• Identified sourcing projects that would provide an immediate favorable impact to the margin.• Created a strategic project plan identifying cost reduction opportunities and prioritization thru analysis. • Follow up on sourcing projects thru cross-functional teams with representation from the Germany, Switzerland, Hungary and US operational groups.• Exceeded $500,000 annual cost reduction thru global sourcing projects

Oversaw the strategic sourcing of machined metal and plastic components, machined castings, electrical control box assembly, and purchased commodity items. Created project plan to introduce global sourcing to the group of operating companies located in the USA, Germany and Switzerland.• Reduced combined costs by over 2.5 million on low volume, high mix machine production.• Achieved 37% cost reduction for each sourcing project that addressed $1.5 million spend categories• Generated reduction in excess of $3.5 million annually thru localizing a complete machine to the China assembly operations.• Responsible for sourcing function in China and India

Managed the sourcing projects over 3 operational sites. Performed supplier quality audits using the quality standards from each operating company sourcing team.• Generated over 30% landed cost reduction for each component within a $4 million spend category.• Machined castings and machined metal components• Reduced the lead from 16 weeks to 8 weeks for sample approvals.• Negotiated contracts with key suppliers that resulted in cost and working capital reduction while improving OTD and quality performance.• Initiated 35 supplier alignments in India and China that resulted in cost and working capital reduction and significantly increased margin.

Oversaw the plant materials management organization and functional groups. Managed purchasing, receiving and shipping. Presented monthly KPI results.• Positioned the supply chain to have the ability to respond to every customer order 100 % of the time and receive material within 3 days of receipt of order. • Created a daily machining production schedule utilizing MRP, resulting in level loading of machining and assembly.• Negotiated global supplier agreements that were considered win/win for both.• Inventory turns from 4 to 16

Manager of plant purchasing, MRO, inventory control, shipping, receiving, production control, supplier performance, 7 direct and 26 indirect reports over multiple shifts. • Leader of departmental safety initiatives, achieving 0 recordable, 0 lost time.• Achieved $350,000 annualized outbound freight cost reduction. • Generated a $600,000 favorable material usage variance. Reduced direct inventory from $1.5 million to $650,000. • Recovered $185,000 from supplier related to lost production efficiency in a period of 3 months.

Lear purchased United Technologies Automotive