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Forvia is the 7th largest global automotive supplier with 157,000 employees, 291 sites and 2022 revenues of $25B+. Faurecia consists of six Business Groups: Clean Mobility, Seating, Interiors, Electronics, Lighting and Lifecycle Solutions.Managing the Indirect Purchasing team of the combined Faurecia and Hella organizations in North and South America including over 50 members and a spend of approximately $1 Billion.• We are transforming the organization into One Team delivering synergies and best practices across Faurecia and Hella.• Together with our internal and external Business Partners we will deliver best-in-class value while we increase automation and streamline our processes.

Nanterre, Île-De-France, Fr

Managing the Stellantis account, including acquisition of new business, development and launch of programs, and maintenance of ongoing production worth $380M. Leading team of 18 direct and indirect reports in the US and Mexico.• Achieved acquisitions of $591M including Dodge Ram 1500 full systems and Grand Cherokee hot ends.• Negotiated steel contract for cost recovery and inflation passthrough agreement.

Nanterre, Île-De-France, Fr

Managed European and Asian accounts, including acquisition of new business, development and launch of programs, and maintenance of ongoing production worth $180M. Led team of 16 direct and indirect reports in the US and Mexico.• Restructured team, upgrading talent, organizing into European, Japanese and Korean teams and moving European team to Mexico resulting in strong performance improvement on all key metrics.• Achieved record acquisitions of over $600M lifetime sales in 2020, securing replacement business with Volkswagen and Audi, growth with Hyundai and the first Volvo cold end system award globally for Faurecia.• Significantly improved all program metrics for on time delivery, smooth launch and financial dashboard to Division target levels.

Nanterre, Île-De-France, Fr

Responsible for strategic initiatives driving the transformation of the North American Division.• Championed the cross-functional strategy to reduce the impact and drive the recovery of tariffs implemented on steel imported into the United States and the related increase in local steel prices. • Achieved objective of recovering over $30M of increased steel costs from customers through a robust strategy, strong coordination with Sales, Purchasing, Finance and Customs functions and clear messaging with evidence.

Nanterre, Île-De-France, Fr

Manage three strategic product lines: Light Vehicle Air Quality, Light Vehicle Acoustic Performance and Commercial Vehicle, covering the full scope of current Faurecia Clean Mobility business.• On track to achieve $1B+ in lifetime acquisition sales of innovation products in 2018.• Launched new innovation selling organization, process, governance and tools across all customer business units globally.

Nanterre, Île-De-France, Fr

Created and led Global Commercial Vehicle organization including an alliance with Cummins, the largest global diesel engine manufacturer. Achieved global business expansion to eight countries and five continents. Managed global cross functional team of up to 10 direct reports overseeing 1,000+ indirect reports.• Increased revenues from $170M to $700M+ (2012 - 2018), a compound annual growth rate >25%, while expanding production from the U.S. to include Europe, Brazil, India, South Africa, Korea and China.• Promoted to the Management Board of Faurecia Clean Mobility. • Accelerated alliance with Cummins by negotiating Commercial Principles and a Joint Development Agreement, enabling greater collaboration on product innovation.• Developed industry benchmark single module product with Cummins, leveraging Faurecia's compact mixer technology. Reduced costs by 40% and size by 60% compared to previous product.• Enabled launch of a new 400,000 square foot manufacturing plant in Columbus, IN that is the global benchmark for automation, digital 4.0 manufacturing with data connectivity, 3D laser scanning for quality assurance and autonomous intelligent vehicles.• Renegotiated agreement with Cummins to enable Faurecia sales to other customers, resulting in successful acquisitions with Scania, MAN, Weichai, Yuchai, JMC, Caterpillar, John Deere, Doosan and JCB. Resulted in an increase in global off road and on road market share from 7% to 17%.• Defined Faurecia's entry strategy into the high horsepower market, analyzed prospective acquisition targets and completed the purchase of Hug Engineering, a Swiss company that is the market leader with $60M in annual revenues. One of four members of the Board of Directors of Hug Engineering.

Nanterre, Île-De-France, Fr

Promoted to lead new global production purchasing organization with annual spend of $4.4B and 190 employees located in 22 countries. Resulted from 2010 Faurecia purchase of Emcon Technologies, a global top three competitor for exhaust systems, making Faurecia the world's largest exhaust system producer. • Integrated the two global purchasing organizations of Faurecia and Emcon, building and staffing the central global commodity management team and achieving over $42M in synergies in the first year.• Leveraged a Global Sourcing Team with employees in India, China and Thailand to generate savings based on a best landed cost strategy and identification, development and ongoing management of low-cost suppliers. Sourcing from low cost countries globally increased by 45%.• Launched process cost model tool and methodology to understand current supplier cost structures, develop fact-based negotiations and continuous improvement plans, drive target pricing for new programs and best landed cost commodity strategies, and generate quick savings.

Nanterre, Île-De-France, Fr

Managed global General Motors account, including acquisition of new business, development and launch of programs, and maintenance of ongoing production worth $150M. Led team of seven direct reports in the US and 10 indirect reports in Germany, France, Korea, China, India, Brazil, and South Africa.• Awarded Faurecia's first global program with General Motors (small car platform) worth over $50M in annual sales starting in 2011. Production in Mexico, Europe, China, Korea, Thailand and India.• Negotiated Faurecia's first global steel commercial agreement with a customer. This resulted in price increases and a significant improvement to profitability through the pass through of variable steel extra alloy surcharges while maintaining an excellent customer relationship.• Developed business acquisition process that became the standard for all of Faurecia Clean Mobility. The process provided increased structure and guidance while helping teams to identify competitive advantages to leverage and key customer contacts to develop.• Awarded two additional GM global programs: a medium duty truck program with $30M in annual sales in Brazil, Thailand, Ecuador, South Africa, Kenya and Egypt and a small engine catalytic converter program with $75M in annual sales in North America, Korea and Europe.• Developed and championed a Cost Reduction Blitz initiative in North America which saved over $10M in less than one year through cross-functional teamwork, management support and a focus on speed.

Nanterre, Île-De-France, Fr

Led the procurement function in the North American Division with sales of $770M, nine facilities in the U.S. and Mexico, and 2,290 employees. The purchasing spends for direct and indirect materials exceeded $580M.• Transformed Purchasing department from 12 independent purchase order processers to a strategic, coordinated team of 34 Purchasing and Supplier Quality specialists. • Implemented new organization with roles and responsibilities related to: (1) new program acquisition and launch, (2) commodity strategy, supplier panel, and cost model development, and (3) continuous improvement of quality, cost and delivery on components in production.• Increased low cost country spend from 5% to 20% while reducing the total number of direct material suppliers by 32% and improving supplier PPM from a three-month rolling average of 4,500+ to 83.• Implemented Synerdeal platform for eRFQ, eSourcing and eAuction activities increasing efficiencies, improving tracking capabilities, and achieving additional cost reductions.• Developed analytic and parametric cost models with other regions to enable fast and accurate quoting, facilitate identification of cost reduction opportunities through benchmarking, and build capability to determine the sourcing strategy required to achieve the best landed cost.• Developed and implemented a directed material program for key suppliers that leveraged the stainless-steel requirements of Faurecia and its supply base to reduce costs by over 10%.• Implemented integrated supplier program at multiple plants: outsourced crib management, improved order fill rate from less than 60% to 98%, achieved over 15% savings, and increased cash flow.

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Managed nine Buyers in purchase and risk management of $3.5B+ in precious metals, aluminum, magnesium, scrap and foundry commodities plus catalytic converter internals.• Championed development and implementation of a cross-functional team to reduce Ford's requirements for precious metals by $433M in 18 months by leveraging supplier technologies.• Achieved $500M in savings versus market for precious metals through long-term supply agreements and a strategic hedging program consisting of various physical forward contracts and financial derivatives.• Established a 10-year supply agreement with an Australian magnesium producer at prices below market. Contract had a net present value of $70M and secured a high-quality supply of material.• Implemented e-commerce initiatives for selling and buying scrap, aluminum, precious metals and foundry items through reverse auctions resulting in savings of over 25%.• Created a joint project with a minority company to recycle precious metals from catalytic converters generating $35M+ in incremental revenues and supplementing supply for new production.• Secured supply, reduced volatility and minimized cost of Ford's global requirements of precious metals (platinum, palladium and rhodium) and catalyst internals worth over $1.8B.• Formed a cross-functional team for precious metals. Enabled adequate forecasting of requirements and implementation of raw material mix strategies to exploit market opportunities and save $166M.• Negotiated a 10-year, $5B precious metal supply agreement with largest North American producer to reduce supply risk, limit price volatility through price caps, and obtain discounts to market worth $39M.• Formed a cross-functional team to identify potential 3rd party depositories to reduce risk of Ford holding a precious metal stockpile worth $366M. Resulted in a signed contract and transferred stockpile.Purchasing Specialist - Precious Metals & Catalyst Internals (1999 - 2000)

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Management

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Concentration In Marketing