Transtar Industries, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is the global leader in transmission, differential and drivetrain-related components. Distributing quality OE and aftermarket parts and premium re-manufactured products as well as automotive refinishing products. Our customers include major transmission repair chains, unit re-manufacturers, and auto body repair shops throughout the globe.Transtar has more than 1,300 employees and 70+ distribution locations throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada. Transtar also exports to more than 80 countries across the globe

Sr. SCM Manager for 3 North American Driveshaft Manufacturing facilities, ~$725M in sales, $400M+ in purchased materials, 24/7 days a week facilities with 100+ direct and indirect reports, shipping to more than 200 locations across the globe.

$1.5B Diversified industrial products manufacturer for Automotive and Industrial hand tools

SCM - Sr. Manager of Functional Excellence – Global Supply Chain Management (GSCM) / Procurement

SCM - Sr. Director Global Supply Chain, Purchasing and Operations (Multiple International Sites). Alpha Technologies specializes in high end test and process monitoring capital equipment manufacturing primarily for the Automotive Rubber and Plastics industries.

$2.5B Automotive, Heavy Truck and Aerospace Industries that specializes in manufacturing Brake, Clutch and Transmission friction related components utilizing polymers, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, along with Carbon Fiber/Composites.

Largest division of Fortune 50 company ($24.5B in sales) for build to print aerospace components.

• Responsible for management of $60M in spend via 70 suppliers of outsourced machining services. 6 direct reports, 25 salaried personnel comprised of the sourcing, planning, logistics and the quality functions. Focus was on creating and implementing business systems necessary to insure supply and mitigate risk.• Optimized SAP to create real time performance metrics (Supplier OTD, Inventory Turns, Time to Replenish (dock to stock) as well as commodity plan data tables, spend aggregation. Metrics implemented led to $1.2M reduction in Cost of Quality (COQ) and 13% supplier spend consolidation.

SPOC point of contact for 4 different commodities (Thin Film Targets and C-4, Chemical Mechanical Planarization(CMP), Cleanroom Consumables, Diffusion Quartz and Ceramics). Spend managed totaled $60M across 62 supplier relationships. Utilized benchmark processes to achieve: SAP Implementation - Lead - Purchasing/Sourcing for respective commoditiesBusiness Process Owners - Material and Supplier Masters, ASL o Total savings $1.62M in 2001, $4.58M in 2002 and $4.2M in 2003.o 38% average line item savings (multi-million dollar savings per commodity) across 4 commodities and 4 international manufacturing sites. o Reduced inventory by $3.3M by executing stand alone consignment contracts. o Negotiated away all proposed price increases for 4 consecutive years.

DELPHI CHASSIS – SUSPENSION DAMPERS AND CORNER MODULES, DAYTON, OH 1994 to 2001Leading global automotive parts manufacturer.Sr. Buyer, Worldwide Purchasing - Automotive Bearings 2000 to 2001Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for all engineering, commercial sourcing, quality and delivery issues for Bearings. • Negotiated Delphi Chassis’ single largest bearing agreement resulting in 3-year favorable contract with annual productivity cost downs of $3.75M netting total savings over contract term of $11.25M.• Led alternative materials Creativity Teams, Lean Design for Manufacturability (DFM) workshops. o Six projects completed, dual sources created and 18% piece price savings for $1.9M annual savings.Sr. Manufacturing Process Engineer, Suspension Dampers, Corner Modules 1994 to 1999Product Development Team (PDT) Co-Chair (Forward Programs) for C/G/H Automotive Platforms.• Achieved concept to production launch of $6M to $100M damper/suspension/corner module programs. o Brought new program launches in on time and under budget for 5 consecutive years. • Led 8 Kaizen workshops and value stream projects resulting in $2.5M in savings. • Prepared for and achieved QS9000 Certification • Orchestrated all Supply Chain elements of the Product Development/Launch Stage Gate Processes (PDP) and application of tools in AIAG toolkit, including PPAP, APQP, SPC, MSA portions of the Toyota/Delphi manufacturing system (Safety, 5S, Kanban, JIT, Lean Mfg. Cellular Flow, Value Stream Mapping, and SMED). • KPI definition, GD&T, Created / published Process Control Plans, Process Flow Diagrams, Tiers 1-5 PPAP Packages, DOE, P/DFMEA’s, 8D, 5Y’s, Fishbone Diagrams.