James Marlin Email & Phone Number

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

Lead Purchasing Professional / Ford BlueOval City (BOC) Mod Center Operations

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

- Responsible for assisting the Body Interior Engineering activity in identifying and implementing cost-down opportunities on seat assemblies, using Total Value Management Team (TVM) approaches and methodologies- Successfully assisted the cross-functional team in identifying several high-impact, high-value, cost-down opportunities, including opportunities related to replacing higher-cost seating materials with less expensive ones (without impacting customer satisfaction) - Supported the review of several key cost-down opportunities with the Body Interior Engineering senior leadership team for final approval, which, upon full implementation across all affected Ford and Lincoln brand vehicles, would achieve several millions ($Mils) in annual savings to the enterprise

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

- Responsible for driving revenue and profit growth for Ford Licensed Accessories, a self-contained business unit within Ford Component Sales, LLC (total company sales revenue = ~$450 Mils)- Led cross-functional teams in the planning, development and launch of numerous high-impact, high-dollarvalue accessories available to customers of Ford and Lincoln brand vehicles as factory-orderable content- Successfully planned for and launched several key new products for global customers -- including an all-new Rear Seat Entertainment System (RSES); three new Tonneau Cover offerings, available across all truck vehicle lines; and a portable electric vehicle (EV) Charge Cord – while achieving sales revenue growth of over $25 Mils in a 2.5-year timeframe- Oversaw the development and launch of the Ford Play and Lincoln Play mobile apps (for Android and iOS devices) for use with the all-new Rear Seat Entertainment System (RSES) as first introduced on the all-new 2018 MY Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

- Responsible for leading the planning and program management for new Mod Center facilities in North America for Vehicle Personalization, a self-contained business unit within Ford, responsible for the development, manufacturing and marketing of accessories for Ford and Lincoln brand vehicles (total sales revenue = $1.0 Bils)- Successfully led cross-functional teams in the planning for and launch of six all-new Mod Centers, doubling the manufacturing footprint and enabling the installation of a significant number of factory-orderable accessories- Achieved annual revenue growth of over $100 Mils via high-demand optional content, like Spray-in Bedliners

Bingham Farms, Mi, United States

- Responsible for the account management and overall customer relationship management of Ford Motor Company as a key customer of automotive climate control products (total sales revenue = $100 Mils)- Successfully pursued and secured an award to supply Evaporator Cores to Ford’s Automotive Components Holding, LLC (Sheldon Road Plant) for the 2009 MY F-Series, Expedition and Navigator, representing $100 Mils of new business to the company- Successfully pursued and achieved an award to supply Evaporator Cores to Ford’s Automotive Components Holding, LLC for the 2011 MY Super Duty F-Series, representing $50 Mils of new business to the company

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

- Responsible for helping to optimize cost and quality in ACH’s supply chain in support of the leadership team’s overall mission to fix and sell or otherwise close several businesses re-acquired from Visteon Corporation- Led cross-functional teams in a market test of several key commodities, including Evaporator Cores and Heater Cores, leading to significant cost savings from legacy Visteon sources- Served as ACH’s subject-matter expert on the Purchase and Supply Agreement (P&SA) with Visteon Corp.

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

- Recruited into Ford Purchasing’s Ford College Graduate (FCG) program, a two-year training and development program for high-potential employees targeting a career in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management- Advanced through several Purchasing-related roles throughout a ten-year career, achieving Leadership Level status (Purchasing Specialist) within five years of employment- Key Purchasing-related roles included: Strategy Specialist, Ford International Operations; Program Manager, 2000 MY Ford Transit; Purchasing Specialist, Powertrain Operations; Purchasing Specialist, Body & Exterior Commodity Management; and Buyer, Occupant Restraints

Wixom, Michigan, United States

- Recruited into Ford’s summer internship program to assist the NAAO Export Sales team with identifying process improvement opportunities within their existing sales planning and allocation process for vehicles shipped to non-North America regions and markets- Developed a flow chart of all current-state NAAO Export Sales processes, from vehicle sales planning to final dealer delivery, identifying several opportunities for process improvement and presenting them to the senior leadership team

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Marketing

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba)

Activities and Societies: Deltal Upsilon Fraternity

Certificate, Iiba Certification In Business Data Analytics (Iiba-Cbda), 4.0

Certificate, Pmi Agile Certified Practitioner (Pmi-Acp), 4.0

Certificate, Pmi Project Management For Professionals (Pmi - Pmp), 4.0

Certificates Of Completion In On-Line Computer Programming Language Courses, Html5, Cmms3, Sql, Javascript (Es6), And Java (Se 15)