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Milverton, Ontario, Canada

Provide guidance and direction to companies establishing new strategies and processes to compete in a global environment. • Develop strategy and direction• Determine core competencies• Create and implement process improvements• Re-organization recommendations

Waterloo, Ontario Canada

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Optimized global supplier capability and capacity to directly contribute to excellence in product quality and attainment of organizational objectives. Led global vendor management, ensuring effective and strategic negotiations and on-time delivery through effective supply chain management. Accountable for a $250 M purchasing budget.Managed supply chain relationships including, Siemens, MTU, Bridgestone, Michelin and Allison Transmission with 325 key suppliers.Worked closely with Vice-President, Sales and Technical Support and international sales companies to develop and secure new business. This initiative increased mining truck sales by 30% and factory standard hours by 40%.Exceeded quality standards by implementing a highly effective supplier sourcing process. Improved manufacturing processes and efficiencies at suppliers ensuring that stringent quality standards were metDeveloped and led a team that reduced raw material inventories from $36 M to $18 M within an 18 month period. Utilized global sourcing for critical components ensuring product quality, cost and delivery were achieved.Prepared presentation for client review including technical data which highlighted competitive advantages vs. competitionDesigned and implemented a new supplier quality audit process that significantly improved supplier product quality and ensured that Hitachi’s quality standards were consistently achievedCreated and implemented $300 M annual budget for the procurement department, analyzed monthly variances and developed strategies to ensure objectives were met, resulting in achievement of $20 M in savings Developed and implemented processes and controls to meet Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 requirements leading to three annual audits with zero non conformances.Mentored and directly supervised 12 talented, diverse and unique purchasing professionals through collaboration and goal sharing.

Reported to CEO, led a team of 12 managers and 425 employees to implement a corporate philosophy of Safety, Quality, Costs and Delivery (SQCD) the foundation for the achievement of company business goals and objectives. Held simultaneous roles and responsibility which included Purchasing, Manufacturing, Production Control and Quality Assurance. Planned and oversaw day-to-day operations (structural, assembly and paint and ship departments) including achievement of build schedule, ensuring appropriate staffing levels, and effective leadership of a team of 350 unionized employees (CAW local 1917) to ensure compliance with the manufacturing scheduleCreated and chaired daily production meetings and bi-weekly sales and marketing meetings to ensure compliance with customer delivery datesDeveloped and mentored a manufacturing team that was able to support the organization thru a period of significant growth (increased sales from 80M to in excess of 350M in 5 year period) Implemented monthly production reviews with executives to update manufacturing status as well as any other significant project statusMet with potential customers and provided technical assistance and answered manufacturing related queries as requiredEstablished 5S program, KPI’s, Kaizen, Huddle meetings, JIT by introducing small team activities to address quality issues, timely deliverables and meeting individual expectations. Created team environment leading to significant layout changes, reduction of manufacturing bottlenecks and the creation of pictorial aids to assist with ease of manufacturing. Implemented seamless in process QA inspection thus reducing manufacturing cycle-time by approximately 15% across all manufacturing linesDeveloped and achieved budgetary targets for eleven departments with a combined spend of $200 M.

Established process controls and work instructions for Purchasing, Production Control and Material Handling departments to satisfy the requirements for ISO and standard operating procedures (SOP)Led sourcing process improvements, implemented solutions that supported cost competitiveness; increased market share for construction and quarry trucks resulting in attainment of 150 truck orders from European client while successfully implementing ISOInnovated a supplier conference for key suppliers to share long range plan and customer expectations, established quarterly alliance meetings resulting in successful product customizationsCo led the selection and implementation of a new ERP system (BaaN)

• F18 Purchasing Manager (Military)• Purchasing Manager (Commercial Aircraft)• Purchasing Supervisor• Buyer

Materials Management Diploma, Business, Purchasing, Production Control

President of the students Association for two years (Guelph Campus)

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