcing strategies and cost reductions
• Led development of the Procure-to-Pay processes for Indirect spend within each ERP & a new common requisition tool designed to interface and feed each of the respective ERP process flows.
• Supplemented existing team with consultants to accelerate and expand breadth of indirect spend categories under central management resulting in 11% of incremental cost savings realized in 2021 to exceed target.

Oak Brook, Illinois, US

• Directed Procurement integration between 3 previously independent companies to deliver synergy cost savings anticipated from the acquisitions. [BWAY Corporation + Mauser Group + National Container Group / Industrial.
• Exceeded synergy savings target & timing by implementing $30M of realized synergy cost savings.
• Integrated and re-organized team from three independent Procurement organizations into one centralized Procurement function. Redefined scope, accountabilities and responsibilities of each role within team.

Oak Brook, Illinois, US

• Oversaw change transformation from a decentralized Procurement model to a centralized Procurement model across the 26 North American facilities collectively comprising ‘BWAY Corporation’ driving consolidated sourcing.
• Aligned 26 facilities to transition from a variety of local supplier agreements towards national enterprise-wide sourcing strategies and supplier agreements by spend category to deliver 11% annual cost savings.
• Strengthened key commercial terms in contracts and also improved supplier quality & delivery.

Chicago, IL, US

• Led the development & implementation of a centralized sourcing strategy for External Manufacturing ($1.1B annual spend) across seven autonomous Business Units within Kraft. Actively managed productivity, cash flow.
• Delivered cost reductions ($24M in 2015) and provided the foundation for enhanced collaboration with strategic partners by developing/implementing a sourcing strategy across the Business Units.
• Managed team across the Business Units to competitively bid/benchmark existing business & source new innovation needs to deliver lowest Total Cost of Ownership at competitive service levels.
• Executed contracts with World Class terms & conditions by leading contract negotiations (i.e. Master Supply Agreements, specific Project Agreements, Development Agreements) with suppliers while internally collaborating.

Lisle, IL, US

• Appointed as change agent to advance purchasing support of Product Development from tactical to strategic, addressing trend of programs being launched above cost targets and behind schedule. Challenged to drive cost.
• Successfully launched 13 North American Truck programs by staffing & leading team of four Purchasing Program Managers (PPM) across multiple locations to advance procurement deliverables (i.e. cost, sourcing, supplier.
• Redefined PPM roles & responsibilities within Product Development process by obtaining cross functional support to increase strategic focus on cost management while reducing redundancies.
• Resolved cost vs. timing issues in support of overall business needs by creating and fostering effective communication between procurement, program managers and business platform leaders.
• Increased collaboration with peers across all business units by developing and implementing standard processes, metrics and communication tools.

Lisle, IL, US

• Promoted to staff, develop and lead a team of Supply Managers to create innovative sourcing strategies focused on cost savings and generating efficiencies across multiple global component commodities ($325M annual.
• Delivered $19.5M of cost savings initiatives by creating and implementing sourcing strategies, strategic long-term agreements and negotiations for component commodities with new team of four Supply Managers. Components.
• Promoted and successfully led a core team of five Supply Managers with increased accountability($630M annual spend) to source critical highly engineered component commodities including Steering Systems, suspensions.
• Identified and grew effective relationships with key suppliers and internal cross functional stakeholders. Developed new opportunities for increased enterprise value including joint marketing campaigns with suppliers.

Lisle, IL, US

• Nominated by senior executives across Truck Operations to manage all aspects of elite leadership rotational program in addition to existing accountabilities within Procurement leadership team.
• Led recruiting, staffing and on boarding of new associates while managing the rotational assignments, development, performance and final placement of associates.
• Successfully recruited 11 high potential leaders from top universities into Navistar via the OMDP while developing 15 associates to leadership roles in Navistar by graduating OMDP.

Lisle, IL, US

• Selected by Chief Procurement Officer to develop and implement a sourcing strategy to match Navistar’s evolving manufacturing footprint while also increasing the poor history of supplier quality for cab assembly ($245M.
• Delivered $27M of annual cost reductions with improvements in workmanship and on-time delivery by leading cross functional team to develop and implement a strategy to in-source cab assemblies from external supplier in.
• Successfully obtained $10M capital appropriation from Navistar’s Board of Directors to fund the ‘Make’ option within an existing Mexico plant by creating the executive proposal and business case.
• Developed RFQ package and Total Cost of Ownership Model to evaluate costs elements of the ‘Make’ and ‘Buy’ proposals (i.e. piece price, logistics, labor, payment terms, working capital, duties, quality)
• Minimized costs and supply risks by negotiating and managing all aspects of the commercial exit agreement with incumbent supplier. Ensured efficient transfer of manufacturing line and finished goods inventory to.

Lisle, IL, US

• Appointed to critical role to implement immediate solutions for daily shortages and quality defects from supply base while simultaneously leading negotiations to mitigate monthly cost increases from the same supply.
• Delivered annual cost savings of $5.3M (21% of annual spend) plus an additional $1.76M of cost avoidances by leading cross-functional development and implementation of new long term exhaust tube segmentation sourcing.
• Stabilized short term pricing while mitigating potential disruptions of supply by optimizing production schedules across supply base and addressing/negotiating all open commercial issues with Tier I, II and III supply.
• Exhaust tube segmentation strategy leveraged as benchmark within procurement organization and adapted as long term sourcing strategy for various other component commodities within Navistar.

Lisle, IL, US

Promoted to manage sourcing strategies and continue vendor management for various global component commodities including wheels, fuel tank modules & chassis stampings for Navistar ($215M annual spend).

Lisle, IL, US

• Recruited directly from college for an elite two year corporate leadership rotational program. Assignments included six month rotations within Truck Operations: engineering, manufacturing, purchasing & logistics, and.
• Product Development – Program Analyst, Fort Wayne, IN, Jan 2006 – Jun 2006
• Purchasing & Logistics – Associate, Warrenville, IL, Jul 2005 – Jan 2006
• Manufacturing - Quality Engineer, Springfield, OH, Jan 2005 – Jul 2005
• Engineering - Configuration Analyst, Fort Wayne, IN, Jun 2004 – Jan 2005

Ann Arbor, MI, US

Evaluated/optimized layout, inventory level & restocking process of medical materials within Cardiac Arrest Carts.

Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, DE

Developed/implemented new process and system to track and manage production output, downtime & scrap for brake assembly lines.