Vendor Governance and Operations, Legacy Asset Servicing (LAS)Responsible for medium to large supplier engagements across LAS acting as a liaison between the Line of Business (LOB), Risk, and Supply Chain Management Manage a team of three people to support all Consulting projects in LAS; the Centralized Consulting project which resulted in a more consistent and expedited process as well as reducing risk and improved upon metrics and reportingCo-lead process improvements on the LAS risk assessments and created more efficient risk documentsResearch and document organizational reviews, workflow and staff analysis, as well as administering governance routinesCreate project business case and business review documentation and assist the LOB on identifying project Service Level Agreements (SLAs)Mitigate any associated risks on supplier engagements with the LOB, Risk, Compliance, and Legal teamsProvide consulting expertise to the LOB on productivity issues, cost estimates, and project scope detail

Non-Production; , TestingDeveloped global and regional commodity sourcing strategiesPerformed benchmarking activities to create and maintain a world-class supply baseManaged the make/buy decision process and drove resolution of the make/buy issuesMonitored supplier quality operating systems metrics (cost, timing, delivery and inventory)Negotiated pricing, terms and conditions of short and long term contractsDrove supplier and commodity specific plans to achieve cost reduction targetsChampioned supplier delivery to ensure program timingVehicle Systems Buyer, StampingsManaged annual costs in excess of $400 millionNegotiated prototype, production and tooling costs resulting in a savings of $85 million (piece price) and $11 million (tooling)Managed total cost, quality and delivery for vehicle programs with production over 650,000 units annuallyManaged domestic suppliers with manufacturing in MexicoCollaborated on a cooperative effort between Japan, Mexico and the US (concept through production)Built relationships and worked closely with foreign and domestic suppliers, materials and logistic planning, finance and engineeringCommodity Buyer, ChassisManaged costs in excess of $500 millionNegotiated total cost reductions will annual results exceeding 3% per supplierManaged commodity strategiesLead the Global Sourcing Council team and negotiated contracts with suppliers for Ford and their overseas divisions (Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo and Ford of Europe)Market tested parts globally and sourced four different commodities across all vehicle linesNegotiated supplier contracts both short and long term

Ford Motor Company SalesResponsible for sales of soft trim auto components to Ford Motor Company Negotiated best possible cost with Ford Purchasing while delivering a quality products on time for buildCollaborated with the customer; internal engineering, cost estimating and designersCompeted in global market tests and won customer businessSupported internal plants with production and maintained the customer quality awardKerry L. Thomas Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

SecuritySupervised fourteen people operating the Airport’s Security Access Control SystemDrafted the Standard Operating Procedures manualDrafted, maintained and updated the Federal Aviation Administration’s Emergency Contingency PlanTrained system operators and airline personnel on the Airport Security System