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Plymouth, Michigan, US

Plymouth, Michigan, US

• Recruited to lead the global metals commodity team with a focus on building supplier relationships, creating robust commodity strategies and achieving performance goals. Responsible for managing >$450M in annual spend.
• Coached team to negotiate savings opportunities and raw material agreements to achieve aggressive annual performance goals.
• Developed and executed contingency plans for multiple distressed suppliers with no disruptions to production.
• Resolved open commercial issues which reduced total outstanding issues by 25% in under 4 months.
• Increased diverse supplier spend by 35%+ in four years.
• Improved transparency of purchasing reporting to executive leadership.

Plymouth, Michigan, US

Adient partnered with the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business to grow and develop 25 select leaders across the global organization. The program included courses led by U of M professors, executive coaching and an action learning project.

Wixom, Michigan, US

• Led department of 17 people responsible for direct material, indirect material and outside service suppliers. Managed team to achieve inventory reduction and supplier management goals.
• Negotiated contract for perishable tooling management through vending machines that included extended payment terms, consigned inventory and guaranteed cost savings commitments. Resulted in fiscal year end credits of.
• Developed supplier scorecards by leading cross-functional team to communicate delivery and quality concerns both internally and externally.
• Established a formal supplier chargeback process to recover costs for supplier caused issues.
• Launched a supplier portal, SupplyLine by Robot Morning, to communicate forecast data and transmit ASNs.
• Improved working capital by extending supplier payment terms by 8 days in FY19.

Plymouth, Michigan, US

• Direct entire commodity strategy for NA metal stampings, involving +$200M in annual spend and in-depth knowledge of supply base. Perform comprehensive analysis of business needs, supplier footprints, quality, and.
• Achieved $2.2M in annual savings and revitalized previously strained relationship with key supplier through negotiations of revised contracts.
• Improved measurement and ranking of suppliers based on financial impact to organization.
• Cultivated new relationships with key suppliers in Central Mexico to minimize freight costs and ensure consistent savings.
• Led total refocusing of strategic actions through analysis of consumption needs by region.
• Successfully streamlined process of steel buy PO adjustments to compress timeline from months to weeks.

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Responsible for managing a four person Operational team supporting the Trim and Foam Product Groups consisting of 13 plants and over $600M in controlled spend.
• Identified savings opportunity leading to over $1M in savings on $2M in total sales
• Managed team that exceeded FY14 goals including cost savings, ERS, supplier reduction and in-sourcing
• Coached team to prioritize and manage daily workload including sourcing activity, engineering changes, accounts payable issues, supply chain concerns, quality problems, supplier negotiations and cost savings projects
• Set strategies and led MBBP (Materials Best Business Practices) activities for several Trim commodities including carpet and EPP

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Owned controllable spending of $85M for +20 suppliers, strategic sourcing, and development of sub commodities for key lines. Developed and implemented vital purchasing strategies for multiple commodities. Supported.
• Collaborated with costing and engineering teams to create new cost model and execute CI projects to improve relationship with largest supplier in commodity deck.
• Optimized supplier reduction with launch of supplier rationalization plan, reducing active suppliers from 77 to 69 in one year.
• Consistently achieved competitive cost saving commitments, including exceeding FY13 goal of $1.0M with actual savings of $1.6M.

Cork, Ireland, IE

The leadership development program (LDP) is designed for high potential employees who have the ability to become future leaders at Johnson Controls. LDP is limited to a select group of top performers each year who are nominated by their direct supervisors and sponsored by a Vice President. The program consists of three 1 year rotations in separate.

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Responsible for planning, monitoring, and implementing the JCI Automotive Experience product development and launch program targets for a three row luxury seating program in the Honda Business Unit.
• Managed the Statement of Work, timeline, key milestones and cost for the program
• Managed program scope changes, including quoting cost, timing and product impact for internal and customer initiated changes
• Communicated program expectations to external and internal suppliers via Statements of Work and frequent interface
• Coordinated and managed production tooling development, adhering to cost, timing and customer constraints
• Managed product development process to successfully exceed internal and customer craftsmanship expectations

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Responsible for financial analysis and program profitability on GM Lambda, Camaro and Colorado/Canyon seat system programs.
• Prepared customer quotations for GM Purchasing agents for all product change activities
• Performed cost analysis for engineering change requests
• Led the continuous improvement financial activity for the Lambda and Camaro programs
• Prepared sales and profit forecasts for current business to support strategic planning
• Prepared program financial reviews and reported to management monthly on the status

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Responsible for developing, implementing, and improving the quality reporting processes used by Johnson Controls AE Seating in North America.
• Managed the global and regional needs for quality reporting
• Assisted in the development of the key performance indicators for Quality to improve overall business processes
• Managed and consolidated month end reports and other quality report-outs including Executive Operating Team (EOT) meetings and Operations Reviews for CG Americas quality, both regionally and globally
• Coordinated quarterly Quality summits for NA Seating Quality
• Ensured the plants were using the standard report tools and escalated any issues

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Responsible for supporting the Trim, Foam and Chrysler business units
• Supported business units through RFQ development, analysis, supplier selection and negotiation of supplier quote responses, Supplier Statement of Work, and Make vs. Buy analysis
• Led annual cost savings projects to contribute to department savings goals of $10M
• Assisted JCI manufacturing operations with supplier issue resolution
• Supported the commodity team in regards to commodity strategy, minority business strategy, supplier consolidation and cost savings

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Responsible for managing incoming material supply of several key suppliers of overhead systems
• Planned incoming material orders for over $1M of inventory using various replenishment systems
• Coordinated with launch, engineering and quality teams to manage new products and changes, along with program balance outs
• Completed monthly internal audits to verify Business Operating System (BOS) compliance

• Responsible for scheduling the production team orders for postal automation equipment
• Monitored production and capacity plans to ensure on-time customer delivery
• Coordinated with production, purchasing, and engineering to meet the production schedule
• Managed SAP data integrity Including lead times, BOMs, and revision levels

• Responsible for supporting the customer requirements for indirect material
• Analyzed reports to manage inventory onsite at Ford plants
• Made product and process improvements
• Controlled inventory levels of 4000+ part numbers
• Managed requests for quotations and special orders

Masters, Business Administration

Bachelor Of Science, Engineering Arts, Supply Chain Management Minor