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Baltimore, Maryland, US

Saukville, WI, US

• Direct a team of 12 procurement individuals across 3 manufacturing locations that are responsible for $850M of direct and indirect material, energy, and CAPEX.
• Directed and developed the strategic plan that integrated direct, indirect, energy and CAPEX procurement into Oracle ERP system.
• Oversaw development and monitoring of strategic performance metrics.
• Primary driver of lean procurement initiatives that have provided $104M savings benefit (8) years.
• Directly responsible for energy contract management for all facilities for electricity, natural gas, water, and sewer. Have saved the company more than $50M in (5) years.
• Architect and change agent for all global purchasing transformation activities which have shifted business process from decentralized to center led model.

Springfield, United States - Illinois, US

• Directed a team of 18 procurement and warehouse individuals that are responsible for $70M of direct and indirect material purchases and warehouse functions which support the manufacturing of commercial building.
• Re-organized procurement and warehouse operations of the organization. Reduced headcount by 10 employees in 7 months. The re-alignment contributed to overall payroll savings of $300K, and increased production.
• Developed and oversaw the PFEP (Plan for Every Part). Implementation reduced stock outs 80% and reduced inventory levels $2.2M in 8 months.
• Primary driver of lean procurement initiatives. Implemented first margin improvement plan with supply base. Achieved
• $2.3M cost saving 6 months of employment.
• Developed commodity price variance tracking tool used to manage market fluctuations in pricing to help protect overall margin position. Increased EBITA position 59% in first year of use.

Dorset, -, GB

• Directed team of 12 procurement individuals that were directly responsible for $100M of direct and indirect material purchases which support the manufacturing of commercial and military aviation products. Developed and.
• Reorganized the procurement and planning functions of the plant by value streams. Reduced part shortages by 65% and increased customer complete and on time shipments by 30% in 12 months.
• Ran CAPEX contract with Build to Suite to insure $10M building addition was delivered complete to budget in 15 months. Worked to reduce and minimize several cost adders to original plan.
• Reduced inventory $1.2M in 12 months.
• Served as Team leader in the largest factory consolidation in Cobham history. Integrated air re-fueling operations located in El Monte California to Davenport Iowa reducing manufacturing footprint 400,000 square feet.
• Key member assisting the organization to be awarded Boeing air re-fueling contract over Airbus.

Muscatine, IA, US

• Developed and executed lean manufacturing and supply chain strategies for a $145M wood products division. Educated team of 5 on new lean disciplines of inventory reduction, scheduling entity reduction, logistic.
• Reorganized the procurement function of the plant with a lean approach, which has reduced buyers from 12 to 3.
• Reinvented plant layout reducing total square footage by 60K sq ft. and reduced inventories by $4M.
• Implemented world class supply chain delivery initiatives in wood, corrugate and foreign sourced material classes.
• Requested by President of Operations HNI to join wood case goods plant to repair faltering supply base and executed initiatives that allowed the plant to be positioned as one of the strongest performing SBU’s in just.

Muscatine, IA, US

• Reported to the V.P. of Strategic Procurement, charged with accelerating significant total cost savings and driving to more strategically aligned suppliers through comprehensive commodity strategies. that leverage the.
• Led $4.7M worth of material cost savings initiatives for wood, locks, waste removal, propane, and printed materials.
• Contributed to a team of commodity managers that generated $7M of margin improvement savings in 2006.
• Reduced supply base from 180 to 110 suppliers in 2 years.
• Out-sourced table leg die castings to Asia generating $400K annual savings.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

SPX Corporation, is a $5.3 billion global multi-industry manufacturing leader of engine diagnostic equipment. I was responsible for sourcing $20MM of commodity spend, which included electronics, wire assemblies, die castings, plastics, and managing all imported finished goods for resale.

Broad work history with exposure to all facets of the business operations (direct labor, shipping and receiving, quality, sales and supervision). Part of a team which allowed successful sole proprietor to grow business 270% in 9 years.