North American regional responsibility to initiate, audit, and support advancement of cost saving measures for maximum profit, and report results to upper management. Train colleagues in proprietary tracking software and cost benefit analysis.• Lead financial analysis to insource tube welding and e-coating operations leading to savings of $1.5 million annually over 10 years, thereby increasing utilization of existing capital equipment, and requiring $2 million new capital investment.• Created cost benefit analysis related to new steel processing technology (Flash Steel) with potential savings of $150K per year through component weight reduction and raw material unit cost reduction. • Lead cross functional team investigation into new fastening technology with potential savings of 0.20USD per seat adjuster through material, manufacturing, and rework/scrap cost reduction.• Organize and facilitate VAVE workshops to identify cost savings through value stream mapping, analysis of technical drawings and GD&T characteristics, product specifications, and benchmarking.• Developed and implemented advanced training modules for Cost Benefit Analysis and internal profit improvement tracking software.• Delivered monthly status reports tracking regional progress towards yearly savings targets, deviation analysis, forecast, and action plan to identify additional savings.• Coordinate with Innovation Team and Customer Teams to identify products suitable to introduce new technologies, perform financial evaluations, and support assessment of technical feasibility.• 3-month assignment at Brose Headquarters in Germany to develop and employ tracking tools and evaluation methods companywide efficiency project objectives covering 200 million EUR savings over life.• Developed a process and tool supporting internal target cost modeling for current acquisitions and long-term planning.

Create and maintain zero base cost product calculations to forecast lifetime profitability from acquisition phase to start of production. Provide financial transparency through monthly status reports to local management, and semiannual financial status reports to upper management. Support sales and cash flow planning, risk assessment, benchmarking, and cost breakdowns.• Consistently met target deliverables for new business acquisitions and change request quotations, including zero base cost lifetime product calculations using FACTON, cost breakdowns, and currency risk analysis.• Successfully lead project handover to plant and financial closure activities on multiple customer projects. Activities include establishing final baseline profitability, clearing open financial commitments, verifying proper component revision level and costs, aligning investments and depreciation schedules, and setting process cycle times and associated costs.• Primary liaison between Germany, China, and USA customer teams, responsible to coordinate implementation of profit improvement topics in the product calculations, verifying impact, and consolidating global results for the largest-to-date customer project. ($1 billion sales in North America)• Provide continuous project-based budget monitoring and forecasting by extracting WBS costs and related man hours from SAP FI via SAP BEx.• Increase colleagues’ efficiency and knowledge volunteering as a trainer for Excel, SAP, FACTON, and Business Warehouse.