TeachingSpring 2023SCMN 3730 Purchasing: Supply Management & Sourcing (3 Sections) - 5.50/6 Student Evaluation

Dissertation Title: Essays on Community Focused Supply ChainsTeaching ExperienceInstructorSCM 373 Logistics & Transportation Management - Summer 2020 - 5.00/5 Student EvaluationSCM 371 Procurement & Supply Management - Summer 2019 - 4.64/5 Student EvaluationSCM 371 Procurement & Supply Management - Summer 2018 - 4.35/5 Student EvaluationTeaching AssistantSCM 303 Introduction to Supply Chain - Fall 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021

•Negotiate contracts, perform vendor quality audits, manage bidding process and assist director of purchasing in oversight of the department.•Twice annually negotiate six-month contract buys of steel for three Grand Rapids area plants with over 12,000,000 lbs used annually.•Negotiate steel and aluminum contracts for two facilities producing air tanks and fuel tanks.•Off-shored hydraulic tubing requirements for a plant in the southeastern U.S. for a savings of 48% annually.•Negotiated a seven year, long term agreement with a Chinese supplier for a package of forgings which reduces cost by $920,000 based on an estimated seven-year life of the program.•Negotiated a long term contract with a strategic subcontractor that reduced $2,000,000 annually in spend by 5%.•Set up scrap metal contracts for four factories that increased payments by 7.5% per lbs and monitor scrap contracts for seven facilities.•Led greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction activities, reducing carbon emissions 29 percent per dollar of sales across two facilities.•Developed corporate social responsibility functions, creating a data collection strategy, overseeing reporting of conflict minerals, minority spend and greenhouse gas emissions.•Perform onsite audits of vendors to ensure quality systems. Run credit checks to ensure financial stability. Submit audits to MEC’s Director of Purchasing and with recommendation on approval or rejection of supplier.•Manage the bidding process for large, abstract services and purchases such as hilo fleets for plants, waste removal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste, vending of industrial suppliers and commercial vehicle purchases.•“Champion” (project manager) of MEC Tube divisional strategic project to reduce first time through leaks on welded and brazed parts. Developed a standardized leak reporting procedure to identify which parts are leaking and why. First time through leaks reduced from 6.2 percent to 4.6 percent on a monthly average.

•Analyzed and resourced spend on raw materials to realize $289,000 in cost reductions companywide.•Supported greenhouse gas initiatives, quantifying GHG emissions and creating a plan to reduce emissions by 2020.•Created relationships with new vendors to reduce spend and improve operations.•Negotiated price reductions with vendors to improve companywide profitability by approximately $30,000/year.•Audited vendor financial information, credit reports and quality procedures to ensure reliability.

•Co-authored article in the Society for the Advancement of Marketing entitled “Dying to be Accepted” about advertising and business practices of national tanning salons. Created scorecard for state by state tanning laws and analyzed rates of tanning among college students and teenagers by state.•Created and managed social media presence to current and prospective students, increasing reach 8,000 percent.•Created, managed, and secured funding for a social media competition to increase student involvement with marketing which was able to increase interactions with marketing students and providing outreach to undecided undergraduates.•Performed market research to provide both broad and specific market trends.•Reviewed and edited academic papers for publication after rejection, improving acceptance rates.