Manager Director

Chad Buckley

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Summary

Executive procurement professional with international expertise in direct

and indirect purchasing. Strengths in management of a diverse supply base,

team development and goal achievement.

Twenty-two years of experience in Purchasing and Materials with a Tier 1

automotive supplier.

Number 157 of Fortune's 2008 list of top 500 companies.

Experience in expanding and contracting markets, vendor consolidations,

minority sourcing and commodity price fluctuations.

Professional Experience

Lear Corporation January 1986 - August

2008

Director of Purchasing - Southfield, MI April, 2003 - August

2008

MRO - Indirect: (US, Canada and Mexico) September, 2005 to 2008; Mexico

added in 2007.

Expanded to global agreements for office supplies, telecommunications,

computer hardware & peripherals, and the e-procurement system.

Responsible for over $800m in spend, with annual savings of 3-5%;

3 Direct Reports and a department of over 40 employees.

MRO - Indirect (US and Canada): April, 2003-2008;

Responsible for all MRO products, energy, services, tooling & capital

Expanded the internal use of an internet-based procurement system for plant

purchases from a throughput of $40m to over $70m, driving compliance to

over 85%.

Achieved savings of $17.1m on a buy of $500m (3.4%);

2 Direct Reports and a department of 9 employees.

Trim & Foam: August, 2004 to August, 2005;

Sourcing & contract negotiation for trim covers, trim assemblies, fabric,

leather and foam products for North America.

Achieved net savings of over $12m in the last 5 months of 2004 (annual buy

approximately $2.0b, including internal & directed purchases of $1.1b);

3 Direct Reports and a department of 10 employees.

Purchasing Commodity Manager, Divisions - Southfield, MI May,

1999

Created, developed, defined & managed the role of Divisional Purchasing

which was formed after the acquisition of UTA. Responsible for all

engineering changes and program specific purchasing issues for each of

Lear's Customer Focused Divisions; 4 Direct Reports and a department of

over 30 employees.

Director of Purchasing - Melbourne, Australia August, 1996

Established a Purchasing Department to handle current production as well as

the next generation programs for GM Holden. Supervised the Engineering

group for the last 6 months.

Approximate buy of $40m, savings achieved 4.2%.

Director of Purchasing, Europe - Frankfurt, Germany July, 1993

Coordinated the Purchasing activities for all of Europe. Created Regional

Purchasing centers functionally reporting to a central organization

supported by commodity specialists.

Established a European Purchasing Council to leverage the purchases from

common vendors and consolidate / optimize away from local sourcing trends.

Approximate buy of $750m, savings achieved 3.2%.

Director of Materials, Europe - Frankfurt, Germany August,

1992

Created standard operating procedures for Materials Management throughout

Europe; included BOM management, inventory control, scheduling, and

supplier communications.

Achieved inventory reductions in excess of 20%.

Materials Manager - Whitby, Ontario January, 1986

Established a Materials Department for Lear's greenfield site supplying GM

of Canada's car assembly plants.

Became Lear's leading organization for Material metrics (Inventory Turns,

Days On Hand).

Rockwell International, Milton, Ontario May, 1980

Financial Analyst

Responsible for actual, forecast and budget preparation and reporting.

Supported shop floor reporting metrics, cost studies and capital

acquisition analysis.

Education

McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

Master of Business Administration

University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario

Bachelor of Arts, Economics & Math

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Chad Buckley

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