Rebecca Peplinski currently works for General Motors as an Assistant Program Purchasing Manager. She works as part of a cross-functional team to bring new propulsion products to market, ensuring parts are sourced on time and launches are executed flawlessly. Once in production, she is part of a working team that identifies roadblocks, executes change management and works open issues to ensure smooth continuation of supply. Before that, she was a buyer of metallic parts and purchasing program agent, responsible for sourcing selection and strategy for over $430 million of automotive sub component parts and for the coordination of customer program launches and design change requirements. Prior to joining GM, Rebecca spent over 15 years as an accomplished communications and executive reporting professional at EDS and HP. She has demonstrated success in achieving business goals, building relationships, counseling leaders, and managing multiple projects at one time. Rebecca is a highly organized, dependable and energetic communicator with the ability to effectively work in a fast-paced environment.Specialties: Rebecca's creative ideas for presentations and activities are inventive, entertaining and astonishingly effective. Rebecca has used her talents in Event Management in her volunteer work with MCWT, as project manager for the annual MCWT Golf Classic. She increased revenue for the event by 11%, decreased expenses by 11% and increased profit by 28%.