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Christine Willea

Summary

Highly skilled change agent who consistently refines strategies and procedures, introduces innovation, implements change, and facilitates solutions-driven team collaboration.

Experience

2012 – current

Arconic Corporate Procurement

Whitehall, MI

APP Corporate Senior Project Specialist

Project lead to reduce the supply base by 12% through commercial activities by leveraging spend

Kaizen project lead for five supplier Kaizens, which addressed $27.3M in spend and resulted in ~$1.8M in savings

Reduced the leakage in transportation management by addressing $89M in spend and netted a savings over ~$1M

Implemented temporary labor initiatives of reduced supplier fee, bill rate model and pay rolling, which addressed $25.6M in spend and saved over ~$6M

Assisted in negotiating temp labor contract payment terms with suppliers that netted ~$1.6M in working capital savings

Drove a Procurement initiative of resourcing which produced a cost reduction of ~$500k

Converged spend to leveraged MRO suppliers for ~$327 in savings

Implemented a supplier product substitution initiative that resulted in ~$30k in savings

Business Procurement Training Lead – in charge of scheduling bi-monthly trainings

2004 - 2012

Alcoa Howmet Whitehall Castings

Whitehall, MI

Production /Supply Chain Planning

Built relationships with customers to allow for a cohesive work environment allowing push-out and pull-ins to be established to the advantage of both customer and vendor

Established a buffer plan for Honeywell, which increased overall on time delivery to 100% and reduced customer rejects by 82%. The buffer plan was leveraged with the General Electric, Pratt Whitney and Pratt Whitney Canada accounts

Instrumental in assisting with training and implementation of the planning software for Honeywell SAP

Kaizen Lead to streamline quality approvals with Honeywell; a conduit between quality and Honeywell engineering

Key supporter in establishing level load line of balance to assist with the goal of on-time delivery. Achieved 100% on time delivery for the Honeywell account

Lead the planning initiative for dual sourcing of manufacturing to Alcoa Howmet Acuna, which provided a lower cost base

2001 - 2004

Alcoa Howmet Whitehall Castings

Whitehall, MI

Production Supervisor

Achieved Alcoa Howmet Supervisor Certification

Achieved Alcoa Business Systems (ABS) Certification

Production Supervisor Trainer for nine newly hired supervisors

Kaizen participation for Pull Manufacturing, U-Shaped Cell, and Andon Light Notification implementations

Taught classes in lean manufacturing and liability to ~20 supervisors in the Alcoa Howmet Supervisor Certification

1993 - 2001

Various Michigan Schools

Michigan

Substitute Teacher

Taught various grades and subjects, including music and the arts

Several long-term assignments

Education

2012 – 2015

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a Certificate in Project Management

Graduated with Distinction (3.75 GPA)

2008 – 2010

Cornerstone University

Grand Rapids, MI

Bachelor of Science in Management Degree

Graduated with high honors (3.75 GPA)

1991-1993

Northwestern Michigan College

Big Rapids, MI

Associates of Arts Degree in Elementary Education

Graduated with high honors (3.75 GPA)

Technical Skill Set

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Degrees of Implementation, OCHMS, Pi2P, Oracle, MSIS and Ariba

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