Michael Stridde, Mba, Cpsm Email & Phone Number

Greenback, Tn, Us

O'Fallon, Mo, Us

Manage the Electrical, Motor & Fan Categories for NGH. Drive cost reductions through categories. Building supplier relationships and contract management.

Michigan City, Indiana, Us

Global Category Sourcing Manager for Electronics/Insourcing Strategy, sourcing manager for Building Expansion project.

Oak Brook, Illinois, Us

In charge of over $35M in spend, between Contract Manufacturers, Raw PCB’s. Work with Production Planners to ensure materials arrive on-time based upon production schedule, and verify production start dates. Manage Supply base both domestic & overseas all Asian on pricing, delivery, incoterms for transportation both Air, & Ocean LCL & FCL. Work with two major contract manufacturers to ensure production schedules and forecast are accurate for their assembly builds to make sure their delivery dates meet our production requirements. Work with engineering on drawing specifications to make sure our drawings are accurate and correct prior to sending out for RFQ’s. Work on, create and sign off on ECR, ECN’s and implement obsolete notices to engineering to come up with alternative components. Work with freight brokers to ensure imports are delivered in a timely fashion. Manage pricing issue with accounting to make sure invoices are paid in a timely fashion so we can take advantage of our early pay discounts. Work with purchasing team on best practices, processes and have taken lead on many issues with production and engineering for entire buying team. Have been vocal in The S&OP process to help improve the way we forecast, build and sell products for our customer base. Update purchase order delivery dates based upon order confirmations, push out purchase orders based upon demand changes and expedite as needed. Make sure PO’s reflect what is needed putting the logic behind MRP. Have suggested numerous system improvements to help productivity in the department. Many have been implemented which resulted in almost an hour gained in efficiency during the work day. A handful of other suggestions to IT will be implemented during the new release to 9.1 version of JDE that is in testing now. Had $1M in total PPV savings for 2017 out of the $2.6 Total savings for entire buying team.

Ottawa, Il, Us

Supply Chain Professional with a proven track record of driving down costs with supply based. With expertise in electronics, Controls, metals, plastics along with other various commodities.Manage all buying activities, supply chain, shipping/receiving & inventory. Have 7 direct reports & 6 indirect reports (1 Senior buyers, 1 3rd Party Buyer & 1 MRO buyer & 1 building maintenance), 1 Inventory Analysis/Cycle Counter, 4 in shipping (1 Shipping Supervisor, 3 finished goods order pickers, 5 in receiving and parts (1 Receiving lead, 1 Materials Lead, 2 work order pickers and 1 water spider). Document all department processes; work with engineering on end of life parts and new design specs, and 1st article approvals with new suppliers. Work with Planning Manager & Master Scheduler on production schedules and part deliveries. Work closely with engineering team to make sure the right parts are requested and that we are buying from the correct suppliers. Work heavily with manufacture’s reps on gaining Rohs2 documents and supplying engineering with the best possible parts/easy to find and shortest lead time. Have lead and participated in Kaizen events and am a certified ISO 9001:2008 internal Auditor.

Materials Manager ● Manufacturing Expertise ● Inventory Manager ● Logistics SpecialistSELECTED CAREER HIGHLIGHTSCo-managed national pricing agreement w/ Rockwell Automation for Product Inspection Div. of Mettler-Toledo, resulted in a 60% cost reduction Division wide on Rockwell parts.In 2012 Captured over $350K in savings through contracts, vendor negotiations and value engineeringImproved vendor on-time delivery from 60% to 95% through better communication & forecasting•Manage all materials, inventory, purchasing and logistics (domestic & international). Three (3) direct reports: Purchasing Agent, Shipping/Receiving and Inventory Clerk. Manage/document all department processes; work with Engineering on mechanical and electrical designs.• Implemented Cycle Counts weekly and yearly physical counts.• Managed all customer spare part order fulfillment, customer price structure & delivery• CTPAT Compliance & Adhered to all SOX requirements for department• Worked on defining KPI’s for inventory accuracy, vendor deliveries• $7M in direct material spend• Over 14,000 active sku's, w/ 2,500 sku's in inventory• $3.2 M raw material inventory & $2 M Demo Inventory• Implemented Kanban and 5S system in Inventory Cage, • Completed two (2) MRP software changes – getting ready to move to SAP in 2015• Completed full part number change to conform to SAP part numbering scheme

In charge of all purchased components for production machines & MRO supplies while working with vendors on pricing & delivery. Developed and drew electrical schematic designs using AutoCAD and responsible for all inbound and outbound shipments both International and Domestic. Accomplishments• 45% price reduction through pricing discounts• Improved vendor on-time delivery from 60% to 95% through better communication & forecasting• Developed platform for shipping internationally through freight brokers which resulted in 45% freight savings

Designed all electrical schematics based upon project engineers requests & mechanical designs using Solidworks 3D drafting software for production machines. Built/installed machines for customers, did service calls at customer sites.Backed up Purchasing Manager and assisted Production Manager w/scheduling, running production floor & managing production staff Accomplishments• Obtained 98% customer satisfaction rating after installs & service calls• Through design of templates, lowered electrical schematic design time by 80%• Eliminated wiring errors by 90% through cleaner better laid out schematics• Drove efficiencies to cut production time by 30% through better designs & better communication w/engineering

Assembled Vision Inspection Machines wired electrical panels, preformed schematic changes using AutoCAD and calibrated machines using mechanical & software calibration tools. Installed and serviced machines at customer sites.

Calibrated and repaired Construction Lasers.

Willowbrook, Il, Us

Repaired Battery Testers, Battery Chargers, Tested Sensors, battery charges and electronic harnesses.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelors Of Science, Electronic Engineering Technology

Certified Professional In Supply Management, Cpsm