Stephen Schostek Email & Phone Number

Mentor, Oh, Us

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

• Manage existing and potential suppliers for Passives and Magnetics commodities, $70 million annual spend.• Conduct weekly RFQs and part expedite procedures to mitigate manufacturing line down and shortage situations• Drive supplier metric improvement across commodity space to ensure supply chain alignment and meet sourcing leadership goals• Negotiate and place basic purchase orders as required.• Assisted with Fiscal Year 2020 price negotiations for global implementation.• Manage and update price, lead time, and lot sizes data in MRP system on annual and rolling basis as necessary.• Conduct weekly, monthly and quarterly meetings/presentations with suppliers to resolve various open order issues, metric alignment, and general process improvements• Coordinate with other production planning, engineering, and business unit areas achieve maximum service level.• Support purchase agreement programs and Appendix A contract pricing on behalf the Rockwell Strategic Sourcing organization.• Act as point of contact and representation for Rockwell Automaton amongst North American supply base.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Lead and manage stakeholders through indirect spend 7 step sourcing projects• Analyze current spend and budgets to align with sourcing events• Conduct industry research to identify qualified vendor base for various product categories• RFP creation and distribution; analyze vendor proposals for holistic cost savings• Negotiate best and final offers with selected vendors and develop contracts to match • Present analysis internal stakeholders to develop best fit sourcing solutions

Columbus, Ohio Area

-Responsible for developing and maintaining supply base for Automotive seat trim cover and door trims.-Sourcing of trim cover materials for multiple automotive programs with Honda/Acura, Mazda, and Volkswagen-Build and send Requests for Quotes among certified global suppliers.-Cost negotiation on fabrics and piece price in final seat construction-Process and analyze various quotes for trim cover on Honda programs including Accord, Civic, CRV, Ridgeline, Odyssey, Acura RDX, Acura ILX, Acura NSX-Conduct value added and cost reduction negotiations among supply base to 3% of annual spend per supplier.-New Supplier Analysis and selection based on program requirements, quality, delivery, and cost benchmarks-Gather all commercial and legal documents for addition of new tier 2 suppliers

North Canton, Ohio

• Assisted with warehouse heat mapping and improvement process• Tracked movement of refurbished ATM units worth $140,000 to ensure proper shipping standards were met• Began process of correcting shipment addresses in company database that led to estimated $30,000 in savings• Created International and Domestic cargo claims forms in Microsoft Office for temporary use by clients• Conducted comparison of shipping rates between logistics providers using Excel

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Supply Chain And Operations Management

Activities and Societies: National Society of Collegiate Scholars Member Supply Chain Student Association (SCSA) Member Related Coursework.

Associate Of Applied Business, Business Management