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Grand Rapids, MI, US

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Managed the purchase of $25 million of direct material purchases annually.- Developed and implemented strategic sourcing strategies, in conjunction with primary stake holders, for the following commodity groups: - Resin & Color Concentrate - Paint & Paint Line Chemicals - Injection Molded Components - Packaging - In-bound Freight- Worked with Advanced.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Managed the estimating team to develop cost models in support of quotes to our customers.- Utilized customer prints, CAD data, specification sheets, statements of work, etc. to develop quoting BOMs.- Developed RFQ packages for new materials and components. Send RFQs to suppliers.- Utilized internal tooling and equipment models to develop investment and.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Managed the purchase of $25 million of direct material purchases annually.- Primary Commodities - Resin & Color Concentrate - Paint & Paint Line Chemicals - Injection Molded ComponentsDeveloped Purchasing Procedures and updated the Supplier Requirements Manual to support compliance to IATF16949 and ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.Implemented material.

Middleville, MI

Executed sales strategy developed in conjunction with the Executive Management Team.Achieved growth in non-automotive business of 235%.- 12 Month period ending 10/31/2019 = $883,517 (9.7% of sales)- 12 Month period ending 10/31/2021 = $2,073,216 (21.2% of sales)Managed corporate direction in the following areas:- Strategic Sourcing- Material Planning.

Middleville, MI

Responsible for developing corporate direction in the following areas- Material Sourcing- Material Planning and logistics- Customer Service- QuotingManaged product development activities for new programs- Supervised two direct reports – Product Engineer, Production OperatorDeveloped a new cost model for quoting of new businessEvaluated customer RFQs and.

Middleville, MI

Developed corporate direction for material sourcing, material planning, & logisticsSuccessfully market tested and sourced entire material, component, and transportation buy resulting in $1,238,000 in actual savings over 8 years.

Closed $10 million in residential real estate salesSuccessfully marketed listings resulting in an average Days on Market of 52 days and an average Sales to List Price ratio of 98.6%Successfully utilized Search Engine Optimization and Hyper-Local content in blogging to generate leads

Clarksville, TN

Closed $10 million in residential real estate salesSuccessfully marketed listings resulting in an average Days on Market of 52 days and an average Sales to List Price ratio of 98.6%Successfully utilized Search Engine Optimization and Hyper-Local content in blogging to generate leads

Clarksville, TN

Managed sheet metal fabrications/stamping commodity with an annual spend of $155 million with 77 suppliers.Recorded $790K in managed supplier generated cost savings in 2008.Worked with Trane plant supply chain teams to successfully re-source outsourced parts (Clarksville (NIC), Lexington (Nth works) and Lynn Haven (SETD)).Worked closely with NPI team to.

Southfield, MI

Senior Buyer - Corporate Purchasing (July 2005 – March 2007)- Developed annual commodity strategies for nine commodity groups. - Managed the purchase of $69 million of production parts with 53 suppliers.- Negotiated supply agreements resulting in $763K in reductions through 2008 on a controllable buy of $25.9 million annually.- Negotiated re-sourcing of.

Dearborn, MI

Purchasing Vehicle Analyst – North American Consumer Business Group, Truck Vehicle Center Purchasing (July 2000 – July 2001)Assistant PVT Engineer – VC Plant Vehicle Team; Michigan Truck Plant (January 2000 – June 2000)Assistant to the Brand Manager – Ford Focus; Ford Division General Marketing (July 1999 – December 1999)Buyer – Assembly Equipment, Vehicle.

Mba, Global Management

Bba, Integrated Supply Management

Bba, Integrated Supply Management