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Milwaukee, WI, US

Cincinnati, OH, US

Helsinki, FI

Promoted to be the head of Services Crushing Products business line procurement responsible for strategy, execution, and governance for all product groups (Mining, Classic, and Standard Crushers, plus Growth Products) and bronze castings category management within all Business Areas.

Espoo, Uusimaa, FI

Integrated in the Services Crusher Products group focused on Classic Crusher procurement strategy. The business requires aggressively pursuing new casting, fabrication, and assembly suppliers in regionally advantaged locations to support global customer base. Required to handle fast paced split between Make-to-Stock and Make-to-Order environment across all.

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Developed global strategies within assigned categories, ensuring all business units’ needs met. Worked with the business unit procurement organizations to guide strategy implementation, while presenting direction to.
• Managed $150M over five assigned categories.
• Won Merit Award for significant trade working capital improvement through negotiation.
• Identified 25% reduction in cost for critical compressor components.
• Lead implementation of should-cost modeling within fabrication supply base.
• Guided multiple business units through material shortages to realize end of year revenue targets.

Northville, Michigan, US

Working in the Advanced Sourcing Group of Tenneco's Clean Air Division provided the opportunity to source components of systems that were actively being engineered. As the designs kept changing, active interfacing with suppliers was necessary to ensure program timing and part quality could be achieved. Once designs were focused, it became my responsibility.

Irving, Texas, US

• I worked in the Dragline Product Purchasing Group inside Caterpillar’s Global Purchasing. We were a uniquely cross-functional team inside Caterpillar with each performing Project Management, Supplier Quality, and.
• Developed the global sourcing strategy for heavy fabrications for the Dragline Product Group
• Drove LCP initiatives for heavy fabrications, highlighted by reducing the cost of a dragline base by $200,000
• Inspected PAP documents – saved Caterpillar millions in exposure by catching that A36 material was used instead of abrasion resistant steel in a wear capacity
• Facilitated in the Logistics of parts to ensure on time delivery, including the front girder section of a dragline revolving frame weighing 199,000 pounds. Three trucks failed with permit restrictions, so arranged a.
• Developed standard work for project management organization

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Global Business And Management

Industrial Engineering