Purchasing Agent responsible for MRO purchasing for MTD Products.

• Managed and directed operations at multiple plants including: manufacturing, quality assurance, materials management, and manufacturing engineering. Supervised seven direct reports responsible for plant management, information systems, supply chain, quality assurance, and engineering. Ensured continued certification to ISO-9001/2008. Held P/L responsibility.• Spearheaded a company-wide continuous improvement plan which drove increased productivity through innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurial thinking.• Launched an employee safety initiative with special emphasis on eye care and plant maintenance.• Initiated a successful recruitment program to fill skilled machinists’ positions despite the severe shortage of candidates in the work force.

• Identify and implement cost reduction opportunities through productivity improvements, negotiations, and supply chain consolidation efforts. • Recruit, motivate, and develop a high performing staff of 6 – 8 direct reports by driving accountability to meeting or exceeding key performance metrics for cost savings, quality improvement and financial compliance.

• Identify and implement cost reduction opportunities through productivity improvements, inventory reduction, supplier initiated performance improvement plans, negotiations, and supply chain consolidation efforts. • Recruit, motivate, and develop a high performing staff of 8 – 10 direct reports • Train, mentor and coach team through the use of proven APICS-based, company developed academies with equal emphasis on business results and personal competency development.• Developed and executed action plans to reduce supply risk due to poorly managed or financially unstable suppliers. Avoided supply interruptions that could have put over $200 million in sales at risk with customers worldwide. • Design, develop and implement sourcing strategies and procurement activities for machined components, castings, forgings, capital equipment, tooling, packaging, office supplies and others.• Created the Supplier Management module for the Supply Chain Academy, a game-changer for supply chain personnel. Ensured competencies in supplier management processes and procedures.• Coordinated, compiled, and reported to the Executive Team at the Quarterly Sourcing Meetings.

• Managed and directed operations at two plant locations including: manufacturing quality assurance materials management purchasing manufacturing engineering information systems • Supervised ten direct reports • Ensured continued certification or compliance to the following ISO-9002/2000 TS16949 ISO14000 • Held P/L responsibility.

Director of Commodity Management, Steel and Stampings Team 1992 – 1994• Directed North American Purchasing and Supplier Quality Assurance for six divisions which included over 50 locations. • Provided direction, goal setting and monitoring to ensure quality at the lowest global total cost. • Increased leverage from the supply base.• Exceeded cost reduction program target by 22%, saved $7.9 million in 1993.• Improved supplier performance by reducing PPM defects by 50% in one year. • Reduced supply base by 50% from 201 suppliers to 100 in 1993.• Reestablished an excellent working relationship with all business.Director of Worldwide Turbo charging and Truck Brake Systems Purchasing and Supplier Quality Assurance (~$150 million in spend) 1990 – 1992• Led related programs for six worldwide locations. • Reduced the supply base by 32% from 354 to 240 suppliers.• Achieved cost reduction program targets for two years of $5 million.• Chaired the Worldwide Purchasing Council that capitalized on global cost reductions.