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Carol Stream, IL

• Develop and implement strategies to manage over 80MM in spend across 16 categories of fabricated and raw metals. Champion supply chain improvements in an 80/20 environment to drive YOY cost reductions. Lead continuous.
• Appointed member of Marmon’s Leverage Spend Council which generated $43MM in savings.
• Realized over 4.6MM in direct savings and cost avoidances, while increasing VMI service levels.
• Championed 7 new product launches, on cost target and reduced supply risk with dual qualification.
• Negotiated with suppliers to a Master Supply Agreement contract to reduce pricing and supply risk.
• Developed automated cost savings/cost avoidance tracking tools for the department resulting in accurate and transparent metrics with substantially reduced level of effort to calculate the data.

Chicago

• Responsible for new product sourcing strategies and supplier launch readiness activities in a product development environment. Provided leadership to a team of Sourcing professionals to develop multi-commodity global.
• Launched 94% of products at or below cost targets resulting in tens of millions in cost savings and cost avoidances throughout the product life cycle.
• Managed a large capital budget, consistently delivered products under budget.
• Built strong inter-department relationships with R&D, Engineering and Product Management to work collaboratively towards product development efficiency.
• Implemented Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) practices, including DFM/DFA, resulting in reduced development time, and reduced development costs.
• Crafted the standardized New Product Sourcing (NPS) process including workflow and tools, to drive consistency and efficiency throughout the NPS process.

Oak Brook, IL

• Lead the Procurement Operations team for the US Indirect Sourcing department. Developed and implemented key operational goals and continuous improvement initiatives. Leveraged a staff of ten to perform procurement.
• Developed recommendation and initiated integration of the next generation P2P System.
• Optimized department KPIs to provide insight into resource allocation, identify opportunities and measure performance against goals.
• Implemented a bulk ordering process which saved 8% of total resource time annually.
• Revised the eProcurement training program for the end users, increasing user adoption by over 10%.

• Developed go-to-market strategy and launched the into profitability in just four months and increased sales and profits year over year. Directed the company progression through the business plan and maturity model from.
• Created and implemented sales strategy resulting in double digit revenue growth for 6 straight years.
• Championed continuous improvement efforts across the Supply Chain to reduce product costs by 14%.
• Developed strategies and leadership for Supply Chain, Engineering, Marketing, Sales and Operations.
• Deployed a cloud-based Project Management system to reduce product development time.
• Optimized the product development release process generating a 44% reduction in completion time.

• Performed procurement and project management function for Product Development Engineering. Served as the liaison between engineering and manufacturing. Evaluated and developed suppliers to meet company criteria..
• Negotiated cost reductions with suppliers that generated product savings in excess of 12%.
• Designed a custom database to track project budgets and engineering time related to the projects.
• Conducted training to the department on related to procurement.
• Reduced component lead times to mitigating financial exposure and reduce end product delivery time.

Chicago

Investigated software design issues and tested the performance of ERP software on multiple systems. Developed, applied and maintained design and quality standards specializing in Order Entry and Purchasing. Maintained test results documentation for BPCS and eBPCS. Analyzed test results to ensure existing functionality, identified potential trends and.

Ba, Supply Chain Management

Certification, Executive Leadership