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Erie, PA, US

• Delivered $13.2M of component parts for magnetic driven centrifugal pumps, barrel/drum pumps, chemical pumps, heavy duty centrifugal pumps, high viscosity transfer pumps, FDA-compliant drum pumps, stainless steel.
• Proactive supply chain management contributed incremental 32% sales increase due to having lead times ¼ of competitors.
• Maintained inventory availability of 98.02% through aggressive management of suppliers and inventory levels.
• Qualified 2 suppliers in India for a 16% landed cost savings. FTI had never direct sourced products from India previously. Lead effort to find, select, & sample from vendors.
• Lead team in Purchasing Vision exercise to quantify the values Purchasing brings to FTI and what our roles in the company need to be to ensure growth into the future.
• Conducted first company-wide 3PL bid resulting in 17% cost reduction in overall freight charges.

Erie, PA, US

• Lead team responsible for total company spend of $10.5M for all component parts for magnetic driven centrifugal pumps, barrel/drum pumps, chemical pumps, heavy duty centrifugal pumps, high viscosity transfer pumps.
• 4% YOY cost reduction programs
• 60% reduction on tariff costs
• Development of supplier OTD & variance metrics and publication of supplier scorecard
• Reduction of supplier responsible warranty claims by 25%
• Create supplier category management through creation of spend cube

Erie, PA, US

• Responsible for total deck of $5.6M spend for sand and investment cast iron, stainless steel, and aluminum parts, silicone and ceramic components, and injection molded resin parts. Managed global supplier base of 31.
• Development of Supplier Quality Manual to include robust first article inspection allowing for dock to stock movement of parts which resulted in a 39% reduction in DPMO over 18 months.
• Manage delivery & quality of supplier parts resulting in 98% inventory availability metric.
• Completed 3.6% YOY cost reduction programs
• Managed reshoring from China of 121 SKUs & 58 plastic injection molds, including 18-month inventory buffer, with no loss of production for a net cost reduction of 12%
• Created 12 month hedge to buffer rare earth magnet volatility

Chicago, IL, US

• Responsible for total deck of $63M spend including high level electronic assemblies, sensors, batteries, contactors, transformers, coils, motors, and electronic equipment. Managed global supplier base of 43 suppliers.
• Created $1.5M of cost savings projects, exceeding stretch goal by 3%.
• Exceeded days to pay goal by 11% with an increase of 5.51 days.
• Program Manager for manufacturing location change of transformers from US to China for net save of 21%.
• Negotiated $80M five-year electronic High Level Assembly contract with 50% margin rate for GE.
• Managed team of interns who negotiated $2.1M of contracts, $102k of deflation, $69k of cost avoidance, and $64k of AP rebate save.

Chicago, IL, US

• Responsible for $28M buy including traction motors, radiators, inter-coolers, shutters/ dampers, and filters. Lead team in contract compliance for locomotive wreck repair and traction motor overhaul.
• Achieved 7.6% cost reduction annually through negotiations and cost management.
• Negotiated $50M six year contract for first external motor buy for GE locomotives including $5.9M of programmed cost reductions.
• Negotiated contracts with local wreck repair facilities with 8% cost reduction to job costs.
• Lead sourcing activities for Services organization in South Africa.

Macon, Georgia, US

• Responsible for purchasing electrical components, castings & steel frame rails, fuel systems, HVAC systems, & steering components for the Blue Bird bus fleet with a total spend of $22M annually.
• Averaged $1.3M annually of cost reduction during employment at Blue Bird.
• Negotiated HVAC contract resulting in 12% cost reduction through use of cross-functional scorecard.
• Negotiated plywood contract resulting in 9% cost reduction and 43% freight savings through competitive bidding.
• Lead supply base to reduce warranty claims by 89%.

Van Buren Township, MI, US

• Responsible for global buy of $28.2M of motors, actuators, and sensors for Visteon’s global HVAC operations.
• Implemented global strategy for actuators resulting in the elimination of two suppliers and a cost save of $1.1M.
• Completed long-term agreement and T&C negotiation with a supplier for a cost save of $500k annually.

Van Buren Township, MI, US

• Purchased components for two Nissan HVAC systems with 220,000 units/ year, one Nissan module with 155,000 units/ year, and one GM fuel tank system with 90,000 units per year.
• Implemented $2.5M of incremental costs saves for one year.
• Conducted emergency resource with no impact to end customer, resulting in $138k savings over remaining part life.

Van Buren Township, MI, US

• Lead a global cross functional team of five employees to ensure the launch of the H61B instrument cluster program for the Thailand Focus Factory on time & budget.
• Implemented and trained employees in engineering change management system processes in Thailand, India, and Japan.
• Launched instrument cluster 100% on time with 0 defects on first articles.

Van Buren Township, MI, US

• Managed ISO & Sarbanes-Oxley compliance for global data services organization.
• Completed two audits with 0 findings.
• Worked with cross-functional team to implement processes and procedures team to ensure ISO compliant implementation of business system processes.

Van Buren Township, MI, US

• Processed instrument cluster manufacturing bills of material for Altec, Chihuahua plant.
• Co-authored Corporate Material Management Operations Guide with cross-functional team, representing BOMM.

Van Buren Township, MI, US

Responsible for scheduling production and shipping of 32,000 driveshafts weekly to twelve assembly plants. Worked with both Ford and non-Ford customers to ensure shipment of all products.

Arlington, Virginia, US

Automotive platoon leader: Managed forty-six soldiers, fifteen vehicles, and $14 million worth of equipment. Supervisor for the first Active Duty training rotation at the National Maintenance Training Facility resulting in a 300% production rate while deployed.

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Material & Missile Maintenance Management

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High School Diploma, College/University Preparatory And Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program