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Plant Management

Location:
San Francisco, CA
Posted:
April 01, 2015

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Resume:

Results driven professional with ** years of experience in purchasing,

procurement, logistics, and operations looking to expand knowledge and grow

in the industry.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Automotive Components Holding - Plymouth, MI

Purchasing Manager

2011 - Present

Lead negotiator for all contracts and Non Production Purchasing long-term

agreements for the company.

. Implemented sell side transition process for Non Production Purchasing

in concurrence with established MOU's that handled the decommissioning

of 4 ACH plants.

. Review all purchase orders and contracts for conformance to company

policy.

. Purchasing lead for MCRP, Sarbanes Oxley and all internal and external

audits.

. Lead for all Human Resource PO's including BCBS, Metlife, Fidelity,

and compliant with all

HIPPA requirements

2008- 2011

. Proposed and integrated method for recycling scrap metal and scrap

plastic that has generated $2.3 -$4.4 million each year from 2008 to

present.

. Participated as purchasing lead on a special project team in

developing and implementing a new hourly payroll system required to

transition employees from Visteon to ACH, which included the

development of hourly processing procedures, payments to agencies,

accounting, 401K Savings processes, and pension funding.

. Implemented a variety of cost savings that have saved an average of $3

million annually since 2006.

. Responsible for 62% of all purchases, which amounted annually to $70-

200 million from 2006-2012.

. Directed the sale of all corporate Assets - ensured that ACH was

maximizing revenue when we sold an asset by establishing pricing and

Sales Agreements with most cost competitive vendors.

The intent of ACH was to sell or close all of their 22 plants in North

America, and with that divestiture the company continued to reduce in

size requiring employees to take on additional assignments.

. Other duties included absorbing several commodities: Environmental

Remediation, Software, Telecommunications, Licensing, Packaging,

Facilities, Total Waste Management, Health Care, and Human Resources.

Visteon Corporation - Allen Park, MI

Senior Buyer - Tooling

2004 - 2008

Lead buyer for $130 million worldwide inventory of cutting tools,

special tools, hand tool, power tools, abrasives, construction materials,

chemicals, hydrocarbons, gases and electrical components.

Negotiated 6-9% in annual cost savings in the contracts of all Commodity

Management Suppliers.

Cost savings champion for Non Production Purchasing, directly work with all

suppliers and plants to identify, test, and implement cost savings based on

high volume spends.

Launched $18 million Commodity Management Supply Program for Special Tools,

while overseeing 10 Commodity Management Suppliers.

Responsible for establishing a carbide and high-speed steel reclaim program

whereby all tooling was issued on a "one for one" exchange out of General

Stores, generating $720K of revenue yearly.

New Model Coordinator - Windshield Wiper Motors

2003 - 2004

Directed plant launch of all new forward model programs for the

Windshield Wiper Motors.

. Worked closely with external supply base and internal engineering and

manufacturing departments to ensure proper inventory balance-outs and

minimal obsolescence.

. Coordinated with cross functional teams to ensure on time delivery of

PPAP components to support customer launch requirements.

. Rawsonville Plant champion for inbound/outbound excess transportation.

. Responsible to Ford delivery ratings.

Plant Scheduler

2003 - 2004

Accountable for procuring all purchase parts and scheduling the

production lines of the Windshield Wiper line needed to support Ford's

Body and Assembly Plant requirements.

. Coordinated production and distribution of Visteon windshield wiper

motor line.

. Coordinated the procurement and scheduling of raw material suppliers

to ensure that required builds were met for 12 stamping presses and

over 150 end items.

. Established manufacturing specifications for plant raw material.

Production Supervisor

2000 - 2001

Supervised 28 UAW hourly workers on the Rotor Assembly line at the

Rawsonville Plant.

. Became familiar with all facets of the UAW in terms of labor.

. Collaborated with UAW members to maximize quality and delivery to all

our Ford customers.

. Worked with UAW to successfully resolve disputes and grievances

throughout the area.

Ford Motor Company - Ypsilanti, MI

Buyer/Parts Analyst

1999 - 2000

. Responsible for the procurement of all items in General Stores.

. Managed the quoting and analyzing of $23 million of non-production

inventory.

. Oversaw the Commodity Management Supplier program at Rawsonville

Plant.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Marketing & Logistics

1997

Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business



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