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Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States

Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States

Supervise a 13-member strategic sourcing team, overseeing yearly supplier assessments, quoting, and implementation of new tools. Participate in OEM meeting for tooling negotiations and technical reviews for feasibility and cost reduction. Maintain Tooling standards, updated processes, and coordinate repairs for U.S. plants, consistently communicating KPI's to reduce lead times, inventory levels, and transportation costs.Effectively resolve tooling issues across all U.S. plants, ensuring customer orders are met without disruption, and followed up with customers and internal engineers for progress updates and necessary modifications.

Huntersville, North Carolina, United States

Influenced product design reviews with a focus on tooling feasibility, cost reduction, and process capability, overseeing the annual sourcing and tracking of $60M in Tooling, Managed Asian Tool builders, conducted yearly supplier assessments, and coordinated repairs for U.S. plants, maintaining regular communication with customers and internal engineers for progress updates and modifications, including writing tool correction line-ups based on dimensional and appearance reports.

Troy, Michigan, United States

Improved product design reviews by contributing to tooling feasibility, cost reduction, and process capability, thereby optimizing end-to-end supply chain value. Strengthened the complete tooling process from conception to delivery, including quoting, negotiations, issuing purchase orders, and overseeing tool engineering changes and updates from kick-off to PPAP.Actively participated in tool tryouts and addressing correction line-ups based on reports, leading the strategic implementation of automated, scalable, and repeatable processes to drive efficiencies, cost savings, and rapid growth.