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Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States

▪ Lead a global team of (4) material managers and business process owner for the materials function, supporting functional and cross-functional process developments. (Product development, product launch, and engineering change management).▪ Establish performance benchmarks for delivery, inventory management, and essential materials KPIs to ensure target attainment within each manufacturing plant.▪ Effectively raised inventory turns by 50% across all facilities within an 18-month timeframe through the implementation of stringent process parameters and ambitious targets.▪ Improve delivery performance by 20% + through process improvement and by managing key customer and supply continuity issues to closure utilizing both standard and unique solutions to maintain customer schedules.▪ Revamped and executed critical global material processes encompassing Min/Max, Scheduling, and MRP.▪ Improve manufacturing floor accuracy and efficiency by utilizing lean methodologies and implementing corrective actions.▪ Improve inventory accuracy by > 90% by implementing strict shop floor processes along with detailed root cause analysis and continuous improvement actions.

Rochester Hills, Mi

▪ Lead team of (9) Customer Service Specialists, Supervisor, and Manager to support global customer service ops.▪ Overhauled and standardized all processes and protocols to guarantee complete accuracy of global customer orders.▪ Developed and implemented digital workflows and processes to manage critical cross-functional business needs.▪ Managed critical escalations to closure to ensure on time delivery with no impact to customer plants.▪ Developed comprehensive audit reports for both daily operations and exception management within Customer Service.▪ Co-Led internal site relocation from US to MX, supporting bank builds, customer transition plan/notifications, equipment timing moves, PPAP, and related tasks over a 1.5 year period.▪ Spearheaded the relocation of the Customer Service department and facilitated the onboarding of the new team in Europe resulting in a 40% reduction in labor costs and improved team performance/capabilities.

Rochester Hills, Mi

▪ Successfully improved processes and procedures globally related to quality of existing suppliers and development of new suppliers to attain a world class supply base and supplier quality management system.▪ Developed and enhanced critical internal processes including VMIR, Cost Recovery, Supplier Return, Supplier PPAP, Supplier Scorecard, and other essential procedures to optimize Supplier Quality operations.▪ Transformed manual Excel files and paper-based workflows into automated ERP driven digital processes and workflows.

Romeoville, Illinois

▪ Led material handlers, shipping coordinators, and production coordinators in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.▪ Formulated comprehensive plant production schedules encompassing injection molded components and assembly lines, achieving 100% delivery performance.▪ Leveraged ERP (Plex) system to employ MRP, PRP, purchasing, and reporting functions to effectively achieve results.▪ Increased inventory turnover from 40 to over 60 by implementing stricter controls, improving inventory accuracy, and increasing the frequency of supplier deliveries.▪ Directed and supervised annual physical inventory processes, achieving inventory accuracy within a variance of +/- 0.5%.▪ Developed procedures for material handling, shipping, storage, etc. to support TS 16949 automotive standards.

Greater Chicago Area

Plan all inbound raw material purchases to support production.Key part of keeping inventories down to support our 35+ inventory turns.Create and maintain material layouts for warehouse.Frequent use of PLEX system to order, and track materials among other things.Put systems in place to sustain accurate inventory and track and adjust when needed.

Pine Bluff, Arkansas Area

Plan and schedule the daily production of all stamped metal components.Produce 300 + different part numbers to support assembly of finished goods.Plan the purchase of metal to coincide with the schedule.Forecast metal usage to ensure consistent supply from vendors.Build models in excel to support scheduling and plannning.Implement lean concepts in order to reduce inventory and increase efficiency.

Greater St. Louis Area

Worked with the purchasing team converting requisitions into PO's in SAP. Helped out with sourcing by requesting and analyzing quotes from suppliers and negotiating rates, along with setting up and running e-auctions. Saved over $50,000 running these reverse and dutch auctions. Facilitating RFP's and RFQ's to help generate cost savings.Worked on nationwide cost savings effort to find a vendor capable of managing our field sanitation across the entire country. Analyzed RFP data for service agreements across the US to help make decisions and quantify cost savings.

Dearborn, Mi

Work with the transportation team to drive down costs for incoming and outgoing steel coils and raw materials.Run daily reportsCreate cost analysis worksheets using excel and word tablesCreate purchase orders in Oracle for various transportation of raw materials

Plymouth, Mi, United States

- Worked with the point of sale system checking in golfers for Tee Times- Answered phones and built relationships with customers and made sure all customers were satisfied- Made sure workers in the restaurant area and outside were doing there jobs and made sure the clubhouse was cleaned and locked up at close.