Daniel Wright Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, In, Us

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Indirect Procurement Manager - Managing a global procurement team for Operations/MRO and Facility Site Services categories.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Procurement Lead for North America - Facility Services & Real Estate

Indianapolis, In, Us

* Commodity Manager responsible for developing, maintaining and implementing sourcing strategy for $120M spend across 25+ suppliers globally for transmission gears, shafts & yokes including machining and castings.* Developed strategy, consolidated supply chain, increased purchasing spend in global markets and reduced overall purchasing spend by $4.5M. * Responsible for managing, forecasting and maintaining budgets and purchase documents for assigned accounts. Introduced new suppliers into deck and lead the development of low performing suppliers.

London, England, Gb

* Strategic Buyer responsible for managing twelve suppliers in the forged rings and machining commodities. * Tasked with price negotiation, cost reduction, supplier selection and administration, trend analysis, management of contracts and orders placed, approval of payment and maintenance of records of material movement throughout the manufacturing and inventory cycles. * Lead buyer responsible for improving efficiency of product transfer between suppliers.

London, England, Gb

* Global Value Improvement Commodity lead for Transmissions, Structures and Drives. Responsible for providing buyers cost expectations and recommendations for use in contract negotiations. Identified $10M in cost reduction opportunities in less than 24 months in the position. * Developed interactive cost estimating models to calculate internal cost estimates for certain product lines, as well as strategic suppliers’ cost structure. * Served as a member of the Value Improvement Core team, which is responsible for developing IT tools and training and developing buyers in cost management and quoting strategies. Personally trained 40 buyers in coursework.

London, England, Gb

* Process Engineer for multiple departments and for the introduction of a new product line. Responsible for significantly decreasing scrap level, which resulted in the elimination of $120k in outstanding arrears. * Successfully managed several capital projects ranging from a $500k tool acquisition to a $5M facility renovation.

London, England, Gb

* Completed four separate six-month rotations in Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering and Quality Engineering. * Certified Six-Sigma Green Belt by completing a project that saved $560k. * Fulfilled an international assignment based in Bristol, England.

London, England, Gb

London, England, Gb

London, England, Gb

Bs, Industrial Engineering

Ms, Program Management