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Almont, Michigan, United States

Imlay City, Michigan, United States

Auburn Hills, Michigan

• Managed Ford Business: roof rails, door pillar appliques, window assemblies, spare tire hoists, hood latch cables, park brake cables, ATX cables, and hinges. $79M in annual sales.• Handled program activity for multiple product lines in various stages of the product development life cycle. • Negotiated initial quotations, contract award, engineering changes, and program maintenance. • Prospected for new business opportunities for innovation, networking through Customer Engineering contacts which resulted in the opportunity to present the new technology to an Advanced Engineering Team. • Investigated opportunities to expand an exterior product line consisting of new technology for FCA, through consistent communication including presentations to FCA Engineering and Purchasing over a five years. • Established, long term relationship with an Engineering contact at FCA resulted in the opportunity to quote new plastic body panels as a metal replacement

Auburn Hills, Mi

• Delivered parts for prototype builds on time. Responsible for labor estimates, requests for quotes and requisition of components, cost tracking, and on-time delivery. Resolved assembly problems through collaboration with assembly personnel to achieve resolution. • Team leader for SharePoint integration for the Prototype Build Engineering Group, winning a team award.

Detroit, Michigan

• Documented project deliverable status, updated project plans, and provided status reports for software releases.• Championed the development of an Executive Report. Identified productivity and performance improvements for future software developments and releases. Compiled lessons learned from a previous project launch through interviews with Team Members to understand what went wrong and their suggestions for future improvements. Informed that this report continued to be used after leaving the organization

Warren, Mi

• Streamlined a process, consolidating three forms into one. Resulted in a new job set-up form, approval process, and reduced approval time. • A buyer for exhibit projects. Developed project cost reports and customer invoices.

Rochester Hills, Mi

• Improved productivity for window assemblies through a focused initiative on Program Management and Engineering processes. Resulted in streamlining, elimination of any duplication and standard procedures, guidelines, and templates.• Transformed Engineering and APQP program documentation storage from paper binders to eRoom which resulted in efficient, accessible and standard electronic document storage.• Solved the problem of approval delays for new drawings releases and engineering changes using an Excel accessory to create an electronic routing process.• Achieved Customer Rating improvement as Account Manager for glass service.• Developed patent application drafts to document innovations. Interviewed inventors/engineers to understand their invention to differentiate it from current technology.