Project Manager Quality
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MICHEAL LYNN HOLLINGSWORTH
Apartment 907
Ridgeland, MS 39157
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CAREER-RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
EATON AEROSPACE GROUP, Jackson, MS 2013 -
Present
Senior Buyer
Manage the transition of components from domestic sources to global Best-In-Class suppliers.
Rationalize the supply base through market tests and organizational metrics to achieve cost reductions and
improved supplier performance. Reconcile accounting and quality issues with suppliers to maintain
system accuracy and improve performance.
BORGWARNER, Dixon, IL 2012 -
2013
Lead Buyer
Supervised two buyers and a purchasing clerk to meet new project launch dates, cost savings goals, and
supplier performance metrics. Managed supply agreements with casting, motor, rubber, and screw
machine suppliers.
• Achieved $2.7 million in
cost savings on an annual spend of $65 million in 2012 by resourcing components to Best-In-Class
suppliers.
• Lead reengineering
efforts as it relates to supply chain planning, cost reduction projects, recommending short and long
term sourcing strategies with defined risk/benefit analysis including insource/outsource decisions.
• Negotiated and achieved
cost reductions through development and utilization of analytical tools to deliver Best-In-Class
pricing (Cost Models, Benchmarking, and Market Intelligence) and management of annual / multi-
year pricing agreements.
• Conducted teardowns on
air pumps for value stream analysis (VA/VE) to identify cost drivers and lower- cost alternative
materials.
• Coordinated advanced
product quality planning (APQP) activities for all new product launches by involving the supply base
early in the product development stage.
ORECK, Cookeville, TN
Strategic Sourcing / Commodity Analyst 2007 -
2012
Evaluated, developed, and managed suppliers to achieve service, cost, quality, and inventory turns with
extensive travel to Asia, Europe, and Mexico to identify Best-In-Class suppliers. Managed annual supply
agreements with aluminum tube, motor, and resin suppliers.
• Achieved $2.5 million in
cost savings on an annual spend of $30 million in 2010 by resourcing components to low-cost
manufacturing countries. On target to meeting the 2011 cost savings goal of $1 million by resourcing
two commodities overseas and developing alternative raw materials (resin).
• Insourced 74 injection
molds and eliminated 14 plastic molders from the supply base from 2009 to 2010 resulting in a $1.3
million cost savings.
• Project Manager for
cross-functional teams that launched three new steam products from China (Steam-It).
GENLYTE THOMAS INDUSTRIES, Sparta, TN
Senior Buyer 2004 –
2007
Responsible for inventory levels, monitored supplier performance, requested quotes from suppliers,
sourced new components, achieved cost savings goals, and maintained MAPICS system accuracy
• Achieved an annual cost
savings of $325,000 by resourcing lamp holders from a domestic source to a German and a Chinese
source.
• Increased inventory turns
and improved cash flow by using the Vendor Managed Inventory module of the MAPICS system to
schedule JIT shipments for lamps, louvers, and wire harnesses. Raw material inventories went from
30 days to 5 days on hand ($25 million spend).
DURA AUTOMOTIVE, Pikeville, TN
Corporate Lead Buyer - Motors & Steel 1999 -
2004
Established QS9000 procedures, negotiated contracts with suppliers, monitored supplier performance
criteria, maintained Dura Preferred Supplier List, conducted APQP meetings with suppliers, requested
quotes from suppliers, benchmarked motor suppliers, obtained cost reductions through market tests and
VA/VE programs, sourced steel and motor suppliers.
• Consolidated steel
vendors from eight to three leveraging the buy of nine stamping facilities ($75 million annual spend)
and generating an annual cost savings of $3 million.
• Conducted make versus
buy analysis on thirty-two stamping dies that were being run at outside sources and transferred the
tools back inside to achieve an annual cost savings of $400,000.
• Benchmarked and
selected two motor suppliers (German and Japanese) that allowed Dura Automotive to obtain superior
quality, delivery, and an annual cost savings of $2 million on an annual spend of $50 million.
MAGNETEK, McMinnville, TN
Senior Buyer 1996 -
1997
Purchased production components for McMinnville, Tennessee, and Juarez, Mexico motor operations,
certified suppliers, conducted make-versus-buy analysis.
DURA AUTOMOTIVE, Gordonsville, TN
Buyer for Tennessee Operations 1988 -
1996
Requested quotes from suppliers, monitored new job launches, negotiated contracts with suppliers, issued
purchase orders, benchmarked suppliers, implemented a supplier rating system, market tested suppliers
for potential cost reductions.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration - June 1988
TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, Cookeville, TN
B.S. in Business Administration - March 1986
TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, Cookeville, TN
Major in Doctor of Business Administration - August 1998 - May 1999
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, Starkville, MS (No Degree)
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Extensive experience with multiple MRP systems (HP Materials Management, Manufacturing
Pro, ManMan, MAPICS, MFGPRO, and SAP) JIT, Lean Manufacturing Concepts, Kanban, and
Vendor Managed Inventory. Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MAPICS
(Purchasing and Inventory) modules.
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