Senior Buyer, Electrial Switches, Electronic Modules

JONATHAN WOODS

*** **** *** **. 734-***-**** (cell)

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103

E-mail: ***********@*******.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Results oriented former Visteon/ACH, Ford Motor Company, Eaton Aerospace, JAC Products Corporation and General Motors professional with over eighteen years of experience with increased responsibilities and demonstrated success. Experience includes: Purchasing, Production Planning, Staff Supervision, Performance Monitoring, Quality Control, Data Analysis, Risk Management, Fiscal Administration, Facilitating, Training, and Hourly Employment.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science, Eastern Michigan University

CAREER EXPERIENCE:

GENERAL MOTORS – Grand Blanc, MI

SENIOR BUYER July 2013 – March 2017

Responsible for Supplier Strategies that include maintaining Long Term Agreements by analyzing price increases and decreases keeping in line with OE strategies. Commodities include Switches, Speakers and Amplifiers. Active member in the Group Creativity Teams. Lead Auditor for the Electrical Team auditing past action plans for accuracy and discrepancies. Directly work with Product Development and the Risk Analysis Teams to determine best business case to continue service the customer as they are the priority of General Motors. Managed supplier relationships to successfully turn-around several suppliers which increased on time delivery from 70-90+% in order to remain a candidate for upcoming business. Purchasing Requisition / Back Order Champion for both Electrical & Joint Venture

Major Accomplishments:

Using strong supplier relations to successfully mitigated $536K with supplier by working with internal counterparts as well as researching history of the parts

Active member of SBM Council Team brainstorming strategies to eliminate Past Model Price Increase (PMPI)

Cost avoidance from supplier by reducing threat of $202K down to $178K. After further review able to eliminate the impact by engaging Product Development to discontinue the part

Deferred price increase and maintained current pricing until Q2 2016 from supplier which was a savings of $30K

Negotiated packaging savings of $136K by analyzing and comparing service packaging vs OE packaging

JAC PRODUCTS CORPORATION – Saline, MI

SENIOR BUYER March 2012 – May 2013

Responsible for creating and maintaining Commodity Strategies for critical commodities by analyzing suppliers’ capabilities, performance and pricing against changing market dynamics, and trends in technology and in the industry. Commodities include Aluminum, Galvanized Steel, and other Metals, as well as Raw Materials such as Resins, and Injection Molding (150-3000 ton presses). Develop and implement an effective sourcing strategy which optimizes purchasing leverage and ensures on-time delivery of materials at the lowest cost. Analyze and report out on industry trends. Responsible for understanding cost drivers and what affects price increases in raw materials. Develop and maintain costs on Purchase Orders. Maintain a commodity deck of $60,000,000 which is the highest at JAC Products. Other projects include maximizing order quantities for Resins in order to minimize amount spent for each order.

Major Accomplishments:

Successfully negotiated better pricing for the 436 Stainless Steel Commodity which will result in a cost save of $133,000 projected over 2013

Developed In-sourcing/Outsourcing Matrix strategy which enables the Franklin facility and the Saline facility to reach the goal of 85-100% capacity with the injection molding machinery

Cost avoidance of $23,000 in Q2 of 2012 in exchange for continuous new business

Cost avoidance of $26,621 for debt that occurred in 2011 which resulted in a 50% reduction of the entire debt

EATON CORPORATION – Jackson, MI

BUYER 2008 – 2012

Responsible for material planning and scheduling for Mexico and USA suppliers. Minimizing inventory throughout the process (Just in Time Manufacturing). Develop strategic purchasing commodity plan and serve on the Supply Chain Symposium Forum. Negotiated purchasing contract pricing which include quoting, planning and delivery. Conduct supplier visits and audits. Initiate supplier reduction. Expert knowledge of MFGPro system (Manufacturing Professional Software). Experience with metal forming, wireworks, and couplings product line. Evaluate blue print readings and E-docs. Key liaison between Eaton Corporation and Tier 2 directed suppliers.

Major Accomplishments:

Increased on time delivery from 55% to 75% over a 6 month period with an accomplished goal of 95% by year end 2011

Completed cost out reduction at a 65% savings

DEARBORN HEADQUARTERS – VISTEON/ACH, Dearborn, MI

COMMODITY BUYER - WIRING HARNESSES, MODULES & ANTENNAS 2005-2008

Key liaison between Ford Purchasing and Tier 1 directed suppliers. Support Tier 1 suppliers, Engineering, MP&L, Finance, and Quality groups as key Purchasing contact for Materials Management Organization to Identify, resolve, and support various issues. Competitively quote and source production business for new model year vehicle programs.

Major Accomplishments:

Negotiated a material decrease for Hazen Powdered Products

Successfully averted a stop shipment through negotiations between Ford Motor Company and Continental Manufacturing

Negotiated a $400,000 cost avoidance with GKN Corporation

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:

American Society of Purchasing

VANN Network Visteon Corp.

GMANN Network General Motors

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING/ DEVELOPMENT:

Dale Carnegie Motivation and Pubic Speaking Graduate

OTHER RELATED SKILLS:

Possess excellent public speaking, written communication, group training, team building, customer service and problem solving skills

Self-starter, energetic, creative, works well as part of a team or independently, and able to handle multiple projects simultaneously

Computer proficient in Microsoft: Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, AutoCAD and Project Management

COMMUNITY AND/OR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:

Lincoln Middle/High School (past Girls and Boys Basketball Coach)

Michigan Transplant Center (Speaker Bureau)

Habitat for Humanities

Flint Soup Kitchen

Health and Well Being volunteer at General Motors

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