Johanna P Mason

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Westland, Michigan 48186

734-***-**** Cell

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CAREER GOAL

Enthusiastic and Results Driven Professional, my career goal is continued application of my acquired skills in Supply Chain / Operations, Global Commodity Purchasing and Quality Management while balancing the interest of my employer and the requirements of the stakeholders. Over 25 years’ experience in Supply Chain Management, Purchasing, Quality in industries of Automotive, Aerospace and Healthcare are the backbone of career expertise I can bring to this opportunity.

SUMMARY

My strong multi-industry background has been applied in positions of Supply Chain that includes Global Corporate, Purchasing, Operations Manager, Supplier Quality Engineer / Auditor, Shipping/Receiving Management, Sales and Marketing. I have hands-on MRP/ERP & SAP experience with over 6 software implementations such as Made-to-Manage by TekSyn and Plex ERP, hands-on experience from various assigned departmental focus, management levels and stages of implementation. With TekSyn no previous system existed and was done without migration requiring creating part numbers, attributes, developing product profiles, vendor profiles, set up process operations, bar code scanning implementation, document process and training.

With a robust drive to take ownership of my projects with drive focused on negotiating growth and quality excellence. I work well leading teams, within teams, and with up to 60 direct reports as Operations Manager. I have acquired skills and knowledge from ISO Certifications for Quality, Supplier Quality Auditor, IATF16949:9000 and ISO9000 -2016 series and ISO14001 certified Auditor. Member of QMS Committees, Metallurgy Committee, Kaizen Events and training, Lean Process Events and training, Risk Mitigation, Safety & Training Committee and First Response Teams.

A Sense of Urgency, Pride and Common Sense are a few tools in my arsenal of experience and training. Recent contract position at GE Healthcare for negotiating for critical Supplier relationships and long term contracts. At Ford FCSD Customer Service Division as Senior Supply Chain Analyst provided a deeper knowledge in leading suppliers to resolutions for our major stakeholders who were Dealerships and the End Consumer. Procurement experience also includes manufacturing for Process Equipment to the Feed and Grain Industry and chemical purchasing for medical and laboratory products. These strong experiences within Large Corporations for Global Supply Chain with focus on approval of the stakeholders and served me well within small companies.

My versatile, technical and well-rounded background is coupled with great communication and people skills that will prove me the Candidate of Choice for your organization. I can hit the ground running to prove my worth within the first 3 months by improving On Time Deliveries using Recovery/ Risk and Incident Mitigation Skills, Lean Process Improvements, and Cost Improvements.

SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt ASQ w Back Belt Course Chemicals, Plastics, Resin, Films Colorants, Thinners

Certified Project Manager - BluePM (GmbH) Steel, Aluminum & Metals: Coil, Sheet, Shapes Extrusions

Certified ISO14001, IATF, 9001-2008, 2016, AS9100 Chrome, Polish, Dip Prime, EDP and Topcoat

Supplier Development, Risk Mitigation, Quality Resolutions Capital Equip-Presses, Fanuc Robotic Welders EOL Devices

Root Cause, FMEA Change, Mgmt.-Launch Readiness IT Hardware/Software/Electrical, Wire Harness, Visual Equip

Microsoft Office: Word, Excel (Conditional Formatting, Pivot Tables, Charts, V-Lookup), Access, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Outlook Software ERP, MRP/MRP2: Plex-Cloud ERP, SAP NetWeaver, CMMS, Covisint-Ford / DDL, WERS, QAD, JD Edwards, Great Plains, Oracle and AS400 based software, BPICS, Made to Manage by-TekSyn, Microsoft Business Software.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SCM Projects / Supplier Quality Engineer/ (W2)

Feb 2023 to Jul 31 2023 * QuEST Global Engineering Consultants - assigned Carrier Corporation Engineering in Jan 2023 – Project Management to evaluate stakeholder requirements for procurement of PPM/SPM software for 4000+engineers globally.

May 2021 to Dec 31 2023 * QuEST Global Engineering Consultants – assigned GE Healthcare – Negotiate Critical Supplier Relationships for Inventory Replenishment Strategy Project. 80% Remote, some travel & Kaizen Events. Project Management to client teams of Materials Planners, Buyers, and Sourcing Leaders. Tasked to negotiate suppliers into new Kanban Replenishment contract, hand-off to GE Materials team for implementation, follow-up of details to ensure flawless data conversion via Oracle.

May 2019 – Oct 2019, QuEST Global Engineering Consultants to Aerospace (1099Contract) – Supplier Quality Engineer, On-Site 75% and Remote 25%. Clients: Boeing -Triumph Group Aircraft, Eaton Aerospace - Multiple supplier assignments in the Aerospace industry. Duties to assist the client company with supplier issues including Contractual Negotiations, Identify and Resolve supply chain and Quality Constraints, Root Cause Analysis and Failure Mode Evaluation/Analysis, Sourcing, Demand/capacity, Tooling, Timelines, Certification Readiness. Perform roles as “Face of the Client” on site at the Supplier and Outside Processing Suppliers.

Project Buyer - Advance Sourcing & Change Management

Oct 2019 – Jun 30, 2020 – Performance Assembly Solutions, Livonia – COVID 19 Lay-Off Jun2020. Advance Sourcing for Motus V4 Engine and 6 Speed Direct Chain Drive Transmission project; as known as “V4 Baby Block” engine. This project for resurrecting Motus Motorcycle/Utility/RTV, snowmobile, and specialty vehicles. Emergency Sourcing for GM/Ventec Project - Ventilator components completed just prior to COVID layoffs. Covid required work Remote from home from March until June 30, 2020

Supply Chain Program Management (Direct hire)

Oct 2017 – April 1, 2019 * TREMEC Torque Transfer Systems (Novi, Michigan) Layoff 3/31/2019 due to program launch delay.

Advance Supply Chain Program and Sub-System Program Management at Global Supplier level for TREMEC/Corvette Stingray TR 9080 DCT 8 Speed Dual Clutch Transmission. Facilitate Weekly General Motors Update – Engineering Change Management & Issue Resolutions. Secondary project focused on Asset Tooling, APQP Development and PPAP timeline. Customer Owned Asset Tooling - worked closely with Accounts Payable and Account Manager to align ownership of Capital Tooling Assets, ensure details of assets identified, invoiced to establish ownership. Procedure combining activities from 3 TREMEC locations with over 300 Tooling Suppliers. Travel to conducted training and support to SQE teams in Belgium EU and Queretaro, MX locations

Developed Process Flow & QMS Procedures Asset Tooling of $49M (OE customer & TREMEC owned)

Created Process Diagrams, Training to Purchasing, SQE’s Suppliers and Commercial Team

Cross Functional Team for FMEA, Engineering Design Change documentation following through to Asset Tooling

Assist to Quality Manager and Co-Presenter presentations to GM Leadership at Weekly PFEP meetings, maintained PFEP Report

Global Commodities / Global Logistics Manager – (Contract to Direct hire)

Oct 2016 – Sep 2017 * PEC America/ Pacific Electrical (fuses)Corp – Engineering/Sales Distribution Branch (Novi, Michigan) through Robert Half Associates. Oversee small team of 5 for Global Commodities, Customer Sales & Support for Automotive Fuses to OEM, Tier 1 & Tier 2 Trading Partners. Analyze and manage materials supply chain from PEC manufacturing facilities in Japan, Thailand and Mexico; ensure Inventory reconciled.

Implemented ISO TS16949 QMS procedures, manuals and work instructions, resulting in TS16949 Audit passed in March 2017

Focus on KPI: 100% On Time Delivery, 6% annual reduction of expedites and 4% reduction freight costs.

Developed lean processes for improved materials planning, 4-Square strategies, and ERP software improvements

Working with 3PL Warehouse Developed discrepancy and damage reporting to be flow to Inventory Adjustments timely

Identified and resolved $3.1 million in revenue issues, set procedures for continued oversight. Improved reporting of inventory

Initial proposal to leadership for Plex ERP software to improve production, reporting and overall service

Project Analyst / Auditor (Experis Staffing Financial)

Mar 2016 – Oct 2016 * Analyst/Auditor multiple assignments through Experis Staffing

Detroit Land Bank Authority (Detroit, MI) - Responsibilities: Audit and reporting of Blight Property Demolition, reviewing contracts and supplier bids for compliance to Federal Hardest Hit Funding, ensure Supplier payments reconciled with contract, fund distribution to Accounts Payable

Wayne County Airport Authority (Romulus, MI) - Project auditing of supplier wage records for Davis-Bacon Wage Compliance for construction projects at Metro and Willow Run Airports

Supply Chain Senior Analyst - Contract

Oct 2014 – Feb 2016 * FORD FCSD – Ford Customer Service Division (Dearborn, MI). Responsibilities: Supplier Recovery and Risk Mitigation - Assigned distressed, seasonal, and problematic Suppliers with focus on Top 100 Parts Shortage Suppliers. Short term projects as needed, included Transmission re-source project of 42 parts. Created SAP Training Pod Casts, Conference Call Training to Suppliers on SAP One Ford Supplier Scorecard (SAP Portal).

Conducted weekly supplier meetings, review Supplier RCC Actions, develop resolutions to secure required inventory

Recovery and Root Cause Analysis Issues, approve and manage supplier recovery and ship plans

Manage and coordinate Supplier Program Tooling moves, confirm bridge run inventories

Process weekly Management reports utilizing Excel, Pivot Tables, Conditional formatting, Access and SAP systems

Consultant Purchasing Analyst – Contract (offered Direct)

Dec 2013 – Sep 30, 2014 * CITY of DETROIT, Detroit, Michigan. Reported to Director and Deputy Director Purchasing for assigned global commodities: Strategic, Financial Contract Management, Capital Equipment contracts exceeding $8 billion. Served on Mayor's Lean Process Team. Negotiated/Purchased LexisNexis software for Law Enforcement, PayPal for municipal Parking and courthouse, Legal and Financial software and Oracle Upgrade for Purchasing & Financial.

Developed KPI Metrics charts (dashboard reports), reporting monthly on Performance Improvement

Developed Cost Savings/Cost Avoidance Tracking for Presentation Charts

IT Hardware/software Contract Management: Specialized Police Software, Fire & Municipal Software.

Global Commodity Focus for Police & Fire: major vehicle purchases - Fire Pumpers, Rapids Response Vehicles, Armored Tactical Vehicles, and cityscape vehicle graphics.

Manager, Shipping Receiving, Inventory Control - Supply Chain (Direct hire)

May 2012 – Oct 2013 * Master Automatic Precision Machining, Plymouth, Michigan. Reporting to General Manager recruited for Plex (ERP)implementation/training for department. Lay off Oct 2013 - internal management restructuring & business loss.

Manage 5 direct reports for Shipping, Receiving, Inventory and Logistics, OE Customer packaging accuracy (piece & weight)

Assigned Automotive OEM Customer Key Accounts: Ford - 4 locations, Honda-2 locations, and TRW, Bosch, and Nexteer

Streamline Procedures and using forensic accounting resolved $121,000 inventory adjustments in first 3 months

Initiated Warehouse Rack changes, implemented and Team Training on new Procedures and Barcode Inventory systems

Work with Accounting for Supplier Invoice, Receipts, Purchase Order price reconciliation

Purchasing Global Commodities- Automotive Components (Direct hire)

May 2011 – Apr 2012 * E &E Manufacturing, Plymouth, Michigan. Managed 4.8 million in annual spend. Responsibilities: Managed steel/stampings, Tooling and purchased components and outside processing for Seating Applications(then Johnson Controls). Supply Chain and expediting for 2 stamping plants MI & TN.

Reason Left – Accepted an offer at Master Automatic

Supplier development & sourcing for Steel (slit coil) and wire, managed Purchased Components, & Outside Processing

Improvements to Inventory Procedures to better control off-site inventory (heat treat, annealing, deburring etc)

SME Training and served on the Diversity Development committee- JCI/Toyota’s Project ONE Diversity Supplier Development

Sr. Purchasing - Project Sourcing (contract to Direct hire)

Apr 2010– May 2011 * Spheros North America, Canton, Michigan, (Distribution Sales and Service). Global & domestic component sourcing for mass transit vehicles. Spin-Off from Webasto. Responsibilities: Project Management position reported to Project Lead-Finland and VP/General Manager Sourced for new US business platform and Supply Chain. Contract to direct hire. Reason left – Cancelled Project for School Bus Roof Escape.

Strategic Sourcing (LCC & emerging markets) injection molding, thermoforming, metal and stainless fabrications, including tooling

Schedule Electrical/Electronic components/assemblies, Wiring Harnesses, inventory tracking and monthly cycle counts

HVAC Cost Modeling market test & resource locally; Cost Reduction $2.5 million in materials and logistics over 3-year program

Supplier Quality Approval, FMEA, PPAP, APQP, Market Test, Cost Modeling and Project Management via SAP NetWeaver

Purchasing Manager - Raw Materials Production – Direct hire

May 2008 – Mar 2010 * Durcon, Inc, Canton, Michigan. Specialty and Laboratory Counter Tops – Manufacturer/Distributor /Installer of Epoxy, Engineered Stone and Granite. Commodity responsibilities: Raw materials negotiation & production scheduling of resin 3.5 million tons) catalyst, fillers. Managed 1 direct report and 8 Team Reports in Casting Mix, Fabrication, Quality and Receiving Departments. Reason left- Business Sold - Closed

Strategic commodity buys for cost avoidances-2009 over 14%, developed VM Inventory programs, reduced lead times

Implemented Key Account Monthly Spend Report – achieved average 20% Cost Savings under target

Chemical Management/Purchasing (GM Corvette Plant) Long Term Contract

Jun 2001 – April 2006 * GM Bowling Green Assembly Plant, Bowling Green Kentucky (Contract with PPG). Responsibilities: Program Management Admin and Purchasing support for PPG’s technical programs and production processes (welding gases, lubricants & coolants, DI water tanks and PPG dip prime) within GM Environmental Department. All non-productive chemicals at GM Corvette Plant: MRO chemicals, wastewater treatment chemicals and service, and On-site Services of nine Tier 2 suppliers for chemical inventory control. Reason Left: Initial 2-year contract was extended; finally expired after 4.5 years

Certified Internal Auditor ISO14001. Served on Implementation Team to roll out ISO14001, working with management and UAW for acceptance and training to all Staff and team on Plant Premises. Served on Chemical First Response and Safety Teams

Sr. Buyer Raw Materials – Direct hire

Jan 1999 – Apr 2001 * Covalence Specialty Adhesives/Berry Plastics Company, Franklin, Kentucky – Largest Manufacturer of Duct Tape, Kendall, J&J tapes, Nashua Tapes, Dow Pink tapes, camo prints, and others. Commodity responsibilities for chemicals: resins, adhesives, solvents, films, cloth with assigned daily inventory average $4.6 mil. The company sold to Berry Plastics creating redundancy in both plant & corporate purchasing levels.

Achieved inventory/cost reduction project of $360,000

Managed Blow Mold Films, printed and metallic films for consumer level packaging

Developed a supplier VA/VE projected $120,000 annual cost savings on a 5-year contract

Served on Chemical Response Team; Quality Response Team

Certified ISO 14001, ISO22000 and 13485 (Medical and Food Grade compliancy for product lines)

Corporate Purchasing Agent –Direct hire

Jun 1992 – Nov 1998 * Motor Wheel Corporation/Hayes-Lemmerz, Lansing & Okemos, Michigan (transferred Bowling Green, KY) Reported directly to the VP of Purchasing. Responsibilities: Negotiated long term contracts for Coil Steel, Stainless, HR, CR, HSLA, Aluminum, & Brake Castings/Forging. Operation blanks, polishing & chrome plating and top coating, Capital Equipment Purchasing, presses, dies, more. Reason for leaving Plant Closure after transfer to Bowling Green, KY

Global Commodity Sourcing – APQP Cost Modeling brake castings/ machining (Czech Republic, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Germany, Mexico)

Negotiated $4.5 Mil annual cost savings for 1st operation blanks vs. coil steel

Supplier performance evaluations and supplier corrective actions to ISO & QS9000/01, TS16949 & ISO14001 Auditor

Operations Manager – Direct Hire

Oct 1986 – Apr 1992 * Thomas Fabrication, Lansing, Michigan - Sheet Metal Fabrication shop, specializing in prototype parts including customers: Spartan Motors Fire Truck, Production components for Aero-Tek Fans, housing for lighting, copper flashing. 60 employees, $2.5Mil Sales; Responsibilities: Daily Operations, sales, purchasing, personnel, oversee accounting. Business sold/merged into large customer in 1992.

Implemented MRP2 software) TekSyn Made to Manage) with bar code scanners, labor and scrap reporting

Improved Inventory Control by adding MRP features for tracking off-site inventory during value-added service

Implemented Lean Process Procedures, Plant-wide Training

Redesigned plant floor layout, Cell Manufacturing, added Robotic Welder and Turret Punch Presses, Press Brakes

EDUCATION

Certified ASQ Six Sigma Green Belt + Black Belt Courses (Dec 2011) Certified Project Management Training (Blue PM 2010)

Certified Project Management Training (Blue PM 2010)

ISO Certified GM Internal Auditor (2001-2005) GM University Courses in HMMC & Hazardous Materials (2004)

ISO14001 Environmental & ISO9001-2008 and TS16949 ISO9000 Certified Supplier Audits (2007 & 2008, 2015)

Member ASQ Quality Engineers Association 2012, (former) Member APICS Detroit Chapter

Bachelor’s degree - Business Management & Ministry Ordination (Oct 1991)

Continuing Education-Drafting & Engineering GPA 3.8 (1987-1989)

Associates Degree, General Studies, Art/Design

Career Accomplishments

VA/VE Outsourcing Project Motor Wheel Corporation - $450 Million Cost Savings

Issues of Focus: Labor and Environmental concerns at the aging Lansing plant, Quality and Tier 2 supplier disputes, Import and Transporting of raw steel to Michigan drove this Value Analysis/Value Engineered project.

Led the Vendor Managed Inventory negotiations for a 10-year contract with Stelco Steel (Canada) to provide steel and manage the secondary operations of Blanking and Polishing at two tiered suppliers. Coordinating the sale of our Progressive Transfer Presses and Dies and contract agreements between the 3 suppliers, we lowered costs of First Operation Steel Blanks, reduced NAFTA Customs Tariff rate to semi-finished goods vs. raw steel, captured freight cost savings, scrap metal cost savings, improved JIT, and Supplier Consolidation. Improved Quality of product at plant location as the suppliers identified quality before product was shipped.

Inventory Reconciliations and Vendor Managed Inventory program - $480,000 Cost Reduction

During reconciliation of inventory at outside processing, I identified inventory error in the scrap resulting revaluation of inventory and implemented a Vendor Managed program to improve transportation lead times between outside processors, improve JIT delivery, communications, consolidate Supplier Contracts and improved quality.

Identified and Resolved $3.1 Million in revenue issues

Resolved Inventory issues with Corrective Actions and Procedure to expedited damaged/shortage dispositions. Implemented Collections Procedures at Novi Michigan, monthly receivables review and regular communication with customers.

Implemented a QMS Program for Sales and Tech Support Office

Upon learning we were due for a 3rd Party ISO Quality Audit, I discovered this location did not have any written ISO Procedures. I pulled together a QMS program in 6 weeks that resulted in our location passing with only 1 minor observation.

Developed Asset Tool Tracking Project TREMEC - $43 Million Asset Tooling

While assigned to audit Tiered Supplier PPAP readiness, I discovered inefficiencies meeting the OE customer guidelines. I created a Cross Functional Process Flow Chart, documented a QMS Procedure (across 3 locations); conducted training to the teams including: Purchasing, Sales/Commercial, Supplier Quality Engineers, Suppliers, and OE Customer. The project included a SharePoint Tracker for uploading documents with automatic notification to the downstream teams for next step process.

Implemented MRP2 Software at Fabrication shop

MRP2 Software including barcode scanning, plant floor redesign, incorporating Cell Manufacturing and new Robotic Welder process resulting in a leaner process flow from inbound materials, to plant operations and into shipping department; improved cycle timing and overall process flow by 28%.

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