Richard (Rick) Cwik Email & Phone Number

Stamford, Connecticut, Us

Warsaw, Indiana, Us

•Managed Global spend that grew from $180M to $530M across four plants in two countries•Managed $4.3M department budget•Led a team of 35 staff responsible for supplier selection, supplier assessments, supplier performance, commodity management, cross functional sourcing initiatives, contract negotiations, and cost improvements•Reorganized tactical purchasing function into strategically focused Sourcing team •Established team performance goals and objectives that support global operational plans•Maintained department compliance to FDA GMP 820.50, Sarbanes-Oxley, and ISO 13485 regulations•Represented Sourcing function on Global Operations Council•Developed cost savings database and risk management database•Co-Authored supplier management, supplier approval, monitoring, and disqualification policies and procedures•Created Small Business Liaison Officer function for government reporting•Created Commodity Oriented Requirements Evaluation (CORE) documents•Chaired Supplier Quality Educational Conferences attended by top 100 suppliers•Implemented Sourcing Transfer Process for all new or transferred direct product purchases•Supervised and directed new Six Sigma Sourcing projects•Chaired National Quality Month activities and United Way fundraising•Aligned team function into a seamless operation that supported outstanding customer service and accelerated products for new product launches•Created a high performance, externally focused operating culture, which emphasized world-class customer service, teamwork, personnel accountability and winning attitude

SAP Order- to-Cash Responsibilities:Led a team of 10 Global internal staff and 7 external consultants responsible for Sales Orders, Inventory Management, Distribution, Aftermarket Services, Pricing, Warehouse Management, and Customer ServiceDeveloped Global user requirements specification and functional requirement specifications detailing Order-to-Cash processes Developed and delivered workshop presentations of the Global findings to counterpart Order-to-Cash teams in Asia-Pacific and EuropeManaged test build and execution for validation of SAP configuration for Order-to-CashTeamed up with Procure-to-Pay, Finance, RFID, and Master Data SAP team leads on areas of process interrelationship to ensure completeness of systemKey Achievement:Delivered a functional Global SAP Order-to-Cash blueprint to be used as a base for regions and countries to adapt to their unique requirements

Increased level of expenditures, supervision, and buying responsibility with each promotion

Notre Dame, In, Us

Notre Dame, In, Us

Major Commodity * Capital Equipment * Surgical Instruments * Outside ProcessingExperience * Forgings/Castings * Ceramics * Raw Materials* Distribution Agreements * Packaging * Sterilization Services* Sales Media * Sterilization Cases/Trays * Plant Maintenance

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Management

Bachelor Of Science (Bs) With Distinction, Marketing/Advertising/Management