RONALD ASHFORD-TATE

PROFILE

Enthusiastic and driven business professional with success in purchasing, supply chain, and executing assigned projects while ensuring on time deliverables. Demonstrates outstanding analytical and critical thinking skills. Cross functional experience with Engineering, Finance, and Logistics. CONTACT

PHONE: 313-***-****

CITY/STATE:

Detroit, MI

EMAIL:

adefk7@r.postjobfree.com

SKILLS

• Microsoft Office

• Project Management

• Data Analytics

• Conflict Resolution

• Project Leadership

• Purchasing

• ERP Systems

• Public Speaking & Communication

• Adaptability

• Sourcing Under Target

• Oracle

• SAP

• Time Management

• Supplier Diversity

• Customer Relationship Management

EDUCATION

Wayne State University

2008 - 2013 Detroit, MI

BS in Business Administration

Concentration - Management

WORK EXPERIENCE

Marathon Petroleum - Detroit Refinery, Buyer

Detroit, MI

September 2019-June 2020

• Successfully managed and processed PO’s ranging up to 50 million dollars.

• Liaison for internal customers and suppliers/vendors pertaining to any materials that need to be ordered for the refinery.

• Negotiated cost reduction to support organizational offload initiative, reducing oil filtration strokes from $0.28 to $0.17 to exceed organizational targets.

GM, Sr. Buyer

Warren, MI

March 2018 - August 2019

• Responsible for $50M of direct material within the interior commodities.

• Successfully sourced and kicked off nine programs with eight being sourced at least 15% under target during tenure.

• Established 3rd Party assemblers supply base, 30% labor cost reduction.

• Executed a series of onsite supplier asset evaluations visits of potential suppliers located in the Midwest and Southern Region of the US.

• Led daily supplier meetings supplier meetings to track and monitor open items, contractual discrepancies, cost improvements savings initiatives. GM, Program Purchasing Buyer

April 2016 - March 2018

• Managed a multitude of electrical components including speakers, terminals and connectors, wiring harness, ICS, HUD, antenna, camera.

• Negotiated a savings of $1.3 million on the ICS commodity (integrated center stack) by amortizing content off-sets across three programs with identical ED&D (engineering design & development) while on the A2xL program.

• Intricate part of cross functional team to support program launches, engineering changes, and continuous manufacturing.

• Drafted non-disclosure agreements and created request for quote packages while on the A2xL program.

American Axle & Manufacturing, Buyer

Auburn Hills, MI

January 2015 - April 2016

• Direct Material spend exceeds $18M USD annually required to support new and current North American Programs.

• Responsible for procuring direct material from TIFS’s Global Metal Market

&Valve Supply Base.

• Quickly set up new parts in Oracle by compiling all necessary information such as item costs, lead times, minimum order quantity, vendor name, and planner codes.

• Negotiated 150k of supplier rebates that were submitted to organization to meet 2016 savings goals.

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