Tyrone Nichols

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Summary

Professional career reflects purchasing, materials management, quality implementation and consumer

service. Additionally, developing and expanding supplier base while meeting increasing demands within the

company. Experience in the following: international sourcing, leadership, business planning, engineering,

supply chain management

Key Skills

Management International Sourcing

Purchasing Leadership

Negotiation Engineering

Marketing Project Management

Management Experience

Director of Purchasing, May 2002-Present

Better Brake Parts Inc.

• Identified $5M in annual cost saving and created long range processes to sustain that savings.

• Identified and developed global suppliers.

• Responsible purchasing for all brake parts, negotiating pricing and signing all production and tool

purchasing orders.

• Develop and source all packaging material

• Negotiate all suppliers contracts; working with financial institutions.

• Spearheaded new product launch

Purchasing Agent, July 1997-May 2002

Better Brake Parts Inc.

• -Researched and developed new suppliers on an ongoing basis

• -Worked closely with R&D to maintain an updated file on new automobiles and those parts already

sourced

• -Worked with customs brokers to ensure the transport of freight

• -Continued contact with suppliers for product cost/process improvement

• -Negotiated JIT/blanket order inventory with suppliers

• -Rescheduled current orders

• -Reviewed backorders report

• Negotiate JIT/blanket order inventory with suppliers.

Engineering Manager, June 1996-July 1997

Better Brake Parts Inc.

• Initiate action to prevent the occurrence of product nonconformity.

• Identify and record any product quality problem.

• Initiate, recommend, or provide solutions through designated channels.

• Verify the implementation of solutions.

• Control future processing, delivery, or installation of nonconforming product until the deficiency or

unsatisfactory conditions have corrected.

• Developing new or revised product specifications including the cross reference data and functional

requirements from an OEM sample.

• Documents and tracks product design and print/drawing revision or change levels.

• Supports the Draftsmen with new product drawings development.

• Qualify and verify new product or product revisions, documenting the information in an ISIR format

report.

• Distributes internal copies of print specification.

• Provides Purchasing with approved product prints and product specifications.

• Provides Purchasing with approved product prints and product specifications.

• Support to customers as required for sales support and service. Identifying functional and design

specifications that are critical to safe and proper use of the product.

Sunstrand Corporation (formerly Westinghouse Electrical Systems Division.)Design Detail Draftsman, 12/1/88-June 199

Utilized CAD System in the mechanical design of components for electric motors, generators, tools

and control units. Lay out printed circuit boards.

Detail Draftsman, 1978-1988

Weshinghouse Small Motors

• Detailed parts for small motors, appliance motors, tools control units. Utilized AUTO CAD

Junior Draftsman, 1976-1978

Westinghouse Appliance Division

• Detailed parts for small motors. Created charts and graphs for Engineering and Marketing

Departments.

Education and Certifications

University of Findlay B.A. Marketing 1989

University of Findlay B.A. Business Administration 1986

University of Findlay Certification of Hazardous Waste Management 1992

Bowling Green State University Manufacturing Technology(need one course to complete.)

Rhodes State College ISO 19011S:2004 Internal Auditor Training & Process Audits 2008

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