Katie Wright, Mba Email & Phone Number

• Initiate and lead site wide VA/VE activities through purchasing principles and ethical activities to improve quality and reduce cost• Partner with Production, Engineering, Quality and Production Control to support new product introductions• Establish strong relationships with key strategic vendors and leverage fact based negotiation tactics to achieve cost targets• Maintain supplier compliance with established quality, environmental, and customer specific requirements• Support Purchasing department in setting and achieving department policy, KPI’s and objectives• Continuous monitoring of industry trends that effects assigned suppliers and commodities• Prepare and send RFQ for commodity projects; conduct bid analysis, negotiations, contract and supplier development as needed

Hamilton, Oh/Greensburg, In

• Support project award during CAA with competitive costs and savings plan to finance project acquisition, seeks and obtain purchasing CAA validation• Build up global project supplier panel from pre-SOCO with commodity organization (RSL/BGSL) to bundle awards• Ensures timely sign off with the segments of all supplier contracts related the project • Achieves project purchasing index (PPI)• Supports R&D with prototypes and pre-serial sourcing commercial negotiations• Liaise with purchasing Non Production organization to achieve project investments and tooling targets• Manages achievement of all project milestones related to suppliers by being liaise with Valeo and supplier• Ensure capacities for all components are covered for project, in liaison with the commodity organization• Started at Valeo as Purchasing Controller in 2011. Promoted to Productivity Buyer in 2013. Promoted to Global Project Buyer July 1, 2016

Mariemont, Oh

• Accounts Receivable – Accounts Payable Processor• Assisted marketing director with fall and spring campaigns – designed billboards, business cards, front banner and flyers• Credit Card Payment Processing, Client Invoicing Payroll Processing, Simple IRA and Health Insurance

West Chester, Oh

• Support marketing managers with client campaigns/branding/promotions• Worked with clients like Check ‘n Go, Nationwide Insurance, Fifth Third Bank and more on merchandising and marketing needs such as national marketing promotions• A/R - A/P Processor, Invoicing, Credit Card Payment Processing

Masters In Business Administration W/Concentration In Marketing, Mba

Bachelor Of Technical Management, Concentration: Business Administration/Marketing

Associate'S Degree, Accounting

Business Administration And Management, General