Michael D. Clardy

**** ****** **** **

Hartselle, AL 35640

256-***-**** aczr21@r.postjobfree.com

Experienced Procurement and Supply Management Professional with over 30 years as an industry leader within highly competitive, regulated and heavily structured business sectors.

SUMMARY

Proven success in roles as Corporate Purchasing Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Global Sourcing Manager, Technical Purchasing Manager, Senior Buyer, Lead Strategist, Commodity Agent, and Lead Contract Negotiator and Administrator in large global enterprises.

P and L responsibilities of $82 million annual buy and team responsibilities of over $300 million annual.

High expertise in mechanical components sourcing: stampings, castings, injection molded plastic, rubber, chemicals, and electronic assemblies.

High expertise in negotiations and contracts, managing raw material variation, engineering changes, new production sourcing, Change Management, Supply Agreements, and Long Term Agreements.

High expertise in Global Low Cost country sourcing, risk, and global logistics solutions.

Team leader in supplier risk analysis and financially challenged suppliers.

Consistent track record of exceptional savings and highest scores for teamwork and mentoring.

Expertise in leading multi-function teams (Commodity, Engineering, MRO. Quality, Environmental and Safety, Supplier Quality, Logistics) for Standardization, Synergy, Optimization.

Cost analysis leader for high value components.

SKILLS, EXPERTISE, & TRAINING

Advanced Negotiations Concept Expert (including Gaming Theory and E-auction) University of Regensburg, Germany.

Advanced Karass Negotiation Training, Lean, Six Sigma, Ishikawa analysis and problem solving, 8D, Root cause analysis.

JIT, MRP, EDI, Vendor managed and consignment purchasing, Logistics optimization.

Purchasing Philosophies: Strategic Partnerships and High Competition E-Commerce/E-Auction.

Language proficient. Foreign languages spoken: German (Fluent 80%); Spanish (Improving Conversational); French (Low Conversational); Irish (Low Conversational); Russian (Very Low-beginner).

SAP, MODIAS, AROH, COMPASS, MAPICS, ISO, TS, Blueprints.

Kraljic Matrix, Value Chain, Porter’s 5 Forces strategic tools.

Kaizen, Kanban, JIT, Lean.

Excel, WORD, PPT.

Extensive German/American Business and Management Culture Seminars (Daimler, REHAU).

Well-traveled through Europe, North America.

CQA – Certified Quality Auditor (from 1988 - 2004).

Life Cycle Component Environmental Planning.

New Supplier Approval Analysis.

EDUCATION

Florida Institute of Technology, Redstone Arsenal, AL; Concentration in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Program Management, Contracts.

S - Athens College, Athens, AL; Business Management.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Carlex Glass LLC, Nashville TN Sept. 2014 – Oct. 2016

Corporate Purchasing Manager

Began as first Commodity Manager for Carlex, promoted after 3 months to Purchasing Manager, after 1 year to Corporate Purchasing Manager.

Performed as the Supply Chain team leader for the implementation of MRP, Maximo (MRO), Supplier Portal, and strategic Commodity Management. All corporate enterprise systems.

Led negotiations and contract with external glass suppliers for 5 years $320 million value.

Initiated and laid out plans for Supply Distribution Center and Kanban operation for Nashville facility, changing MRP triggers from a consumption model to a point of use model.

Awarded high marks for performance and awarded bonus.

Various Consultation and Short Term Employment Aug. 2013 - April 2014

April 2014 Rick Head Associates, AL and MI

Consulted with Firm of former Chrysler employees regarding MRP and purchasing interaction. End customer was Magnetti-Morelli in Pulaski, TN.

February, March 2014 Lenahan Associates, NY

Consulted with Firm on the Casting and Forging Industry for strategic purposes and capital, supplier tooling; consulting with same firm regarding stampings.

Aug. 2013-Jan. 2014 Hartzell Engine Technologies (Aviation Industry, Montgomery, AL) Supply Chain Manager

Reorganized Supply Chain Team (7), its processes, and initiated Strategic focus and philosophy, set Strategic Milestones.

Conducted strategic sessions with major suppliers. Rationalized and consolidated suppliers, active and inactive parts.

Coordinated with Engineering to determine new suppliers for new technologies.

Reorganized and prioritized Supplier Quality audit schedule. Represented PUR in customer ISO9001 audits (2).

REHAU AU LLC, Cullman, Alabama Apr. 2011 - May 2013

Technical Purchasing Manager Automotive, North American operations

Managed Purchasing Team of 8 buyers, 2 expediters, 1 Supplier Quality Engineer, 1 Logistics Specialist, 1 administrative assistant.

Led Purchasing activities and direction for SAP launch.

Reorganized the Purchasing team from Program specific to Commodity specific buyer responsibilities.

Introduced Supplier Strategies.

Established Long Term and Supplier Agreements.

Introduced Blanket POs and family pricing/sourcing for like components.

Responsible for US purchasing effort during Japanese Tsunami 2014.

Mitsubishi Power Systems, Orlando, Florida Jan. 2011 – Apr. 2011

North America, Caribbean Global Sourcing Manager

Developed and led Strategic directives for Class A Commodities (injection mold, stampings, castings, assemblies) and led US, CA, MX Purchasing Team in those sourcings.

Led New Supplier and New technology activities with SQE Supplier Quality Engineering.

Led outsourcing activities in a growth cycle.

Purchased Tooling in China, Portugal, Canada, US, parallel sourcing in Germany and South Africa with German, SA ENG and Supplier Quality.

Performed as APQP and Purchasing Project leader.

Initiated Diversity Sourcing in Automotive division.

Chrysler Corporation (incl. Daimler Chrysler, later delegation to Siemens VDO, Continental Corporation)

Senior Global Commodity Manager, Commodity Manager, Senior Buyer, Lead Strategist, Plant Buyer,

Materials Manager Aug. 1982 – Sept. 2010

Performed as Assistant Manager and Senior Advisor for Global Commodity Management Team. Managed Purchasing Commodity Managers, Buyers, Clerks, and Interns (US, Mexico, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Romania, Singapore, China) in annual negotiations, budget preparation, and long term contracts for Stamping Commodity, all global mechanical commodity teams (castings, plastics, rubber).

Participated on global Purchasing teams developing raw material strategies.

Led all NAFTA Diversity (Minority) sourcing ($52 million in 200*-****-****.

Advised High Dollar MRO services sourcing and contracts.

Continually Achieved 4% savings or higher over target annually (even last year in 2009 weak economy and high raw material prices).

Negotiated largest global suppliers from individual contracts to innovative long term agreements that stabilized the Commodity.

Led all efforts in NAFTA to localize sourcing by region.

Performed multi project sourcing in Castings (seven programs bundled $180M lifetime).

Led four large Advanced Negotiation Concepts Sourcings, all under target (largest at $18 million, sourced at $12.5 million).

Served as Global expert on team for business in "Best Cost Countries" (Low-cost countries).

Performed as Primary interface with Program Management and Target Cost structure.

Achieved highest personal annual direct buy ($92 million in 2005) including complex electronic assemblies, complex mechanical assemblies, stampings, castings, and chemicals used in manufacturing (savings each year exceeded 3% regardless of commodity).

Managed only NAFTA suppliers to win Supplier of the Year with Siemens VDO.

Purchased representative in CAVE, a joint Chrysler/NASA/US Army/ Motorola R&D consortium with Auburn University regarding thermal solutions with metals and electronics in high heat environments.

Led studies which resulted in the successful Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) system used by Chrysler Huntsville, benchmarked by Honda, Siemens VDO, and others. Went from 6 Inventory turns to 22 per year.

Served on multifunctional team that designed and implemented Just In Time concepts, a computerized robotic inventory system employed in new Chrysler Plant in Huntsville (benchmarked by Honda, Nippon Denso, and the Israeli Air Force).

Developed standard barcode language, fields for control, and packaging standards with team.

Led teams of all shifts in transfer and setup of inventory and systems.

Responsible for manpower levels and teams (180 employees) for all shifts and new operations- Shipping, Receiving, Material Movement, Stock-chasing, Hi-Bay storage, Cycle Counters for all shifts and new operations, remote facilities.

Achieved highest annual marks continually for teamwork and mentoring.

Began career as Inventory Clerk and was promoted 7 times to final position of Global Commodity Manager.

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