Experienced Purchasing Professional

KIMBERLY KOZIARA

South Lyon, MI ***** • 316-***-**** • ***********@*****.***

Professional Summary

Senior level purchasing experience that includes leading and executing purchasing strategies, tracking and reporting program cost targets, program management, iERP system implementation and many more professional attributes to compliment my purchasing experience. Specialties

• Excellent at establishing positive supplier

relationships

• Proven negotiation skills

• Team leadership

• Proficiency in systems such as SAP, Microsoft

Excel, Word and PowerPoint

• Exceptional ability to communicate with internal and external customers

• Continuous desire to achieve

• Cost analysis and target achievement

• Developing key strategy planning

• Sourcing skills in a variety of industries

Work History

Yazaki Americas – Canton, MI 11/2022 – 2/2023

Purchasing Program Manager – FORD Business Unit

• Manage assigned Business Unit OEM program(s) from pre-award up to EOL (end of life) within the GPMS (Global Program Management System)

• Liaison between the Customer Business Unit, Engineering and Manufacturing for externally purchased components.

• Responsible for managing and coordinating the necessary information to help ensure a smooth pre- build, best possible material costs and program launch through post SOP (Start of Production) Ford Motor Company – Dearborn, MI 11/2019 – 08/2022 Sr. Purchasing Program Manager – Electrified Systems

• Responsible for delivery of unit milestone deliverables on time and with quality: Commodity Planning, Target Setting, Target Alignment, Sourcing and Cost Delivery

• Exceeded financial Target to OCE objective by 6%

• Ensured efficient material cost delivery supporting PD key vehicles tenants

• Led Buy scenarios, price/volume assessments and capacity studies

• Drove process improvement workstreams insuring global consistencies Bosch North America – Farmington Hills/Plymouth, MI 10/2015 – 11/2019 Thermoplastics Global Commodity Manager, 05/2018

• Managed raw thermoplastic commodity spend of over $75M

• Supported BOSCH business units in target setting process

• Led cost reduction workshops for new purchased parts and sub-assemblies

• Worked with Project Management Purchasing to ensure raw material strategy was included in sourcing process.

Purchasing Program Manager, 10/2015

• Managed complete sourcing activity for assigned new programs

• Responsible for the selection, qualification, and monitoring of suppliers and processes

• Evaluated supplier capabilities and processes

• Performed target costing activities and total landed cost analysis

• Supported APQP supplier activities

• Worked closely with Product Development team to support new program launches NSK Steering – Ann Arbor, MI 06/2012 – 10/2015

Commodity Manager

• Commodities Purchased: plastics, fasteners, wire harnesses and rubber

• Managed commodity spend of over $20M

• Managed commodity strategies for assigned materials through cross-functional approval

• Managed supply base for commodity strategy execution and support of new programs

• Responsible for commodity negotiations and sourcing AGCO Corporation – Hesston, Kansas 09/2008 06/2012 New Program Buyer

• Commodities purchased: plastics, weldments, machining, castings, gearboxes, rubber, electrical

• Managed commodity sourcing of over $110M individual components

• Active team member on project that brought in 12% cost savings on overall project spend

• Managed on-site supplier VE/VA projects for NA manufacturing facility

• Provided leadership in development and control of tooling cost for new product development Norcraft Companies – Newton, Kansas 07/2007 – 07/2008 Commodity Buyer

• Commodities purchased: plywood, particleboard, melamine, adhesives, moldings, MRO items

• Managed commodities spend of over $20M annually

• Achieved cost reduction of $1M

• Developed LCC sourcing on over $8M of assigned commodities

• Analyzed Make vs Buy opportunities to outsource increased value add to Supply Chain

• Introduced consignment stock and VM

Education

Master of Science in Operations Management, 2012

Friends University – Wichita, KS

Bachelor’s in Business Administration, 2004

Cleary University - Ann Arbor, MI

Skills

Negotiation Skills, Supplier Development, Team Leadership, Microsoft Office, SAP Products, Communication, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Strategic Sourcing, Project Management, Supply Chain Management

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