• Budgeted spends exceeding $1 Billion USD / year across multiple product lines and commodities• Lead a talented International and cross function team to create and execute best in class Strategic Business Plans: Cost Models, Contract Negotiations, Supplier Consolidations, Bankruptcies, and Litigations• Track KPI and report to EVP• Support P&L workshops, strategic future planning, and product councils• Collaborate with Business Units, Operations, and Engineering to implement design improvements focused on cost reductions and supply chain optimization• Coordinate with International Divisions including over 40 global manufacturing sites • Chair an international sourcing committee to ensure new product sourcing meets strategic objectives in Quality, Delivery, and Cost • Organize International Supplier conferences to collaborate and coordinate Supply Chain performance

• Budgeted spends over $300M USD/year • Create Target Conditions to drive team to common objectives• Support team to negotiate Long Term Agreements and Supplier Consolidation activities• Chair sourcing board to ensure new product sourcing meets established quality, delivery, and cost metrics• Establish global business plans/commodity strategies• Work with over 40 global manufacturing sites to ensure consistent material supply from qualified sources

• Budgeted spends of $140 MUSD/year, including new business sourcing of 15 - 20% of annual spend • Lead negotiations with suppliers to establish LTAs, source/re-source business, and to meet OEM expectations for annual cost reductions• Create commodity strategies to enable: supply base consolidation, improved quality performance, and reduced cost• Work closely with global suppliers to develop low labor cost tool sources• Negotiate contracts with raw material suppliers to mitigate raw material fluctuations for Tier 2 suppliers• Work with 11 North/South American manufacturing sites to ensure consistent material supply from qualified sources• Coordinate global tooling capacities• Work with suppliers to identify Value Engineering/Value Add (VEVA) opportunities, including the submission of a new patent for an inflator diffuser that replaces a 3 pc assembly with a 1 pc stamped component• Quarterly reviews of supplier's financial healthAlso, completed a 1 year assignment located in Shanghai, China to help launch a new production facility and to help identify potential suppliers.

Worked as a Supplier Quality Engineer for the Air Bag Inflator production facility. Responsible for monitoring and tracking supplier performance, supplier corrective actions, collaborating with production, etc.

Parker is a Tier 1 Aerospace supplier. Customers include Boeing, Airbus, GE, Embraer, etc. Worked as both a Supplier Quality Engineer and a Production Quality Engineer. Key accomplishments at Parker:• Completed Six Sigma Master Black Belt Training• Mentored and trained Six Sigma Green and Black Belts• Utilized systematic DMAIC Six Sigma tools to lead teams to solve hydraulic and electro-mechanical test failures• Member of the Material Review Board and Cost Reduction Committee• Lead internal/supplier Corrective Action teams • Created standard work for inspection and production processes

Chromalox Division manufactures precision industrial heating equipment and controls. Started as a production operator and promoted to production supervision. Responsible for production quotas, quality, personnel, etc.