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Strategically managed $38M in spend for twelve reactive chemical categories across 20 plants. Achieved savings of $1.3M for 2023-24 through supplier negotiations, cost avoidances, and qualification projects. Executing savings worth $2.2M for 2024-25 through negotiations, cost avoidances, qualification projects, and contracts.Served as the Sourcing Partner for Insulated Glass, Bonding Agents, and Aerospace markets. Ensured alignment on sourcing activities with relevant stakeholders… Show more Strategically managed $38M in spend for twelve reactive chemical categories across 20 plants. Achieved savings of $1.3M for 2023-24 through supplier negotiations, cost avoidances, and qualification projects. Executing savings worth $2.2M for 2024-25 through negotiations, cost avoidances, qualification projects, and contracts.Served as the Sourcing Partner for Insulated Glass, Bonding Agents, and Aerospace markets. Ensured alignment on sourcing activities with relevant stakeholders and supported raw material needs related to new product development and localizations. Supported global category teams across four regions and three business units. Mitigated potential risk to production by identifying materials with extended lead times and opportunities for the internal logistics team to manage freight, improving visibility and planning. Led projects that collected suppliers’ ISO9001 certificates for raw materials, supporting cross-functional initiatives of obtaining AS9100 and IATF16949; addressed raw material discontinuations, identified offsets, and managed risks with commercial teams. Prevent supply issues during chemical market shortages, force majeures, and transportation challenges to mitigate potential risks to plant operations, promoting supply assurance, best total value, and innovation. Led projects on raw material sourcing, usage tracking, forecasting, and price reconciliation. Managed a summer intern that contributed to an RFQ for $97K cost reduction, oversaw ERP migration and data management, and reduced single-sourced raw material by 35%. Show less

Re-designed truck-loading line that provided sampling and flow totalization. Design and implementation of best practice steam line. Managed a variety of small process improvement projects at a valuation of $250k.Executed sitewide improvements in bathrooms, locker-rooms, and mother’s room to meet federal and state DE&I laws.Coordinated projects’ materials, finances, schedules, installation, programming, and commissioning.Managed contractors and projects on-site and filed… Show more Re-designed truck-loading line that provided sampling and flow totalization. Design and implementation of best practice steam line. Managed a variety of small process improvement projects at a valuation of $250k.Executed sitewide improvements in bathrooms, locker-rooms, and mother’s room to meet federal and state DE&I laws.Coordinated projects’ materials, finances, schedules, installation, programming, and commissioning.Managed contractors and projects on-site and filed work-permits to ensure OSHA-standardized work processes. Initiated and implemented process improvement MOCs. Upheld safety standards by proactively reporting safety incidents and participating in safety classes.Design and execution of $50k cost reduction project, which earned continuous improvement certificate. Show less

• Developed filing system for 3000+ blueprints and their job history of routings, pricings, quotes, and materials, creating their first electronic organization system. • Lead transition to ISO9000 certification by creating template for first article, in-process, final and SRI inspection reports. Apollo Machining was able to pass audit for 100% customers to date. • Created a General Write-up Instruction that explains the filing process including prints, routings, pricings etc. for… Show more • Developed filing system for 3000+ blueprints and their job history of routings, pricings, quotes, and materials, creating their first electronic organization system. • Lead transition to ISO9000 certification by creating template for first article, in-process, final and SRI inspection reports. Apollo Machining was able to pass audit for 100% customers to date. • Created a General Write-up Instruction that explains the filing process including prints, routings, pricings etc. for current and future employees.• Researched and contacted new vendors for product certification and testing Show less