Purchasing, Inventory, Management

Candice (Candi) Ewert

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PURCHASING AND INVENTORY MANAGER

Over 15 Years’ experience

Attention to Detail

Microsoft Office

Cost Savings

Take Ownership

SAP

Negotiate Pricing/Quality

Team Player

AS400

Read and Draw Blueprints

Organizational Skills

PMC

Lead Corporate Meetings

Yellow Lean Belt (5S)

ARIBA

Metrics

VMI Management

System 21

Manage People

MRO Crib Management

CMS (Epicor)

Experience

MAGNA INTERNATIONAL (CCMI) – BATTLE CREEK, MI Aug. 202 to Present

Sr. Buyer – Manage MRO Crib, Procurement (MRO, Spot Buy, & Capital)

Cover for Purchasing Manager when out of office

Manage MRO crib, purchases and people for $12M in inventory and 11,000 SKUs

Negotiate cost savings with vendors

Manage contracts, non-disclosure agreements and Vendor Managed Inventory

All aspects of Purchasing (approve requisitions, convert requisitions to POs, follow up on open orders, send out POs for MRO, Spot buys, Capital and Tooling)

Metrics for Daily Management Meeting – spend budget

Work on CMS (Epicor) cleaning database

Enter new parts into system from Engineers

Developed and initiated the Repair process – tracking cost savings

Write, review, update and train processes for department

DIMPLEX THERMAL SOLUTIONS - PORTAGE, MI Aug. 2021 to Aug. 2022

Buyer – Consignment, Kanban, Steel, and Raw Materials

Key Results:

Help manage and maintain purchases for ~$9M in inventory

Purchase Raw Materials (most places would consider MRO items) for production, Capital purchases, steel, and Kanban items

Manage and purchase outsources electrical panels and metal fabricated parts to help support production

Managing the selection of a “Partner” to manage part of inventory as consignment inventory

Work closely with Production Control and Engineering to ensure parts are correctly acquired and on time so production does not stop

CANDI’S CUSTOM CREATIONS - KALAMAZOO, MI Oct. 2020 to Aug. 2021

Owner and Operator

Key Results:

During Pandemic, worked for self by making / repairing canvas and vinyl on boats

Made patterns from scratch, laid them out and constructed the end sewn product

Met and negotiated with customers on what was desired

BRUCKNER INTEGRATED SUPPLY/WESCO (ZOETIS-PORTAGE, MI) June 2017 to Oct. 2020

Site Manager - Integrated Supply/Supply Chain Management

Key Results:

Manage $2.7MM worth of MRO and OEM inventory in stockroom and satellite locations

Inventory Accuracy 99.41% for 2017 and 98.6% for 2018 and Service Level of 99.9% both years

Moved storeroom to temporary location while new Maintenance building is being built (move in Dec ’19)

•Attended meetings for the move.

•Drew up the shelving locations on the blueprint to scale

Contractors used this to move and set up storeroom from

•Originally had 12 days to move, moved completely while servicing the customer in 5 days

Attending meeting for the new Maintenance building, will be:

•Drawing up shelving, lighting placement/layout

•Layout where parts should be in the stockroom by commodity/usage

•Find savings in bins and any other items that will be helpful in the result

Working on converting OEM parts to MRO parts as part of yearly cost savings

Manage client relationships to resolve quality and delivery problems – Including find Cost Savings from new parts being added from Capital Projects

Manage Warranty Repair and Tracking Database for Cost savings/Avoidance

Run Meetings –

•Quarterly Review with Zoetis and Wesco Corporate

•Monthly Engineering meetings

Report Monthly Metrics

DENSO MANUFACTURING, INC. – DMMI -- BATTLE CREEK, MI Jan. 2016 to June 2017

TAC-MRO Buyer

Key Results:

Converted approximately 30 Requisitions to Purchase Orders daily. Each order that did not come with a quote, had to be quoted out

Justified Purchase Orders that were over $5,000 for one item per line or over $10,000 for more than one item per line explaining the pricing is structured as it is

Managed, tracked and worked on ~ 10 to 15 projects simultaneously

Ran the Crib Bi-Weekly Meetings, took notes and distributed them, tracked Cost Savings for the crib.

Cost Savings from 3 buyers was just >$300,000 and the crib goal was $70,000

Met with largest Supplier weekly and once a month to go over goals and issues. Managed and processed all orders for largest supplier

Responsible for and tracked Cost Savings. First year’s savings (April ’16 to March ’17) ~$400K total savings

Quoted, ordered, and tracked orders for the Tool & Die Department

Saved on average $26K a month for six months -Total $158K

Set up a new way to track orders and how to measure savings

BRUCKNER INTEGRATED SUPPLY/WESCO (PFIZER-PORTAGE, MI)

June 2013 to Dec. 2015

Lean Application Specialist Aug. 2015 - Dec. 2015

Key Results:

Moved to the Implementation Team when contract ended for Site Manager

Completed Yellow Belt Training. Participated in a two day, in class, Yellow Belt Training class and completed project. Project - Wrote Job Aids for one customer

Traveled to locations to help programs by making suggestions for improvements, audit sites, and count physical inventory.

Site Manager - Integrated Supply/Supply Chain Management June 2013 to Aug. 2015

Key Results:

Managed $24.2MM worth of MRO and OEM inventory in two stockrooms and satellite locations

Inventory Accuracy 96.7% at end of 2014 and a Service Level of 99.9%

Managed cost savings of $557K from MRO spend with $74K of Cost Avoidance

Worked on converting OEM parts to MRO parts as part of yearly cost savings

Managed client relationships to resolve quality and delivery problems – Including Vendor Managed Inventory

Worked with Senior Management to define and implement strategic and tactical plans and concepts

Process Mapped procedures and developed a training manual for personnel to use and reference

Reconfigured a team of 12; hired, managed, trained and developed

AEROTEK (STRYKER MEDICAL– PORTAGE, MI)

Dec. 2012 to June 2013

Buyer, Jr.

Key Results:

Supported Buyers of Med/Surg, OBT, Maternity, ICU units-Use JDE and Kirby Reports

Managed Vendor Follow-up Reports, Open Invoice Reports (Invoice Issues), Hot & Expedited Parts

Managed Circuit Boards for Med/Sung line

Ran 420 Reports (Inventory Report) in AS400

Transferred Parts from Kenco

Supported the OBT (Over the Bed) line

BORROUGHS CORPORATION– KALAMAZOO, MI

Sept. 2011 to June 2012

Production Planner/Schedule Controller/Inventory Controller

Key Results:

Scheduled work orders for production in a shelving and cabinet manufacturer

Prioritized work orders; meet sales order deadlines and meet the move ups on the “Hot List

Worked with Purchasing Manager to which materials needed to be purchased, how much and when

Managed black stock and painted stock to ensure that the correct inventory levels were maintained

Managed the work orders/production scheduled for the largest customer at Borroughs

Produced reports for the Operation’s Manager, supervisors, and the operation schedulers to track progress of each phase of the orders (2 order with 4 phase each with each phase 3 weeks apart)

oWhat was need to be completed to be shipped, what was painted, what was made and what was still needed to be made

oOversaw two large projects. Each had ~100 parts on each order with each project worth ~ $7.9 Mil., mirroring each other.

DXP ENTERPRISES– HOUSTON, TX (AT PAW PAW, MI) 2009 To Sept. 2011

North America Area, Purchasing/Supply Chain Manager-Coca-Cola

Key Results:

Area Manager for two Coca-Cola Plants (Paw Paw, MI and Truesdale, MO) out of 19 total plants with 20% of the spend.

Started with the new contract between Precision Industries (PI) and Coca-Cola while continuing relationships with ex-employees, offered advice while maintaining integrity

Requested quotes for new and existing product, monitored vendor’s performance, resolved issues, found alternate vendors when needed

Worked with vendors for cost savings for all 19 plants by arranging meetings between vendors and plant personnel

Tracked quotes, orders, and back orders

Worked invoicing reports and managed returns and credits

Prepared and presented monthly update meeting to plants including Validating Last Price Paid on the monthly spend at plants

Identified areas needed to be resourced for cost savings and worked with corporate buyers to achieve

Served on ISCM team and committee that wrote the Purchasing and Receiving and Inventory Management documents between Coca-Cola and PI

Managed $5.8mil in spend between the two plants

Annual cost savings identified as $165,580 (39 parts), $138,822 in OEM conversion (23 parts) – one part is worth $41,856

Cost savings for 2010- Paw Paw at 11%, Truesdale at 11.3% MRO, Paw Paw at 76.5%, Truesdale at 29.4% OEM

Headed up the Control Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) project for Fasteners-West Region

Worked on standardizing bulbs/lamps and ballast Coca-Cola Corporate wide

Worked with International Vendors

COCA-COLA NORTH AMERICA – PAW PAW, MI

Nov. 2006 to May 2009

Purchasing Supervisor

Key Results:

Managed and Procured items for MRO/OEM Inventory valued at $3.7mil with over 10,000 stock codes

Meet with vendors to discuss performance issues to obtain competitive bidding, cost savings, Green and LEAN initiatives and bringing new products into the plant

Supervised six union employees that attended to the daily operations of the stockroom 24/7

Oversaw the development/building and move to the new $840,000 stockroom. Moved in 24 hours while maintaining 97% service rating before and after the move

Saved 20% on new shelving with competitive bidding

Set up current metrics that are being used to report to the corporate across the company

Have reviewed existing and created new stockroom procedures

Completed the first company ran physical inventory in 12 hours

Decreased the stock out rate by 36%, in one year

Increased the inventory accuracy by 55.5%, in one year (1st time in over 2.5 yrs. accuracy was over 90%)

Worked with finance to coordinate the PMC, stockroom’s system, to SAP to come within $10,000 monthly

Decreased obsolete write offs from $250,000 to $100,000

Worked with International Vendors

Education

DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY – KALAMAZOO, MI

·Bachelor of Applied Science in Business (BAS), 2003

·Associates in Accounting and Administrative Assistant

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