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Plymouth, Michigan, Us

Shanghai , Cn

Shanghai , Cn

- Commodity Manager for plastics and electronics commodities including molded plastics and various surface treatment as well as printed circuit boards, printed circuit board assemblies, wire harnesses, capacitors, resistors, lighting, and various electronics components. - Support commodity spend of $113M across 23 manufacturing facilities and 80 suppliers.- Develop, coordinate and steer purchasing strategies for specific commodities.- Improvement of program profitability through continuous improvement, VA/VE activities and global sourcing.- Meet or exceed profit plan goals related to commodities including: cost savings, economics, quality, supplier rationalization, diversity spend, working capital improvements and other key metrics- Maintain and update weekly cost saving roadmaps with monthly reconciliation to actual results- Lead Material Best Business Practices (MBBP) activities in coordination with costing and engineering to drive a competitive advantage - Manage multiple commodities as part of a global team- 2016-2017 covered North America and European regions for the plastics commodity consisting of an additional $16M Euro in spend. - Conduct international meetings with suppliers to cover topics such as business reviews, negotiations, and launch audits.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Buyer for plastics commodity supporting GM and Ford Business Units for all new and existing interiors programs including components for instrument panels, door panels, floor consoles, and over head systems. - In 2013 successfully sourced 28 new sourcing agreements worth $24M, on time and $3M under target. - Supported commodity spend of $90M across 23 Johnson Controls manufacturing facilities and 80 suppliers. - Contributed over $700K in annual savings through long term agreements and cost savings initiatives. - Support plants and suppliers in resolving commercial and payment issues. - Set up and manage new and existing purchase orders to meet expected terms and conditions. - Work within our commodity team to build relationships with existing suppliers and help to evaluate and develop new suppliers within our commodity strategy.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

· Responsible for scheduling, manufacturing, and procurement of 300+ raw materials components to support production of automotive seat frames for 7 automotive programs and 15 cells of production. · Build and maintain relationships with over 25 suppliers. Coordinate the quantity and delivery schedule of components with suppliers to ensure consistent coverage for production. · Partner with suppliers to ensure on-time delivery of components based on production schedules. · Maintain appropriate inventory levels and assure inventory accuracy through cycle counts. · Resolve supplier quality issues, and open materials concerns i.e. missing parts, structural changes, internal quality issues, receiving and invoicing errors. · Manage component set up for any new components for new program launches.

Battle Creek, Michigan, Us

· Responsible for managing and executing national merchandising displays from ideation through distribution. · Managed 115 projects in 2010 (average 20 weeks in scope) worth estimated GSV $88M. · Lead process improvement and cost savings initiatives to streamline existing processes. · Manage projects using lean principles to measure key performance indicators and short interval controls. · Manage and coach one direct report. · Facilitate new item set up in SAP. · Collect and analyze data to track project throughput and compression metrics for all business units. · Achieved in-role promotion in 2008. 1 of 2

· Worked within the MRP system to evaluate weeks of supply against the sales forecast to establish the weekly production schedule. · Coordinated production with Procurement to replenish materials needed for production. · Planned and scheduled workflow for six different production and assembly cells. · Planned the sequence of fabrication and assembly to develop the most optimal flow of work in process based on the expected through-put of each cell. · Leveraged knowledge of cell supervisors and machine operators. · Delivered schedule attainment reports in the daily operations meeting.

· Analyzed and negotiated engineering vendor costs in the effort to standardize rate structure. · Met with top engineering vendors to gain a better understanding of rates being charged. · Gathered itemized statements to collect rate information to be used in negotiations. · Created a tool for collecting and analyzing rates from over 300 engineering contractors. · Observed e-procurement and online reverse auctions for transportation contracts.

Moline, Il, Us

· Captured information on small diverse supply base to prepare for annual audit by the Department of Defense. · Helped develop and populate a data base in SAP to store contact information. · Streamlined process to go from a paper mailing to an electronic mailing including over 3,000 diverse suppliers.

Master'S, Business Administration; International Business

Bachelor'S, Business Administration; Supply Chain Management

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