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Cincinnati, OH, US

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Cincinnati, OH

Manage supplier data and compliance, supporting 80k suppliers across the globe across 12 client platforms. Consult with client and development to support continuous improvement through automation and streamlining process. Support client implementations for new business units and supplier data conversions.

Cincinnati, OH

Led functional development, testing, deployment and daily operations for Suppler Connect, GE’s SIG award winning supplier compliance and data management platform.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Led functional development, testing, and deployment of GE Predix cloud based software supporting global supply chain, compliance, and data management across GE’s diverse portfolio of businesses.

Twinsburg, OH

Led global direct material sourcing team, supporting the Controls and Bently business units. Managed four senior level direct reports, with a total staff of thirteen employees across four global locations. Support flow, projects and service based businesses within asset monitoring and controls sector.

Twinsburg, Ohio

Responsible for leading cash, fulfillment, sole source, and low cost country initiatives for direct material spend. Provided direction on key initiatives, tracked progress, and reported to executive management on business strategy and status.

Twinsburg, Ohio

Developed and led commodity and key supplier strategies, for Reuter Stokes and Bently Nevada business units. Negotiated with top suppliers and on-boarded new suppliers to drive cost reduction and improved quality. Provided coaching and mentoring to tactical buyers on sourcing fundamentals.

Livonia, Michigan

Developed and executed supply base procurement strategies to achieve yearly cost reduction and quality objectives. Managed direct material procurment of steel based transmission components achieving cost reductions of over 3%. Cross-functional team leader for commodity focused, cost reduction team consisting of cost estimating, product design engineering.

Livonia, Michigan

Coordinated purchasing activities for Taurus/Sable and Freestar transmission programs. Single interface between purchasing, manufacturing, finance, product and system engineering for implementation of capacity, warranty, fuel economy, and cost reduction initiatives. Insured program timing of new front wheel drive transmission programs. Defined customer.

Sharonville, Ohio

Six Sigma Transactional Black Belt and Production Control Specialist, May 1998 - November 2002Certified as one of the first Six Sigma Transactional Black Belt’s within Material Planning and Logistics department. Responsibilities included leading cross-functional, cost reduction, process improvement teams, and provided greenbelt training on the DMAIC.

Bsba, Production Operations & Transportation Logistics

Activities and Societies: Triangle Fraternity, APICS

Ms Operations Managment, Operations Management

Masters, Operations Management And Supervision