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Southgate, Mi, Us

Southfield, Michigan, Us

Directing new Indirect Purchasing Team for North America.• Responsible for creating a new indirect purchasing organization for North America.• Manage directly (7) Regional Operational Buyers and Commodity Managers located in the US and Mexico • Responsible for (15) manufacturing facilities and (2) Corporate locations located in the US, Canada, and Mexico.• Established key metrics for indirect purchasing for cost savings, supplier management and cash flow management.• Creating controls and compliance to agreements to gain the most value and savings possible. Using both system and business processes.

Northville, Michigan, Us

Spearheaded facility services, capital projects, and MRO strategies for North America. Led contract negotiations, supplier selection, and project management. • Served as Global Business Lead for implementation of Source to Order project, using SaaS (Coupa) software. Launched project on time and within budget.• Exceeded annual savings targets for responsible commodities.• Negotiated payment terms extensions and deferrals that impacted working capital positively. • Completed capital projects on time and within budget while managing unprecedented supply chain constraints.

Plymouth, Michigan, Us

Oversaw successful global strategies for indirect/MRO commodities (approximately $200M). Directed 120 plants in over 15 countries in North America, Mexico, and Europe. Developed and maintained relationships at plant levels for change management purposes. Provided continuous support for further enhancements and process improvements globally.• Launched SAP/Ariba as Business Lead for indirect purchasing in 2017. Oversaw launch of Procure to Order module in over 137 locations globally engaging and training over 2,000 users within one year.• Exceeded goals for cost savings. Achieved 5-7% savings by leveraging third party purchasing provider, implementing process improvements, leading SKU standardization and rationalization projects, and sourcing competitive bids.• Led global MRO bid for approximately $130M of MRO spend and engaged over 50 suppliers, distributors, and integrators worldwide using Coupa software. Projected savings of over $10M globally.

Monroe, Mi, Us

Oversaw team of eight direct reports composed of employees from procurement, materials management, and R&D. Designed, tested, trained, implemented, and supported multiple modules, including capital asset management, order to cash, and procure to pay. Led change management related to both system and business processes. Developed and finalized all processes, policies, and procedures for business. Set up item/supplier master data and created a central data management team.• Served as Project Manager for the replacement of outdated legacy system by Oracle/JD Edwards ERP. Met aggressive timeline and handled significant technical challenges requiring well-organized and innovative project planning and execution.• Streamlined and standardized business processes, resulting in increased efficiency.• Rationalization of end-item SKUs, shop floor management, and more accurate planning data resulted in a reduction in time for order to ship from 6-8 weeks to 2-4 weeks and significant inventory reductions. • Consolidated indirect suppliers and directed spend to strategic sources, resulting in significant cost savings across the organization.• Replaced MRP and implemented central stores in every manufacturing plant for indirect items and spare parts resulting in a 30% inventory reduction.

Monroe, Mi, Us

Directed all manufacturing plants, supply centers, and regional distribution centers in North America for MRO/indirect commodities. Launched new plant in Mexico and supported new regional distribution centers as well as new central distribution warehouse for spare parts. Oversaw 20 MRO/indirect commodities for residential division, including capital equipment/machinery, capital projects, and indirect services ($120M). Managed three direct reports. Led sourcing of multiple direct commodities used in the manufacturing process. Addressed and resolved quality issues through interaction with supply base and quality and engineering groups. • Achieved cost savings of 7% to 8% on annual basis year over year through supplier consolidation, competitive bids, market testing, and SKU rationalization.• Consolidated supply base, reducing the number of suppliers by 25%.

Van Buren Township, Mi, Us

- Managed MRO/Indirect commodities for North America facilities including Raw Materials, Material Handling Equipment, Electrical/Electronic Supplies, OEM spares, IT/Telecom equipment and services.($300M Annual Spend)- Exceeded cost savings target of 10% through competitive bids and negotiation of spot buys.- Completed a large project for all North America plants working with our Global IT department to develop the SOW and RFP package for a multifunctional printer/copier/fax solution that was estimated to return $15-$20M over a 3-4 year period. This was replacing the traditional desktop printers and separate fax machines and copiers during this time period.

Van Buren Township, Mi, Us

- Negotiated contracts with key suppliers for North American staff and manufacturing facilities for numerous non-production (indirect) commodities including office supplies, office equipment, training services, translation services, marketing, contract personnel, furniture, printing, advertising, medical services, mail courier services, and food services. ($50M Annual Spend)- Developed and managed multiple commodity strategies. - Exceeded cost savings targets

Van Buren Township, Mi, Us

Designed, developed and executed end-item packaging for a variety of purposes and end-users.Managed all aspects of a packaging program from the initial study and prototype validation through production launch and follow-up.Managed the financial aspects of the program by obtaining competitive quotes, validating source decisions, writing projects, and then procuring purchase orders to assure on-time delivery.Responsible for cost savings of over $1M in 2003 and over $200K in 2004. Lead in the development of standard practices and procedures within the corporate central packaging department to save time and money.

Van Buren Township, Mi, Us

On the plant floor, I worked closely with all plant personnel including ergonomics, safety, quality, maintenance, manufacturing and production supervision, union reps, and hourly workers.Led and participated in multiple Kaizen events to reduce cost and indirect labor and improve throughput in a manufacturing plant that produced seating for the automotive industry.During the launch of the 2003 Ford Expedition and Navigator seating program, was able to covert our main plastics supplier to returnable containers at a savings of over $4M.Approved and implemented all purchases for packaging and material handling machinery and equipment. Developed and managed written projects for new model costs and modification costs for existing programs.

Mba, Master'S Of Business Administration, Master Of Business Administration

Bachelor Of Science In Packaging Engineering, Packaging Engineering