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Zeeland, Mi, Us

United States

Leading teams responsible for setting supply planning strategy and direction across multiple global manufacturing locations, supporting business units across the entire organization.

Portage, Michigan, United States

Leading a team of supply planners with responsibility for the supply chain health of hundreds of SKUs from multiple manufacturing locations.Building cross functional relationships to support collaboration and maximize end to end supply chain efficiency.

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Responsible for a team ranging from 6-13 sourcing professionals managing just over $350 million in total spend. Accountable to drive results in excess of $15 million in annual cost take out as well as implementing benchmark process improvements to build a world class health care sourcing organization.

Benton Harbor, Michigan Area

Accountable for incoming component availability, vendor tooling, capacity management, supplier recovery and linkage to demand and production planning.Direct the development and administration of capital tooling budget and accountable to deliver at or below planned cost.Responsible for monitoring and minimizing supplier expedite and freight costs through ongoing capacity analysis and appropriate, fact based investment recommendations. Develop supplier performance improvement plans and recovery plans and drive adherence to plans.

Benton Harbor, Michigan Area

Accountable for a cross regional team, managing $220M in spend and 100+ vendor relationships in the rubber and extruded plastics industries.Develop strategies and align employees, teams and objectives to support overall Organizational goals Championed successful implementation of a $50M in-sourcing project: $4.2M annual savingsLead emergency tool move from a financially distressed supplier: Over 100 tools with no impact to production

Benton Harbor, Michigan Area

Managed sourcing for Zinc and Aluminum Die Castings & Plating.Executed global sourcing activates, resulting in cost savings, quality improvements and expanded supplier strategy.Developed sourcing strategy to improve overall supplier financial strength & health.

Global Project Manager for Steel Sourcing, Steel Cost & Quality and New Product Introduction ActivitiesDeveloped Global Sourcing Strategy in conjunction with Technology and Marketing Groups for Pre-Finished Steel Materials (Aesthetic and Functional Coatings)Lead day to day Buying Activities for $300M of annual spend across 5 Manufacturing Plants in the United States and MexicoManaged Steel requirements for 2 plant closures (USA and Mexico) post Maytag AcquisitionLead the execution of Stainless Steel Grade Change Project across entire Refrigeration Product Category in 3 Manufacturing PlantsIntegrated Maytag Steel Refrigeration Sourcing Activities and Strategy into existing Whirlpool StrategyLeading Global Development and Implementation of new e-Sourcing tool to support Organizational Transformation Activities

Managed day to day activities of large scale Dairy Farm OperationResponsible for personnel management, training and accountable for daily milk production objectives

Developed and Maintained database for global tire sourcing requirements and spendAssisted in development of sourcing strategy for Global Manufacturing footprint

Project Lead for Resins and Chemicals Database cleansing and consolidationExperienced professional environment of working in an organization during a time of extreme financial distress for the organization

Team Leader and Assembly Worker for final assemblyWorked with Platform Engineers to develop manufacturing solutions for issues related to New Model Launch of Cadillac CTS-V and SRX Models

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Ba, Supply Chain Management

Activities and Societies: Supply Chain Management Association

Associate Degree, Engineering Courses