Robert Muir Email & Phone Number

44028 Mound, Suite 4, Sterling Heights, MI 48314

• Independent financial services providing non-proprietary financial solutions.
• Managed accounts.
• Performed internal evaluation and training.
• Conducted seminars.
• Obtained new accounts.

15806 Mack Avenue, Grosse Point Woods, MI 48236

• Managed a distressed office in a highly competitive environment.
• Retained existing clients, satisfied their concerns and encouraged additional investments.
• Created multi-generational family clients.
• Doubled existing assets.

Van Buren Twp., MI

• Responsible for service purchasing, cash-in-advance payments, supplier stop-ship resolution and non-standard sourcing.
• Established supplier relationships, eliminated stop-ship restrictions and reduced processing from two weeks to four hours without interrupting customers’ production.
• Evaluated the current process, solicited suppliers’ input and established a commodity strategy for service parts that reduced costs by 15% annually.

Plymouth, MI

• Led effort to separate ACH and Ford purchasing systems from Visteon.
• Negotiated $2.3 million cost avoidance for Ford software consents and agreements.
• Oversaw the transfer of proprietary data from Visteon IT systems to Ford IT systems while maintaining confidentiality and data integrity.
• Developed ingenious strategy, negotiated terms and designed a shared part process with ACH; protecting the OEM’s interests and serving as a model for subsequent divestitures.

Dearborn, MI

• Developed enterprise project management application to fully integrate corporate systems.
• Directed the development and implementation of enterprise resource planning as a business and technical lead. Conceived the strategy to integrate the functional groups into a cohesive system capable of ongoing.

Dearborn, MI

• Created Project Management Office, Product Development System, Record Retention Process and Business Operating System.
• Designed an innovative process to capture project metrics, compile the raw data, summarize and deliver real-time management reports that optimized resource application.
• Created work plan templates for all of the product groups which provided a 25% reduction in project management administrative cost.

Walled Lake, MI

• Recruited to achieve efficiencies in product development and tooling. Directed Program Management and Quality Engineering with five direct reports.
• Engaged tool sources in the product design and negotiated an average 8% savings for each project.
• Achieved product launch costs 11% under budget by initiating project management

Sterling Heights, MI

• Led quality improvement and supply chain optimization.
• Provided nimble response to the 1994 Ford Mustang launch quality issues. Established a seamless relationship with the customer to execute urgent design changes.
• Initiated a dynamic color match process with Ford that eliminated part-to-part color discrepancies.

Fenton, MI

• Managed a team of six engineers and ten technicians to provide product assurance.
• Achieved Ford Q-1 and General Motor’s Mark of Excellence awards.
• Created a warranty database that accounted for 100% of parts.
• Negotiated with suppliers to provide improved total cost of products instead of concentrating on lower initial price.
• Functioned as assistant plant manager.

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Microbiology

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