Senior Buyer for the Ford Business Unit

• Managed supply chain for the Chrysler Dodge Ram Truck Instrument Panel worth an estimated buy of $54M• Managed in conjunction with Toledo Mold & Die, Inc. personnel the supply chain for the Chrysler JK/Jeep Wrangler Vehicle for Instrument Panel, Door, and Floor Console components worth an estimated buy of $33.53M• Maintained through MSAccess databases and engineering change documents the tracking of part and price changes and subsequent issuing of new purchase orders through SAP V04/S04 and QAD systems• Successful launch of Chrysler Jeep J8 Military vehicle components• Worked with commodity team in sourcing JK and J8 components• Succeeded in the saving of near $100K in cost save/avoidance negotiations this past year• JK program transferred from a team of three buyers to my sole responsibility and prepared program for transition to current model purchasing management with limited supervision

• Lead Bus. Dev. contact to Visteon for the pursuit of new business, attended Visteon Interior business planning meetings to provide mfg. support• Worked with Visteon customer groups (sales and program management) in the pursuit of new business• Lead role in understanding, quoting, and responding to Visteon quote requests (RFQs) for new business, handled commercial issues with Visteon (price breakdown forms (PBDs), engineering change (Bump) sheets, unpriced part reports, etc.)• Won Chrysler 2009MY Chrysler Dodge Ram Truck Floor Console business totaling over $25.6M in program life sales• Won Nissan 2008MY Infiniti QX56 and Armada SUV Instrument Panel Component business totaling over $5.75M in program life sales• Won Ford 2007MY Heavy Duty Truck Door Substrate and Trim business totaling over $58M in program life sales• Won 2004.5MY Chrysler Mini Van Console business totaling over $17M in program life sales

Account Executive/Program Management, Automotive Division• Assisted Serigraph in winning and launching of Chrysler Sebring, Jeep Liberty, and Dodge Ram Truck Cluster Programs• Lead sales to selected Tier II and Tier III suppliers• QC representative and Program Manager for MacKellar’s in-house automotive embroidery and screen printing operations• Assisted Serigraph in launching Ford HD Truck/P131, Explorer/UPN150, and Lincoln LS/DEW98 Cluster Programs• Serigraph Sales Achievement winner 1995, 2000, and 2001• Lead sales of under hood decoration to Ford Motor Company resulting in over $1 million in annual sales for Park Nameplate, MacKellar’s former aluminum appliqué principal