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Saint Paul, MN, US

Winsted, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Promoted to lead supply chain management of $100 million annual spend supporting production, fleet services, and OEM sales. Manage eight direct reports, including buyers and commodity managers.
• Activated robust reporting and implemented new processes to recover purchase price variance of $1.2 million in 2018 to a favorable $300,000 in 2019.
• Improved year-over-year supplier on-time delivery by 23 bps.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Led supply chain management of $25 million annual spend supporting production, fleet services, and OEM sales. Managed the team’s senior buyer.
• Spearheaded domestic and international sourcing, managing relationships with suppliers on five continents.
• Directed project and contract management, including commercially managing multi-million dollar turn-key equipment purchases with design/build suppliers.
• Appointed to the company’s first Six Sigma project team, tasked with designing a warranty feasibility process. Secured executive support for a model that significantly reduced engineering time, along with the ability.
• Selected to the project team for the first Lean initiative, a warehouse optimization project that led to remodeling for efficiency, flow, supplier consolidation, and company growth.
• Strategically negotiated a 40% reduction in cost and 50% reduction in lead time when selecting an end of life cycle product replacement.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Provided supply chain management of $6 million annual spend supporting production, fleet services, and OEM sales.
• Shaped department KPI processes, facilitating internal reporting for cost, quality, and delivery.
• Partnered with supplier’s Quality and Sales teams to identify root cause of and successfully resolve a contamination issue. Negotiated 20% of the supplier’s next large project at no cost.
• Optimized department processes within the Quality Management System.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Recruited to develop and manage the international and domestic supply chain of 200 suppliers and $50M in annual spend. Managed five direct reports and led a team of 40 employees.
• Built cross-functional relationships to evolve from a build-to-order purchasing model to an inventory pull strategy, creating a clear competitive advantage as the company ascended to double-digit growth.
• Led a Lean project to identify communication and technology gaps for inbound product and scheduling processes. Efforts led to hiring the company’s first IT analyst, enabling effective problem solving and strengthening.
• Received highest achievement award from Dale Carnegie Skills for Success program.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Recruited to manage product development, including new product launches and category optimization throughout the product lifecycle. Supervised two direct reports.
• Orchestrated product financial and operational feasibility analyses for a $7 million organization. Counseled President on an unrealistic long-term growth strategy, ultimately preventing the company from making a costly.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Managed a P&L with annual revenue that skyrocketed from $7 million in 2005 to $13 million in 2007. Led two direct reports and headed extensive international and domestic sourcing.
• Achieved total spend cost reductions of 5% and 6% in 2006 and 2007 respectively.
• Honored with employee of the year award for outstanding contributions and results.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Served in progressively responsible roles delivering results as a Product Line Developer, Accessory Forecast Analyst, and Buyer.