David Coon Email & Phone Number

Greater Detroit Area

• $1,5000,000,000 in annual direct material spend and operational responsibilities
• Long term negotiations for over $3,000,000,000 with 2.9% cost reductions. o Annual negotiations for economic and tariffso Development of commercial leverage and price gap closure.o Manage process to budgets and.
• Sourcing for heavy duty and military products, all metal and electronic categories.
• Resolution of critical supply chain issues for tier 1 and tier 2 suppliers critical to production
• Certified Line Stoppage dispute resolution with financial impact
• Supplier Capital investment and tooling audits impacting piece price

Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany

• Directed procurement operations and sourcing new programs ($105,000,000) and managing ($60,000,000) in current products between two facilities in Poland and Scotland, material cost for new business opportunities, as.
• Negotiated should cost with major OEM’S.
• Major Machine, Equipment, and Assembly line purchases.

Greater Detroit Area

• Spearheaded global sourcing responsibility for all bearings, seals, oil/paint, and electronics OEM programs including piece price and vendor tooling. Supervised $500,000,000 direct material purchases. Developed.
• Saved $20,000,000 in electronics by resourcing pumps and motors.
• Achieved savings of $40,000,000 on OEM axles due to VA/VE resourcing.

Aurburn Hills, MI

• Led sourcing responsibility for all North American all-wheel drive programs as well as direct material cost estimations for potential OEM programs including piece price and vendor tooling. Oversaw $500,000,000 direct.
• Sourced and launched 5 major programs
• Major ERP system overhaul

Warren, Michigan

• Directed supplier sourcing and negotiated contracts and supply terms for US, Mexican, and European facilities and for transmission and axle purchasing, logistics, and inventory management for engineering facility in.
• Spearheaded global responsibilities for commodity management of electronic controls and differentials.
• Introduced advanced supplier quality department to insure all parts available in correct specification and quantity prior to production