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North Carolina, United States

Göteborg, Se

Leading a department of 34 purchasing professionals with 4 direct reports responsible for all purchasing activities within the Electromobility, Electronics, Electromechanics & Autonomous areas with an annual spend of $1.1 billion across 196 suppliers.▪ Led the creation of a department PowerBI dashboard that combined multiple systems into a single report to focus on trends resulting in a department improvement of 48% in aftermarket part deliveries, 38% in invoice price discrepancies while maintaining performance in order placement timing.▪ Successfully piloted a new approach to qualifying emerging technology suppliers and associated risks while delivering business objectives around cost, quality & timing for regulatory projects.▪ Partnered with Human Resources to create a new employee onboarding process that assigned an initial support network, defined key stakeholders with a planned cadence of required training.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Led a team of 8 purchasing professionals responsible for all purchasing activities within the Electrical, Plastics, Rubber & Metal Fabrication areas with an annual spend of $301 million and 118 suppliers.▪ Championed the global resin shortage with a scope of 26 suppliers and 700+ parts with no impact to production across four manufacturing facilities.▪ Sponsored the creation of the organization’s first Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) Supply Base and associated processes to improve design maturity and launch readiness for new designs.▪ Promoted in February 2019 after successfully leading the Electrical & Electronics commodities across a team of four Buyers with an annual spend of $283 million and 45 suppliers.

Benton Harbor, Michigan, Us

Developed sourcing strategies for the Integrated Circuits, Thyristors and Connectors areas with an annual spend of $110 million and 26 strategic suppliers.▪ Negotiated the organization’s first Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) Joint Development Agreement to protect trade secrets related to cooking technology.▪ Spearheaded a $30 million Request for Proposal for an updated microcontroller strategy realizing a 15% reduction in spend through incumbent supplier negotiations and new supplier onboarding.

Benton Harbor, Michigan, Us

Led a team of 6 engineers across 2 manufacturing facilities responsible for cost and quality improvements within the Electrical and Electronics areas including managing a project pipeline of 50 active projects.▪ Promoted in January 2008 and February 2012 after consistently delivering projects of increasing scope and complexity with functional reports including the delivery of Whirlpool’s first software testing process and leading the User Interface software development for 16 new Refrigerator models.

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electronics Engineering Technology