Purchasing - Global Cost Manager
CurrentLead a team of 15 Cost Leaders assigned to seven major strategic material categories to reduce purchasing expenditures. The team's annual impact exceeds $150 million in savings and cost avoidance.Principal architect and designer of the award-winning Total Cost Model, which determines in minutes the optimal logistics, port charges, carrying costs, premium freight risk and currency risk for any component, pack or pallet shipped from anywhere in the world to a Delphi facility. This model alone identifies $30 million in savings annually.Created sophisticated cost models for more than a dozen products and services, from machined parts to machinery and equipment to relocation and security services.Current focus is on a Common Assembly Model for all major assemblies that Delphi buys. This flexible, lean model covers previously under-analyzed purchases and has millions of dollars in saving potential.The team supports Supply Management with Best Cost Country analysis, which evaluates the costs of raw materials and purchased parts, unskilled and skilled labor, capital acquisition, floor space, utilities and overhead as well as the impact of a country's infrastructure for the different types of components, assemblies and raw materials Delphi buys.Trained over 300 buyers and purchasing managers worldwide, combining their specialized expertise with cost modelling concepts and best practices. In Europe, collaborated in the local languages.Engaged the cooperation of core suppliers of equipment and machined components in using Cost Management, including the provision of manufacturing data using the specialized Supplier Input Templates.
